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sometimes I’m reminded that there are still people who don’t know ao3 was literally created by incest shippers — and the site’s sole purpose is to 1. be completely against censorship and 2. host all kinds of dark, taboo fics that are banned on other platforms — and the first ever fic that was posted on ao3 was a fic about an incest ship from supernatural.

you are in the house that was created by freaks. for freaks (affectionate). every disgusting thing you can think of is rightfully allowed and welcomed on ao3, because they are exactly the reasons why ao3 was created in the first place.

ao3 was created because its creators got tired of censorship, they got tired of dark and taboo fics getting banned on pro-censorship platforms, and they wanted a place that was safe for ALL FICS THAT WERE DARK AND TABOO.

ao3’s main principle is being against censorship and being proship / profic.

there are some things in fiction that make me uncomfortable, but instead of shaming people who are just minding their own business and not harming anyone in real life, I choose to curate my own internet experience by blocking/muting what I don’t want to see. ao3 has excellent tagging system, so instead of being a bitch, use their tagging system properly and you won’t see the things you don’t want to see.

it’s your job to curate what you see. it’s not other people’s jobs or responsibilities to censor themselves for your personal comfort. the world does not revolve around you.

also you cannot censor “only the things you personally hate” without expecting everything else, that isn’t of conservative beliefs, to be censored too. because censorship is a slippery slope and a fascist tool. I promise you there are people who think “why do tags for queer love even exist on ao3? they’re grooming children”.

if you allow the things that you hate to be censored — because someone with enough power gets to control what other people can and cannot create/consume, it will not stop at the things that you hate.

CONGRATULATIONS, @thornedraven​!!! Your fanart “Chronically Beautiful” has been nominated by one of your fans for the 2026 2nd Term Inuyasha Fandom Awards run by FeudalConnection!

Your work has been nominated in the following category:

Best NSFW

Voting will take place between June 7th and June 21st, 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 22nd! SUBMIT YOUR FIC/ARTWORK NOMINATIONS THROUGH OUR PAGE!

** Permission to post it was granted by the artist Do not repost/edit the art without permission Please, support the artist on their pages too **

Artist : RONPU (pixiv / twitter / weibo / IG)

As always, us mods here at FeudalConnection want to give a huge thank you to everyone who participated in the First Term 2026 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 1 2026 Inuyasha Fandom Awards, hosted by FeudalConnection!

Best Action/Adventure Fiction

First Place: “Legacy” by @fandomobsessions016

Best Alternate Universe/Reality Fiction

First Place: “It’s Just Business” by @sereia1313 / Sereia13 (AO3) Second Place: “Sword Play” by @millennialmiko Third Place (tie): “Long Ride Home” by @clearwillow / BrigidTheFae (AO3) and “If We Fall Anyway” by @soliska / Evilillusions (AO3)

Best Canon Universe Fiction

First Place: “Momentum” by @the-lone-huntress / Wandering_Huntress (AO3) Second Place: “I’m Only Human” by @elkonigin

Best Angst Fiction

First Place (three way tie): “Imposition” by @sereia1313 / Sereia13 (AO3), “Inevitable” by @justafewsmallsteps / HelikaAkileh (AO3), and “Forgotten Soul” by @purplezeldana

Best Dark Fiction

First Place: “The Ghost of Higurashi Shrine” by @elkonigin(AO3) Second Place:  “Divided Hearts” by Simply_ivy (AO3)

Best Drama Fiction

First Place: “The Debutante and the Dog” by @fawn-eyed-girl (Fawn_Eyed_Girl on AO3) and @ruddcatha

Best Humor/Parody Fiction

First Place (tie): “Fire(rat)flies” by @kstewdeux and “Buy Flowers or Cry Later” by @jewel-shard / Jewel_shard (AO3)

Best NSFW Fiction

First Place: “Midnight Craving” by VoiceOfPikachu (AO3)

Best Oneshot Fiction

First Place: “Or The Last Thing I See” by @millennialmiko

Best Character Portrayal

First Place: “Farewell, Bellflower” (Kikyo) by @xanthippe-writes / xanthippewrites (AO3)

