LIW Award Winners

So... the winners for the LIW Awards were announced on Saturday, so I thought I'd catalogue my reactions. Click here to see the videos.

Best Chemistry on Screen
Me: I'm gunning for George Squared. Er... Adam Bowes and Steven Christie as George Gleeson and George Bates in Call Me Katie.
Winner: Mandy Harman and Tanner Gilman as Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe from Green Gables Fables.
My reaction: At first, utter disappointment. Then, remembering how cute they were and how much I actually ship them and was super heartbroken for Gilbert when he told Anne he loves her and she rejected him.... a lot less so. They deserve it too...

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Me: I want Elise Cantu to win as Cara Graves in Classic Alice. But... not by much. If she doesn't win, I'll understand.
Winner: Abigail Snarr as Ruby Gilles from Green Gables Fables
My reaction: Really? I mean, she was great, but she really wasn't that big of a character until right before she died. I'm genuinely surprised, but not at all upset. But I am sensing a pattern...

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Me: Oh, I actually want Tanner Gillman as Gilbert Blythe from Green Gables Fables to win this one... but now that they're winning everything I'm not so sure... but he was the best, I just like the underdog.
Winner: Tanner Gillman as Gilbert Blythe from Green Gables Fables
Reaction: Surprise, surprise. I mean, he was really good.

Best Costume and Set Design
Me: The Misselthwaite Archives better win this hands down. Have you SEEN the glade? Or the basement? Too perfect.
Winner: The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy.
Reaction: Ok, yes, their costumes and sets were absolutely impeccable. And I would have voted for them too if I didn't feel like having sponsors for that was like cheating. I mean, they have a set dressing sponsor (lootcrate) AND a costume sponsor (modcloth). How could it not look incredible?!

Best Script
Me: This one goes to Misselthwaite Archives for me too. Like, damn. Mary's one-liners are my favorite thing EVER.
Winner: Green Gables Fables
Reaction: Again? But... as much as I love that show, the script never wowed me. Also, we're halfway in and a show in it's first season has yet to win. That's going to bother me. Also GGF has won 4/5 categories.

Best Ensemble Cast
Me: I struggled really hard with this one but ultimately settled on From Mansfield With Love. But now I just don't want it to be Green Gables Fables because I don't want any one show to win over half the categories.
Winner: Lovely Little Losers
Reaction: Well, I'm glad it wasn't GGF. But LLL wasn't one of the ones I was debating between. Yeah, the cast is really talented, but I just don't feel that LLL did them justice. Also, LLL was a spin-off series, so it's basically a second season.

Best Transmedia
Me: Well, I originally voted for Green Gables Fables, but now since I'm kind of rooting against them (sorry not sorry), I don't know. All of them deserve it, and all for completely different reasons.
Winner: Green Gables Fables
Reaction: They deserved it... and now they've won half the categories.

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Me: I'm for Phosido Dwinte winning for his role as Kitso Harper in Lovely Little Losers... but I would not be disappointed if Steven Christie won for George Bates in Call Me Katie. Just saying.
Winner: Steven Christie as Gorge Bates in Call Me Katie
Reaction: A big smile. Still a little bit in love with him. Also, FINALLY! A new show won.

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Me: Holly Truslove. Holly Truslove. HOLLY TRUSLOVE. (Frankie Price in From Mansfield With Love)
Winner: Many Harmon as Anne Shirley in Green Gables Fables.
Reaction: Yeah. So... the clip they used of her for the videos was best. But like... it came out during nomination time and should have not been considered.

Best Literary Inspired Webseries
Me: I really really want From Mansfield With Love. Or The Misselthwaite Archives. But I think we all know who's going to win here.
Winner: Green Gables Fables
Reaction: Acceptance. We all knew it was coming.


So... Green Gables Fables won 7/10 categories. 7/9 that they were nominated for. I suppose that's better than last year, when Nothing Much To Do won 8/10 categories, 8/9 they were nominated for. I feel like every year there's going to be one show that dominates and it makes me sad because I would love to spread the love to many deserving shows. The Misselthwaite Archives was nominated in EVERY CATEGORY and did not win a single one.

I also thought that this second-season phenomenon was weird. Only one category had a winner who was new this year, the best actor in a supporting role, Steven Christie as George Bates. Interestingly, he was also the only person of color to win, and he is definitely white-passing. But we can save a rant about racism in the media (even out of the mainstream, sadly) for another time. And, of course, Steven Christie will be reprising his role in a spin-off series, Nothing Like the Sun, as a main character. Don't get me wrong, I'm way excited about that, but I worry that we're discouraging new, fresh shows and faces.