snowgall

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 )

( Case 2 )

( Case 3 )

( Case 4 )

( Case 5 )

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