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neeliepsrecs · 5 years ago

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The HP Fanfic Fan Poll Awards Round 5: Fall-Winter 2013

Awards hosted here

DRARRY (Draco Malfoy x Harry Potter)

Best Drabble: First Place: "Tots and Toys" by dracogotgame Second Place: "Diana" by bleedingangel84 Third Place: "The Golden Snitch" by rzzmg

Best Drama-Angst: First Place: "When the Songbird Stopped Singing" by nherizu Second Place: "Les Enfants Terribles" by thusspakekate Third Place: "A Piercing Comfort" by talithan

Best Dark Fic: First Place: "I Love You" by curlee_cue Second Place: "Whose Was That Gentle Voice?" by writcraft Third Place: "The Deepest Pits of Despair" by cadkitten

Best Comedy: First Place: "The Twelve Days of Draco" by birdsofshore Second Place: "Draco Malfoy and the Accidental Armchair" by pervyunitwins Third Place: "Tick Tock" by fireflavored

Best Romance: First Place: "When the Songbird Stopped Singing" by nherizu Second Place - TIE: "By The Numbers" by mindabbles & "A Song, Incomplete" by rurounihime Third Place: "Sharing Different Heartbeats" by talithan

Best Slash Smut: First Place: "Unhook the Stars" by jad Second Place: "Burning the Ground" by traintracks Third Place: "Something I Don't Want to Stop" by traintracks

Best Threesome+ Smut: First Place: "At the Edge of the Crossroads and Leaning" by traintracks Second Place: "Stakes" by yeaka Third Place - TIE: "Got It So Good" by blissed_bess & "Without a Piece of Your Heart" by snarkyscorp

Best Alternate Universe: First Place: "Give Me A Quiet Mind" by wellhalesbells Second Place: "To Be Back Again in the Rest of the Room" by lamerezouille Third Place: "Here's the Pencil, Make It Work" by ignatiustrout

Best Legacy Story: First Place: "Turn" by saras_girl Second Place: "Redeem Me" by samayel Third Place: "Gold Tinted Spectacles" by beren

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HARRON (Harry Potter x Ron Weasley)

Best Drabble: "The Best Man" by The Dauntless Ravenclaw

Best Drama-Angst: "Something Old" by The Enigmatic Crow

Best Romance: "Right Here Where You Need Me" by Hogwartsowl

Best Legacy Story: "The Morning After" by Matroushka

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HINNY (Harry Potter x Ginny Weasley)

Best Drabble: "Bruises" by mihnn

Best Drama-Angst: "Invisible" by phoenixstrike1

Best Dark Fic: "The Darkness Takes Me" by xonceinadream

Best Het Smut: "Bruises" by mihnn

Best Threesome+ Smut: "Invisible" by phoenixstrike1

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JILY (James Potter x Lily Evans)

Best Drama-Angst: "The Reverse Method" by mihnn

Best Comedy: "The Reverse Method" by mihnn

Best Romance: "The Reverse Method" by mihnn

Best Het Smut: "Little Moments" by leontinebowie

Best Alternate Universe: "Bloody ShangriLa" by jamesthestagwhore

Best Legacy Story: First Place: "Wind and Waves" by HeroOfTheCastleOfMarble Second Place: "Snow" by corny cloth Third Place: "Tired" by Instant of Insanity

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ROMIONE (Ron Weasley x Hermione Granger)

Best Drabble: "Casual Sex" by mihnn

Best Drama-Angst: "For Better or Worse" by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor

Best Comedy: "Over and Under" by mihnn

Best Het Smut: "You've Got the Right Stuff, Baby" by tamlane

Best Alternate Universe: "Catch My Fall" by lire_casander

Best Legacy Story: First Place: "Leaning Slightly to the Left" by The Steppy One Second Place: "Today" by tmblue Third Place: "Making Memories" by ermynee322

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SNARRY (Harry Potter x Severus Snape)

Best Drabble: First Place: "Private Party" by torino10154 Second Place: "All Natural" by alisanne Third Place: "The Charming Prince" by pekeleke

Best Drama-Angst: First Place: "Standing on the Shoreline" by citiesandsigns Second Place: "Three Firsts and One Forever" by suitesamba Third Place: "The Importance of a Day" by emynn

Best Dark Fic: "Fifty Shades of Truth" by starcrossedgirl

Best Comedy: "The Hole Truth" by bk7brokemybrain

Best Romance: First Place: "Standing on the Shoreline" by citiesandsigns Second Place: "The Beginning Of A Journey" by roozetter Third Place: "Spanking Interrupted" by blissed_bess

Best Slash Smut: "Fly By Night" by twisting_vine_x

Best Alternate Universe: First Place: "Disinherited" by emilywaters76 Second Place: "Something Good Will Come" by deirdre_aithne Third Place: "A Snowball's Chance" by sheankelor

Best Legacy Story: "Rapture" by mia_ugly

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SNERMIONE (Severus Snape x Hermione Granger)

Best Drabble: First Place: "Eight Months in Stockholm" by tychesong Second Place: "Fifty Shades of Turkey" by toblass Third Place: "It's Elemental, My Dear Granger" by savine_snape

Best Drama-Angst: First Place: "Pet Project" by caeria Second Place: "Resonare Mortis" by laralee88 Third Place: "Anima Mea" by proulxes

Best Dark Fic: First Place: "No Dominion Greater" by rivertempest Second Place: "Fair Weather From The North" by dickgloucester Third Place: "The Toil of the Just" by sarablade

Best Comedy: First Place: "Appetizers" by aurette Second Place: "Ye Gentlewizard's Guide to Courtshippe & Metrimonie" by gingertart50 Third Place: "The One Where Snape's Bits Smell Like Cheese" by scumblackentropy

Best Romance: First Place: "The Awakening" by crmediagal Second Place: "With Careful Magic Caught Inside" by of_anoesis Third Place: "Within the Wilderness, an Orchid Blooms" by georgesgurl117

Best Het Smut: First Place: "Lay Me Low" by teddyradiator Second Place: "Shrinking Potions, Silk Scarves, and A Dollhouse" by onecelestialbeing Third Place: "Fairy GodHermione" by cybrokat

Best Threesome+ Smut: First Place: "Getting Past Broken" by tychesong Second Place: "Out of the Shadows Came a Rose" by gingertart Third Place: "Triple Viktory" by pern_dragon

Best Alternate Universe: First Place: "Prisoner 5273" by snapefan520 Second Place: "Divide of Time" by Anubis Ankh Third Place: "Arithmantic Equations as a Second Language" by absolute_tash

Best Legacy Story: First Place: “Post Tenebras, Lux” by loten Second Place: "Chasing the Sun" by loten Third Place: "A Walking Shadow" by Ariadne AWS

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LUCIUS MALFOY x anyone

Best Drabble:

"Revenge: A Bittersweet Reward" by madam_minnie

Best Drama-Angst: First Place: "Delightful Blackmail" by Duco Lacuna Second Place: "Proxy" by deslea Third Place: "Wither" by xThe Painted Lady

Best Dark Fic: First Place: "The Road Unplanned" by caitriona_3 Second Place: "There Is Nothing More Satisfying" by scarletladyy Third Place: "Revenge: A Bittersweet Reward" by madam_minnie

Best Comedy: "Of Rippling Muscles and Taut Buttocks" by savva

Best Romance: "Persuasion" by linlawless

Best Het Smut: "Competing Business" by laurielove

Best Slash Smut: First Place: "English Delight" by torino10154 Second Place: "The Training of a Weasley" by Lilith Connor Third Place: "Plastic" by yeaka

Best Threesome+ Smut: "Four Things Lucius Should Not Have Said (And One Thing He Should Have Said But Didn't)" by WhatWldMrsWeasleyDo

Best Alternate Universe: "Danse Macabre, or: Learning to Light a Fire" by

karelia

Best Legacy Story: First Place: "By the Book" by scrace Second Place: "Penfriends" by mizsphinx Third Place: "Sharps, Sharks and Sheds" by Nathaniel Cardeu

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SIRIUS BLACK x anyone

Best Drabble: "Christmas: Sirius' Christmas" by keria1123

Best Drama-Angst: First Place: "Le Songe" by carmentakoshi Second Place: "The Coldest Time" by mustntgetmy Third Place: "Little White Lie" by themessrs

Best Dark Fic: "Snow in April" by faieance

Best Comedy: "Days of Cats and Cabbages" by smallbrownfrog

Best Romance: First Place: "The Night Is A Bridge Between Yesterday And Tomorrow" by huldrejenta Second Place: "Adagio" by sable_tyger Third Place - TIE: "Adam's Rib" by rhye & "Of Cinema and Sticky Notes" by bluepeony

Best Het Smut: "The Secret Incantation" by pauraque

Best Slash Smut: First Place: "Size Matters" by rewrites24 Second Place: "Then and Now" by writcraft Third Place: "Sunday" by yeaka

