[Poll] Perceived Kinkiness

[thefourthvine]

I am having a crappy day, people. I come to you for entertainment and distraction.

So, the other day - or maybe it was the other week; I'm not exactly Speedy Jenny, here - frostfire_17 said something that interested me. She said that she thinks Reboot Kirk would be kinkier than TOS Kirk.

My immediate reaction, of course, was to want to evaluate the Perceived Kinkiness (PK) of many characters on a set scale. This is a pressing and important issue in fandom, after all, and I think it's tragic that I can find no previous work on the subject in the literature. (Why is there no journal of Fandometrics? I know lots of people study fans, and, look, I love you guys and I find you interesting and all, but what I really want to read is studies on the characteristics of various OTP groups within a given fandom as compared to OTP groups within another fandom, and an ordering of perceived character intelligence plotted against six key traits one of which is total percentage of dialog, and data on the distribution of key adjectives associated with certain characters, and maybe how that relates to fannish migration over time. Plus, of course, PK.) Fortunately, we have this thing called polls, so I can at least cover the PK issue until such a time as Fandometrics starts publishing.

Obviously, answer this poll using your own personal definition of kinkiness. For bonus points (and a more distracted, and thus more happy, TFV), discuss what specific kinks you think a character is mostly likely to have in the comments.

On this scale, 0 is totally not at all kinky, and 5 is most kinky in all the land. Go! Rate! We will have our Fandometrics yet! (And now we do, thanks to dramaturgca: fandometrics!)



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Comments

[liddle-oldman.livejournal.com]

Most of these are pretty vanilla and/or painfully straight, and several, by definition, have no sexuality whatsoever.

Several I rated on how many aliens they've slept with.

And Harkness is pretty much a gimme.

[thefourthvine.livejournal.com]

Most of these are pretty vanilla and/or painfully straight

But the very very straight can also be very very kinky!

several, by definition, have no sexuality whatsoever.

*gazes at list* Which ones have no sexuality whatsoever?

Several I rated on how many aliens they've slept with.

Then I am guessing you rated Kirk pretty darn high; isn't he the guy with a girl-shaped creature on every planet?

And Harkness is pretty much a gimme.

I agree with you! Although I bet you picked five for him. I picked zero. But at least we both knew EXACTLY what the right answer (for us) was.

Hey, how are you doing? I know you aren't a huggy person, and neither am I, but it seems like a virtual hug might be appropriate right now. *hugs*

[liddle-oldman.livejournal.com]

Spock and The Doctor are not sexual beings, by biology. It's canon. Sorry.

And yes, Kirk slept with *all* the aliens.

And I'm doing surprisingly poorly, thanks!