R/Hr Big Bang Statistics

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rhr_bigbang (Ron/Hermione Big Bang) has gone live with 11 nice, big, juicy R/Hr fics. They are all posted on their own archive over here. Just some brief statistics under the cut for your enjoyment.

Fest community: rhr_bigbang 
Fest type: Big Bang: long fics with fan illustrations
Premise: Ron/Hermione, long fic
Length restriction: Minimum 15,000 words, no maximum
Rating restriction: None, all ratings allowed
Creation period: 4 months

There were 11 fics created for this fest.

By rating:

PG-13 - 3
R - 2
NC-17 - 6

By word count:

15-16K - iiii
16-17K - i
17-18K - i
18-19K - i
19-20K - i
20-21K - i
22-22K - i
44-45K - i

Era:

Hogwarts years - 2
Post-DH - 9

Some thoughts: Who would have thought Ron and Hermione were so sexy? Over half of the submissions for this challenge were rated NC-17, and none were rated below PG-13.

The word count distribution is lovely: 4 fics obviously just making the minimum mark of 15,000. Then a beautiful, even procession up one step at a time to 22K, just as if it had been planned that way. And the one super-long entry at twice the length of the second longest one. Nice.

There were only two Hogwarts era fics, the rest being post-DH. I think this mainly shows that the writers stuck to canon, and Ron and Hermione didn't have much romantic interaction within the scope of the books. I think they also wanted to write them as adults, free of the pressure of Voldemort and their primary need to support Harry.