Best InuKag Romance Fiction

First Place: “Long Ride Home” by @clearwillow / BrigidTheFae (AO3) Second Place: “Episodes Of You” by princess_pumpernickel (AO3)

Best KogSan Romance Fiction

First Place: “Runs With Wolves” by thereddqueen (AO3)

Best Romance Fiction

First Place: “Handful of Hope” by @shikonstar

Best Rare Pair Fiction

First Place: “Wishful” by @rileyoe1 / RileyOE (AO3)

Best Fluff Fiction

First Place: “Mistletoe{sies}” by @dawnrider

Best Serial Fiction

First Place: “Heart Patch Series” by @dawnrider

Best Ficlet

First Place: “Through Every Season” by @skyelara Second Place (tie): “A Sweet Scent” by @duxinteritio / DuxInteritio (AO3) and “Hunted By A Hanyou” by @heynikkiyousofine

Best Antagonist Portrayal

First Place: “Where Winter Learned to Stay” (Sesshoumaru) by @valentineheart14

Best Completed Fiction

First Place: “The Ghost of Higurashi Shrine” by @elkonigin

Best Action/Adventure Artwork

First Place: “dawg” by @jaysosillyart

Best Alternate Universe/Reality Artwork

First Place (tie): “Commute in the apocalypse” by @kirrryash and “They will be your IDOLS for HALLOWEEN” by HulloYokai (X)

Best Canon Universe Artwork

First Place: “Sit Boy” by @flyingfrogillustration

Best Angst Artwork

First Place: “Shippou waiting at the well” by @venal-quad

Best Dark Artwork

First Place: “doing this one almost took me out” by @cherrihime-art

Best Humor/Parody Artwork

First Place: “Inuyasha sketch page for the soul” by @shellshooked Second Place: “Los humildes pensamientos de Kikyo hacía Naraku” by vanevane120 (X)

Best Kiss Artwork

First Place: “Happy Holidays!” by @eliza-faust-diary

Best Character Artwork

First Place: “🌑❤️‍🔥🌙” by moonlichi (X)

Best Duo/Pairing Artwork

First Place: “POV you goofed up but with color” by @newtsnaturethings Second Place: “He’s at it again” by @septh1s

Best Doujinshi Artwork

First Place: “Wrapped in love” by @jakotsuto

Best Redraw Artwork

First Place: “The world’s prettiest princess” by @valuvi

Best NSFW Artwork

First Place (tie): “A shenanigan a day….” by @mrfeenysmustache / AshMish111 (AO3) and “(⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)” by Lenbarboza (X)

Best InuKag Romance Artwork

First Place: “Inuyasha and Kagome Gift” by artby.margarida (Instagram)

Best KogSan Romance Artwork

First Place: “Here’s a Koga and Sango!” by @brain-rot-hour / GoblinOnAHorse (AO3)

Best Romance Artwork

First Place: “stop talking and kiss me” by @thornedraven

Best Rare Pair Artwork

First Place: “Trick or treat” by @clearwillow / BrigidTheFae (AO3) Second Place: “boop” by @jakotsuto

Best Group Depiction Artwork

First Place (tie): “Inufamily” by @kirrryash and “Sunflowers” by @angel-kagomex

Best Traditional Artwork

First Place: “Inuyasha and Kagome Gift” by artby.margarida (Instagram) Second Place: “Inuyasha redraw” by @sarahsartistportfolio

Best Overall Artwork

First Place: “Untitled” by @sollee-art

Congratulations to all the winners! Banners will be ready for the winners in approximately a week, 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 two weeks, 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 2 2026 will be Best World Building. This will be defined as: creating a believable setting or fictional world for your story, a world that feels as real to your readers as the one they live in.

Roulette Fanart Category for Term 2 2026 will be Best Line Artwork. This will be defined as: any image that consists of distinct straight lines or curved lines placed against a background.

Roulette Romance Category for Term 2 2026 will be Best SessSan 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 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, it will be 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. 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 May 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 Second term of 2026, 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!