User blog comment:Jkl9817/Category II: Best original male character in a competition story/@comment-1153194-20111027133435/@comment-3530543-20111029143546

I think Gabe is eligible, since TD:FYE actually began to be posted this year. The purpose of the date of creation rule is to keep All-Star stories characters and whatnot from running, since they aren't actually recent characters.