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Canon Polycule Showdown

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(not pictured: Venom)

[ID: 1. Picture of Arthur, Lancelot and Guinevere from High Noon over Camelot. 2. Picture of Dan, Annie and Eddie from the movie Venom. /end ID]

Round 3: 3

Arthur/Guinevere/Lancelot (High Noon Over Camelot)

Dan/Annie/Venom/Eddie (Venom)

Voting ended onMay 20, 2023

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Arthur/Guinevere/Lancelot

Status: Canon

Description: Wild west sci-fi Arthuriana. These three are in an established relationship by the time that Arthur becomes "Sheriff" of Camelot. He's nominally the leader, but they rule as a triumvirate, ambitions kept in check by one another. When they need to go on a journey to stop the space station they live on from falling into the star they're in a decaying orbit around, they go together. When it turns out that only one of them can have complete control over the station's systems (via the GRAIL) they almost have a standoff about who can access that power, but ultimately their fondness for each other is more important to them than their ambitions.

Venom/Eddie/Anne/Dan

Status: Implied (body sharing)

Description: Dan and Anne are engaged, Eddie is Anne's ex who is canonically still in love with her (or at least still getting over the break up), Venom Eddie and Anne have kissed, Venom and Eddie share a body and have a very intimate relationship, and they also confessed their love for each other (whether romantic or not) in canon.

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Canon Polycule Showdown

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[ID: 1. Picture of Megaera, Thanatos and Zagreus from the videogame Hades. 2. Picture of the muppets Gonzo, Miss Piggy and Kermit. /end ID]

Round 3: 7

Megaera/Thanatos/Zagreus (Hades)

Miss Piggy/Kermit/Gonzo (The Muppets)

Voting ended onMay 20, 2023

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Megaera/Thanatos/Zagreus

Status: Canon

Description: Zagreus and Megaera are exes, while Zagreus and Thanatos have very obvious romantic feelings for each other. As part of the story, you can romance both of them at the same time, and it is made clear that neither of them minds it. There's also a scene that heavily hints Meg and Than had something in the past, although it might've been more casual than now.

Miss Piggy/Kermit/Gonzo

Status: Implied

Description: Kermit and Miss Piggy always have this kind of relationship, there's always some third party that one or both of them are low key into and they are navigating around. I would say that one could make the argument that over the long haul Kermit and Miss Piggy are in a committed but often somewhat open relationship that they are constantly negotiating and reworking and communicating about. And sometimes the additional partner is Gonzo. In the Muppets Treasure Island Promo Interview, both Miss Piggy and Gonzo seem to flirt with Kermit, who reciprocates both ways.

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Canon Polycule Showdown

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[ID: 1. Art of Kieran, Cristina and Mark from The Dark Artifices. 2. Art of Tessa, Will, Jem from The Infernal Devices. /end ID]

Round 3: 4

Kieran/Cristina/Mark (The Dark Artifices)

Tessa/Will/Jem (The Infernal Devices)

Voting ended onMay 20, 2023

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Kieran/Cristina/Mark

Status: Canon

Description: Starts off with Cristina falling for Mark while he's already dating Kieran, turning into a love triangle. Kieran and Mark fell in love while part of the Wild Hunt but eventually broke it off when Kieran accidentally betrayed Mark. Cristina becomes friends with Kieran, and the two of them fall in love, soon all three of them get together in a polyamorous relationship. Kieran became king and couldn’t have any mortal consorts while living in Faerie so they’re bending the rules and live together in a little cottage that is neither on mortal nor fey land. 

Tessa/Will/Jem

Status: Canon (Implied)

Description: Tessa loves both boys, and they both love her with no competition. In fact, it’s more like they believe the other one’s more deserving of a relationship. Also Jem and Will are parabatai which is like a platonic soul marriage.

*I have been informed Tess/Will/Jem are not canonically a polycule, however it is heavily implied and supported by the author, so I decided to keep the Canon status and just add Implied in parenthesis instead of fully changing it on round 3. Their image has been changed from the book covers to official art.

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Canon Polycule Showdown

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[ID: 1. Two alternate covers for the book Hunger Pangs - True Love Bites, with Nathan, Vlad and Ursula. 2. Picture of Bren (aka Caleb), Eadwulf and Astrid, from the Mighty Nein Origins: Caleb Widowgast graphic novel. /end ID]

Round 3: 1

Nathan/Vlad/Ursula (Hunger Pangs)

Caleb/Eadwulf/Astrid (Critical Role)

Voting ended onMay 20, 2023

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Nathan/Vlad/Ursula

Status: Canon

Description: For most of the book it's about two of the characters' romance (Vlad and Nathan) and Ursula meets them closer to the end. Their relationship, I think, is supposed to be continued in the next book. They all kiss each other and it's clear from the book that they like each other, and are all open to polyamory.

Caleb/Eadwulf/Astrid

Status: Canon (past)

Description: The three of them were childhood friends who all received a scholarship to the Solstrice Academy, and together caught the eye of an influential mentor. Under the guise of nationalism, he groomed the three of them into the role of magical assassins/spies/interrogators. The three of them also entered a relationship as they became isolated from the rest of their peers. After Caleb/Bren had a mental breakdown thanks to some backstory stuff, he was isolated from Astrid and Ealdwulf, who consoled themselves with one another. Caleb ultimately went on to oppose Astrid and Ealdwulf, however, there was still a sense of fondness/missed opportunities/regret for the loss of the relationship between the three of them when they eventually met again.

