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Femslash week in review: 2019-05-21 - 2019-05-27
High-level stats for week of 2019-05-21 - 2019-05-27
- Total works categorized F/F on AO3: 3963 (+155 from last week)
- Works I classified F/F: 2457 (+102 from last week) (1132 new, 1325 continued)
- 0.94% of all 261396 AO3 works I've classified F/F were updated this week
A few callouts this week:
- A regular reader pointed out last week that ASoIaF is having the expected post-Game of Thrones-finale bounce. That's in week two now; let's keep an eye on it and see how long it stays on the list.
- Incidentally, I know everyone is talking about Gentleman Jack, and it has showed up in the long-form ratings for the past three weeks, but it seems like everyone is writing only the one ship, and it's not that big, so it's nowhere near the top 20. (This week it's at number 167.) The correlation between buzz and work count is sometimes a little weak.
Most active classified fandoms:
| Rank | Fandom (and top three ships) | Rating for week | F/F works updated this week | % of F/F works updated this week | F/F:M/M ratio (all works) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Supergirl (TV 2015) Kara Danvers,Lena Luthor (142) Alex Danvers,Maggie Sawyer (38) Alex Danvers,Kara Danvers (23) | 56.07 | 220 (+49) | 1.35% | 28:1 |
| 2 (↑) | Marvel Cinematic Universe Brunnhilde | Valkyrie (Marvel),Carol Danvers (28) Natasha Romanov (Marvel),Wanda Maximoff (21) Carol Danvers,Maria Rambeau (14) | 39.31 | 121 (+20) | 1.64% | 1:8 |
| 3 (↓) | RWBY Blake Belladonna,Yang Xiao Long (44) Ruby Rose (RWBY),Weiss Schnee (40) Blake Belladonna,Ruby Rose (RWBY) (8) | 30.17 | 89 (+5) | 1.61% | 5:1 |
| 4 | Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Bellatrix Black Lestrange,Hermione Granger (11) Ginny Weasley,Luna Lovegood (11) Hermione Granger,Pansy Parkinson (8) | 24.46 | 67 (+5) | 1.09% | 1:8 |
| 5 (↑6) | Once Upon a Time (TV) Emma Swan,Evil Queen | Regina Mills (50) Alice | Tilly,Robin | Margot (5) Emma Swan,Red Riding Hood | Ruby (4) | 21.84 | 64 (-10) | 0.51% | 9:1 |
| 6 (↓) | The 100 (TV) Clarke Griffin,Lexa (The 100) (82) Anya (The 100),Raven Reyes (20) Costia (The 100),Lexa (The 100) (6) Luna (The 100),Raven Reyes (6) | 21.28 | 90 (+2) | 0.80% | 5:1 |
| 7 (↑2) | She-Ra: Princess Of Power Adora (She-Ra),Catra (She-Ra) (50) Adora (She-Ra),Glimmer (She-Ra) (20) Catra (She-Ra),Scorpia (She-Ra) (7) | 20.99 | 66 (+4) | 4.94% | 9:1 |
| 8 (⇑) | The Vampire Diaries (TV) Josie Saltzman,Penelope Park (38) Hope Mikaelson,Josie Saltzman (16) Hope Mikaelson,Lizzie Saltzman (15) | 20.02 | 52 (+2) | 4.20% | 1:2 |
| 9 (↓) | A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin Margaery Tyrell,Sansa Stark (17) Daenerys Targaryen,Sansa Stark (15) Daenerys Targaryen,Yara Greyjoy (7) | 19.79 | 55 (+6) | 2.55% | 1:1.9 |
| 10 (↓4) | Overwatch (Video Game) Angela "Mercy" Ziegler,Fareeha "Pharah" Amari (12) Lena "Tracer" Oxton,Widowmaker | Amélie Lacroix (8) Angela "Mercy" Ziegler,Moira O'Deorain (6) | 19.54 | 36 (-6) | 0.65% | 1:2 |
| 11 (↓4) | Steven Universe (Cartoon) Lapis Lazuli (Steven Universe),Peridot (Steven Universe) (26) Blue Diamond (Steven Universe),Yellow Diamond (Steven Universe) (9) Ruby (Steven Universe),Sapphire (Steven Universe) (5) | 19.50 | 44 (+5) | 0.81% | 14:1 |
| 12 (↓2) | BanG Dream! Girl's Band Party! (Video Game) Hazawa Tsugumi,Hikawa Sayo (4) Hikawa Sayo,Maruyama Aya (2) Imai Lisa,Minato Yukina (2) Maruyama Aya,Shirasagi Chisato (2) | 15.63 | 18 (-7) | 1.77% | 447:1 |
| 13 (↑3) | Homestuck Kanaya Maryam,Rose Lalonde (11) Terezi Pyrope,Vriska Serket (5) Calliope (Homestuck),Roxy Lalonde (2) | 15.50 | 25 (-7) | 0.45% | 1:3 |
| 14 (⇑) | Dragon Age (Video Games) ... | 13.65 | 22 (+1) | 0.56% | 1:3 |
| 15 (↓2) | Archie Comics Cheryl Blossom,Toni Topaz (37) Betty Cooper,Veronica Lodge (3) Toni Topaz,Veronica Lodge (3) | 13.57 | 43 (-11) | 1.76% | 1.1:1 |
| 16 (↓2) | Life Is Strange (Video Game) Chloe Price (Life Is Strange),Maxine "Max" Caulfield (15) Chloe Price (Life Is Strange),Rachel Amber (5) Chloe Price (Life Is Strange),Maxine "Max" Caulfield,Rachel Amber (3) | 13.20 | 26 (-6) | 0.87% | 9:1 |
