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Alpha Showdown 2017 Round 8: Simon Wolfgard vs. Vlad

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Update: With 60 percent of the vote, Vlad has claimed the win! He will advance in the Alpha Showdown 2017.

This is the last of the first-level battles in the Alpha Showdown 2017. We’re getting closer and closer to finding our champion. Today’s alphas bring two very different types of strength and power, but we love them both.

We have Simon Wolfgard from Anne Bishop’s The Others series up against the O.G. vampire Vlad from Jeaniene Frost’s Night Prince series.

The competition is stiff this year (peek at the bracket), but the winner is all up to VBC readers. Each round is open for 48 hours. The winner advances.

SIMON WOLFGARD

You know him from: The Others Series by Anne Bishop
First appeared in: Written in Red (VBC Review | Amazon)
Supernatural status: Alpha Wolf Shifter—Leader of the Lakeside Courtyard. Views humans as a food group.

Championed by: Jessie H. aka Rose Red from Goldilox and the Three Weres | @BookishJessi

There are a lot of wolf shapeshifters out there whose bark is definitely worse than their bite. That’s not how it is with Simon Wolfgard. He won’t bark. He’ll bite first and ask questions later. Simon is one of the terre indigene—the “others.” As the wolf Alpha of the Lakeside Courtyard, Simon rules his territory with an iron will and his teeth. He may have learned to live in human skin, but he is not even close to being human. He’s very much a wolf. He looks at the world and its inhabitants through the eyes of a predator and has no qualms with making you disappear if you get in his way. If you piss him off, he will eat you.

Written in Red by Anne Bishop // VBC Readers' Choice for 2013“I’m not some human you can intimidate. And I’m not a pup anymore. You don’t tell me what to do. NO ONE tells me what to do.”

Simon is the ultimate alpha. Strong, commanding, ruthless, and untamed, any attempts to usurp his authority are dealt with swiftly and painfully. He doesn’t like humans, but he will use them in any and all ways in order to make the world a better place for his pack and all the terra indigene in his Courtyard. He demands complete obedience and respect. He needs it. Danger is everywhere. The Others of the Courtyard are scary but they are not the scariest beings in Thasia and Simon acts as a liaison between them and the lesser terra indigene.

“While he waited, he made up the bed, more to discourage Meg from falling back into it than because he wanted to tidy the room. Besides, running his hands over the sheets and breathing in her scent made him happy.”

Once Simon accepts you into the pack, you are pack forever and he will fight to the death to protect you. He may not understand a lot of human emotions and responses like those concerning romance but he understands friendship. He will eviscerate you if you frighten or try to hurt his friends, especially Meg. Unlike some lesser alphas, Simon will never give you reason to question him or yourself. He tells it like it is and you can trust him to never lie, cheat, or give you reason to be jealous. His honesty is both refreshing and a bit disconcerting. Simon will always have your back because once you’re pack…there is no going back.

VLAD

You know him from: the Night Prince series by Jeaniene Frost
First appeared in:
As a side character in At Grave’s End (Night Huntress #3), as the main character in Once Burned (VBC Review | Amazon)
Supernatural status: 
He is the OG vampire

Championed by: Scandal of Scandalicious Book Reviews

Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost (Night Prince #1)In a world of cold, pasty vamps, Vlad Tepesh is hot, like pyrokinesis hot—he can control fire. Vlad is literally smoking hot, all the time. He lights up a room, he’ll burn down the house, I swear, the jokes just write themselves here. Sadly, Vlad would not enjoy my humor at all. He’s so alpha, he scoffs at silly humor. I don’t know that I’ve ever been so intimidated by a character’s masculinity as I am by Vlad Tepesh. Vlad wins the alpha contest because he is, is the epitome of old school badass, in fact, he may have originated the concept of alpha. I think the best way to show you how alpha this guy is to let him tell you himself. He might be smoking hot on the outside but he is stone cold alpha badass on the inside. Vlad learned very early on not to show emotions. Emotions can be used against you but the love of a good woman, makes this Alpha say things, protective, intense things like this…

“I want no misunderstanding between us. I am everything you think I am, but I love your daughter, and what I love, I protect with all of the violence in me, which, as you’ve guessed, is considerable.”

