Congratulations to GETHAN, your winner for the Buffyverse Divorce Tournament!
With 59% of the votes in the final round, Gethan is also one of the relationships with the fewest number of episodes (4!) across Buffy and Angel. Among the top three, it's also the shortest relationship with the youngest members! The ship dominated its run to the finals, only slipping below 60% during the final match-up.
In second and third place are Dangel and Spangel, respectively. Spangel lost to Gethan in the semi-finals, then fought their way through the losers' bracket with two more wins to take third.
Thanks all for participating in our celebration of separation, our party for partings, our anniversary for annulment. Enjoy some more fun facts below, and remember! Divorce is more than just a piece of paper. :)
RANDOM FACTS:
Angel is the only individual to have multiple relationships in the top 3. Spike came close, with Sprusilla in fourth place.
Sprusilla had the longest run in the losers' bracket; after being knocked out by Dangel in round one, they survived all the way to the losers' bracket semi-finals (top 4!). This also makes three of the top 4 a Fanged Four couple.
In addition to the top 3, five other couples made it farther in the rounds than Hank x Joyce, the only canonically divorced couple on the shows. These were:
Xander x Anya
Wesley x Lilah
Xander x Cordelia
Spike x Drusilla
Faith x Buffy
Gethan had the most resounding victory in the tournament, beating Frunn with 95% of the votes. The closest matches were Weslah vs Hank x Joyce and Willoz vs Spuffy, both with results split ~51:49.
Besides Buffy, Spike, and Angel, the only characters with multiple relationships in the tournament were Willow, Xander, and Wesley. Of these three, Xander's relationships made it furthest in the tournament (both went further than Hank x Joyce), followed by Wesley, then Willow.
The only Angel ship that failed to make it out of the first round is Bangel.
Although Buffy had four ships (out of 16 participants) in the tournament, the only one that made it past the second round is Fuffy.
Fuffy is also the only f/f ship (of two) that made it out of the first round, but made it all the way to the top 6.
There were three m/m ships among the original 16 participants, making up just 19% of the represented couples. By the finals, they made up 67%(!) of the top 3.
In order to wrap up the losers' bracket before the conclusion of the finals, we'll be doing lightning rounds (1 day polls) for the next three rounds of losers' match-ups. Make sure to get your votes in! After the the finals, we'll run a poll for second place if necessary.
