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hds_beltane reveals are now up, so I can finally post the stats I've been collecting on this fest!
First off some fun trivia:
Two other authors have been nearly as prolific:
The longest fic written for hds_beltane wasannafugazzi's 52K Volunteers, written for the 2007 fest.
Since this was a fest that welcomed Drarry, Snarry, & Snaco pairings (as well as variations and threesomes) I was interested in knowing how many fics fell into each of these ships. Unsurprisingly, Drarry is the most popular ship for the fest, but I was surprised to find that threesomes and variations (which I counted together) were generally more popular than either of the other two ships, though Snarry came close. Snaco is rather the unloved second cousin, however, as some years there were no Snaco fics at all!
This is all much clearer to see with pretty charts and graphs. As I mentioned, trying to tease apart variations on Snape/Harry/Draco (is this a Snarry fic with a one-off Draco threesome, or a Drarry fic with a brief Snarry fling, or...you get the picture) was too complicated, so anything that involved all three boys in some way or another I called "Multi" and counted together. Many years included Gen fics too, so I counted those separately.
( Beltane Ships Chart )
( Beltane Ships Graph )
It is also nice to see that 2015, the final year of the fest, had more fics than the previous two years, which is a great send-off.
hds_beltane reveals are now up, so I can finally post the stats I've been collecting on this fest!First off some fun trivia:
- megyal wrote a fic (or two!) for every single hds_beltane fest from the beginning. That's 11 fics over 9 fests!
Two other authors have been nearly as prolific:
- lomonaaeren wrote 12 fics over 8 fests. The only year she missed was 2007 (the first year).
- twistedm also wrote for every year but one, missing 2009. She produced 10 fics over 8 fests.
The longest fic written for hds_beltane was
annafugazzi's 52K Volunteers, written for the 2007 fest.Since this was a fest that welcomed Drarry, Snarry, & Snaco pairings (as well as variations and threesomes) I was interested in knowing how many fics fell into each of these ships. Unsurprisingly, Drarry is the most popular ship for the fest, but I was surprised to find that threesomes and variations (which I counted together) were generally more popular than either of the other two ships, though Snarry came close. Snaco is rather the unloved second cousin, however, as some years there were no Snaco fics at all!
This is all much clearer to see with pretty charts and graphs. As I mentioned, trying to tease apart variations on Snape/Harry/Draco (is this a Snarry fic with a one-off Draco threesome, or a Drarry fic with a brief Snarry fling, or...you get the picture) was too complicated, so anything that involved all three boys in some way or another I called "Multi" and counted together. Many years included Gen fics too, so I counted those separately.
( Beltane Ships Chart )
( Beltane Ships Graph )
It is also nice to see that 2015, the final year of the fest, had more fics than the previous two years, which is a great send-off.
