Are you ready? Because it’s time for NoWhiteNoise’s first ever tournament! And for our first tourney, we’ve decided to pick a very burning issue plaguing the television landscape today: Whisper-Talkers! That is, characters that whisper way too much whilst talking, either because they’re just really low, they have that natural raspiness, or their huge on stressing without vocal cord vibration. That doesn’t mean we don’t love them, however; in fact, that’s what this tourney’s all about. We’ve gathered sixteen of TV’s whisper-talkers, some past, most present (and we may have missed a few) and your job is to choose which whisper-talker you love the most (for whatever reason; we’re not picky!).

In our first round of 16, we’ve got the Upper East Side’s playboy Chuck Bass versus everyone’s favorite Hamptons resident Emily Thorne. Picked to go head to head because of their iconic wit, Chuck Bass and Emily Thorne take reigns in their New York cities, calling the shots and scheming up something awful (but always awesome to watch onscreen). Whether we’re enjoying their plotting or their intense monologues, one things for sure: they’re definitely whisper-talkers. Especially Emily’s holy moral narration at the end of every episode. So who is it that you like more from our scheming UESers? Will it be Chuck or will it be Emily/Amanda? Now’s the time to decide, below:

Every couple of days we’ll be moving on to the next rounds, which include Chuck‘s John Casey versus 30 Rock‘s Jack Donaghy; Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s Angel against The Secret Circle‘s Adam; and many more. Just click on the tourney bracket above to zoom in on it and see all of the rounds!