So here we are. The final round of @batman-heritageposts' sexyman tournament. The final showdown. Dick Grayson vs Two-Face. And as this competition draws to a close, I will once more ask you to vote... But instead of voting for Harvey "Two-Face" Dent, I am going to ask you to vote against him, and to vote for Dick Grayson instead. This isn't how I wanted things to be, but alas. As a loyal fan of Two-Face, it is what I must do. I had hoped that Jason would have made it to the finals. Losing to him is what Harvey would want and prefer out of the two participating Robins. But alas. That is not in the cards today.
As Harvey's former campaign manager, who has pushed to bring all of these disparate parts of the Batfandom together in a unified cause- to vote for Two-Face, your second best option, and to vote against Dick Grayson, the clear favorite to win this competition, this must seem like a betrayal. But you see, this was my plan all along. To get to the finals and then to give up, thus securing second place. Exactly as Two-Face would want. Two-Face would want to be second place. It's not like he needs to win any more elections. He's done that plenty already. After all, the last time he held an elected position, you could say that it... Left him scarred for life! >:]
Also I must ask... What did you expect!? I was asking for you to vote for a literal two-faced politician! Were you really not expecting a betrayal!?
The way I see it, us fans of Two-Face... We've already won. We made it to the finals. Second place is secured. There's no more need to campaign. We win this round, then Harvey is crowned the king Batman sexyman, and Harvey would be disappointed. We lose this round, Harvey is second best sexyman, and he would be very happy about getting second place! If we lose, we win! So no point in fighting anymore! We've won the only spot that matters. And so to everyone who helped us get there, I genuinely thank you from the bottom of my heart. It was a fantastic ride. It's alright. We can lose now. u.u
Alls that's left is to watch and see what happens. It appears that my propaganda campaign was very successful. But was it so successful that it will secure the win for Harvey over Dick even though I'm no longer pushing for it? And what about the revenge vote? Will the Riddler and Jason stans push Two-Face to victory against his wishes? If Two-Face does win this, it will be for what he represents rather than for who he actually is. Harvey would want to lose and get second place. So for him to win despite that? There is something interesting and poignant to be said there, especially with Harvey, but I will just leave it at that for now. I may encourage people to vote for Dick for Two-Face's sake, but ultimately I can't control how people will vote. So it will be interesting to see what will actually happen here.
Of course all of the people who helped us to get to this point and were counting on the revenge vote may feel dissatisfied with pushing for Two-Face all this time, only for us to give up now. But perhaps it would give you solace to think of it like this. Dick may win, but we can still take one thing from him. The pride, dignity, and joy of truly winning a hard fought battle. If Dick wins here, it is because we let him win. Ive already case my vote for Dick. Dick may be the top Batman sexyman, but only because the Two-Face coalition permits it. If he only wins because we permit it, is it truly a victory? Perhaps. But every time that they say that Dick is the sexiest Batman character, it is only because we allowed it because actually having Two-Face win the competition would be much less satisfying. If we choose to lose, who really dominates the sexyman polls? Either way we win. And Dick loses. Because even a victory for Dick would be empty. We've already won. And Dick has already lost.
Vote Dick Grayson for Batman sexyman so that Two-Face can get second place like he wants and deserves!