Best Threesome+ Smut: "Insatiable" by rewrites24

Best Alternate Universe: First Place - TIE: "An Occlument Heart" by beautifulyes & "Paying the Ferryman" by queenkerosene Second Place: "Time Is A Fine Invention" by bluepeony Third Place: "Highland Fling" by picascribit

Best Legacy Story: First Place: "Without Fear" by remuslives23 Second Place: "Drawing the Line" by chokolattejedi Third Place: "All Narrow Jealousies" by marseverlasting

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NEXT-GEN CROSS-GEN

Best Drabble: "Nice Shoes, Sweetheart" by tamlane

Best Drama-Angst: First Place: "Sugar Wanna Kill Me Yet" by traintracks Second Place: "Marked in Indelible Ink" by the_minx_17 Third Place: "The Art of Insinuation" by dexstarr

Best Dark Fic: "Fixation" by lunarblair

Best Romance: "Possibly, Maybe" by curlee_cue

Best Het Smut: First Place: "Quibbler Exclusive" by torino10154 Second Place: "When It Alteration Finds" by traintracks Third Place: "A Man of Worldly Knowledge and Impeccable Taste" by tamlane

Best Femmeslash Smut: "The Intricacies of Ownership" by dexstarr

Best Slash Smut: First Place: "Sugar Wanna Kill Me Yet" by traintracks Second Place: "Possibly, Maybe" by curlee_cue Third Place: "When It Alteration Finds" by traintracks

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RARE PAIRS

Best Drabble: First Place: "left a ringing in my ears" by openended Second Place: "Alone in Company" by pretty_panther Third Place: "Making A Memory" by mmadfan

Best Drama-Angst: First Place: "Hearts Obsession" by imera Second Place: "Knock, Breathe, Shine, and Seek to Mend" by traintracks Third Place - TIE: "Dull as Dirt, Brilliant as the Stars" by anguis_1 & "Secret at the Grave" by leigh_adams

Best Dark Fic: First Place: "The Experiment" by sabethea Second Place: "A Well Bred Warlock: A Guide to Wooing, Courting and Every Day Behavior for the Pureblood Wizard" by selmak Third Place: "Of Death And Rebirth" by bluemermaid

Best Comedy: "The Muggles Have a Word for Them" by kellychambliss

Best Romance: First Place: "Heart Full of Black" by m3535 Second Place: "Leaf by Leaf" by atdelphi Third Place: "Written in the Stars" by torino10154

Best Het Smut: First Place: "What We Thought We Knew" by thusspakekate Second Place: "The Waiting Game" by scarletladyy Third Place - TIE: "Change of Heart" by ragdoll & "Something Promising" by rzzmg

Best Femmeslash Smut: First Place: "A Child That Knows Poems By Heart" by pauraque Second Place: "They Searched for Blue" by traintracks Third Place: "A Cliff in July" by miss_morland

Best Slash Smut: First Place: "On the other side of the mirror" by leashy_bebes Second Place: "You Hold Him in the Palm of Your Hand" by tryslora Third Place: "Colour to a Sunset Sky" by writcraft

Best Threesome+ Smut: First Place: "A Girl Can Dream" by geneva2010 Second Place: "Center of Attention" by thusspakekate Third Place: "Masquerade" by pauraque

Best Alternate Universe: "Romance of the Age" by o_mayari

Best Legacy Story: First Place: "This Time Around" by Disneydoll0424 Second Place: "The End of Love" by with_rhyme Third Place: "A Story of Warnings and the Ignoring Thereof" by therealsnape

#x #sshg #awards #fanfic fan poll awards #round 6

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astoundingbeyondbelief · 2 years ago

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Kaiju Week in Review (October 23-29, 2022)

Marvel published Ultraman: The Mystery of Ultraseven #3 (of 5) on Wednesday. Kaiju-Ultra combat dominates this one, with Hayata and Ultraman debating how to handle the out-of-control Ultraseven as well. I've fallen off with a lot of Ultra Series stuff, including the post-Z shows (hence Decker's absence from these reviews), but this reimagining of the classics continues to impress. Watch for the Pestar cameo!

Rumble has finally come to Blu-ray and DVD in the U.S. Made for theaters (the first trailer played before Sonic the Hedgehog) but banished to Paramount+ last December, this kaiju wrestling comedy went completely overlooked by genre fans. Maybe now it'll get its due. I quite enjoyed it—as a sports movie, it's pure formula, but as a monster movie it's something new. And yes, the wrestling organization has the same name as the old fanfic series on Godzilla Tower. I actually bought the artbook as prep for a podcast episode I recorded last year that never aired, so expect more posts on this one soon.

By the way, this is actually last week's news—I just didn't know about it until I found the DVD on a cart of new materials at my library.

Godzilla vs. Kong won the Saturn Award for Best Film Visual Effects, beating out a crowded field thanks to an almost two-year eligibility period. This is familiar territory for both monsters: Godzilla (1998) and King Kong (2005) were among the previous victors. Deserved over Top Gun: Maverick? Probably not, but I dunno why Maverick was one of the nominees to begin with. It was also nominated for Best Science Fiction Film, losing to Nope.

Varan won a remarkably intensive Godzilla Store poll earlier this year to become the next Movie Monster Series figure (Super Mechagodzilla placed second again after losing to Gorosaurus last year), and said figure has finally been revealed. It'll go on sale November 3. Other Godzilla Store-exclusive vinyls can be ordered through Buyee, so I expect this one will be too.

The upcoming CG short Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex is also getting MMS figures. No details yet that I could find, but since the film premieres November 3rd, I wouldn't be surprised if they dropped that day too.

Godzilla Battle Line is teasing Evangelion Unit 01 as the next new Battle Piece, a rare EvaGoji collaboration that won't require traveling to or importing from Japan to experience. That would cover three of the four films in the Shin series... can a giant Kamen Rider be far behind?

Godzilla's 68th birthday is next Thursday, and since reporting on all the U.S. tie-in screenings after the fact won't do anyone any good, I'm going to list them all now:

Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla - Limited release nationwide through Fathom Events; check if it's playing near you here

Godzilla (1954) - Alamo Drafthouse locations; will use Toho's 4K restoration

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) - Roxy Cinema in NYC; 35mm print

Godzilla (1954); Rodan; Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster; The War of the Gargantuas - hosted by John Carpenter on various digital channels from November 3 to 6

Licensing International also has a list of all the non-film collaborations planned for that day. Nothing jumps out, to be honest, but I figured I'd include it.

But if you're like me and already have commitments that evening, why not check out @spacehunter-m's reconstruction of the 1956 German theatrical version of Godzilla instead? It premiered in West Germany just a few months after Godzilla, King of the Monsters! opened in the States, but it's actually based on the Japanese cut (just 13 minutes shorter). English subtitles are included.

#ultraman #godzilla #king kong #gigan #gigan rex #godzilla 1954 #rumble #neon genesis evangelion #godzilla vs. gigan rex #godzilla vs. kong #the mystery of ultraseven #home video #toys #kaiju week in review

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dramioneasks · 2 years ago

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Hello, do you have dramione Resident Evil vibes? Virus, zombie, blood, etc

I can't find any based on the Resident Evil itself, but we do have this tag:

tags > themes > magical creatures > zombies and inferi

But here are some more:

Valravne by venus woman and giant saurian (grayglube) - M, one-shot - She is gore drenched and casual on the edge of the grounds, standing there like she isn’t dead at all. And he’s dying too, he’s so sure of it then, stumbling to follow her as she turns, not bothering to wait for him as she walks away from him. He stumbles and falls on a pile of the dead and dying at the edge of the lake. It rains and the blood washes into the water like garnet colored smoke, like clouds, like so much spilled ink. Gryffindor Red, he thinks falling down into the shallow water. The war is over, Hermione Granger is among the dead, he’s told, he hears, from someone. It doesn’t matter. But he sees her. He still sees her.

Their Last Chance by articcat621 - M, one-shot - As Hermione lies dying, she gets one last chance to tell him how she really feels.

Where My Demons Hide by Amethyst18 - T, one-shot - Draco Malfoy has been sentenced to death. With Hermione and a ticking clock at his side, Draco will use his final hours searching for the one thing he never thought he’d find: Redemption.

Brown Eyed Girl by LadyKalrissa - T, one-shot - Consumed by grief, Draco does the unthinkable. But it’ll be worth it in the end to see those brown eyes again.

Love in a Time of Apocalypse by ningloreth - E, one-shot - In a world overrun by Inferi, it seems that Hermione and Draco want different things.

The UnDead May Be With Us by starduchess - M, one-shot - Hermione is on the run from Inferi and stumbles upon Draco attempting the Samhain rites.

A Cure by The Bickering Kingdom - K+, one-shot - A group of survivors holed up together at Malfoy Manor during the Zombie apocalypse. One shot

The Dream of Immortality by RZZMG - M, 7 chapters - A zombie plague. Voldemort disappears. Hermione is rescued from Azkaban by Draco Malfoy. But nothing is as it seems. "Everyone's a monster, Granger..." Crossover w/Vampire The Masquerade. HP Zombiefest 2011 entry. Drama-Horror-Hot Shag! Post-War A/U. Story nominated for multiple categories at the 2012 Summer Round of the HP Fanfic Fan Poll Awards-see profile for details. COMPLETE!

