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Congratulations to the winner!

And that's the end of the Showdown! The author reveal has been posted, which means everyone is free to publish their work on Tumblr or AO3 as they see fit! 😎⭐️

Thank you forever to @notonlymice for making the banner gifs! I do not know what I would have done without you 💖💖

Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who’s made this year’s showdown so spectacular 🌈 To all the writers who leant their talent, to everyone who voted, and to all the readers leaving their likes and comments 🥺⭐️🥰💖

The showdown would be nothing without each and every one of you 😘📚🥳

Shiro 🤍 @maybemiserablywrites

WiltedRose 🥀 @darklybound

Olive Tree 🫒 @threepwoodmarley

olivetheotherreindeer 🦌 @depressedstressedlemonzest

Undyne Determination 🐟 @goldenwingediris

bluebelles 🔔 @writingsofmax

pizzapizza 🍕 @bg-sparrow

Strawberry Teacups 🍓 @human-nxture

Guardian of the Scrolls 📜 @reolf

D4daughter 🎲 @jackabelle73

Thread of Gold 🧵 @janiquebeingcreative

meowmaid 🐈 @leni-ba

raisinet rockette 🍇 @beeeinyourbonnet

softest-sofa 🛋️ @lunarmultishine

Paperclip Parade - writingsofmax

bluebelles - darklybound

Strawberry Teacups - human-nxture

pizzapizza - beeeinyourbonnet

raisinet rockette - goldenwingediris

Threewoodmarley- one crazy raspberry

Beeinyourbonnet- olive tree

Bg-sparrow- bluebelles

Goldenwigedidris -Aurelia grimm

Darlybound- rumple-bumple

Human-nxture- Moonlit sonata

Lunarmultishine- strawberryteacups

Reolf- thread of gold

Jackabelle73- meowmaid

Janiquebeingcreative- softest-sofa

Leni-ba- d4daughter

Maybemiserablywrites- nothing gold can stay

Pixie-shake- shiro

Writingsofmax- Raisinetterocket

writingsofmax is thread of gold

threepwoodmarley is olive tree

reolf is guardian of the scrolls

darklybound is shiro

pixie-snake is brown butter bear

bg-sparrow is aurelia grimm

Congrats, Olive Tree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Happy for ya!!!! Your fics were so lovely!!!!!!!! And SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!! You are really good at portraying characters dynamic!!!!!!!! And all the fun stuff it brings!!!!!!! Particularly "In Dreams You're Mine" and "Talking to strangers" brought me so much joy!!!!!!!

Thread of Gold, I'm so happy you made it so far!!!!!!!!!💛💛💛💛💛 So we were so damn lucky to read all the beautiful works you've created with your magic!!!!!!! All your stories were so thoughtful and beautiful and the last one just crushed my heart in pieces!💔💔💔 Really hard to highlight fave stories of yours because they all will stay in my heart forever but if I had to "Not Yet" and "Like Clockwork" were especially savoring💛💛💛💛💛💛 Already want to reread them💛💛💛💛💛

Honestly, all fics were so lovely!!!!! Especially, (aside from ones mentioned higher) "Wilted Dandelions, Calcified" by softest-sofa sans, "Once is Happenstance" by pizzapizza, "Reach for the Stars" by Shiro, "Disaster Prep" by raisinet rockette and, of course, bluebelles', meowmaid's, Paperclip Parade's and WiltedRose's serieses really got a hold on me!!!!!!!💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

Sorryyy for so many tags, @killingkueen and also a huuuuuge thank you for holding this event and making it so so welcoming and fun!!!!!!💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

I love this fandom 💖💖💖

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Based on my powers of deduction: 

Bg-sparrow is pizza pizza 

Beeeinyourbonnet is Undyne Determination 

depresseddestressedlemonzest is WiltedRose

darklybound is Thread of Gold 

human-nxture is Strawberry teacups 

-Sherlock Holmes