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As always, us mods here at FeudalConnection want to give a huge thank you to everyone who participated in the Second Term 2025 Inuyasha Fandom Awards! Your participation and support for this fandom is simply incredible!

As a reminder, the winners have evolved into First, Second, and Third place awards. We are allowing ties for first place winners, rather than go into a run off period.

- For categories with up to four nominations, a First place banner will be awarded to the winner.

- For categories which received five to six nominations, First and Second place banners will be awarded to the winners.

- For categories which received seven to ten nominations, First, Second, and Third place banners will be awarded to the winners.

And now, without further delay, here we are!

Winners for Term 2 2025 Inuyasha Fandom Awards, hosted by FeudalConnection!

Best Action/Adventure Fiction

First Place: "Falling Through Time" by @theshipthatgotaway / SimpforSessKag (AO3) Second Place: "Nowhere With You" by Langus (AO3)

Best Alternate Universe/Reality Fiction

First Place: "Beyond the Pale" by @ruddcatha Second Place (tie): "Nosey Neighbors" by @elkonigin and "As the World Falls Down" by @sereia1313 / Sereia13 (AO3)

Best Canon Universe Fiction

First Place: "Cupid Only Misses Sometimes" by @dawnrider Second Place: "You and Me After All" by @chiaztolite

Best Angst Fiction

First Place: "inertia" by @noprobllama92 Second Place: "A Growing Need" by @novemberwaterwanderer / novemberwanderer (AO3)

Best Dark Fiction

First Place (tie): "I Love the Flaws You Try to Hide" by @cannibalsforbreakfast / Laeoukka (AO3) and "The Bond" by @wbficaholic / wonderbug (AO3)

Best Drama Fiction

First Place (tie): "To Catch a Demon" by Alaviles (AO3) and "Beyond the Pale" by @ruddcatha Second Place: "Hack" by @timetravellingpaperbag

Best Humor/Parody Fiction

First Place: "Til Death Do Us Part" by @ elkonigin

Best NSFW Fiction

First Place: "Satisfied" by @ sereia1313

Best Oneshot Fiction

First Place (tie): "Invasive Species" by @shikonstar and "Cupid Only Misses Sometimes" by @ dawnrider Second Place (tie): "But Tonight (I Need You To Stay)" by @golden-writes / GoldenEyedFury (AO3) and "The Office Party" by @inuyashamybeloved / InuScarlett (AO3)

Best Character Portrayal

First Place: "Let This Go" (Tsubaki) by @jewel-shard / Jewel_shard (AO3) Second Place: "Mad World" (Kagome) by @gr33nbride / Greenbride (AO3) Third Place: "Full Exposure" (Inuyasha) by @ inuyashamybeloved / InuScarlett (AO3)

Best InuKag Romance Fiction

First Place: "Cavernous Conversations" by @ dawnrider

Best Thruple Romance Fiction

First Place: "New Beginnings" by @ rileyoe1 / RileyOE (AO3)

Best Romance Fiction

First Place: "Bound by Fate" by @theshipthatgotaway / SimpforSessKag (AO3)

Best Rare Pair Fiction

First Place: "Higurashi" by @ jewel-shard / Jewel_shard (AO3)

Best Fluff Fiction

First Place: "a little different, mostly the same" by gomehnasai (AO3) Second Place: "Lowered Guard" by @lynnnexus / Lynn_Nexus (AO3)

Best Serial Fiction

First Place: "Helping Hands" by @ladydanitar

Best Ficlet

First Place: "In Another Life" by @serial-doubters-club / hakomorebi (AO3)

Best Classic Fiction

First Place: "Light Me a Lantern" by @inuyashasforest / Novaviis (AO3) Second Place (tie): "The Lucky Ones" by @isilwath / Terri Botta (AO3) and "The Ronin" by @mamabearcat

Best Completed Fiction

First Place: "Love and Politics" by @ ruddcatha

Best Action/Adventure Artwork

First Place: "Kagome from upcoming fanfic" by @kalcia Second Place: "Chasing Yesterday" by @stardust414

Best Alternate Universe/Reality Artwork

First Place: "Inugang 👓❤️✨" by @seicheru Second Place: "Human huntress x Fae Prince" by @valuvi

Best Canon Universe Artwork

First Place: "Felt like doing a tribute piece" by @varethane

Best Angst Artwork

First Place: "Untitled" by @peocokruu

Best Dark Artwork

First Place: "You hear that Inuyasha? They say I should step away from you…For my safety! How cute." by @kirrryash Second Place: "Day 27: Kagura" by @akakris10