-Lisa

#anonymous #zombies and inferi #magical creatures

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antiloreolympus · 3 years ago

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10 Anti LO Asks

1. They don't need to be complimentary colors but HxP isn't the only couple in LO with awful couple designs. Eros is neon pink jock (?) with generic brown girl Psyche. Poseidon and Amphitrite look like siblings. Aphrodite and Ares clash with Ares looking so ugly (😭). Athena and Hestia just look random next to each other. Thanatos and Daphne is just off-colored HxP. Ironically the only couples who looked good with each other was Minthe and Hades and Hades and Hera, and we know how well those went.

2. I remember the creator of Steven Universe, when called out for how they sexualized the fusion between two children, said they were "calling out objectification" and literally no one bought it, they just liked sexualizing a conventionally attractive female-designed character and tbh im seeing that same thing in Rachel claiming she's "pushing back against purity culture and seeing women as objects" as she does both of those things. anyway white ladies with the RS initials can not be trusted.

3. I’m going to be honest and say that I feel as though RS kind of lost passion for the series. I know it’s continually updated and such, but I have a feeling that she doesn’t enjoy working as much as she used to anymore. That could explain the sloppy...everything honestly. She know longer has the passion to do the comic. It could be for a bunch of reasons, such as fame getting too over her head or feeling forced to do the series or even just getting bored of it, but that’s my take on it

4. name a more iconic duo than webtoons always promoting LO no matter how insignificant of a people's poll its up for while it ignores comics like hooky and the kissing bet getting actual awards from critics and respected institutions. clearly trying to get a mediocre white lady what's basically a teen's choice award is more important than mentioning hooky is getting actual awards and accolades by professionals and critics. i see you, webtoons 😒

5.hera found out by P's assault by touching her and took it upon herself to expose it to hephaestus who in turn had to SEE the r//pe to remove the photos. psyche found out through an arrow and was ready to expose it to everyone w/o P's consent. hades finds out through spying on her and then forcing her to tell him. so she only got to tell ONE person about this of her own choice (does eros having to explain it to her count? not really), while everyone else took that choice from her. So empowering!

6. Metis is a fertility deity in LO? I see we're just making shit up now! How cool of you, Rachel!

7. I think the unnecessary plot points in lo really drag it down. The trial and aow only serve to slow down the romance of Hades and Persephone. Eros and Psyche should have already been married as their love story was dragged on and made them both look like horrible people. Semele should have been introduced later so that her story wouldn’t look so abandoned and people could be more hyped about Dionysus. I think the Kronos plot is ok but it’s put on hold for the trial which is probably the most boring and confusing thing I’ve ever read.

8. tbh the webtoons social media people spend more time trying to give persephone a personality and anything interesting about her than the actual comic does. god belss em too because its not working ✨

9. now the excuse from fans is "its supposed be just tumblr prompts! it was never supposed to be accurate! rachel said so!" but thats not true? rachel herself calls it as "deconstruction"/"retelling", so it SHOULD be at least a little accurate, and also claims to be so researched on the myths and lists several "sources" she works off of, so which one is it? because she cant claim to be a myth expert but also say shes doesnt know and thus is allowed to just make up whatever. that's not how it works.

10. god bless now im seeing lo stans say its not supposed to be good its just supposed to be trashy fanfic and not taken seriously like ...ok so the years yall spent claiming it was a groundbreaking feminist masterpiece that should be considered as legit as homer himself is now a lie then? like which one is it?

From OP: I saw a fan say that Homer himself would love Lore Olympus and using this assumption to defend the story....I wish I was joking

#anti lo #anti lore olympus #lore olympus critical #lo critical

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feudalconnection · 4 years ago

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Get Ready...!!

It’s the start of the 1st Quarter 2021 Inuyasha Fandom Awards!!

We hope everyone has had a wonderful holiday season as we kick off the new year! A huge shout-out to everyone who participated last quarter and made it such a huge success! We look forward to all the amazing new fanfiction and fanart to be nominated and shared with this beautiful community!

Before we get started, there have been a few changes that have been made during our brief hiatus.

We want to give a shout-out to @britonell for always being so generous with her time and talent with creating award banners. (If you have not yet received your award banner for last quarter, please reach out to one of the mods asap!)

There are also some changes coming to the categories that may effect you as nominators:

Considering we now have a storyline in regards to Yashahime, we are now allowing works to be nominated into Fanfiction categories. However, because the storyline is not fleshed out enough and a lot of large parts are missing still, we will NOT accept any Yashahime works into the Best Canon Fanfiction category until more has been revealed. If there are any questions on this, please feel free to reach out to the mod-team.

Our Roulette category for fanfiction this quarter will be Best Canon Divergence Fanfiction. This is defined as: Anything that walks outside of Takahashi’s original vision, but includes some key defining moments from the original canon universe. Anything that starts in the World created by Takahashi and is taken to a different outcome. For this quarter, we are splitting the Best AU/AR category. The new definition for Best AU/AR Fanfiction this quarter is: Anything that walks outside of Takahashi's vision. Anything that moves the characters outside of Takahashi's setting of Feudal Era Japan or Modern day Japan is AU/AR. Anything that changes the main characters beyond the basic core attributes Takahashi granted them. Anything that includes a separate world and series of events. If there are any questions regarding this, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the mod-team.

As a reminder, any work of fiction may include OC’s, but it must reflect 80% of the storyline revolving around the Inuyasha characters.

One major change is that we are now going to evolve the Winners into First, Second, and Third place Awards. This has happened in past IY awards and some fans were hoping that we would be able to bring this back. However, this change is going to be based solely on the level of participation by you guys!

For any category to receive up to three nominations, a First Place banner will be awarded to the winner.

For any category to receive up to five nominations, First and Second Place banners will be awarded to the winners.

For any category to receive up to seven nominations, First, Second, and Third Place banners will be awarded to the winners.

Basically, the more nominations we receive, the more likely the chance for several people to receive banners! If you have any questions regarding this, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the mod-team.

If it was not 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 quarter may bring about new changes. You can read up on the most recent FAQs, Rules of Eligibility, and Categories for more information (these links are only available on desktop)

Also for this quarter, check out @inuparentsday, taking place on January 16th!

As nominators, please make sure that each quarter 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.

The 1st Quarter 2021 nomination period will being January 1st and go until the end of the day January 15th. Please send your nominations through the submit button! If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to send in an ask or reach out to one of the mods!

Mods: @sassybratt9791 @meggz0rz @umacaking @hinezumi @sssuperbartola @ruddcatha

Please reblog to spread the word of the start of the new quarter!

[Below the cut we’ve posted the mobile-friendly FAQs, Rules of Eligibility, and Categories]

FAQ’s

What is The Feudal Connection?

The Feudal Connection is a place where amazing fanart and fanfiction in the Inuyasha fandom is recognized, admired, and offered the chance to be nominated for an award! In addition, it also gives lesser known authors and artists an opportunity to have their work shared to a broader extent and receive the admiration and recognition they deserve!

How do I nominate?

You can send us a submission in one of our nomination formats. Your submission will not be posted and therefore remain anonymous, only to be seen by the moderators. You can send multiple nominations in one submission, as long as the nomination formats are used for each nomination. Please select your fiction nominations carefully; spelling and grammar are important parts of being an author. Anything deemed unacceptable by the moderator team will be disqualified. Once nominations are complete, we’ll post the list of accepted nominations so you can read and view them before voting.

Can I nominate my own art/fiction?

You cannot nominate yourself. Doing so will result in the nomination not being accepted and a warning from the award moderators.

How long do I have to nominate?

You will have 2 weeks from the start of the nominating quarter to send in nominations. These dates will be posted at the beginning of each quarter.

Can I nominate anonymously?

No. This is due to the fact that no one is allowed to nominate their own work. Also, if a nomination is disqualified, the moderators will be reaching out to the person who nominated to allow them another opportunity to nominate.

Can I promote my own works of fiction/art to be nominated for a quarter?

No. You are not allowed to self-promote your own work during the nomination. This includes not being allowed to request others to nominate your work in specific categories. However, you are allowed to promote the nomination period of the awards by stating something similar to “go nominate your favorites” or the like, as long as you don’t promote your own work to being nominated. Violation of this rule will result in a warning. If there is a second offense, your work will be banned from being nominated in any future quarters.

How many fanfics/fanarts can I nominate?

Only one fiction or artwork can be chosen for each category per person. Meaning, a story or artwork can only be nominated by one person per category. Therefore, any secondary nominations will be disregarded and the duplicate nominator will be allowed to submit another story or artwork in its place.

Is there a limit to how many works can be nominated per category?

Yes. Only 7 fictions or artworks can be nominated per category. Once that category has reached its nomination limit, no more nominations will be accepted into that category for the current quarter.

What fanfiction/fanart is eligible to be nominated?

