Tally ho! (or, the kink count)

[pauraque_bk]

I was curious to see what kinks were requested most often in this year's pornish_pixies Fantasy Fest, so I went through both pages and tallied them up.

There are some quirks to the list, of course. In many cases I had to try to gauge 'voter intent'. When a requestor said "coersion" I ticked dub-con, and when they said "rape" I ticked non-con, but people can argue over the precise meanings of these terms all day. I didn't always add a tally to chan when an underage participant was requested -- only when the requestor actually said "chan" or it seemed that the character's youth was important. I did tick incest when cousins were paired, though I know many non-Americans don't consider that incest at all.

I tried to distinguish D/s from any variety of non-con, but often it was hard to tell what the requestor was really asking for. In general, where they said dominance rather than force, submission rather than slavery, BDSM, giving orders, taking charge, consensual bondage, Dom![character], Sub![character]... that all went into D/s. It's probably still too much of a catchall, but there was a lot of it any way you count.

I didn't consider threesomes to be a kink for the list, though now I wish I'd counted how often they were asked for -- it was a lot. I also didn't count how often teacher/student pairings were requested. In retrospect, I probably should have broken up the voyeurism/discovery/public sex category into more specific categories, and maybe some other quibbly things like distinguishing between werewolf sex, animagus sex, and sentient nonhuman sex rather than just grouping them all as bestiality. (I don't think anyone asked for sex with a non-magical animal.) I also don't have categories for a few really vague things like "romance", which was mentioned a couple of times, and "darkfic" or "angst", both of which got lots of mentions.

57 (requests for) D/s
56 bondage
46 dub-con/coersion
45 incest
42 voyeurism/public/discovery
38 chan
38 non-con/rape
34 dirty talk
31 crossdressing
31 toys/object penetration
27 first time


The middle of the list has some more specific variations on the top kinks, as well as some things you'd expect in a lot of fic but were not usually asked for per se. (Fellatio: Ask For It By Name!) These were all requested between ten and twenty times.

20 rimming
20 oral
17 intoxication/drugs
17 bestiality
16 use of magic
15 anal intercourse
14 orgasm control (denial/forced)
12 humiliation
11 spanking
10 frottage
10 blood/knives
10 wank/handjob


Then there were quite a few requested fewer than ten times, but more than once. I made sure to give "tie kink" its own category separate from bondage; it's one of the local charms of our fandom, I think. The movies may not be canon, but they sure do encourage the smutmongers.

I had never heard of hair-pulling as a fetish until now.


9 collar/pet
9 whipping/caning
8 hurt/comfort
8 rough
8 double penetration
7 tie kink/bondage
7 bodyswitch/Polyjuice
7 biting
7 slavery
6 begging
6 food/candy
6 breathplay
6 marking/branding
6 straight/claiming to be straight
5 prostitution
5 hair-pulling
5 roleplaying
4 body mod/piercing
4 in the shower
4 in the library
4 w/s (anything pee-related)
3 coming untouched
3 bukkake
3 blindfold
3 over a desk
3 marriage/wedding night
3 crying/sobbing
2 felching
2 kissing
2 wandplay
2 motorcycle


Kinks requested by only one person included fingernail scratching, leather, PVC, foot fetish, pegging (it's a crime that only one person wanted this!), fire play, mpreg, Quidditch equipment, loss of bowel control, and T.S. Eliot.


In conclusion: I love my depraved gay fandom. *scritches it*

Comments

[nimori.livejournal.com]

I think you're right. I've written medical kink in HP, and it was very hard to make it hands-on; it only worked because it was Snape with a goal of humiliation, and he chose not to use magical methods. We haven't seen many injuries or illnesses in canon that can't be cured quickly and easily, and even the ones that are difficult don't seem to involve much physical contact -- like the basilisk victims in CoS.

In fact wizards seem to react with horror at the 'hands-on' nature of muggle medicine, as we see with Arthur's stitches. It just feels like wizards should reach for a magical solution, and if there isn't one... they try more magic or give up. Which is a shame because... medical kink!

I'd like to know what pegging is too... it seems to me I know this, but all I can think of now is cribbage. And pirates. And pirates playing cribbage.

[jheaton.livejournal.com]

I like your idea about pirates playing cribbage, but sexually speaking, "pegging" refers to the practice of a female fucking a male in the ass with a strap-on dildo. How that scenario fits into p_p is anyone's guess.

[nimori.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you! I suppose if the term isn't applicable to the equivalent F/F activity, it might have shown up under a F/F/M or M/M/F request.

Not that I really really want to read that now or anything...

[pauraque]

In fact, it was a Hermione/Ron/Krum scenario. I wish she'd been a little more specific, since I think people might have been more eager to snag it if they'd known what it meant!

[dancing-moon.livejournal.com]

Ahh, it has a name No, I've never thought about it *smirk*

What is then figging, that someone mentioned above?

[marksykins.livejournal.com]

Figging is the insertion of ginger or a like substance (peppers, I believe, are also applicable) into the anus for a wee bit of sexual burn. Or a whole hell of a lot. For those that enjoy it, it's supposed to produce intense pleasure-pain.

[pauraque]

I've heard that some people also enjoy mixing chili powder with water and giving themselves an enema with it. Spicy!

[dancing-moon.livejournal.com]

Omg OW!