Halcyon Moments

PhD Candidate. Aspiring writer. Avid reader. You'll find my muses here: quotes, aethetics, and more (LOTR, TROP, GOT, HOTD, TLOU, ATLA, The Witcher, Star Wars, Marvel, The 100, SNS). And maybe some of my writing.

[feudalconnection]

Term 2 2026 Winners!

As always, us mods here at FeudalConnection want to give a huge thank you to everyone who participated in the Second 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 2 2026 Inuyasha Fandom Awards, hosted by FeudalConnection!

Best Action/Adventure Fiction

First Place: ““Wild Rabbit Chase” by @justafewsmallsteps / HelikaAkileh (AO3)

Best Alternate Universe/Reality Fiction

First Place: “Sword Play” by @millennialmiko Second Place: “Unexpected Match” by @ladydanitar

Best Canon Universe Fiction

First Place: “The Perfect Candidate” by @mizaki369 / Mizaki3 (AO3) Second Place (tie): “Love Language” by @ruddcatha and “Evanescent” by Pheeny_Writes (AO3)

Best Angst/Tragedy Fiction

First Place: “To Honor One Waiting to Return” by ruddcatha Second Place: “Sealed With a Kiss” by @k9plus1 / WickedsNonProfitWhoreganization (AO3)

Best Dark/Horror Fiction

First Place: “Silk” by @jewel-shard / Jewel_Shard (AO3)

Best Drama Fiction

First Place: “Heir Unbound” by AmiBellerose (AO3)

Best Humor/Parody Fiction

First Place (tie): “Mercury’s in Gatorade” by @clearwillow / BrigidTheFae (AO3) and “Besotted” by @sereia1313 / Sereia13 (AO3)

Best NSFW Fiction

First Place: “Partition” by @xanthippe-writes / xanthippewrites (AO3)

Best Oneshot Fiction

First Place:“Feudal Era Feelings” by @fawn-eyed-girl / Fawn_Eyed_Girl (AO3) Second Place: “Besotted” by sereia1313 / Sereia13 (AO3)

Best Character Portrayal

First Place: “A Pattern Emerges” (Izayoi) by @superpixie Second Place: “Hold on to the Light” (Kohaku) by @casualobserver777 / Simply_ivy (AO3)

Best InuKag Romance Fiction

First Place: “Sword Play” by millennialmiko Second Place: “Feudal Era Feelings” by fawn-eyed-girl / Fawn_Eyed_Girl (AO3)

Best SessSan Romance Fiction

First Place: “Forged by Fire” by @the-lone-huntress / Wandering_Huntress (AO3)

Best Romance Fiction

First Place: “Evanescent” by Pheeny_Writes (AO3) Second Place: “midnight bribe, moonlight bride” by @elevenharbor

Best Rare Pair Fiction

First Place: “sinner like me” by @lutelyre Second Place: “Salacious Savoir-Faire” by sereia1313 / Sereia13 (AO3)

Best Fluff Fiction

First Place: “Love Language” by ruddcatha Second Place: “Miss Secretary” by @valentineheart14

Best Serial Fiction

First Place: “Early In Our Marriage” by King Baka (AO3)

Best Ficlet

First Place: “No Safe Choice” by jewel-shard / Jewel_shard (AO3)

Best Completed Fiction

First Place: “Wrong Side of the Tracks” by @maggie8317

[Seasonal] Best World Building Fiction

First Place (tie): “The Fangborne Heir Saga” by AmiBellerose (AO3) and “Vows” by @matsuharuu / haharu (AO3)

[Seasonal] Best LGBT+ Fiction

First Place: “Silk” by jewel-shard / Jewel_Shard (AO3) Second Place: “Wrong Side of the Tracks” by maggie8317

[Seasonal] Best Underappreciated Fiction

First Place: “Salacious Savoir-Faire” by sereia1313 / Sereia13 (AO3) Second Place: “Nothing” by @rileyoe1 / RileyOE

Best Action/Adventure Artwork

First Place: “Okay I think I have sufficiently scratched my nostalgia itch lol” (first pic) by @incaseyouart

Best Alternate Universe/Reality Artwork

First Place (tie): “Inuyasha as Pharaoh” by clearwillow and “modern au Inuyasha and Kagome - I wonder whose hoodie that is...” by @newtsnaturethings

Best Canon Universe Artwork

First Place: “Untitled” by @papyrjam

Best Angst/Tragedy Artwork

First Place (tie): “Birthday present for aliemboyfriend” by @travelingneuritis and “When you have a badass boyfriend on your side” by moonlichi (X)

Best Dark/Horror Artwork

First Place: “Naraku” by @sylvvestris

Best Humor/Parody Artwork

First Place: “I was bored lmao” by @kagomekitsu

Best Kiss Artwork

First Place (tie): “Oh how the turns have tabled” (2nd pic) by @brain-rot-hour and “Modern InuKag kiss” by @kalcia

Best Character Artwork

First Place (tie): “Power & Harmony” (Kagome) by the-lone-huntress and “huh?” (Inuyasha) by @crab-milk