Please see Rules of Eligibility.

What is the nominating format for fanfics? For fanart?

Nominating format for fanfiction:

Category: (List the name of the category you’ve chosen) Nominated by: (List YOUR screen name) Rating: (The fiction’s rating) Title: (Title of the fiction) Author: (List the name of the person who wrote the story) Website(s): (Add the link where the story can be seen)

(For Best “In-Character” list the character’s name): (For Best “Friendship” list the characters’ names):

Nominating format for fanart:

Category: (List the name of the category you’ve chosen) Nominated by: (List YOUR screen name) Title: (Title of the artwork) Artist: (List the name of the person that drew the piece) Website(s): (Add the link where the art can be seen)

Can I nominate a fanfic/fanart for more than one category?

Yes. The same story or artwork may be nominated by the same person in up to two different categories.

What are the categories?

The categories for both fanart and fanfiction can be found in the Categories link.

Can I nominate a fanart/fanfic that includes Original Characters or Crossover Characters?

Yes. For Fanfics, 80% of the story needs to be focused on Inuyasha characters and the development of the story. OC’s can be in a story, but the main focus needs to be on the Inuyasha characters. Artwork can contain Non-IY characters where specified, but NO art may contain only OC’s or Non-IY characters. (i.e. Artwork of Inuyasha and Kagome’s “OC children” are unacceptable without other genuine IY characters present in the piece)

I don’t want my fanart/fanfic nominated. Can I opt out? How?

Once a nomination has been approved by the moderators, the author/artist will be made aware of the nomination. Every author/artist retains the right to have their work be removed from the nomination list and can opt out of future nominations. Simply reach out to one of the moderators to let us know.

How many quarters are there?

There will be 4 quarters total per year. Each quarter will be broken down by dates prior to the quarter starting.

How long is each quarter?

Each quarter will be approximately 8 weeks.

How long is the voting period?

The voting period will last for 2 weeks.

How do I vote?

Once the voting period begins, the moderators will post a link to the voting form that will list all of the nominations and which categories they have been nominated for. You can click on the link to be taken to the voting poll, however, you must sign in as you will be allowed only one vote per category.

When are the winners announced?

At the end of each quarter.

What happens if my fanfic/fanart wins? Do I need to do anything?

You don’t need to do anything; you can kick back, relax, and enjoy the feeling of being recognized for your hard work! We will be contacting you in regards to your award within the next twenty-four hours.

I want to nominate an artist/author who has won in the past. Are they still eligible to be nominated?

There is a Winner Ban in place. Once any piece of artwork or fanfiction has won an award for a category, it automatically becomes ineligible and cannot be nominated again for that category. However, it can be nominated for other categories after three consecutive quarters have passed (ie: one year since that piece won) as long as it fits within that definition. We currently do not have a rule against nominating an author/artist back into the category they won for in the past, as long as it is a different piece of work that is being nominated.

I have a question that’s not listed.

Please feel free to send an ask or a direct message to one of our mods and we will get back to you as soon as possible! :)

Rules of Eligibility

Fiction and Fanart published on any public or free site can be submitted for an award provided they meet all of the requirement of the nominations. These sites include but are not limited to Tumblr, Fanfiction.net, AO3, Deviantart, ect. If the validity of a site is uncertain, reach out to a moderator.

Multi-chapter fics must have been updated within the past 3 years of the nomination quarter. Fanart must have been created within the past 3 years of the nomination quarter.

One-shots and drabbles must have been posted within the past 3 years of the nomination quarter.

If the work was posted onto several different locations, the earliest date and time stamp will be taken and checked against the quarter’s period of eligibility. Stamps posted within reviews can be used to date a work and/or its chapters. Also, authors and artists can be contacted to verify timeframes.

You cannot nominate yourself. Doing so will result in the nomination not being accepted and a warning from the award moderators.

You are only allowed to nominate one fic/fanart per category.

Each piece of Art or Fanfiction is allowed to be nominated into a maximum of two different categories per quarter. The nominations will be taken on a first come first serve basis, meaning that once a piece of Art or Fanfiction is nominated into two categories, it will not be allowed to be nominated into other categories, and each subsequent nomination will be rejected.

Each author/artist is allowed to be nominated twice per quarter. Meaning, an author/artist can only have a max of two of their creations be nominated per quarter. So be sure and pick your favorites carefully!

The work must be in compliance with the definition of the category into which it was nominated.

Both adult and non-adult artwork are acceptable for nominations.

Categories

*Please keep in mind that these are subject to change pending participation and suggestions.

There are 32 categories in all - 16 for Fanfiction and 16 for Fanart. Please adhere to each categories’ definition when nominating. If a nomination does not fit within the definition, it will be disqualified.

Fanfiction Categories

Best Action Fiction

Action: “actual engagement in fighting an enemy; military or naval combat” Adventure: “participation in exciting undertakings or enterprises.”

Does it make you sit on the edge of your seat? Do the characters battle adversity on a daily basis? Have the characters embarked on an epic quest?

Best Alternate Universe/Reality Fiction

Anything that walks outside of Takahashi's vision. Anything that moves the characters outside of Takahashi's setting of Feudal Era Japan or Modern day Japan is AU/AR. Anything that changes the main characters beyond the basic core attributes Takahashi granted them. Anything that includes a separate world and series of events.

Best Canon Fiction

“The works of an author that have been accepted as authentic.”

If the story is set in Takahashi’s universe (Modern Japan or Feudal Japan) and keeps the character origins, events, and motivations for character development that she created, then it is canon.

Best Angst Fiction

“Any situation or series of events having/giving a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish. An acute but nonspecific sense of anxiety or remorse.”

Stories that delve into the lives of the characters and pit them against odds that create angst.

Best Dark Fiction

Anything that brings the reader into a world of pain and suffering through abuse of the characters at the hands of the antagonist or internal strife. If it includes graphic rape, murder, abuse (mental or emotional), a character that is suicidal or possessed of depressing thoughts/outlook on life that colors the majority of the story in glum tones it can be considered a dark!fic. Can also be aimed to cause an overwhelming and painful feeling due to something frightfully shocking, terrifying, or revolting; fear. Aimed to frighten or ‘gross out’ the reader.

Best Drama Fiction

“Any situation or series of events having vivid, emotional, conflicting, or striking interest or results.”

Stories that delve into the lives of the characters and take the readers with them on a journey through the gambit of emotive expression.

Best Humor/Parody Fiction

Did it make you laugh? Did it deliberately spoof the anime/manga?

Best NSFW Fiction

Sexual content/smut with plot. Both oneshots and specific chapters from multi-chapter fics are accepted in this category. If coming from a multi-chapter fic, a link for that specific chapter is required. Must include content depicting an act of the sexual nature; i.e,. sex, masturbation, heavy petting/touching, ect.

Best Oneshot Fiction

Any fiction that spans the length of one chapter. This can also be a fiction that contains more than one chapter provided that each one was posted at the same time and specifically deemed a “oneshot” by the author.

Best Character Portrayal

Did the author create an in-depth characterization that, while it may diverge from Takahashi’s vision for them, managed to attract the reader?

*Nomination must include the specific character*

Best Romance Fiction

“Ardent emotional attachment or involvement between people; love”

Stories that have developed a believable romance between two characters. “Believable” is subjective, and it is up to those nominating/voting to draw their own line on that quantifier and vote their “Best.”

Best Non-Canon Pairing

A story including two or more characters in a romantic relationship with each other that were not canonically together in the manga or anime (such as InuKag, MirSan, KogAya, InuParents, etc)

Best Serial Fiction

A collection of drabbles or oneshots or a combination of both that makes up one larger story.

Best Ficlet

For drabbles and poetry - of any genre or pairing - consisting of 1,000 words or less.

Best Canon Divergence Fiction

Anything that walks outside of Takahashi’s original vision, but includes some key defining moments from the original canon universe. Anything that starts in the World created by Takahashi and is taken to a different outcome.

Best Completed Fiction

A story with multiple chapters that will no longer be updated and should be listed as ‘complete.’

Fanart Categories

Best Action Artwork

Any fanart depicting adventures, engagement in fighting an enemy, or battles.

Best AU/AR Artwork

Any fanart depicting the characters in an alternate reality or universe setting.

Best Canon Artwork

Any art featuring the characters in a canon setting.

Best Angst Artwork

Any art depicting a scene having/giving a feeling of dread, anxiety or anguish.

Best Dark Artwork

Any art that brings the reader into a world of pain and suffering through abuse of the characters at the hands of the antagonist or internal strife. If it includes graphic rape, murder, abuse (mental or emotional), a character that is suicidal or possessed of depressing thoughts/outlook on life that colors the piece in glum tones can be considered a dark artwork. Can also be aimed to cause an overwhelming and painful feeling due to something frightfully shocking, terrifying, or revolting; fear. Aimed to frighten or ‘gross out’ the reader.

Best Humor/Parody Artwork

Any artwork which evokes a feeling of amusement in the viewer.

Best Kiss Artwork

Fanart depiction of the a kiss between two romantic characters.