Best Humor/Parody Artwork

First Place: "Nothing Like A Fake 'Stach Off'" by @clearwillow / BrigidTheFae (AO3)

Best Kiss Artwork

First Place: "Happy Birthday Ruddcatha" by @ kalcia Second Place: "Insufferable Miko" by @jwylea

Best Character Artwork

First Place: "a quick kagome" by @epiphanypaige

Best Duo/Pairing Artwork

First Place: "kohaku & rin" by @elevenharbor Second Place: "Human huntress x Fae Prince" by @ valuvi

Best Doujinshi Artwork

First Place: "Embrace" by @mama-ino

Best Redraw Artwork

First Place: "Back to my roots - first one" by @incaseyouart

Best NSFW Artwork

First Place (tie): "Bite" by @julytheartist and "Something for @ mygrayhare💚" by @brain-rot-hour

Best InuKag Romance Artwork

First Place: "The most specialest og ship if you ask me✨️" by @justasecbro

Best Thruple Romance Artwork

First Place: "kagome's such a girls girl" by @imoeyn

Best Romance Artwork

First Place: "Just Friends" by @ eliza-faust-diary

Best Rare Pair Artwork

First Place: "Nothing Like A Fake 'Stach Off" by @ clearwillow / BrigidTheFae (AO3) Second Place: "A Kiss As a Promise" by @justafewsmallsteps / HelikaAkileh (AO3)

Best Group Depiction Artwork

First Place: "One of the illustrations" by @eliza-faust-diary Second Place: "Inugang 👓❤️✨" by @seicheru

Best Background Artwork

First Place: "Untitled" by @talesofthedice

Best Overall Artwork

First Place: "Kagome Higurashi, just a normal teenage girl growing up in Japan in the early 2000s" by @ peocokruu

Congratulations to all the winners! Your awards are ready, so please send one of the mods or this blog your preferred email address so we can send them to you! If you have not received it within one week, please reach out to a mod <3

Please note, the winner ban only applies to the first place winner(s) in each division; second and third place winners will be eligible to be nominated again in the next term.

As this term comes to a close, FeudalConnection will be taking a short hiatus. This time is always spent reviewing the process and seeing what can be revamped for next term.

An immense thank you to everyone who voted on next term's roulette categories!

Roulette Fanfiction Category for Term 3 2025 will be Best Crossover Fanfiction. This is defined as: A story that blends characters, places, or storylines from Inuyasha and other medias. It can be set in an Alternate Universe or a Canon Universe.

Roulette Fanart Category for Term 3 2025 will be Best Fluff Artwork. This is defined as: A piece that generally has a positive and happy feel. Focuses on cheerful themes and "feel good" moments. Can include a happy moment between characters who have a strong, sometimes romantic, bond.

Roulette Romance Category for Term 3 2025 will be Best KogKag Romance. This will be a category for both Fanart and Fanfiction.

For Fanfiction, it will be defined as: Stories that have developed a believable romance between Koga and Kagome. "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, it will be defined as: Any romantic depiction of Koga and Kagome.

Remember, all other romantic pairings, besides InuKag & KogKag, can be nominated into the Best Romance category. All other pairings will be up for voting again next term. We will continue cycling through desired pairings to give spotlight to as many pairings as possible.

We will officially be back in full swing September 1st! We will still be around in case you have questions or concerns, but feel free to take this time to read new fanfiction and find new fanart. We strongly encourage everyone to review/comment/reblog so to spread the love of this fandom around. 

Want to stay immersed in the Inuyasha fandom? Head on over and join our Discord server, which is open to everyone! Or follow @inuyasha-events​ to stay up-to-date on all the current and upcoming fandom events!

As the day gets closer to the start of the third term of 2025, we will be keeping everyone in the loop when it comes to changes and updates. Thank you all again for making this such a wonderful experience! See you soon!

- FeudalConnection

It's the start of the 2nd Term 2025 Inuyasha Fandom Awards!

We hope everyone had a good start to the 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!

A special thank you goes out to @mayarab for donating her time and talent to creating banners for everyone! (If you have not received your award banner for last term, please reach out to one of the mods asap!)

As mentioned in this post, there is a big change coming for how to submit your nominations. We are no longer taking nominations submitted through our ask or submission boxes. Change is not fun, but we hope this will make sending in nominations easier and more user friendly across all social media platforms.

