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thefourthvine) wrote2009-02-20 12:04 pm
thefourthvine) wrote2009-02-20 12:04 pm
[Poll] The Science of Slashiness
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cimness posted a graph of genius, comparing level of canon gay and quality of canon writing across several fandoms.
I, of course, immediately looked at it and thought: this calls for science. Because clearly what we need are definitive numbers for each of these values for many, many fandoms, so that they can be plotted on graphs. This will make me HAPPY. Possibly it will also make you happy - or perhaps you are just interested in increasing overall happiness in the universe! - in which case I direct you behind the cut.
ETA:lolitakun has provided us with some preliminary scientific results here. Go and behold!
A quick note on the selection of the fandoms: I picked ones I thought a lot of people would have opinions on. If I left something critical out, feel free to tell me in the comments.
A quick note on voting: When I say "slashy," I include femslash. Buffy/Faith, Gabrielle/Xena - these are pairings worth considering! Also, if you haven't seen an episode of the show, please don't vote on canon writing quality. (Ideally, you would have seen three! Or even more!) But if you think you can make a fair estimate of slashiness based on vids or YouTube pieces or transcripts, by all means, vote on that.
ETA: For quality, 1 = worse than anything you could find on fanfiction.net, even if you were funded by a grant solely for the purpose of finding the worst writing the world has ever known. 10 = genius unparalleled. For slashiness, 1 = straighter than a ruler. 10 = they could suck cocks or finger each other right there on the screen and it would only reduce the overall slashiness. Thanks for pointing out the ambiguity,lolaraincoat!
And now it's time for...SCIENCE.
[Poll #1352713]
cimness posted a graph of genius, comparing level of canon gay and quality of canon writing across several fandoms. I, of course, immediately looked at it and thought: this calls for science. Because clearly what we need are definitive numbers for each of these values for many, many fandoms, so that they can be plotted on graphs. This will make me HAPPY. Possibly it will also make you happy - or perhaps you are just interested in increasing overall happiness in the universe! - in which case I direct you behind the cut.
ETA:
lolitakun has provided us with some preliminary scientific results here. Go and behold!A quick note on the selection of the fandoms: I picked ones I thought a lot of people would have opinions on. If I left something critical out, feel free to tell me in the comments.
A quick note on voting: When I say "slashy," I include femslash. Buffy/Faith, Gabrielle/Xena - these are pairings worth considering! Also, if you haven't seen an episode of the show, please don't vote on canon writing quality. (Ideally, you would have seen three! Or even more!) But if you think you can make a fair estimate of slashiness based on vids or YouTube pieces or transcripts, by all means, vote on that.
ETA: For quality, 1 = worse than anything you could find on fanfiction.net, even if you were funded by a grant solely for the purpose of finding the worst writing the world has ever known. 10 = genius unparalleled. For slashiness, 1 = straighter than a ruler. 10 = they could suck cocks or finger each other right there on the screen and it would only reduce the overall slashiness. Thanks for pointing out the ambiguity,
lolaraincoat! And now it's time for...SCIENCE.
[Poll #1352713]
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Well, it's just episodes I downloaded from the internet, so I'm like 99% sure it's yes. I would like your address, and don't stress re costs - it'll only be like $4 or something. (Unless you thought I meant offical dvds? In which case, I haven't bought them yet, unfortunately.)
I have heard tell of this wanton misuse of knights! Perhaps they don't expect to ever get to the actual round table, the way Smallville has never really gotten to flights, tights, and superfights.
Hopefully so, given how everything ends. The knights are very much the red shirts of the series, only with cloaks.
I get a strong Merlin/Gwen vibe from the fan fiction, although it's also sometimes a Merlin & Gwen friendship type thing. Just, that can cross the line.
Yes, I get an even stronger vibe from the show (she gives him a flower! He's oblivious!) but there's also Merlin/Morgana (about halfway into the series) which was unexpectedly hot, and hints of Arthur/Morgana (mostly near the start, I think?) (and also some Morgana/Gwen, actually, I forgot about that), and of course there's the ur-canonical Arthur/Gwen. Pretty much everyone could be shipped with everyone else, actually.
Edited to fix my tragic lack of opening bracket. Bracket/bracket OTP!