Best Character Artwork

Any artwork that is a ‘still life’ of one or two characters. It may be bust only, bust and torso, or full body. The portrait should seem more ‘professional’ than a snapshot in its form and presentation, and should successfully convey a sense of the character’s canon personality to the viewer. Portraits should all be canon, and not AU/AR.

Best Duo/Pairing Artwork

Any art that features two characters be it a comic, doujinshi, painting, drawing, sketch, etc. If other characters are included in the picture it is only allowed as a background. The focus MUST be on the pairing. The art can reflect either a platonic relationship or a romantic relationship between the two characters.

Best Doujinshi Artwork

Fanbased and fan made manga based on Inuyasha; art and story combined in manga form.

Best NSFW Artwork

Any artwork portraying the characters of Inuyasha engaged in a sex scene or a scene hinting at a sexual relationship. Can be one character, male/female, male/male, or female/female.

Best Romance Artwork

Any romantic depiction of two of the characters of Inuyasha (excluding male/male or female/female)).

Best Non-Canon Pairing Artwork

An artwork depicting two or more characters in a romantic light with each other that were not canonically together in the manga or anime (such as InuKag, MirSan, KogAya, etc)

Best M/M & F/F Artwork

Any romantic depiction of two of the characters of Inuyasha including male/male or female/female pairings.

Best Group Depiction Artwork

This artwork must feature 3 or more of the Inuyasha cast to be eligible.

Best Overall Artwork

The quality, time, thought, and emotion that went into this piece is what would make it worthy of this nomination. Please take note: The general idea is not the “best of what’s nominated” or “best of show.” It is a category created specifically for art appreciation. That means that even if the characters are OOC, AU, or not drawn in anime style, etc., the ART itself is worthy of praise.

#feudalconnection #fcq12021 #fc nominations #fc start #mod team

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fanfic-reading-challenge · 4 years ago

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Where Can You Find Fics That Won Awards?

Hello!

It has come to my attention (from myself) that some people have no idea that Awards were even a thing. They were innocent... and then they were controversial. *sighs sadly at lost joy*

But. I would like to share with you a few web pages and resources and websites that I remember from my way-too-young-to-be-reading-fic-but-was-anyway-days and hopefully you’ll find some new treasures just like I am (re)discovering!

This is, yes, a task on the Fic Reading Challenge, but only on the Hard Mode version. Feel free to skip this, or just throw a completed task on there anyway even if you, like me, don’t plan to complete ALL of the Hard Mode (me, read 90% of the challenge in one ship? HAHAHAHA)

Anyway. ;) Here, have some lovely resources I dredged up from the depths of the internet. :) Do enjoy, and happy reading!

(This list is not exhaustive and is sadly missing some sites which are no longer with us. But it gives you a good start!)

Fanlore list of fanfiction awards (incomplete but has plenty - 22 older fandoms and some multifandom)

HP Fanfic Fan Poll Awards (2012-2014)

Oh look, even more Potterverse awards

Moste Potente Passions SS/HG Awards

Ashwinder-related Awards

If Book Riot counts for anything, I’d call their list of the 50 best HP fics ‘awards’ Because come on, it’s Book Riot <3

The fic at the top of the list was actually just recced highly on that gifset going around with the wandless magic wizard reading A Brief History of Time (you know the one!!! - @ecrivainsolitaire was kind enough to remind me of this delightful work) and I for sure am going to be reading this fic before I die. I mean, dudes, ladies, folks, this fic has over 36,000 reviews! Okay, I’m done. :P Off to lose myself in a world where Harry Potter was raised with science.

XENA AWARDS - Need I say more?

The Golden Yodas - 2001-2010 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - 2017 (though I do question if the vaunted Jedi Council actually read anything on AO3 - I recognize nothing but that does not discredit the quality of their work! I think it was simply open to just their forum, that’s all.)

Criminal Minds: Profiler’s Choice Awards 2017

Literally like 123 different awards forums on FFN; I’m kind of in awe.

2019 Drarry Awards

As mentioned above, controversy has always been a part of fanfiction awards (I myself remember a spectacular blowout in the SW Sequel Trilogy fandom based on Tumblr/AO3/Discord that basically kaiboshed that idea pretty quick) but there still are some more recent awards, which is great! If you read the first link above (The Fanlore site one) there is some explanation of why this is contoversial but also a hypothesis that Awards were the precursor to the now much more popular rec lists. I can believe it!

If you can’t find a fic with an award that you like, choose a fic rec list with, say, 200+ notes, or something suitable for the size of your fandom (whether smaller or larger), and then list said fic and include a link to the rec list you pulled it from.

Like I’ve mentioned before, this isn’t a strict Reading Challenge.

Just have fun, y’all hooligans. <3

~ Juulna

P.S. Please feel free to reblog this list with other award sites you know of (if you want to search through the Wayback Machine, please be my guest, honestly - it is a treasure trove). Or send me a message and I’ll add it to the list! :)

Hope everyone is having as much fun as I’ve been having!

#2021 #2021FRC #2021 fic reading challenge #reading challenge #fanfiction awards

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dntwtwikipedia · 4 years ago

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November 2020 - Polls Arc

The title is as simple as it gets. Created all by Vømy, this arc was dedicated to making categories & giving winners, who were chosen by the community, awards. All in total, there were 35 categories:

Best Light Stan went to @/oikawaslongneck

Best L Lawliet Stan went to @/kpasoamiguito

Best Misa Misa Stan went to @/newworIdsgod

Best Ryuk Stan went to @/joshIwr

Best Naomi Misora Stan went to @BEYONDBIRTDAY

Best Near Stan went to @/yristrr_

Best Mello Stan went to @/safekeehl

Best Rem Stan went to @/lordvxmy

Best Gevanni Stan went to @/GEVANNl

Best Matsuda Stan went to @/mctsuda

Best Fan Artist went to @/lordvxmy

Best Kiyomi Tadaka Stan went to @/amemekoutarou

Best Matt Stan went to @/nyancat1hour

Best Watari Stan went to @/JustJakul

Best Watari Anti went to @/GEVANNl

Best Mikami Anti went to @/crucialblow

Best Editor went to @/saikisbian

Best Light Yagami Kinnie went to @/felixxluvlight

Best Misa Misa Anti went to @/TAGTheory_

Best Mello Kinnie went to @/phantomtr0upe

Best Death Note Ship went to Mello x Matt

Best Light Yagami Anti went to @/blackdontcry

Best Mikami Kinnie went to @/phantomtr0upe

Best L Lawliet Kinnie went to @/badtzgoru

Best Misa Misa Kinnie went to @/gon4eva

Best Matt Kinnie went to @/kallukitty

Best Near Kinnie went to @/robotplushie

Best Kiyomi Tadaka Anti went to @/mell0k1n

Horniest Light Fucker went to @/LAWLIETINNIT

Best Death Note Layout went to @/JustJakul

Smartest Death Note Stan went to @/lordvxmy

Horniest Ryuk Fucker went to @/CATBOYCANTU

Best Fanfic Writer went to @/m92__fs

Dumbest Death Note Stan went to @/KIRAPIKA

Best Ryuk Kinnie went to @/ryukkinnie

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dracos-den · 5 years ago

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Shared for #SpotlightSaturday by @articcat621

Shattered Fancies by @crmediagal Pairing: Draco Malfoy/Severus Snape Rated M Summary: A stormy night at Spinner's End following the death of Albus Dumbledore leaves Draco Malfoy downtrodden and in need of consoling. He can only hope that Severus Snape will be just the wizard up for the task. Written for the 2014 HP Drizzle Fest on LiveJournal. SLASH. One-shot, AU, Hogwarts era. WINNER THIRD PLACE - "BEST SLASH SMUT" IN THE FALL/WINTER 2014 HP FANFIC FAN POLL AWARDS!

#dracosden #draco's den #spotlight saturday #Draco Malfoy #severus snape #Draco x Severus #hp fanfiction #fic rec

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niiartbynicole · 5 years ago

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Hi question, where can I see the harry potter fanfic awards? i'm new to this. Thanks for the help!

Hello! This is a great question, I actually had to do research myself? I didn’t know there were any fanfic awards, outside of the Dramione circles I follow!

These are the few I found, I hope they’re helpful!

HP Fanfic Poll Awards

HP Fanfic Fan Poll on LiveJournal

Harry Potter Fanfic Awards

HP Fanfic Awards on Wattpad

If you’re wanting pairing specific ones, you may have to search through specific groups that ship them? I can like a few Dramione ones, if you like that ship? (My Dramione art is how most HP fans find me, haha!)

Dramione Asks Fanfiction Awards

Dramione Asks posts tagged “fanfiction awards”

Hopefully this helps you out~

#harry potter #hp #fanfic awards #question #dramione #this was a good question #i'll have to read some of these fics off of these lists

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maliciouslycreative · 5 years ago

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So I’ve mentioned a lot of times over the years that I used to be fandom famous in a small anime fandom and I spent a lot of my time running damage control to an anti however I’ve never actually recounted the whole tale for you all. Buckle up and crack open a lemonade because we’re going on a journey (more under the cut).

