Crowd-sourcing HD fan-fair: Progress Report #3 - Take a Poll
A poll to see how best to label fics: top, bottom, or switching?
We are so close to having completed our hd-fan-fair spreadsheet with all of the information on who tops in each fic! As of today, we are only missing information on 12 fics rated R or NC-17.
Thanks again to cabinetcaligari, cagnurit, eidheann_writes, and khalulu who have all added lots more information in just the last few days. If I missed anyone who contributed, please let me know!
(For anyone who hasn't followed the "Who Tops More" project, you can get caught up here, here, and here. Only the first post with the spreadsheet link is f-locked. If you want the link, just PM me.)
Once the last of the data is entered, I can run the numbers. However, there are several cases where the question of "who tops" could be debatable. I'll be honest: my personal opinion is that what matters for the top/bottom designation is only the sex that occurs on screen between Harry and Draco during the course of the story. However, this is a group project, and I want input from the group as to how to best make these decisions. Therefore, I am conducting a poll!
As I see it, there are 5 types of cases to consider. Each case listed below is followed by several examples from the hd-fan-fair fics to help illustrate the point.
Case 1: Sex does not occur during the story, but the implication is that one of them will bottom in the future:
Examples:
Case 2: Sex occurs during the course of the story, but is non-explicit:
Examples:
Case 3: The sex that occurs during the story is explicitly bottom-so-and-so, but there is the implication that switching will occur in the future.
Examples:
Case 4: The sex that occurs during the story is explicitly bottom-so-and-so, but there is implication (non-explicit) that switching also occurs during the course of the story.
Examples:
Case 5: Explicit sex occurs with another character during the course of the story
Example:
Thanks again to everyone who has helped on this project so far, and also to eidheann_writes, who helped me with thinking about these poll questions.
And it seems awfully fitting that today is the first day of the dracotops-harry fest, don't you think? :)
More in this series:
Crowd-sourcing Fan-fair Proposal - Spreadsheet link (f-locked)
Progress Report #1
Progress Report #2 - My f-list rocks!
Progress Report #3 - Take a Poll
Progress Report #4 - Poll Results and Spreadsheet Complete!
Who Tops More in HD-fan-fair: Final Results
We are so close to having completed our hd-fan-fair spreadsheet with all of the information on who tops in each fic! As of today, we are only missing information on 12 fics rated R or NC-17.
Thanks again to cabinetcaligari, cagnurit, eidheann_writes, and khalulu who have all added lots more information in just the last few days. If I missed anyone who contributed, please let me know!
(For anyone who hasn't followed the "Who Tops More" project, you can get caught up here, here, and here. Only the first post with the spreadsheet link is f-locked. If you want the link, just PM me.)
Once the last of the data is entered, I can run the numbers. However, there are several cases where the question of "who tops" could be debatable. I'll be honest: my personal opinion is that what matters for the top/bottom designation is only the sex that occurs on screen between Harry and Draco during the course of the story. However, this is a group project, and I want input from the group as to how to best make these decisions. Therefore, I am conducting a poll!
As I see it, there are 5 types of cases to consider. Each case listed below is followed by several examples from the hd-fan-fair fics to help illustrate the point.
Case 1: Sex does not occur during the story, but the implication is that one of them will bottom in the future:
Examples:
- A Lesson in Love and Ice Cream (NC-17) protegonox
implied future bottom!Harry: no penetration, but Harry mentions a fantasy of Draco fucking him. Sex on screen is blowjob, handjob, frottage. - A Working Title (NC-17) by mindabbles
implied future bottom!Draco: sex on screen is blowjob D>H; handjob H>D
Case 2: Sex occurs during the course of the story, but is non-explicit:
Examples:
- Dream A Little Dream (R) by auntpurl
implied bottom!Draco: "Malfoy beneath him, open and vulnerable while Harry lost control and finally succumbed to an orgasm" - A Future Unknown (NC-17) by omi_ohmy
implied bottom!Draco: Harry says "not til I'm inside you" and summons lube; Draco can't walk afterwards because his legs are shaky - Girls Aloud is Hazardous to your Health (R) azicrow
implied bottom!Draco: pressure of Draco's heels on Harry's back during sex - Safety First (R) charmed310
implied bottom!Draco: riding Harry, sore arse, though not explicitly shown
Case 3: The sex that occurs during the story is explicitly bottom-so-and-so, but there is the implication that switching will occur in the future.
Examples:
- Hogwarts State of Mind (NC-17) by leo_draconis
bottom!Draco: switching implied in future - Beekeeping (NC-17) by khalulu
bottom!Draco: switching implied in future - The List (NC-17) by Tari_Sue
bottom!Harry: switching implied in future
Case 4: The sex that occurs during the story is explicitly bottom-so-and-so, but there is implication (non-explicit) that switching also occurs during the course of the story.
Examples:
- ASSassSINSs (NC-17) by hogwartsvixxxen
bottom!Harry: switching implied offscreen - Heavenly Bodies (NC-17) by leo_draconis
bottom!Draco: switching implied - Look Back, Move Forward (NC-17) by blithelybonny
bottom!Draco: switching implied
Case 5: Explicit sex occurs with another character during the course of the story
Example:
- Torn Are the Soft Ties (NC-17) sashaminx
bottom!Draco with someone other than Harry; there is no sex between Harry and Draco
Thanks again to everyone who has helped on this project so far, and also to eidheann_writes, who helped me with thinking about these poll questions.
And it seems awfully fitting that today is the first day of the dracotops-harry fest, don't you think? :)
More in this series:
Crowd-sourcing Fan-fair Proposal - Spreadsheet link (f-locked)
Progress Report #1
Progress Report #2 - My f-list rocks!
Progress Report #3 - Take a Poll
Progress Report #4 - Poll Results and Spreadsheet Complete!
Who Tops More in HD-fan-fair: Final Results