| 17 (↓2) | 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia Jirou Kyouka,Yaoyorozu Momo (46) Asui Tsuyu,Uraraka Ochako (34) Ashido Mina,Uraraka Ochako (5) | 12.56 | 66 (-1) | 2.62% | 1:8 |
| 18 (⇑) | Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy - Cassandra Clare Aline Penhallow,Helen Blackthorn (8) Clary Fray,Isabelle Lightwood (7) Clary Fray,Maia Roberts (3) Isabelle Lightwood,Maia Roberts (3) | 12.36 | 25 (+5) | 1.46% | 1:5 |
| 19 (⇑) | Dangan Ronpa - All Media Types Akamatsu Kaede,Iruma Miu (5) Celestia Ludenberg,Kirigiri Kyouko (3) Chabashira Tenko,Yumeno Himiko (3) | 12.00 | 19 (+3) | 1.10% | 1:3 |
| 20 | DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV) Ava Sharpe,Sara Lance (17) Nyssa al Ghul,Sara Lance (6) Ava Sharpe,Nora Darhk (2) Charlie (DC's Legends of Tomorrow),Zari Tomaz (2) | 11.76 | 29 (-12) | 1.22% | 1:1.6 |
What is all this again?
Mission statement: help out people (including myself) who read fic on AO3 and wish they were reading more femslash, but don't know what's out there. Plan: do a week-in-review post every week which contains general stats about new fic and a few recs.
I am starting with the list of all works on ao3.org which were updated within a given week, and which were categorized as F/F, but I am not reporting stats on 100% of those works --- I'm narrowing down to a subset of fandoms and works for which it's tractable for me to actually look at all the character tags, and then I'm excluding ships containing what I believe to be cis-male characters. I'll give overall stats about how many works I've reported on and how many I've excluded. If you think I'm excluding a fandom you care about, please let me know!
More info about column headers:
- Fandom (and top three ships): If multiple tags that seem to correspond to the same fandom (e.g. "The 100 (TV)" and "The 100 Series - Kass Morgan") show up in my ranking, I report the one with the best rating. There's totally a judgment call here about what things are "the same fandom" --- I'm going to err on the side of reporting more different things when I can, but I won't skip something with a lot of works which aren't otherwise accounted for. When measuring the top three F/F ships in a fandom, I count both "A/B" and "A & B" as "A,B". Ties are broken by including all of the ships, but I only include a maximum of five ships per fandom to keep the table length reasonable.
- Rating for week: I like fandoms with ensemble casts, so I'm doing a weighted sum based on the logarithm of number of works by pairing, so that fandoms with several different F/F pairings get a significant bonus.
- F/F/ works updated this week: includes both new and continued works.
- % of F/F works updated this week: This is the percentage of all F/F works I've ever categorized in the fandom, so a big number probably means a brand new fandom, or at least one which was unusually active this week.
- F/F:M/M ratio (all works): This ratio is taken from all works in the fandom tag, and is just a hint to readers about how F/F-dominant the fandom is. Obviously there's no reason you can't find great F/F works in a predominantly male fandom (we've all read those), but the ratio may give a hint about whether the F/F pairing is likely to be the dominant one in a work with multiple pairings. Note that the "F/F" and "M/M" numbers for this column are taken directly from AO3, not from my compiled character and ship stats. (Since I don't categorize M/M works, I couldn't do it any other way.)
Known bugs which affect the accuracy of this data:
- AO3 does not modify the "last updated" date of a work in a revealed exchange when the exchange reveals, so my database can miss exchange works entirely if they're last edited awhile before the exchange works are revealed. This probably leads to a serious undercount of works in revealed exchanges.
- When canonical names for characters and ships change over time, my database can wind up containing entries for both ships. This makes ratings inaccurate.
Share and enjoy, and let me know what I can do to make this more useful.