The year is 2004, I’m 17, and in my final year of high school. I wrote a lot of fanfic back then, mostly for anime fandoms and around the time I joined Gaia I started posting my fanfic “Several Blows to the Head” which became unexpectedly extremely popular. But before I go forward I feel I should give some back story because some of you will probably get extremely confused very fast otherwise.

For those of you who don’t know about gaia online let me give you some history. Gaia was pretty much THE SHIT back in the mid to late 2000s. It was an anime themed forum website where you had a little avatar you could dress up.You gained gold by posting, playing mini games, posting in polls, or even just browsing in general. There were hundreds of subforums and in each of them a tonne of active threads. Another feature was the guild system. Basically anyone could create a guild which was pretty much your own themed subforum that the guild admin could decide the rules and who was able to join as long as they still followed Gaia’s ToS.

The anime I was into was (Bakuten Shoot) Beyblade, which at the time was an ongoing series. For those unfamiliar with the series a bunch of teenagers use battling tops possessed with the spirits of ancient mythological creatures and even gods to fight each other. Let’s just say it wasn’t winning any awards for amazing writing but it was a lot of fun and I LOVED my small corner of the fandom. It was pretty much your average shonen series of the time which meant that it had a main cast of 5 male characters (with a female lead added in the second season) and then very few minor female characters. The only actual canon ship was only made canon in a post canon addition to the manga that was not even released outside of Japan. So I bet you all are coming to the same conclusion that yes, there was incredibly bad shipping drama. The breakdown of shipping pretty much looked like this

10% slash

70% canon male/OC

20% canon male/canon female

Now to resume our story. I joined Gaia and headed over to the anime forum and found the main Beyblade thread. I posted an introduction and in it made mention that I was a fanfic writer and I liked slash. This was when I met C. I’m not going to drag her name as all of this went down over a decade ago and I hope that she’s grown as a person since then. If any of you are REALLY resourceful I mean the threads still exist. You can go find them and see just how awful it got.

C was a year older than me and apparently the authority in these parts on all things Beyblade. She was also a writer but in her own words did not write fanfics, she wrote and posted novels. She was pretty well known in the canon/OC circles and had a pretty enthusiastic following.

So when I came in to that thread and introduced myself I opened a can of worms. I was told that we did not discuss slash ships in this thread because it was not canon and it made some people uncomfortable. And ok, I can see that. It was cool. I was there to have fun and chat with people. I mean anyone that wanted to chat slash I could add on YIM, MSN, or LJ. However, 2 things started driving the knife into the wound.

It was not ok to talk slash but it was perfectly ok for C to discuss in depth her fanfics because it was an OC and obviously did not contradict canon as the stories were post (a currently unfinished) canon

People kept recognising me because my fanfic was exploding in popularity. So people kept bringing up slash and I’d get dragged into it as my fic was usually a catalyst for discussion.

To keep things from escalating us slash fans decided to make our own thread to talk Beyblade slash. Now, there was some divide in the slash fandom and people pretty much shipped only Kai/Takao or Kai/Rei but for the sake of everyone’s sanity we put our shipping differences aside in the thread and aimed to make it a positive space for everyone. I mean, most of us were multishippers so we tended to just be excited to read anything that wasn’t one of the 9000 OC fics we had to wade through to find any slash.

Whenever people would come into the main Beyblade thread now if they happened to mention slash they would get an extremely cold message from C if one of us didn’t manage to intervene first and direct the new member to our other thread.

The other crux of the problem was Kai. Kai was probably the most popular character in the English fandom and Kai was C’s favourite character. She had an extremely specific idea of how people should interpret Kai. If anyone came into the thread and made a post like “I LOVE KAI <3 <3 <3” she would be rather unkind to them making back handed comments about how the person only liked him because he was attractive or a “bad boy” or that if they didn’t have anything to add to the thread they should leave because we didn’t like spamming in the thread. If we ever started character analysis on Kai then C had to have the last word. After all she shared some characteristics with Kai and obviously that meant that she therefore knew him the best.

You all can probably imagine how well conversations went in this thread. I did my best to kindly welcome people to the thread, redirect them when they needed to be, and tried to calm down discussions when they got too heated. And if things got too bad in the main thread we’d just move to the slash thread and be super excellent to each other. There were days where C became so unbearable that her friends that didn’t even ship slash would come into the slash thread to hang with us because we were just really nice.

She was also extremely pushy with her fics. Whenever fanfics would come up shed be the first to suggest to anyone that they should read her novels. She even tried it repeatedly on the slash fans. Being completely fed up I one day made her an offer that if she read one of my fics I’d read all of hers. I didn’t even specify which fic. So she could’ve chosen one of my under 5k fics and I would have agreed to read like 200k worth of her fics. She never agreed to this in all the years of me dealing with her.

The worst part of it all was we couldn’t even really report her for harassment or anything because she was friends with a lot of moderators. The last thing any of us wanted was to get banned over some petty grievance since we’d lose all our hard work to making our avatars look fabulous.

If the whole mess in the forums wasn’t bad enough there was 1 Beyblade guild and guess who the guild admin was. The atmosphere in said guild could best be described as… tense. Anyone that wasn’t one of C’s rabid followers ran under the constant fear that they’d be booted for saying something that didn’t agree with her narrow view of things. My best friend and I were honestly surprised that she even allowed us into the guild. But she probably couldn’t afford to outright deny us as I was a pretty prominent writer in the english slash community then and my friend was also a prominent writer and artist.

Eventually we got tired of walking on eggshells constantly so some of the other slash fans and myself pooled our resources together and I created a second Beyblade guild. Our message was simple, we were just there to be a safe haven for ALL fans of the series. We were expecting pretty much the people from the slash thread and then maybe a handful of other people to join.

The entire fandom on Gaia over the course of a couple days abandoned C’s guild and joined ours. Whereas before we created ours hers was on a steady traffic decline our guild was BOOMING with posts.

Unfortunately the oldest mail I have is from 2007 on Gaia so I don’t have any screenshots of this but C was understandably upset that we’d sniped her entire user base. We did try to smooth it over with her saying that that was never our intention but it ended with her sending me a message that literally said “ok, you win” and this is something I still think about over a decade later. It forever shifted how I perceive antis.

My whole time in fandom I’d just been here trying to have a good time. I didn’t intend to become fandom famous. I didn’t intend to be in charge of one of the most active Beyblade forums at the time. I wasn’t trying to change C’s mind or fight her. And this whole time she’d thought I’d been fighting against her because we had different views on the series.

The last episode of Beyblade G Revolution aired in September 2005, her guild officially closed in 2006 and the fandom eventually started drifting into other things. I stayed active in it until probably 2008 when personal stuff drew me out of fandom and then officially took a leave from fandom in 2009 when my best friend passed away. I don’t know what happened to C but I know she was still writing her novels at that point. Whenever I see fandom drama brewing I always think back to her and how frustrated she used to make me and then I think of the “ok, you win” and I’m just left feeling sad for her and people like her. I just don’t understand how people can let their hearts be so consumed by hatred and self righteousness that it poisons their entire fandom experience. I guess that’s a conversation for another time.

One final comment that I would like to make here since I didn’t know where to fit it in above is that my one friend was completely DONE with C one day and we were talking to each other and she was like “she acts like her fics save lives in Africa!” and honestly this is the most perfect description of C’s attitude. Like good for her for believing in her writing but there is sometimes a point where you need to chill out with self promotion.

#fandom drama #long post #man i kind of wish i had screenshots of stuff that went down #because it was absolutely wild #and this is why i don't get involved in fandom drama any more #like this shit made me eternally tired #also y'all are welcome to rebagel this and tell your own tales #malicious musings

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eisforeidolon · 5 years ago

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Episode: Don’t Go Into the Woods

Can all supernatural things potentially make the lights flicker? I know demons and ghosts do, but has this been a thing for more straight up physical monster-monsters before? I honestly can't remember.

I hate to be complaining about the Winchesters actually working a case just by themselves? Especially with as rare of a thing as that’s become? But let's be honest, I wouldn’t trust Jack with a mission as perilous as shopping. He might kill somebody or destroy the world. Dabb & Co. have pointedly made him incapable of learning or understanding anything, so he's less a realistic character and more a dangerously idiotic plot bomb perpetually set to go off at random intervals.

Who the Winchesters are now going to leave entirely unsupervised while Cas also just happens to be elsewhere. Well, isn't that suspiciously convenient?

Right now when he's just got his canon-breaking powers back and may not have a soul? NOW is the time to leave him alone?

O-kay, crippling brain damage for everybody is again necessary for this episode's events to happen, I see.

The only thing more frustrating than Jack being a perpetual shifting blob of whatever the plot calls for? Is further manifestation of Dabb's desperation to write for a teen audience via the dumbass teenybopper trio returning. Knew it was coming, still did not brace me for hating having to sit through it this much.

