Please keep in mind I don't know most of the ships/couples in the preliminary round. If you think something doesn't belong in this poll, vote that couple/ship out & please be civil!
Propaganda under the cut (beware of potential spoilers!!)
The Radiance:
She is the actual fucking sun!!!!! One of her main attacks is shooting lasers at you, and one of the others is shooting sun orb things at you!!!!! Whenever you enter the boss fight you hop up on a platform to look at the sun, draw your weapon, and then the sun turns into the Radiance!!!!! She calls the void her ancient enemy because she is light!!! Radiance for the win!!!!!!!!!
• Quirrel telling Hornet stories about the lands outside Hallownest and teaching her more about the world outside. And Hornet telling Quirrel stories of Hallownest and helping him to remember his old home.
• The two of them practice sparing with each other And of course Quirrel teases Hornet about the first time they met.
• Hornet easily relaxing around Quirrel but being upset about it later, after she's realized.
• Quirrel writing about her and sketching pictures of her. (He just finds her so intriguing!)
• Hornet loves dancing, she learned how to dance in the hive and she feels so relaxed and free when she does it. Quirrel would absolutely enjoy dancing with her, and learning from her. And he's a quick learner!
• Quirrel and Hornet doing tasks together and Quirrel gets so easily distracted. Hornet keeps him focused and he helps her to slow down and enjoy the simple pleasures of life.
• Both of them love water, and swim very well. They spend lots of time at the blue lake, or dancing in the rain in the city.
• Hornet making Quirrel silk bandanas, he loves to wear.
• The two of them visiting the dreamers memorial in the resting grounds. Placing flowers by their stone.
• Herrah and Monomon watching over them, absolutely adoring how close the two have become.
It brings me so much joy to post this, because not only has reading this fic been one of the wildest rides but it's also the work through which I really got to interact and connect with @grollow / @ashyronfire — a wonderful, terrifying writer and equally wonderful friend. I commented quite a lot on that story, ahahaha. And although it's ending now, it's a good one and definitely not the end of those characters' tales. I hope I did this chapter (multiple chapters, actually) justice with this cover :]
So if you want and get the chance to, go read this time-travel, angsty, funny, angry Hollow (Batman) fic and be prepared to cry. Find it here on Ao3!