Stats from lm_hgficxchange
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lm_hgficxchange has been posted here. And I have a few stats for you! :D
Fest type: Anonymous exchange
Premise: Lucius/Hermione, fic only
Minimum fic length: 1,500 words
Ratings allowed: G - NC-17
Writing period: 3 months
There were 20 fics produced for the exchange.
By rating:
PG - i
PG-13 - ii
R - iiiii
NC-17 - iiiii iiiii ii
By length:
The fics ranged in length from 1,553 to 21,876 words.
1-2K - iii
2-3K - 0
3-4K - ii
4-5K- iii
5-6K - iiii
6-7K - 0
7-8K - ii
8-9K - i
9-10K - i
10-15K - i
15-20K - ii
20K+ - i
Total words written: 147,542
Average fic length: 7,377
Median fic length: 5,500
Mode fic length: 5-6K
Some thoughts: What, no art? Well, that wasn't part of the fest, it was explicitly fic only. ;-)
On the other hand, whoa! Smut-o-rama! 85% of the gifts were rated R or higher, and there were no G-rated fics at all, and only 2 PG-rated ones. The fest did not require high-rated fic; in fact, the rules specifically state, "Genfic that explores friendship/hatred is perfectly fine.... A romantic/sexual relationship is not a requirement." But, uh, I guess that for Hermione/Lucius shippers, it *is* a requirement. ;-) I think that's pretty much true, too, more so than with Hermione/Severus. The latter ship has an intellectual aspect to it (at least in some people's interpretations) that is not necessarily as big or as necessary a part of Hermione/Lucius stories. Yes, there are battles of wits and attempts to outsmart each other, but they always seem to end with explicit sex. No arguments here. :-)
There was also, by the way, a clear tendency toward threesomes. I didn't count them because not all of the fics declared their threesomes in their header, and I didn't want to go through all 20 fics that carefully, but there were certainly several. I presume most of them included Snape, or perhaps Draco, as the third, as they both tend to fit in well. (I can't avoid the innuendo, can I?)
Looking at the fic lengths shows an interesting departure from the standard pattern we've been seeing of the fics being bunched at the low end. Sure, there are the couple of fics that just barely made the cut in terms of length, but the big bulge is in the middle (no pun whatsoever intended!), from 3,000-6,000 words, more than double the minimum fic length. There was also a nice little cluster of longer fics from 15-21K+ words, but no fic that was so long it blew the competition out of the water. The longest fic, with nearly 22,000 words, just 4K longer than the next longest fic, wasn't so much longer that it was able to pull away from the pack completely. Given that the writing period for this fest was three months, I actually would have expected at least one fic to be much longer. The last couple of 2-month fests I've made stats for had fics over 30K, one even over 40K.
lm_hgficxchange has been posted here. And I have a few stats for you! :DFest type: Anonymous exchange
Premise: Lucius/Hermione, fic only
Minimum fic length: 1,500 words
Ratings allowed: G - NC-17
Writing period: 3 months
There were 20 fics produced for the exchange.
By rating:
PG - i
PG-13 - ii
R - iiiii
NC-17 - iiiii iiiii ii
By length:
The fics ranged in length from 1,553 to 21,876 words.
1-2K - iii
2-3K - 0
3-4K - ii
4-5K- iii
5-6K - iiii
6-7K - 0
7-8K - ii
8-9K - i
9-10K - i
10-15K - i
15-20K - ii
20K+ - i
Total words written: 147,542
Average fic length: 7,377
Median fic length: 5,500
Mode fic length: 5-6K
Some thoughts: What, no art? Well, that wasn't part of the fest, it was explicitly fic only. ;-)
On the other hand, whoa! Smut-o-rama! 85% of the gifts were rated R or higher, and there were no G-rated fics at all, and only 2 PG-rated ones. The fest did not require high-rated fic; in fact, the rules specifically state, "Genfic that explores friendship/hatred is perfectly fine.... A romantic/sexual relationship is not a requirement." But, uh, I guess that for Hermione/Lucius shippers, it *is* a requirement. ;-) I think that's pretty much true, too, more so than with Hermione/Severus. The latter ship has an intellectual aspect to it (at least in some people's interpretations) that is not necessarily as big or as necessary a part of Hermione/Lucius stories. Yes, there are battles of wits and attempts to outsmart each other, but they always seem to end with explicit sex. No arguments here. :-)
There was also, by the way, a clear tendency toward threesomes. I didn't count them because not all of the fics declared their threesomes in their header, and I didn't want to go through all 20 fics that carefully, but there were certainly several. I presume most of them included Snape, or perhaps Draco, as the third, as they both tend to fit in well. (I can't avoid the innuendo, can I?)
Looking at the fic lengths shows an interesting departure from the standard pattern we've been seeing of the fics being bunched at the low end. Sure, there are the couple of fics that just barely made the cut in terms of length, but the big bulge is in the middle (no pun whatsoever intended!), from 3,000-6,000 words, more than double the minimum fic length. There was also a nice little cluster of longer fics from 15-21K+ words, but no fic that was so long it blew the competition out of the water. The longest fic, with nearly 22,000 words, just 4K longer than the next longest fic, wasn't so much longer that it was able to pull away from the pack completely. Given that the writing period for this fest was three months, I actually would have expected at least one fic to be much longer. The last couple of 2-month fests I've made stats for had fics over 30K, one even over 40K.
