[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!)



[Poll #1427906]

Comments

[innocentsmith.livejournal.com]

See, you included the girl Companions, but you didn't put the Master in, and he's the whole reason I peg the Doctor as a 5. "I like it when you use my name" and all that.

...Okay, fine, I'll allow that you can't actually include every character for every pairing only, and since it is actually your poll I guess you're permitted to focus on the OTPs you're actually interested in. Still. *pouts*

I note with amusement that everyone seems to agree on Jack Sparrow. Now we need a comparison of the relative kinkiness of various Johnny Depp characters. Although thinking about that too hard in reference to, like, Willy Wonka might keep me awake at night, and not in a good way.

[thefourthvine.livejournal.com]

See, you included the girl Companions, but you didn't put the Master in, and he's the whole reason I peg the Doctor as a 5. "I like it when you use my name" and all that.

Oh, damn. And DW had one more slot left! (I was willing to give each fandom up to four characters. DW only had three. I could have put in the Master!)

Okay, fine, I'll allow that you can't actually include every character for every pairing only, and since it is actually your poll I guess you're permitted to focus on the OTPs you're actually interested in. Still. *pouts*

*pats you* I'm sorry! I mean, yes, I unapologetically focus on the characters I think will yield the most interesting results, but the Master WOULD have been interesting. I just forgot him because I've never seen his parts of the canon.

Although thinking about that too hard in reference to, like, Willy Wonka might keep me awake at night, and not in a good way.

PLEASE NEVER SPEAK ABOUT THIS AGAIN EVER. OMG WILLY WONKA. I NEED TO GO HIDE MY HEAD NOW. I can just imagine what his kinks are, and it's NOT PRETTY. *shudders violently*