The fandom census meme
May. 27th, 2007 02:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snorkackcatcherOrignally proposed by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hesychasm apparently, the idea being to do a kind of census for one's own fanfiction, to get an idea of the kind of diversity that may (or may not) be represented by one's body of work. Spotted on miss_direct via ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
metafandom.
Stories featuring exclusively male POV: 12
Stories featuring exclusively female POV: 11
Stories featuring multiple, mixed gender POV: 4
Stories featuring omniscient POV: 0
Stories featuring exclusively white characters' POV: 25
Stories featuring exclusively non-white characters' POV: 1 (a)
Stories featuring multiple, mixed race POV: 0
Stories featuring a nonhuman POV: 1 (b)
Stories featuring primarily gen content: 17
Stories featuring exclusively hetero relationship content: 7
Stories featuring exclusively gay/bi/curious relationship content: 0
Stories featuring both hetero and gay/bi/curious relationship content: 3
Stories featuring mixed-race relationships: 2 (c)
(a) Cho. 2 if you assume Lavender is black as per the films
(b) The Sorting Hat
(c) In one case only as brief mentions in passing, but add 1 if you assume Lavender is black
So pretty much as expected then for a straight white boy. :) Maybe I should have a go at the Patil twins post-HBP fic I had in mind before DH shafts it.
hesychasm apparently, the idea being to do a kind of census for one's own fanfiction, to get an idea of the kind of diversity that may (or may not) be represented by one's body of work. Spotted on miss_direct via metafandom.Stories featuring exclusively male POV: 12
Stories featuring exclusively female POV: 11
Stories featuring multiple, mixed gender POV: 4
Stories featuring omniscient POV: 0
Stories featuring exclusively white characters' POV: 25
Stories featuring exclusively non-white characters' POV: 1 (a)
Stories featuring multiple, mixed race POV: 0
Stories featuring a nonhuman POV: 1 (b)
Stories featuring primarily gen content: 17
Stories featuring exclusively hetero relationship content: 7
Stories featuring exclusively gay/bi/curious relationship content: 0
Stories featuring both hetero and gay/bi/curious relationship content: 3
Stories featuring mixed-race relationships: 2 (c)
(a) Cho. 2 if you assume Lavender is black as per the films
(b) The Sorting Hat
(c) In one case only as brief mentions in passing, but add 1 if you assume Lavender is black
So pretty much as expected then for a straight white boy. :) Maybe I should have a go at the Patil twins post-HBP fic I had in mind before DH shafts it.