Another quality of a strong alpha is his ability to love, and express his love. Don’t get me wrong, Vlad doesn’t shy away from the evil glares and grunts, but when he feels, he feels it deep and makes all of the ladies swoon.

“When I heard the ghouls coming for you, all I cared about was reaching you in time. How often must I tell you that you mean more to me than vengeance? I can live without defeating my enemies, but I cannot live without you…I love you, which is why I intend to lock you inside the house as soon as we’re home.”

Priorities people, priorities. But hey, if you disagree with my assessment of Vlad’s level of alpha badassery, feel free to take it up with him, I’m sure he has a stake with your name on it. Vlad Tepesh can’t be beat.

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70 Responses to “Alpha Showdown 2017 Round 8: Simon Wolfgard vs. Vlad”

  1. Teresa says:

    Love Vlad!

  2. Nicole says:

    I haven’t read the other series so my vote is for Vlad!

  3. Christine says:

    Simon

  4. sekay88 says:

    Ditto, Nicole. Written In Red still on hold at the elibrary.

  5. Tina Bartz says:

    Vlad!

  6. Brad says:

    The “Other’s” Series is one of the best series I have ever read. For me it is barely a step below the Kate Daniels series WHICH is saying alot!!! Simon took a book or two for me to enjoy his character but by the end of the 5th book Simon is awesome. Even though I think in many ways Meg is the true Alpha of the series even though she is the exact opposite of the stereo typical Alpha. She is like Mercy actually in several ways.

  7. miki says:

    Simon!!!!!!! really i just want more of him so Simon!!!!!

  8. Maggie says:

    Vlad!

  9. Megan says:

    Simon

  10. Stephanie Gerstein says:

    Damn…. another crazy hard choice! So love Simon and The Others are some of my favorites! But Vlad does burn hotter…. so Vlad it is!

  11. Erika jadwinski says:

    Vlas

  12. Emma says:

    Vlad

  13. Liz S says:

    Simon!

  14. Lorri says:

    Vlad

  15. Shannon says:

    Vlad. Umpf.

  16. Andrea2 says:

    Simon.

  17. AlisonR says:

    Simon

  18. Heather D says:

    Vlad

  19. VLAD!!! LOVE him so much Bones will always be my #1 but Vlad is a very close second

  20. Billie Dee says:

    Simon!

  21. Kathy Valentine says:

    No! Contest Vlad is the hottest vamp bad boy!!!

  22. Viki S. says:

    Vlad of course!

  23. Nicole says:

    Vlad

  24. Sarah says:

    Lets be real here, Vlad is one of the most powerful Vampire Masters in the world, he would obliterate Simon in a matter of seconds. Like, sorry if you like the Others series better but this is a Alpha SHOWDOWN and Vlad would kick Simons ass 10 ways to sunday

  25. Amber says:

    I love Simon, but I have to go with Vlad for this one.

  26. Jessica says:

    Oh man, this was my hardest one yet as I love BOTH of these guys! In the end it went to Vlad.

  27. Katie says:

    Vlad!!

  28. Tais S says:

    Well, this time I had to go with the love factor, so yeah, Vlad won

  29. Jen Twimom says:

    I cannot stand Vlad. So I had to vote against him. I liked him for a while, but that last book just did me in. Blech!

  30. yvonne a says:

    Vlad

  31. Kandy says:

    Vlad

  32. Sonja says:

    Simon

  33. Kamelia says:

    Simon!!

  34. Kerensa says:

    No contest–Vlad!!!!

  35. jessie says:

    Simon!

  36. Jana Leah says:

    My vote is for Simon!

  37. Nancy says:

    Vlad

  38. Claire says:

    Team Simon!

  39. Esyra says:

    Team Simon!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  40. Jen Kyle says:

    Ok im flipping a coin…….Simon

  41. Elizabeth says:

    Simon

  42. Kassandra A. says:

    I have to go with Vlad since I have yet to read the other series!

  43. Rohnie says:

    Vlad

  44. Sarah Brown says:

    Simon— all the way!

  45. Marianne W says:

    Simon!!!

  46. Faith says:

    VLAD!!!

  47. Raine says:

    Vlad!

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