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A local paper had some great photographs, all taken by Nicole Hester:

The day before, Rep. Justin Pearson tries to attend a Senate Committee meeting and is barred access by the Sergeant at Arms.

Lawmakers and protesters link arms as the descend the capitol steps.

Once inside the chamber, Democratic representatives continued to stand together with arms linked.

They continued standing together with arms linked as votes were cast.

Democratic representatives take a group photo protesting the redistricting.

Rep. Justin Jones burns a photo of the Confederate flag with the words, We will not go back.

And stomps the ashes.

KeShaun Pearson being escorted from the building by the Staties.

KeShaun Pearson (left) being taken into custody. Rep. Justin Pearson (right) showing his support of his brother.

Additional information: State lawmakers have been gunning for Pearson and Jones nearly their entire terms. Most notably, in 2023, the House expelled them for participating in a protest at the Capitol. Their districts had to have special elections to have them reinstated.

Pearson is one of the plaintiffs of a lawsuit seeking an injunction against the redistricting.

It’s the start of the 2nd Term of the 2026 Inuyasha Fandom Awards!

We hope everyone is having a great year! A huge shout-out to everyone who participated last term and made it such a huge success! We look forward to all of the amazing new fanfiction and fanart to be shared with this beautiful community.

WE ARE ANNOUNCING SOME CHANGES TO THE AWARDS -- PLEASE NOTE!!!

Starting Term 2:

Each creator is now able to have 2 Fanfiction AND 2 Fanart nominations for their works, if they are both an author and an artist. This will allow for their writing and art to be recognized equally for the gifts they give to the fandom.

Best Angst will now be Best Angst/Tragedy, and Best Dark will now be Best Dark/Horror. This will provide some more definition to each category.

The General roulette category is being replaced with a rotation of seasonal categories. These are three categories that will be rotated through each term for a total of 9 seasonal categories each year. You will no longer need to vote for the general roulette category. However, we are including the general roulette categories that won last term into this term's seasonal categories.

Voting for the romance roulette will be changing.  You will only be voting for one part of the pairing.  As an example, if Sango won, you could nominate stories with MirSan, KogSan, SessSan, KagSan, InuSan, etc. This will allow you to nominate your favorite pairings for the selected character for the awards and not be limited to just one set pairing. Please be aware that InuKag cannot be nominated into this roulette category.

As a final reminder detailed in this post, there was a big change last year for how to submit your nominations. We are no longer taking nominations submitted through our ask or submission boxes.

To submit your Fanfiction Nominations, please click here.

To submit your Fanart Nominations, please click here.

You will need to sign into Google, just like with the voting forms. If you have any questions or concerns about this format, or if you have any positive or constructive feedback about it, please let us know!

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The Fanfiction and Fanart Roulette Categories for Term 2 that received the most votes are below.

The Fanfiction Roulette Category for this term is Best World Building. This is defined as: Stories that have developed an in-depth world with detailed depictions of its inhabitants, culture, geography, history, and/or other environmental factors that bring the universe to life.

The Fanart Roulette Category for this term is Best Line Artwork. This is defined as: An uncolored illustration that consists of distinct straight lines or curves that represents a 2D or 3D picture.

The Romance Roulette pairing for Fanfiction and Fanart is Best SessSan Romance.

For Fanfiction, this is defined as: Stories that have developed a believable romance between Sesshomaru and Sango. “Believable” is subjective, and it is up to those nominating/voting to draw their own line on that quantifier and vote their “Best”. This includes canon universe and AU/AR settings.

For Fanart, this is defined as: Any romantic depiction of Sesshomaru and Sango.

Remember, all other romantic pairings besides InuKag & SessSan can be nominated into the Best Romance category.

If it wasn’t mentioned above, chances are it hasn’t changed. Please be aware that the moderators always consider suggestions regarding how the awards are run and how the categories are modified, and each new term may bring about new changes. You can read up on the most recent FAQs, Rules of Eligibility, and Categories for more information [these links work best on desktop].

For ease of access on mobile, the FAQs, Rules of Eligibility, and Categories can be accessed through this link.

As nominators, please make sure that each term you take a peek at our list of creators who can’t or don’t want to be nominated to make sure you are staying current with who is eligible to be nominated.

The Term 2 - 2026 nomination period will begin on May 1st and go until the end of the day May 15th. Send your nominations in through the links above! If you have any other questions or concerns, please send us an email at feudalconnection@gmail or an ask to the FC tumblr. We are also regularly available on the FC Discord!

Mods: @ruddcatha, @dchelyst, @the-lone-huntress