I'm a little puzzled about they guy one being able to watch Ghostfacer videos. I kind of doubt any teenager would notice the videos if they weren't being currently produced, and the Ghostfacers broke up last we saw them. Did they somehow get back together after that episode with the lulzy anvilicious supposed parallels? If they didn't and this kid is just trawling the Internet for videos that are at least five years old at this point, wouldn't whichever Ghostfacer it was who had gone off to run a business or whatever have had this shit scrubbed off the internet to avoid being made fun of by his colleagues? Seriously, I am way way more interested in this probable continuity fail potential mystery than in anything about the teens themselves.

I don't have a lot to say about the case Sam and Dean were working. Again, it was fine. New monster, okay. I mean, it does seem like maybe a questionable choice to go for something that's similar to a monster the show has already highlighted (wendigo)? But really, a lot of folklore monsters are variations across slightly different legends, so it's probably stranger we haven't had more similar monsters over the years. It did at least look quite different and I thought it was cool how it melted.

Local townie sheriff in denial and really obtusely insistent about coyotes snatching people out of bathrooms? Eh, I can go with that, I guess. Though, what, was he planning on spending the next who knows how long of his life futilely trying to keep people out of the local woods for reasons he was going to just refuse to specify to anyone? And he even kept going on about coyotes while his son was so blatantly campaigning to win the Most Likely to Wander Into the Woods for Revenge Award? Kind of dumb, but I don't think it was too far over the threshold of unbelievably dumb. Yeah, it was all more than a little on the nose obvious about the sheriff knowing something such that the Winchesters were going to ultimately need his help. Still, there was at least some Winchesters working together and Dean got a cool moment disarming the sheriff in the woods. Though I'm not any less sick of yet again the rando of the week killing the monster while the Winchesters get knocked about, I'm kind of resigned to it at this point. Dabb clearly finds believably competent characters actually getting to be competent unspeakably boring.

So yeah, that part of the episode was mostly just there for me. I was inordinately bugged by how during one of those conversations between sheriff guy and his son the show chose to toss in an egregious flashback to the dead girlfriend. Like, do they think we as the audience have so little attention span we can't remember the kid is upset his girlfriend just died a few minutes ago in this same episode? Or do they trust their actors so little to convey emotion they felt it was necessary to go DEAD GIRL IN YOUR FACE AGAIN, BOOM! at the audience? There was that and the sheriff lecturing Sam & Dean about how they should just tell people monsters or real or put it on youtube – because that doesn't sound crazy and people can't make fake videos? I feel like that was less a genuine moment and more like the something the writers stuck in because it's one of the complaints that's been circling the fandom for years. Maybe I'm just cynical or the scene didn't come off too well, but I was less sympathizing with something that's actually a pretty reasonable response for someone blindsided by monsters being real and more rolling my eyes at his whining.

Here's a poll, which is more stupid? The cringe-y cluelessness of shoehorning in a dead horse of a fanfic cliché like, “We have movie nights on Tuesdays!” Or that the writers continue to think annoying teenybopper canon fodder calling Dean old is cool/funny. I can't decide!

Also, what are the writers wanting us to think about whether or not Jack has a soul? Because I am having some trouble here believing that he doesn't have any soul left when this episode turns into him angsting about accidentally almost killing Whatsherface #2 and getting rejected by the teen trio even after “fixing” his “mistake”. I mean, if the writers are intending us to know but not for Cas and the Winchesters to, that's fine, but if this is meant to be a mystery I feel like it's a fail in terms of how they're writing potential soullessness because while I don't care all that much, I don't feel any doubt that he does. Even if I am annoyed at the groundhog day feeling of this incident after we already sang this song over the security guard incident.

I'm also not terribly impressed about the Winchesters arguing in the car over Dean's lying to Jack about needing someone to stay in the bunker. If Sam really felt that strongly about it, why did he just agree? Even if it was some bullshit don’t argue in front of the “kid” thing, he could have tacked on an addendum about being worried about Jack’s powers without contradicting what Dean said. Oh, right, for the dramaz. In the same way that the show careens wildly back and forth between treating Jack as a competent adult and a toddler with some kind of memory retention disorder, the way the Winchesters handle him makes just as much sense. Speaking of lying, is it really that much better to tell a white lie about being worried about Jack being “comfortable” with his powers instead of finding a polite but honest way to say they suspect he'll accidentally kill people because he has no brains consistent control and an issue with overconfidence?

I think there were some Dean fans that thought the thrust of that end conversation was to blame Jack almost killing some fools on Dean - but whether or not there were any intentional shades of that, it's too stupid for words. Jack being badly written is Jack's problem, not any other character's prevarications. If Jack didn’t learn back with the security guard, the idea any talkity-talking over reckless use of his powers at the beginning of this episode would have prevented what happened is ludicrous. That’s only confirmed by spoilers I know about the rest of this season making it clear that even accidentally almost killing somebody outright here doesn’t teach him anything. Because again, he’s written as largely incapable of learning. Which, I guess there’s a weird pacifier-toting squad of infantilization-loving fans who are into that shit, but for my part? Ew, no thanks. I prefer characters with more personality than “helpless ball of woobified stupidity”. I liked Jack well enough to begin with, but the more central they make him to the story, the more obviously deficient he is as a consistent and three dimensional character.

#writer incompetence #anti dabb #negativity for ts #anti jack kline #spn 14x16 #spn season 14 #long post

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The HP Fanfic Fan Poll Awards Round 7: Fall-Winter 2014

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BlackMoon/WolfStar (Sirius Black/Remus Lupin) Best Drabble "He Knows" by hikarievandar - Rated: G Best Drama-Angst Fic 1st Place - "Leave the Children Behind" by cevennes 2nd Place - "We Might Fall" by queenkerosene - Rated: PG-13 3rd Place - "Full Moon" by hikarievandar - Rated: PG-13 Best Dark Fic "Love is a Four Letter Word" by REwrites - Rated: Explicit/NC-17 Best Comedy Fic "The Active Reader" by veeagainst - Rated: Mature/R Best Alternative Universe Fic 1st Place - "You Saw The Clouds Above, But I Saw The Universe" by olivier_dathos - Rated: PG 2nd Place - "Evenings, Mornings, Afternoons" by illittorate - Rated: R 3rd Place - "John Wolf" by NeonDomino - Rated: T/PG-15 Best Romance Fic 1st Place - "Claim Your Broken Crown" by queenkerosene - Rated: PG-13 2nd Place - "You Can't Have It All (But There Is This)" by escribo - Rated: NC-17 3rd Place - "Your Happy Thoughts" by NeonDomino - Rated: T/PG-13 Best Slash Smut Fic "You know nothing, Lupin" by Erised_Rain - Rated: Explicit/NC-17

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Hinny (Harry Potter x Ginny Weasley)

Best Drabble "What We've Waited For" by The10thWeasley - Rated: K+/PG Best Drama-Angst Fic "Faintest, Slimmest, Wildest Chance" by keeptheotherone - Rated: M/R Best Dark Fic "Illusionary" by Evander - Rated: Mature/R Best Comedy Fic "Respite" by LadyGuilt - Rated: T/PG-13 Best Alternative Universe Fic "And We'll be Chasing Stars" by conjure_at_your_own_risk - Rated: Teen and Up/PG-13 Best Romance Fic 1st Place - "Faintest, Slimmest, Wildest Chance" by keeptheotherone - Rated: M/R 2nd Place - "His Best Birthday" by lrthunder - Rated: NC-17 3rd Place - "Getting It Off My Chest" by 17wilsonh - Rated: T/PG-13 Best Het Smut Fic "Waking" by HPTrio - Rated: Mature/NC-17

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Romione (Ron Weasley x Hermione Granger) Best Drabble "Ron/Hermione-makeup sex" by divagonzo1 - Rated: NC-17 Best Drama-Angst Fic "Nearly Time" by StrongHermione - Rated: K+/PG Best Dark Fic 1st Place - "In Sickness" by WeasleySeeker - Rated: T/PG-13 2nd Place - "Afternoon Delight" by inell - Rated: NC-17 3rd Place - "He Doesn't Care" by lrthunder - Rated: NC-17 Best Comedy Fic "Heart and Soul" by writergirl8 - Rated: M/R Best Alternative Universe Fic "Love is accidental" by Creamy Chessnut - Rated: T/PG-13 Best Romance Fic "You Go First" by anotherkate - Rated: T/PG-13 Best Het Smut Fic 1st Place - "Afternoon Delight" by inell - Rated: NC-17 2nd Place - "First Time" by raskapuska - Rated: M/NC-17 3rd Place - "Ron/Hermione-makeup sex" by divagonzo1 - Rated: NC-17

