(8)Epona vs (11)Mordin Solus vs (20)Niko Bellic 2013

Ulti's Analysis
Pre-contest, it was hard getting a read on Epona because some people thought she (at least I'm assuming it's a "she") would get Link in match pictures. As-is, she would end up being a decent midcarder and relatively funny joke entrant. That didn't sit well with some people, and it reminded me of the days where people complained that we might as well start nominating Tifa's Orthopedic Underwear because people like FF7 so much. That hate is turning on Zelda these days, which I suppose is pleasant to see but Epona is not the right character to bash. Epona is awesome, and so are horses. I got to work with one when I did a workshop at Purdue in May, and it was such an incredible experience. Horses are such beautiful animals, and everyone should spend time with one just once in their lives.

So even though I'm a huge Mordin fan and got bummed out at Garrus being screwed in the bracket, I didn't mind too much when Mordin got a raw deal. Epona deserved the win, HaRRicH deserved the win for rallying T H E   S T A B L E for years and years, and don't mess with us animal lovers. We're insane. Not even talking about PETA, either, because screw them. At their high-level board meetings that people like Bill Mahr attend, they laugh about slaughterhouses while eating steaks.

I mean true blue animal lovers. You all know at least one. We're nuts. Right now I have 5 rats, 4 guinea pigs, and 11 hamsters. was only supposed to be 7 hamsters, but one was pregnant when I adopted her and I could easily afford to keep the babies.

The point here is Epona winning wasn't some giant affront to contests.