Best Duo/Pairing Artwork

First Place: “The echoes of one soul” by @luartspng Second Place: “Now Kiss” by @mama-ino

Best Doujinshi Artwork

First Place: “touch” by newtsnaturethings

Best Redraw Artwork

First Place: “MirSan family” by @eliza-faust-diary

Best NSFW Artwork

First Place: “Unexpected Match” by @julytheartist Second Place: “Enjoy the Moment” by clearwillow / BrigidTheFae (AO3)

Best InuKag Romance Artwork

First Place: “InuKag hair brushing” by @solance-art

Best SessSan Romance Artwork

First Place: “Dance with Danger” by @moonnueart

Best Romance Artwork

First Place: “Sesshomaru and Kikyo (SessKik) Autumn Breeze” by @cati-art

Best Rare Pair Artwork

First Place: “Influence and Dedication” by @kirrryash

Best Group Depiction Artwork

First Place:“Night out with friends” by julytheartist

Best Overall Artwork

First Place (tie): “Power & Harmony” by the-lone-huntress and “A creature born between blood and moonlight” by @1blackgraphite1

[Seasonal] Best Lineart

First Place: “Oh how the turns have tabled” (2nd pic) by brain-rot-hour Second Place (tie): “Clarity” by @venal-quad and “huh?” by crab-milk

[Seasonal] Best LGBT+ Artwork

First Place: “They're finally getting along 💖😌” by @alexandria-monik-art

[Seasonal] Best Coloring

First Place: “I found you again in a different world” by @valuvi Second Place: “Annual floral Kagome” by justafewsmallsteps

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.

The seasonal categories for Term 3 2026 will be Best Crossover, Best Mental Health/Disability Representation, and Best Friendship Portrayal.

Seasonal Fanart Category for Term 3 2026 will be Best Animation, Best Background Art, and Best Yashahime Art

For Term 3 2026, the Romance roulette will feature romantic pairings with Sesshomaru. This will be a category for both Fanart and Fanfiction. PLEASE NOTE: THE FC DOES NOT ALLOW ANY DEPICTIONS OF A ROMANCE WITH A CHILD AND AN ADULT. Any nominations that depict relationships with anyone under the age of 15 at the youngest and/or any grooming behavior in the view of the mods will be rejected.

Remember, all other romantic pairings, besides InuKag & Sesshomaru pairings, 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 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!

- FeudalConnection

[halcyonmoments]

I'm incredibly late to this party, but I'm honored to share that my fanfiction work, Evanescent has placed in two Feudal Connection awards for this term!

Best Canon Universe Fiction

First Place: “The Perfect Candidate” by @mizaki369 / Mizaki3 (AO3) Second Place (tie): “Love Language” by @ruddcatha and “Evanescent” by Pheeny_Writes (AO3)

Best Romance Fiction

First Place: “Evanescent” by Pheeny_Writes (AO3)

Thank you to everyone who nominated my story and to everyone who voted! <3

[eye-of-mordor]

"Three times Lorien had been assailed from Dol Guldur, but besides the valour of the elven people of that land, the power that dwelt there was too great for any to overcome, unless Sauron had come there himself." — JRR Tolkien, THE RETURN OF THE KING: Appendix B Edit credit: woods_of_lothlorien

[actuallyshion]

Such good coworkers!!

[90s-kid-sad-adult]

...to worship the light of it's Queen.

[manyafandomx]

After all this time..?

[manyafandomx]

Just Sasuke being ‘intimidating’ again…

[90s-kid-sad-adult]

Eru Ilúvatar

[minamorsart]

The princess and the blacksmith ✨🔥

Revisiting my Saurondriel AU from 2024! With updated designs ;)

[closetgakure]

Another not-at-all-altered screencap redraw page of them being normal guys

[closetgakure]

Naruto the #1 yearner of all time doesn't even stop after being married to his love for 20 years

[mickmitchy]

old man yaoi❤️

[sinkdraws]

happy belated narusasu day <33

[slotheyes]

It's gonna be ok, kid.

You'll be alright.

Extra:

[feudalconnection]

VOTING IS OPEN FOR TERM 2

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. 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, you can either skip them by clicking the arrow at the bottom right of the page after logging in, or you can simply hit submit without choosing anything.

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 21st to cast your votes, so don’t forget to finish up those fanfics and view all that fanart.

Happy voting!

Click here for the voting form.

[orangelemonart]

warm and fuzzy

[sesskagchinaofficialsblog]

『𝓢𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓴𝓪𝓰 Sun & Moon Shine Together • 18th｜18:30 2/14』

💜Deep woods hold tranquil bliss, two hearts beat as one💚

Breeze stirs gently through the forest; he bears all the tenderness in the world upon his shoulders.

commissioner：酒酿x（Weibo ID）

Do not repost, alter, use commercially or apply AI. Credit original author when sharing.

[orangelemonart]

Visit Original Link

[manyafandomx]

boyfriends (: