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CANON POLYCULE SHOWDOWN

this is a contest for canonically confirmed polycules or polycules that have a lot of hints to a possibility of them being canon, even if the authors might not have intended that way!

Beware of spoilers!! Some of these only become polycules later in the media they're from, and some of the descriptions describe a tragic fate for the polycule, so keep in mind there will be spoilers

rules can be found here

bracket can be found here

honorable mentions can be found here

links for all the match ups as they go live can be found in the MASTERPOST. it will be updated each round, but i will also tag every round to make them easier to find

help me w descriptions for the honorable mentions!

Round 2 part 2 finished.

Round 3 will go live on May 19th!

(#canonround2 or #pollycule if you want to search for the polls)

tags:

#canonpolyculeshowdown - for relevant updates and the polls

#pollycule - (yes double L) specifically for the showdown polls, to make it easier to find. doesn't include the prelims cause I only thought to add this after, sorry

#canonpropaganda - for, well, propaganda. ill post asks, reblog posts and maybe reblog reblogs

#honorablemention - for the ships that did not make it in (i will still make a post introducing all of them)

#tournamnt poll - the generally agreed on tag for blacklisting purposes. let me know if i forget to use it! i cant edit polls but it will remind me for the following round

#canonroundN - N being the number of the round we're in. so, for example: canonround0, canonround1, canonround2, etc. from the quarterfinals onwards, they'll also include the specific tag (#quarterfinals, etc). Check the post's tags for that ome if you want to look at all polls from that round!

list may be updated as needed.

if you submitted something that did not get in, nor was it posted as an honorable mention, and you wish to know why, feel free to send an ask.

LIST OF CONTESTANTS:

Nathan/Vlad/Ursula (Hunger Pangs)

Rilla/Arum/Damien (Penumbra Podcast)

Nathan/Gabriel/Annalise (The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself)

Ben/Ryn/Maddie (Siren Freeform)

Arthur/Guinevere/Lancelot (High Noon Over Camelot)

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

Wu Zetian/Li Shimin/Gao Yizhi (Iron Widow)

Caleb/Astrid/Eadwulf (Critical Role)

Sadie/Walt/Anubis (The Kane Chronicles)

Rajan/Wolfgang/Kala (Sense8)

Princess Glisselda/Seraphina/Lucien (Seraphina)

Tess/Jacomo/Margarethe (Tess of the Road)

Logan/Jean Grey/Scott/Emma (X-Men)

Uzui/Hinatsuru/Makio/Suma (Demon Slayer)

Megaera/Thanatos/Zagreus (Hades)

Dianda/Simon/Patrick (October Daye)

Haruka/Michiru/Setsuna (Sailor Moon)

Asmodeus Alice/Clara Valac/Iruma Suzuki (Mairimashita, Iruma-kun!)

Aizo/Yujiro/Hiyori (HoneyWorks)

Kyle/Rogelio/Lonnie (She Ra)

Dashawn/Steve/Jose/Cupe R III/Otto/Arturo/Gregory/Quackers McQuack (Bojack Horseman)

Fluorite (Steven Universe)

Miss Piggy/Kermit/Gonzo (Muppets)

Sherlock/Watson/Mary (Sherlock Holmes movies)

Ichika Hoshino/Saki Tenma/Shiho Hinomori/Honami Mochizuki (Project SEKAI)

Tree Trunks/Mr. Pig/Alien Husband (Adventure Time)

Daniel/Sam/Jack/Teal’c (Stargate SG-1)

Mukai Naoya/Saki Saki/Nagisa Minase (Kanojo mo Kanojo/Girlfriend Girlfriend)

Eddie/Venom/Anne/Dan (Venom)

Peter Quill/Aradia/Mors (Guardians of the Galaxy)

George/Gilda/Thomas (Design for Living)

Leif/Thorn/Kale (Leif and Thorn)

Kieran/Ray/Gemma (Trigonometry)

Eugene/Rapunzel/Cassandra (Tangled the Series)

Jack/August/Rina (The Wicker King)