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Canon Polycule Showdown

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[ID: 1. Picture of Max, Jack and Anne from Black Sails. 2. Art of Camille, Nyra and Dendro from the Muted webcomic. /end ID]

Round 3: 8

Max/Jack/Anne (Black Sails)

Camille/Nyra/Dendro (Muted)

Voting ended onMay 20, 2023

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Max/Jack/Anne

Status: Canon

Description: Anne and Jack are an established couple from the start of the show. They go into business with a prostitute named Max, making her a Madame of their brothel, and after some very intense stuff goes down, the Very Reserved Anne falls for Max, and the three enter and oft- tumultuous, oft-satisfying, heavily negotiated relationship which persists on and off in different strengths and permutations throughout the run of the series.

Camille/Nyra/Dendro

Status: Canon

Description: Camille meets Nyra shortly before summoning Dendro (a demon) and she starts having feelings for both of them. Both Nyra and Dendro recognize that Camille is in love with them both and also have some of their own bonding moments. Once, caught up in the moment, Nyra refers to her and Dendro as Camille's girlfriends. They discuss both being with Camille in a relationship, and the three end up together.

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Canon Polycule Showdown

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[ID: 1. Art of Nicky, Joe, Andy, Booker and Niles from The Old Guard. 2. Book cover for Harrow the Ninth from The Locked Tomb Series /end ID]

Round 3: 2

Nicky/Joe/Andy/Booker/Niles (Old Guard)

Pyrrha/Wake/G1deon (The Locked Tomb)

Voting ended onMay 20, 2023

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Nicky/Joe/Andy/Booker/Niles

Status: Implied

Description: When we meet the team at the beginning of the movie, it's very clear that they're all exceptionally close and dear to each other. They all have great chemistry with each other, are very touchy, hugging, platonic-ish kisses. And Niles is the newest member of the team, newly immortal at the beginning of the film. And if becoming part of the polycule is inevitable, then she will be eventually, but at the moment she's just got some good vibes with Andy (intense and flirty in places) and she's friendly with the team. And commonly reported is the fact that Greg Rukka, who was behind the comics, insisted that if Netflix was going to do an adaptation they were required to keep Joe's speech when he and Nicky are kidnapped by some military types who make fun of them being close to each other, and keep the two of them explicitly canon.

Pyrrha/Wake/G1deon

Status: Canon (body-sharing)

Description: It's a body-sharing situation and unclear how aware certain characters are of the fact that it's a body-sharing situation, but both sharers of the body (Pyrrha & Gideon) were actively engaged in a enemies-and-lovers relationship with Wake.

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Canon Polycule Showdown

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[ID: 1. Art of The Roguish Semiotician and The Infamous Mathematician from Fallen London. 2. Picture of Camina, Michio Pa, Josep, Serge, Berthold and Oksana from The Expanse. /end ID]

Round 3: 6

Semiotician/Mathematician/Player (Fallen London)

Camina/Michio Pa/Josep/Serge/Berthold/Oksana (The Expanse)

Voting ended onMay 20, 2023

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Roguish Semiotician/Infamous Mathematician/Player

Status: Canon (romance option)

Description: This is a Spouse option in the game Fallen London. They are two University professors you can meet at a party. You cannot romance one of them without romancing the other. The process for seducing them involves staying up late breaking down mysteries together, going to the theater, and helping them blackmail their colleagues. When you gain the two of them as spouses, the in-game text is "The three points of a perfectly balanced triangle: The Roguish Semiotician, the Infamous Mathematician, and you."

Camina/Michio Pa/Josep/Serge/Berthold/Oksana

Status: Canon

Description: Drummer joins an existing polyamorous family & crew of a salvage spaceship. It is an uncommon but not unusual practice for crew members to be married (to solidify everyone's equal stake). However, this family is canonically shown to be in love, to have sexual relationships between members and to deeply care for one another in the face of the harsh realities of life among the Asteroid Belt.

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Canon Polycule Showdown

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[ID: 1. Rogelio, Kyle and Lonnie from She Ra and The Princesses of Power. 2. Picture of Quanxi and her four girlfriends, Tsugihagi, Long, Pingtsi and Cosmo, from the Chainsaw Man manga. /end ID]

Round 3: 5

Kyle/Rogelio/Lonnie (She-Ra)

Quanxi/Pingsti/Cosmo/Long/Tsugihagi (Chainsaw Man)

Voting ended onMay 20, 2023

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Rogelio/Kyle/Lonnie

Status: Canon (word of god)

Description: They're a team, they are almost always on screen together, Lonnie and Rogelio go into burning spore rain to save Kyle (who went out in it to save the other two), they all escape the child army together. They're a family.

Quanxi/Pingsti/Cosmo/Long/Tsugihagi

Status: Canon

Description:Quanxi is a devil hunter who previously worked for the bureau (institution that fights devils), before going off on her own and getting her girlfriends, all of whom are fiends (devils who have taken over a human's body). Her girlfriends are all very adoring of her, and she cares deeply for them, wanting them to be treated like humans and be able to get an education. In their own unique ways, the other girls also care deeply for Quanxi, and seem very affectionate, and are always happy to use their powers to help her. Quanxi is confirmed to be a lesbian in canon!