To submit your Fanfiction Nominations, please click here.

To submit your Fanart Nominations, please click here.

You will need to sign into Google, just as we ask you to do with the voting form. If you have any questions or concerns about this new format, please don't hesitate to reach out. And if you have any feedback - positive or constructive - please let us know!

At the end of last term, the voting form included the possibilities of the Roulette Categories for this term, and we have taken the top choice for both Fanart and Fanfiction.

The Fanfiction Roulette Category for this term will be Best Classic Fanfiction. This is defined as: A fanfiction that has been posted outside of the designated timeframe; ie: stories that have been posted and/or updated prior to the 3 years before the start of the term. These are not limited to completed fics, but completed fics may be preferred.

The Fanart Roulette Category for this term will be Best Background. This is defined as: A focus on the background, not just the main character(s). This is an appreciation of the work and background that the artist has created.

We also have the Romance Roulette category for both Fanfiction and Fanart. This term, the pairing chosen will be Best Thruple Romance.

For Fanfiction, it will be defined as: Stories that have developed a believable romance between three Inuyasha characters. "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, it will be defined as: Any romantic depiction of three Inuyasha characters.

Remember, all other romantic pairings, besides InuKag & thruples, can be nominated into the Best Romance category. All other pairings will be up for voting again next term.

If it wasn't mentioned above, chances are it hasn't changed. Please be aware that the moderators always take suggestions regarding how the awards are run and category changes into consideration, 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 be nominated to make sure you are staying current with who is eligible to be nominated.

Here you can find the mobile-friendly link for all current nominations for this term.

The 2nd Term 2025 nomination period will begin on May 1st and go until the end of the day May 15th. Please send your nominations in through the links above! If you have any other questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to send in an ask or reach out to one of the mods! We are also frequently available on the FC Discord!

Mods: @classysassy9791, @ruddcatha, @dchelyst, @the-lone-huntress

It's that time of the term!

The voting period is now in session! As mentioned earlier, we are utilizing a new method of voting. You'll still need to sign into the form in order to vote, just like Google, and you will be allowed one vote per category. Please note: we will be recording email addresses and media platform names to preserve the integrity of the voting process! The email addresses and votes will NOT be shared with anyone; it is simply to prevent voting anomalies. Please let us know if you experience any issues!

One of the great features about this new form is that the choices of each question will be randomized per person. Fandom members in the past have expressed concern of the first option of each question being chosen more frequently simply so people can say they voted - this will no longer be an issue. We hope this helps make it a better experience for all!

The voting form will take you through all pieces up for voting as well as all the roulette categories - fanfiction, fanart, and romance - as well as if you are a fandom artist and would like to contribute your work to be utilized in future FC banners. For each form, you will be asked to sign-in again. If you do not want to vote or contribute to any of the roulettes or fandom banners, you can either skip them by clicking the arrow at the bottom right of the page after logging in, or you can simply 'X' out of the form all together.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to send in an ask or reach out to a mod.

Remember, you have until the end of the day on June 20th to cast your votes, so don't forget to finish up those fanfics and view all that fanart.

Happy voting!

Hey everyone!

Below the cut you'll find a complete list of all of the Fanfiction nominations received for this term! You can also find the full list of all nominations on Google Docs.

Click here for the complete list of Fanart nominations.

Thank you to everyone who participated in this term for taking the time to do so. We hope you enjoyed your experience! If you have any feedback on the nomination form, please don't hesitate to reach out to the mod-team! If you do not see your nomination, please reach out to us as soon as possible!

We strongly encourage that when you view a work of art or read a fanfiction, please reblog or leave a comment to let the creators know how much their work and talent is appreciated!

As a reminder, we are giving 3 weeks time to enjoy all of the creations. The voting period will begin June 6th and end June 20th.

In order to be able to vote, you'll need to register so we can keep it all neat and clean. We will be posting the link to the voting form on the first day of the voting session.

Got a question? Check out our FAQ or send us an ask. You can also message one of the mods directly!

Thank you to everyone who nominated for making this 2nd Term absolutely wonderful, and happy voting!

For our nominees: This term the lovely @mayarab created nominee banners for each individual category. Please click here to download your banner!

Don't fight over being able to vote, there is still time!!

The voting period is currently in session, but it does close in 5 days on June 20!

