Tally ho! (or, the kink count)
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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*
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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*
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Date: 2005-05-10 03:57 pm (UTC)I first heard about that "coming untouched" thing from
And go you for going through that list and posting your findings!