TeenDramaWhore

This poll had the most interesting results out of all three shows only because you guys didn’t follow the directions too well.  For almost every question, people put in things for ‘other’ that didn’t even take place during this season.  Remember, guys, I said to vote on this season only.

Because there were so many crazy votes (and a few of them made me laugh), I’m going to organize this results summary differently than the others ones.  I will list the winners, some of the answers you guys wrote-in, some of the invalid answers (i.e. not eligible because it wasn’t from this season) you wrote-in and my thoughts.  I think it will be much clearer this way, since there is so much I want to share.

FAVORITE CHARACTERS

Winners: Brooke, Lucas

Noteworthy Others: Julian

Invalid Others: Keith, Chris Keller, Fake Derek…and Chuck Bass?

Thoughts: Brooke beat by Peyton by only 2 votes.  The percentages were 37.5 versus 37.0.  Ridiculously close!  Julian getting a decent number of votes bodes well for next season when he’s a regular.

FAVORITE COUPLE

Winner: Lucas & Peyton

Invalid Others: Brooke & Lucas, Brooke & Nathan…and Brooke and Rachel?

Thoughts: Not surprising considering their huge following, and that Brucas wasn’t an option.  Naley wasn’t too far behind.

WORST CHARACTERS

Winners: Peyton, Lucas

Noteworthy Others: Victoria, Millie, Nanny Carrie, Gigi and “Kate Buy-My-CD Voegele”; Chase, Owen, Dan, Dixon, Nick Lachey

Invalid Others: Bevin, Nikki, Lindsey, Anna; Felix, Derek, Tim, Chris

Thoughts: I know there are a lot of Leyton haters out there, and a lot of people love Brooke, Haley and Nathan individually so I guess this result kind of makes sense.  I’m, of course, disappointed since Peyton and Lucas are my fave.

WORST COUPLE

Winner: Brooke & Owen

Noteworthy Others: Mia & Chase, Skills & Lauren, Mouth & Millie, Skills & Deb

Invalid Others: Lucas & Anna, Bevin & Tim, Rachel & Cooper

Thoughts: There was a lot of Browen love last season…and then Julian came around so I understand why this won.

FAVORITE SUPPORTING CHARACTER

Winner: Jamie

Noteworthy Others: Julian (who I should’ve included as one of the options)

Invalid Others: Rachel

Thoughts: All the choices got a vote except for Nino and Mick.  I thought that was pretty interesting.  There were some that I didn’t think were going to get any votes.

FAVORITE RETURNING CHARACTER

Winner: Karen

Noteworthy Others: Chase

Invalid Others: Rachel, Jake

Thoughts: Karen won by the largest majority seen in any of the OTH polls–57%.  Gigi actually got 5 votes.  Who are you people?

BEST STORYLINE

Winner: Leyton’s relationship

Noteworthy Others: Brooke’s relationship with Sam, Nathan’s comeback

Invalid Others: Peyton’s stalker, Brucas relationship, Naley’s season 5 split, the school shooting

Thoughts: The top three vote-getters weren’t surprising since they were the main stories of the season.

WORST STORYLINE

Winner: Nanny Carrie’s return

Noteworthy Others: Skills & Deb relationship, Dan’s heart getting eaten, Millie-Mouth-Gigi triangle, Peyton’s pregnancy

Invalid Others: Brucas relationship, Lucas & Lindsey, Rachel, Peyton’s drug storyline, “Trick question…I see right through you”

Thoughts: The top vote-getters were all fair answers, I think, even though I did like the Peyton pregnancy storyline.

BEST CLIFF-HANGER

Winner: Peyton’s health scare(s)

Noteworthy Others: Brooke’s attack, Quentin’s death, Sam with Quentin’s killer, Season 6 finale

Invalid Others: Season 3 finale, school shooting, Season 5 finale

Thoughts: Knowing that the Peyton health scares were coming, I’m more torn between Brooke’s attack and the Q stuff.  Both were a lot more stunning and emotional.

RATE THE SEASON OVERALL

Winner: 8

Thoughts: Every single value got a vote–that means some of you (12 total, to be exact) thought this season was only worth a 1 or a 2!  10 came in second but with only 22% of the vote.  This one was very spread out.

RATE THE SHOW OVERALL

Winner: 10

Thoughts: The only one of the three dramas to get a perfect score! It had the majority with 53% of the vote but, again, all values were voted for.  For those of you that rated the show a 4 or lower…why are you even watching? Or participating in this poll?

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO VOTED!

(Even if you didn’t follow the directions! =P)

You now have until Tuesday evening to vote in the One Tree Hill Evaluation.

Happy voting!

Vote in the following polls by Monday TUESDAY evening and then I’ll post the results.

Please remember the questions are based on the season that just ended and your answers should be according to that as well.

Note: The format is wonky for the open-ended questions.  Please put your answer in the “other” space.

Okay, so it’s actually not that random, but bear with me…

I cannot accept that the season finale of One Tree Hill was not the series finale.

It was the most perfect ending to six seasons of an amazing show.  I’m not the only one that feels this way, and I’ll be damned if I ever hear Mark Schwahn say otherwise.

Not only did the episode wrap up storylines, but it also circled back to so many things that made One Tree Hill what it was in the first place.

To continue next season without Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton is a travesty.  Yes, I understand they aren’t the only important cast members.  But you take away them and you take away a part of what makes One Tree Hill what it is.  And you do a disservice to the remaining cast, because you break apart so many relationships: Nathan and Lucas, Haley and Lucas, Brooke and Peyton, just to name a few.

I’ve respected Mark all throughout the series.  I think he’s the most brilliant and dedicated of all the teen drama show runners.  He has continually catered to the fans (more so than any other show has, as well) but now he’s doing something extremely out-of-character.  His willingness to continue the show without CMM and Burton just doesn’t add up.  I do believe there’s more to the story than what we know but I’m not even sure knowing what really happened would give me any satisfaction at this point.

I’m truly at a loss.  How do I give up on something that’s such a huge part of me?  Hell, I haven’t given up on Beverly Hills 90210 (and it’s been off the air for almost a decade!) or the current version despite how much I criticize it.

But how do I continue to remain dedicated to One Tree Hill when it isn’t One Tree Hill anymore?

It’s really sad that I’m actually hoping The CW will change its mind and cancel the show.  I truly think that’s the right way to go.

My only other hope is that next season, I fall in love with the show all over again, One Tree Hill version 2.0.