Harry Potter, too, has two different pairings, Sirius/Remus/Tonks and Hermione/Ron/Harry, possibly as a result of the unwieldy character of the fandom?
Wasn't there also a Luna/Hermione/Percy?
Both VMars fics were Keith/Veronica/Mac, which I think is less evidence of a fandomwide OT3 than Ari's and my eccentric requests skewing the results. God bless our mystery writers.
It is fun to imagine, though, how it might look to an outsider.
Harry Potter, too, has two different pairings, Sirius/Remus/Tonks and Hermione/Ron/Harry, possibly as a result of the unwieldy character of the fandom? Hmm. What do you mean?
Both VMars fics were Keith/Veronica/Mac, which I think is less evidence of a fandomwide OT3 than Ari's and my eccentric requests skewing the results. God bless our mystery writers. Hee! The fact that there were two fics with that combo cracked me up.
Yes, I think both of those explanations make sense now. I was so exhausted last night that I kept trying to think of which character you thought was unwieldy. I should not try to read or think when I'm that tired...
So, okay, this intrigued me so I went back and did what any sane person would and checked stats for previous years. Here are some things to note
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This shift from Jack/Ianto/Gwen to Jack/Ianto/Tosh makes perfect sense to me and would even be funny if the fandom's dislike of Gwen weren't so problematic. (But hey, I like Gwen, probably more than Toshiko even.)
Do you think this fandom has an OTP, maybe?
LOL.
I don't have anything else to say in response to your analysis, but having the data like this is wonderful, thank you!
I looked at both. And then deleted my notes, because I am an idiot. But yes, the total fics/year are combined SGA/SG-1, and 10/11 SGA stories feature John Sheppard as part of the threesome.
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Wasn't there also a Luna/Hermione/Percy?
Both VMars fics were Keith/Veronica/Mac, which I think is less evidence of a fandomwide OT3 than Ari's and my eccentric requests skewing the results. God bless our mystery writers.
It is fun to imagine, though, how it might look to an outsider.
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You're not wrong about that. ETA'd.
It is fun to imagine, though, how it might look to an outsider.
It is! VMars fandom is an incest-loving fandom with no interest in male characters under 40!
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That must be why I feel so at home there.
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Both VMars fics were Keith/Veronica/Mac, which I think is less evidence of a fandomwide OT3 than Ari's and my eccentric requests skewing the results. God bless our mystery writers. Hee! The fact that there were two fics with that combo cracked me up.
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HP fandom is so huge that it couldn't have a single OTP if it wanted to, so it makes sense there wouldn't be a clear OT3 either.
It's also possibly partly a function of how much the canon is sprawling, although I can problematize that claim.
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This shift from Jack/Ianto/Gwen to Jack/Ianto/Tosh makes perfect sense to me and would even be funny if the fandom's dislike of Gwen weren't so problematic. (But hey, I like Gwen, probably more than Toshiko even.)
Do you think this fandom has an OTP, maybe?
LOL.
I don't have anything else to say in response to your analysis, but having the data like this is wonderful, thank you!
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Out of curiousity, when you referenced Gate, did you mean strictly SG-1, or did you look at SGA too?
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