Fangtastic Friday: The Alpha Showdown is ON! Bones & Cat go fang-to-fang!
I came across this great review blog last week via Facebook and LOVE the Alpha Showdown idea! Â The Vampire Book Club has set up a tournament bracket, pitting some of our favorite heroes and heroines of paranormal romance & urban fantasy against each other. Â The contest is billed as an “alpha” showdown, implying it’s about strength of leadership but it’s feeling more like a “who could kick whose ass in a fight” sort of thing. Â Really either way is fun, so no complaint here! Â In the first two showdowns, one of my personal favorite paranormal romance couples, the Night Huntress series’ Cat & Bones, won their respective matches and are moving on to the next round… to fight EACH OTHER! Â *gasp*
Soooooo, this is either some really bad bracket seeding or a nice ironic jab at the power couple. Â Now there’s a tough choice for voters: powerful, sexy, badass, dirty-fighting Bones or his one-of-a-kind vampire-blood-drinking mate, whom he trained personally. Â My first instinct is “Bones, hands down”. Â He’s got at least a century on Cat, extra strength and abilities, and knows all her weaknesses. Â That said, she knows all of his weaknesses too, and she tops his list of “people I’d rather die for than sneeze at”. Â She also could drain him of all his blood and absorb some of his powers… if she could hold him down long enough. Â Mmmm, toss -up.
Now, that said, this is the showdown doesn’t necessarily have to involve fighting. Â When it comes to straight leadership, it’s still a tight race, with both of them having headed up separate successful and powerful organizations, but I think the scales tip a little to Bones on that front. Â She does allow him to dominate her though (well, moreso than the other way around at least), and that’s what being “alpha” is about – convincing others to accept you as their leader, whether through fighting, love, Â loyalty, or manipulation. Â Who will win? Â You’ll have to check back and see!
Other notable match-ups are…
- Anita Blake vs Eugenie Markham
- Zsadist vs Curran (I’d have rather seen Vishous here! /pout)
- Eric Northman vs Raphael (this one should be interesting)
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