La’gann/Coral/Rodunn (Young Justice)

Syenite/Innon/Alabaster (Broken Earth)

Enrique/Hypnos/Sofia (The Gilded Wolves)

Max/Jack/Anne (Black Sails)

Pyrrha/Commander Wake/Gideon the First (The Locked Tomb)

Neptune/Venus/Jupiter (We Know the Devil)

Quincey/Jack/Arthur/Lucy (Dracula)

Amber/Reese/David (Adaptation)

Will/Tessa/Jem (The Infernal Devices)

Kieran/Cristina/Mark (The Dark Artifices)

Winter/Moon/Qibli (Wings of Fire)

Camille/Nyra/Dendro (Muted)

Sasha/Anne/Marcy (Amphibia)

Neal/Peter/Elizabeth (White Collar)

Turtle Heart/Melena/Frex (Wicked)

Emiya/Saber/Rin (Fate Stay/Night)

Sofiane/Victor/Luisa (Mortel)

Taylor/Theo/Josey (3)

Jack/Emma/Izzy (You Me Her)

Keiko/Miles/Kira (Star Trek)

Jade/Dave/Karkat (Homestuck Epilogues)

Anzu/Kazuki/Junta (Romantic Killers)

Shikimori/Izumi/Ai (Shikimori is Not Just Cute)

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

Breq/Mercy of Kalr/Seivarden/Ekalu (Imperial Radch)

Roguish Semiotician/Infamous Mathematician/Player Character (Fallen London)

Alphonse/Seth/Listener (Bittersweet)

Storm/Helen/Mira (Love and Luck Podcast)

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

#canonpolyculeshowdown #canonpropaganda #honorablemention #pollycule #third place

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iruma and clara noticed that azz was upset about something and had a talk separately where clara suggests iruma should take him on a date invite him to go out just the two of them because despite how lonely she'll feel (the trio always spends time together. they are a package deal do not separate) she knows that getting alone time with iruma is sure to make azz happy so she is ok with being left out just this once . hashtag polyamory

WHAT THATS SO CUTE THE HECK!!!

#polyasks #canonpropaganda #mairimashita! iruma kun

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consume my love trio propaganda. look how squish they are

look at them. they cannot stop cuddling and holding hands

#canonpropaganda #mairimashita! iruma kun

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where r my fellow love trioers at. let's make some noise 👏👏👏👏👏

oooh this is really pretty

#canonpropaganda #mairimashita! iruma kun

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I'm dying of cuteness overload. look at them. so little

sgsjstjsgsj i love them 😭💖

#i care them #polyasks #canonpropaganda #mairimashita! iruma kun

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I distanced myself for a while bc I got burnt out w/ the amount of polls I was following and propaganding for but I'm officially back on my bullshit now.

look at them (promo art from a recent café collab mairuma is having)

tbf ive also been distancing myself so luckily u didnt miss any rounds! i hope to have round 2 out next week

#polyasks #canonpropaganda #mairimashita! iruma kun

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You said you needed a picture of Kyle, Lonnie & Rogelio for the bracket, see my babies

Thank you!! This is a rlly cute one too

#polyasks #canonpropaganda

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liphiyo (handshake emoji) love trio

blushing while flower petals in your partners' colours fly past you

(LOVE TRIO DO YOU WANT TO JOIN TIESWEEP)

WILL LIPHIYO AND LOVE TRIO JOIN FORCES???

#Its the power of flower petals #polyasks #canonpropaganda #mairimashita! iruma kun #heroine tarumono

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Vote for the Pendragon polycule!! Since Rilla, Arum, and Damien already lost (rest in peace, RAD Bouquet, I love you) I have decided that Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot are my new champions!!!!

Okay, so I'm someone with a special interest in Arthurian Legend. And Arthur/Guinevere/Lancelot have ALWAYS had some polyam vibes that tend to get more explicit in more modern interpretations (including my own Arthurian series I've been writing since I was sixteen)

High Noon Over Camelot is no exception!! They are explicitly in a very beautiful polyamorous relationship. It's shown that while Arthur is the "sheriff", all three of them make decisions together as a team. They make each other better and stronger. The first song that introduces them shows that they each have their own strengths.

