HG Crossovers stats

[swissmarg]

hgcrossovers has posted their master list. Although there were only 10 submissions, I thought I'd go ahead and make some statistics anyway.

Fest community: hgcrossovers 
Fest type: Anonymous exchange
Premise: Hermione Granger in a crossover
Ratings restrictions: None, all ratings allowed
Length restrictions: 1,000 words minimum, no maximum
Creation period: 2 months

There were 10 fics written for this exchange.

There were a total of 63,919 words written.

Mean: 6,392 words
Median: 4,000 words
Mode: 2-3K words

The longest fic was 19,083 words long. The shortest fic was 1,406 words long.

By rating:

G - ii
T/PG-13 - ii
15 - i
M/R - iiii
NC-17 - i

By word count: 

1-2K - i
2-3K - iii
3-4K - i
4-5K - ii
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10-11K - i
12-13K - i
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19K+ - i

By crossover:

Supernatural - 4 fics
Angel, Batman, Doctor Who, Firefly, Full Metal Alchemist, Labyrinth, Psych, Star Trek, Stargate, The Southern Vampire Mysteries - 1 each (note that one fic contained multiple crossovers)

Some thoughts: With such a small sample, it's a bit hard to detect many trends. The ratings were very evenly spread out, perhaps slightly skewed toward the higher end with half of the submissions rated R or above.

The word counts were typical, with the bulk (60%) under 5,000 words, a couple of middling-long ones, and one much longer than the rest, although even that did not quite hit Big Bang (20K) territory. With only two months in which to write (and have the fic beta read), however, it's a strong effort.

The one clear trend is the popularity of Supernatural as a crossover, in particular pairing Hermione with Dean. I have never seen Supernatural, so I'm not sure what the chemistry between Hermione and the character of Dean would be, but apparently a lot of fest participants find it a compelling pairing.

Comments

[bananaeskimo.livejournal.com]

Dean is just so very sexy. No denying it. The Winchester bros are just *wow*

[swissmarg]

We don't get it here in Switzerland...