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Snermione (Severus Snape x Hermione Granger) Best Drabble 1st Place - "Curiosity" by krissy_cits - Rated: PG 2nd Place - "He Wishes Her Goodnight" by elwhi - Rated: K/PG 3rd Place - "In Their Dungeon" by dragoon811 - Rated: NC-17 Best Drama-Angst Fic 1st Place - "We Were Ghosts" by ausland - Rated: M/R 2nd Place - "Another Dream" by dragoon811 - Rated: M/R 3rd Place - "Voldemort's Assassin" by etherian - Rated: T/PG-13 Best Dark Fic 1st Place - "The Sin Eater" by teddyradiator - Rated: NC-17 2nd Place - "Hermione's Blood" by The Jester Erebus - Rated: M/R 3rd Place - "The Blessings of Marriage" by araeofsomething - Rated: T/PG-13 Best Comedy Fic 1st Place - "Shampoo" by llorolalluvia - Rated: M/NC-17 2nd Place - "DADA Doodles" by alyssialui - Rated: T/PG-13 3rd Place - "Out of Practice" by dragoon811 - Rated: K+/PG Best Alternative Universe Fic 1st Place - "Academic Affairs" by CRMediaGal - Rated: T/PG-13 2nd Place - "One Who Knew" by ausland - Rated: T/PG-13 3rd Place - "The Crafty Case of the Corpses That Weren't Corpses" by Ladymage Samiko - Rated: T/PG-13 Best Romance Fic 1st Place - "Another Dream" by dragoon811 - Rated: M/R 2nd Place - "The Assistant" by Ataraxie - Rated: M/R 3rd Place - "Know It All" by SweetTale4u - Rated: M/NC-17 Best Het Smut Fic 1st Place - "A Chateau, A Masquerade Ball, and An Ugly-Arsed Painting of Swans" by onecelestialbeing - Rated: M/NC-17 2nd Place - "But Who's Watching the Watchers?" by teddyradiator - Rated: NC-17 3rd Place - "Hallucination" by llorolalluvia - Rated: M/NC-17

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Threesomes+ (any threesomes or moresomes) Best Drabble "You Just Never Know" by lumosed_quill - Rated: NC-17 Best Drama-Angst Fic 1st Place - "Charming Our Hearts" by starduchess - Rated: R 2nd Place - "Eadar da theine Bhealtainn (Between the fires of Beltane)" by mae_linda - Rated: Explicit/NC-17 3rd Place - "It Takes Three" by sdkshelly - Rated NC-17 Best Dark Fic 1st Place - "Hilarious" by SoftObsidian74 - Rated: Explicit/NC-17 2nd Place - "The Third Brother" by Evandar - Rated: Explicit/NC-17 3rd Place - "An Old-Fashioned Punishment" by halfbloodmalfoy - Rated: NC-17 Best Comedy Fic "Worth It" by lumosed_quill - Rated: NC-17 Best Alternative Universe Fic 1st Place - "Red Strings of Fate" by Aviici - Rated: M/NC-17 2nd Place - "Legacy" by lrthunder - Rated: NC-17 3rd Place - "Good Girls" by IMTrouble - Rated: NC-17 Best Romance Fic "A Dragon's Heartstring at the Core" by tryslora - Rated NC-17 Best Smut Fic (any combination) 1st Place - "Lunch With Friends" by inell - Rated: Explicit/NC-17 2nd Place - "Charlie Weasley's Fuck Autobiography" by traintracks - Rated: NC-17 3rd Place - "Gentleman in the Streets, Demon in the Sheets" by tamlane - Rated: NC-17

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The Dark Side (Death Eaters/Snatchers) Best Drabble 1st Place - "Timed to Perfection" by alisanne - Rated: PG 2nd Place - (no title) by kuilanvampire - Rated: NC-17 3rd Place - "Drawings for Death Eaters" by sofknowseverything - Rated: G Best Drama-Angst Fic 1st Place - "Mark of Cain" by deslea - Rated: NC-17 2nd Place - "A Road Less Travelled By" by jules_meghan - Rated: NC-17 3rd Place - "Il Die Illa Tremenda (Libera Me)" by etoilecourageuse - Rated: Mature/R Best Dark Fic 1st Place - "Rasasvada" by ibuzzo - Rated: M 2nd Place - "Best Served Cold" by melusinahp - Rated: NC-17 3rd Place TIE - "48 minutes, 30 seconds" by abyss_valkyrie - Rated: PG-13 3rd Place TIE - "Mercy" by etoilecourageuse - Rated: Mature/R Best Comedy Fic "The Art of War" by lary - Rated: Explicit/NC-17 Best Alternative Universe Fic 1st Place - "Even good guys still get paid (so watch your back and keep the blade)" by ibuzoo - Rated: M/R 2nd Place - "Veela Agreement" by aleysiasnape - Rated: PG-13 3rd Place - "The Present" by tellmesomethingnew - Rated: T/PG-13 Best Romance Fic 1st Place - "Mark of Cain" by deslea - Rated: NC-17 2nd Place - "Fire on the Mountain (Run, boy, run) by barefacedbandit - Rated: NC-17 3rd Place - "Veela Agreement" by aleysiasnape - Rated: PG-13 Best Het Smut Fic "Not Necessarily a Girl's Best Friend" by tamlane - Rated: NC-17 Best Slash Smut Fic 1st Place - "Bloody Potters" by lumosed_quill - Rated: NC-17 2nd Place - "Mouthy" by entrenous88 - Rated NC-17 3rd Place - "Shattered Fancies" by crmediagal - Rated: M/NC-17 Best Femmeslash Smut Fic "When She Crooks Her Finger" by Lillielle - Rated: Explicit/NC-17

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Weasley-Prewett Love (Weasley-Prewett family) Best Drabble "Scoundrel" by tamlane - Rated: Explicit/NC-17 Best Drama-Angst Fic 1st Place - "Two Can Keep A Secret" by pauraque - Rated: NC-17 2nd Place - "Playmates" by ragdoll - Rated: NC-17 3rd Place - "In the Family Way" by torino10154 - Rated: NC-17 Best Dark Fic "730 Days" by SweetTale4U - Rated: M/NC-17 Best Comedy Fic NO NOMINATIONS THIS ROUND Best Alternative Universe Fic "Inescapable" by TarnishedArmour - Rated: R Best Romance Fic "Just One Wish" by dragoon811 - Rated: K+/PG Best Het Smut Fic 1st Place TIE - "Let the Ritual Begin" by ely_baby - Rated: NC-17 1st Place TIE - "The Right and Proper Way" by lokifan - Rated: NC-17 2nd Place - "Catch Me If You Can" by ragdoll - Rated: NC-17 3rd Place - "Comforts of Home" by torino10154 - Rated: NC-17 Best Slash Smut Fic "Spark" by starstruck1986 - Rated: NC-17 Best Femmeslash Smut Fic "A Wedding Day Diversion" by gamma_orionis - Rated: Mature/R

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Rare Pairs (any pairing not already assigned a ship/group) Best Drabble 1st Place - "Come back here, darlin'" by divagonzo1 - Rated: NC-17 2nd Place - "Nightcap" by roelliej - Rated: NC-17 3rd Place TIE - "Because You Love Me" by torino10154 - Rated: NC-17 3rd Place TIE - "Teamwork" by bleedingangel84 - Rated: PG-13 Best Drama-Angst Fic 1st Place - "Her Soul Cried" by flyingharmony - Rated: R 2nd Place - "D-Day Minus Zero" by huldrejenta - Rated: PG 3rd Place - "Amortentia" by TheNextFolchart - Rated: T/PG-13 Best Dark Fic 1st Place - "Willingly Given" by sassy_cat - Rated: NC-17 2nd Place - "A Fejedelem" by nathalieweasley - Rated: PG-13 3rd Place - "Entangled Swan" by Hawkflight - Rated: NC-17 Best Comedy Fic "To Love A Wand" by I'mGoodAtFanfiction - Rated: M/R Best Alternative Universe Fic 1st Place - "Manners Matter" by Samantha_kathy - Rated: Teen and Up/PG-13 2nd Place - "Slip Free of My Grasp" by lumosed_quill - Rated: NC-17 3rd Place - "Kismet" by reikokatsura - Rated: NC-17 Best Romance Fic 1st Place - "Need" by starstruck1986 - Rated: NC-17 2nd Place - "A Pleasure to Meet You" by gelsey - Rated: PG-13 3rd Place - "Just a Fling" by savvyshka - Rated: NC-17 Best Het Smut Fic 1st Place - "Staying In" by alisanne - Rated: NC-17 2nd Place - "Unprofessional Behavior" by inell - Rated Adult/NC-17 3rd Place - "Come back here, darlin'" by divagonzo1 - Rated: NC-17 Best Slash Smut Fic 1st Place - "Drunk Love Baby" by Evander - Rated: Explicit/NC-17 2nd Place - "Unguarded" by birdsofshore - Rated: NC-17 3rd Place - "The Benefits of Charity" by praevarus - Rated: NC-17 Best Femmeslash Smut Fic 1st Place - "The Secret Truth" by articcat621 - Rated: NC-17 2nd Place - "The Turned Page" by mrs. milfoy - Rated: M/NC-17 3rd Place - "Dusk of Summer" by ReginaCorda - Rated: M/R

#x #sshg #award #fanfic fan poll awards #round 7

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