And they sing a love song together called Blood and Whiskey, which is one of my favorite songs of all time. It's a beautiful song showing how they balance each other out and also how they have fun together and help each other heal from their deep traumas.

There's the line Lancelot sings that's "Guinevere, you're my stars, Arthur you're my night" which I adore. Because of the play on words with night/knight

They also have a trans son together. So there's that

omg they have a SON???? i thought i knew everyhing from the propaganda in the first showdown but i dont remember being told about a son!!! thats so cool!!!!!

#also i still need to listen to this album! #i need to be reading the lyrics while i listen tho so it requires me not being spacey and ive been very spacey lately #i listened to their first album recently tho and it was amazing!! #canonpropaganda #high noon over camelot

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u have to let them into your heart forever

they already live in mine so that means u reading this

#canonpropaganda #heroine tarumono

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Hi powerpolyculeshowdown I'm here to give some love trio propaganda

They're canonically soulmates. Azz's mom + butler have both said that iruma is all Azz talks about. His phone home screen used to be Iruma but now its Iruma AND Clara. Clara sings them a lullaby to sleep with both their heads on her lap and she has. The fondest look on her face. I don't have that pic but trust me. The underclassmen ask Clara who's the most popular between Azz and Iruma and she says that she's their favorite person and she's RIGHT. They cannot be separated for more than a few days or else they get SUPER clingy. Azz would literally kill for either of them. Thank you for listening

why are they so cute????? im screaming help

#polyasks #canonpropaganda

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love trio is waay behind (I say hitting the floor in despair) but everybody please look at them they are so little and they love each other so much and also today (may 5) is clara's birthday she's a little birthday girl if you reading this haven't voted on their poll yet go vote for love trio as clara's birthday gift

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLARA!!!

#canonpropaganda #mairimashita! iruma kun

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they love their boygirlfriend

unrelated I just love how iruma/irumi looks with the long ponytail and the poofy skirt what a look I stan her forever and ever

r u telling me iruma is blue hair and pronouns?????

#polyasks #canonpropaganda

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why did aizo and yujiro kiss hiyori on the cheeks if not because they love her,

why did hiyori dream about marrying both of them if not because she loves them...

#tbf im brazilian we kiss everyone on the cheek #but i dont think thats common in japan so im w u here #polyasks #should i start tagging this as propaganga? #canonpropaganda

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Sjdghfk I understand that the muppets are the muppets & people are gonna vote for them because yeah the vibes are there & regardless if you don't recognize Sense8 you Will recognize the muppets but I am begging folks to consider:

A) Sense8 poly show of all time. There are poly relationships there that didn't even get nominated. But also B) Rajalagang specifically deserves the win they are So So Tasty in terms of both actual content & what-if scenarios. The journey Kala goes on from marrying out of societal expectations to genuinely loving Rajan? 👌👌👌The fact that Rajan clearly and consistently loves her So So Much even as Kala starts to behave erratically and then abruptly drops the bombshell of the cluster/etc on him (& the way he is Immediately On Board)? Exquisite™. The way that Wolfgang and Kala both encourage each other to pursue the things that genuinely make themselves happy? Literally what more could you want. (A season's worth of slowburn between Wolfgang & Rajan, maybe, but we can't have everything.)

i expected sense8 to sweep tbh like yeah i know the muppets are popular but i tried to be very clear that this is a polyamory poll and i didnt realize so many ppl actually shipped gonzo/kermit/miss piggy. i think it mightve gotten popular because of that funny video that was going around?

#canonpropaganda #i watch neither #i only know the muppets from internet culture and i know sense8 from talkin to ppl who like it #i thought the canon sense8 throuple was v strong and didnt expect them to struggle #im fine w either winning but im floored by this turn of events #still time to flip it tho

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Why Kierarktina should win (not my pics but still these parts 💕)

omg propaganda i missed this so much hiii!!

#polyasks #canonpropaganda