We are utilizing a new method of voting. You’ll still need to sign into the form in order to vote, just like Google, and you will be allowed one vote per category. Please note: we will be recording email addresses and media platform names to preserve the integrity of the voting process! The email addresses and votes will NOT be shared with anyone; it is simply to prevent voting anomalies. Please let us know if you experience any issues!

One of the great features about this new form is that the choices of each question will be randomized per person. Fandom members in the past have expressed concern of the first option of each question being chosen more frequently simply so people can say they voted - this will no longer be an issue. We hope this helps make it a better experience for all!

The voting form will take you through all pieces up for voting as well as all the roulette categories - fanfiction, fanart, and romance - as well as if you are a fandom artist and would like to contribute your work to be utilized in future FC banners. For each form, you will be asked to sign-in again. If you do not want to vote or contribute to any of the roulettes or fandom banners, you can either skip them by clicking the arrow at the bottom right of the page after logging in, or you can simply ‘X’ out of the form all together.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to send in an ask or reach out to a mod.

Remember, you have until the end of the day on June 20th to cast your votes, so don’t forget to finish up those fanfics and view all that fanart.

Happy voting!

The voting period is currently in session! We are utilizing a new method of voting. You’ll still need to sign into the form in order to vote, just like Google, and you will be allowed one vote per category. Please note: we will be recording email addresses and media platform names to preserve the integrity of the voting process! The email addresses and votes will NOT be shared with anyone; it is simply to prevent voting anomalies. Please let us know if you experience any issues!

One of the great features about this new form is that the choices of each question will be randomized per person. Fandom members in the past have expressed concern of the first option of each question being chosen more frequently simply so people can say they voted - this will no longer be an issue. We hope this helps make it a better experience for all!

The voting form will take you through all pieces up for voting as well as all the roulette categories - fanfiction, fanart, and romance - as well as if you are a fandom artist and would like to contribute your work to be utilized in future FC banners. For each form, you will be asked to sign-in again. If you do not want to vote or contribute to any of the roulettes or fandom banners, you can either skip them by clicking the arrow at the bottom right of the page after logging in, or you can simply ‘X’ out of the form all together.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to send in an ask or reach out to a mod.

Remember, you have until the end of the day on June 20th to cast your votes, so don’t forget to finish up those fanfics and view all that fanart.

Happy voting!

CONGRATULATIONS, @julytheartist​!!! Your fanart “Bite” has been nominated by one of your fans for the 2025 2nd Term Inuyasha Fandom Awards run by FeudalConnection!

Your work has been nominated in the following category:

Best NSFW

In addition, your fanart "The Lord and Lady" has been nominated into the following category:

Best Romance

Voting will take place between June 6th and June 20th, and the links to do so can be found on the feudalconnection Tumblr page.

If you would like to pull your work from consideration for an award, please let us know via the Tumblr page or [email protected].

Once again, congratulations for your beautiful contributions to this wonderful fandom, and thank you for all that you do!

NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY MAY 15th! SUBMIT YOUR FIC/ARTWORK NOMINATIONS THROUGH OUR PAGE!

Don't be left filled with regret! There is still time to nominate your favorite Fanfiction and Fan Art!

The nomination period is currently open, but it will be closing TODAY, May 15, 2025!

As a reminder, the nomination period closes tonight, May 15, 2025, at midnight PDT!!!! Remember, we have a new nomination process to help streamline everything for you!

To submit your Fanfiction Nominations, please click here.

To submit your Fanart Nominations, please click here.

You will need to sign into Google, just as we ask you to do with the voting form. If you have any questions or concerns about this new format, please don’t hesitate to reach out. And if you have any feedback - positive or constructive - please let us know!

The categories for the quarter are:

Best Fanfiction Categories

Best Action/Adventure Best AU/AR Best Canon Universe Best Angst Best Dark Best Drama Best Humor/Parody Best NSFW Best One-Shot Best Character Portrayal Best InuKag Romance Best Throuple Romance Best Romance Best Rare Pair Best Fluff Best Serial Best Ficlet Best Classic Fanfiction Best Completed

Best Fanart Categories

Best Action/Adventure Best AU/AR Best Canon Universe Best Angst Best Dark Best Humor/Parody Best Kiss Best Character Best Duo/Pairing Best Doujinshi Best Redraw Best NSFW Best InuKag Romance Best Throuple Best Rare Pair Best Romance Best Group Depiction Best Background Best Overall

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 be nominated to make sure you are staying current with who is eligible to be nominated.

Here you can find the mobile-friendly link for all current nominations for this term.