thefourthvine | [Poll] The Science of Slashiness

Recently,

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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Sorry, I posted this on the graph, and realized it probably should be posted here, as you are the one running this:

I'm going to totally argue the data, as not everyone is familiar with all fandoms, so some fandoms are probably, overall, being either rated harder or easier than the others. Unless you reduce voting to people familiar with all fandoms so as to create a more stable rating system (if someone votes harder, all the fandoms are subject to that, rather than just the few the person knows), the data will still be majorly flawed.

But awesome. Stats and boy porn; can it get any better?

(Sorry for the run-on sentence of death.)

[Poll] The Science of Slashiness

Let's make this really geeky, now.