Fudgin' up numbers. (Patreon)

I'm a pretty trusting person. I'm also understanding of the way the world works. Yes, you can vote more than once on the polls. It's possible. It's not normal though. People have been well behaved thus far. I've seen attempts at manipulation, but nothing successful. However, it's become PRETTY APPARENT that a nasty few people are abusing the system this time.

Normally this isn't a problem. It would take some VERY angry and VERY dedicated people to cause a major upstart. See, you get to see the timeline for voting. And when certain options spike in the hundred suddenly over an hour. Well, something is amiss. And considering that I'm generous enough to allow public voting, well... Anyone can throw this thing awry. But up until now this hasn't been an issue. Usually people are honest. And we are all understanding that, hey, this IS a popularity contest in a lot of ways. And I'm here to make some money, so I MUST follow the majority's decisions. Still, I MUST ensure that everyone has the same opportunities to vote. Fairly.

I love Seaport Hime, but a staggering thousand+ votes suddenly is frankly not normal. And a sudden 500 for Rao is clearly not normal. Nor a sudden 600+ for Marceline. Not that Marceline was not a forerunner. But clearly a few people are very interested in fixing these numbers.

SO... for now, I'm going to have to disqualify Seaport. Even though I love her too. A sudden 1000+ votes is insane. And I think you'll all agree with me on her disqualification in this case.I'm also going to have to discount the suspicious 500+ for Rao. Marceline was already winning despite a crazy 600 votes in one hour. These arose suddenly along with Seaport. So Marceline is the winner on this one.

Since some people this time have royally fucked up the poll, in the future, polls will be conducted elsewhere. PROBABLY DIRECTLY IN THE STREAM. You still won't have to be a supporter to vote or participate though. This is in order to ensure honest behavior. This hasn't been a problem in polls up until this point. But it's unfair to give a very angry single person control over this situation. I'm not satisfied doing that. I think you'll all agree with me on this as the best and most fair solution.

Since we made 500 in support, that means two fanarts a month. But that won't apply until next month!! I'll get an additional one done regardless anyway though. Probably decided through an in-stream poll.

And in the future, well, there will no longer be long term public voting. Voting will be done either on Deviantart (requiring a DA account...) for a few days, or done very suddenly in the stream itself.

C'est la vie!