Hello, everyone!
The mod-team at The FeudalConnection Awards wanted to clear up some miscommunication in regards to the new categories. The FC Awards were built on inclusion and appreciation for the Inuyasha fandom, and it was never intended to create animosity among us. To better clarify the new categories, we will rename them as such:
- The Best Romance Fanfiction category will now become the Best InuKag Romance Fanfiction category. This will be defined as: Stories that have developed a believable romance between Inuyasha and Kagome. “Believable” is subjective, and it is up to those nominating/voting to draw their own line on that quantifier and vote their “Best”. This includes canon, canon-divergent, and AU/AR settings.
- Best Non-Canon Pairing will receive a title change and will become the Best Non-Canon Romance Fanfiction. This will be defined as: Stories that have developed a believable romance between two or more characters with each other that were not canonically together in the manga or anime. “Believable” is subjective, and it is up to those nominating/voting to draw their own line on that quantifier and vote their “Best”. This includes canon-divergent and AU/AR settings.
- Best Non-InuKag (Canon) Pairing will receive a title change and will become the Best Non-InuKag (Canon) Romance Fanfiction. This will be defined as: Stories that have developed a believable romance between two secondary characters that were canonically together within the original Inuyasha world; ie: non-InuKag. “Believable” is subjective, and it is up to those nominating/voting to draw their own line on that quantifier and vote their “Best”. This includes canon, canon-divergent, and AU/AR settings.
These category changes were brought to you with the fandom in mind. InuKag is a large OTP among the fandom, and thus other pairings often get overshadowed by them. So in order to assist with allowing other pairings to shine, we created new categories to help facilitate that. As always, categories will continue to change and be altered according to what works best, participation, and the requests from you guys!
We hope this helps clear up any confusion! If you have any questions regarding the new categories or the awards in general, please don’t hesitate to reach out to a moderator or send in an ask! We will always continue to strive to improve the awards and assist in spreading positivity within the fandom.
The Nomination Period will begin tonight at 12am EST! We look forward to having another amazing quarter!