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[pauraque_bk]

You'll have to excuse me, I've been a bit busy. My baaaaaby brother just turned 18. This is distressing to me, as he is clearly 12 and ought to remain so for the rest of my life.


Anyway, scribbulus_ink was posting pairing stats about her fic, as well as top/bottom frequency, which reminded me that I had counted some similar things for my own fic.

If you're only counting fics where explicit sex is had, I've written about 20 different pairings or threesomes in HP. (It really depends on how you count, though.) There are only two, though, that I've written more than once: Peter/Ron and Sirius/James, both of which I've written twice.

scribbulus_ink says she's written 52 Snape/Lupin stories! I guess I don't see the appeal, as a writer. Usually once I've written a pairing, I'm not that interested in exploring it any further. Peter/Ron is the only one I've written in two completely separate scenarios, not the same universe. Question for the OTP-type people: Do you mostly write in the same universe, or do you like to come up with totally new scenarios for each fic?

• Top five characters I've written most often, including non-slash and ficlets:
  
  1. Peter (15 times)
  2. Remus (12)
  3. Harry (10)
  4. Snape (7)
  5. Sirius (6)
  
  I'm surprised Remus is so high up there; I didn't realize I'd written him so much.
  
  I've also written Draco and Ron 5 times each. James 4 times. Lucius, Tom/Voldemort, and Neville thrice. Filch, Slughorn, and Cedric twice. And tons of others only once.

• McKay tallied how often her characters topped/bottomed. I decided not to take the question literally for my fic, since the physical bit doesn't interest me as much as who's figuratively "on top". Who's dominant.
  
  She tallied for her most frequent pairing, so I'll do it for my most frequent character. I've written Peter dominating his partner three times (Remus, Ron, Harry), and submitting to them four times (James, Sirius, Ron again, Filch).
  
  To some extent, this reflects two different variations on his characterization that I use as they suit the story at hand. I would say that the Peter who practically forces himself on Remus in Pale Fever is a younger version of the Peter who keeps Ron as a pet in Cut With Diamonds. Likewise, the young Peter who allows himself to be seduced by Filch in To The Letter would grow up to be the older Peter who really just wants to be Ron's pet again in Force of Habit.

• I was also curious how often I wrote from dominant and submissive POVs.
  
  This isn't always a clear-cut attribute of a story, but I can count 12 times that I've written primarily from the perspective of someone who is submitting, and 5 from the perspective of someone who is dominating. That doesn't really surprise me, since my personal experience is more on the submissive side. (I also notice that I tend to enjoy writing subs more, whereas writing dominant characters can feel tiring and even upsetting.)

If you want to look for yourself, all my HP fic (even the crap) is in memories.


ETA: And if you don't like any of that, how about The Picard Song with accompanying video? It ate my brain, and I enjoyed every minute of it.

Comments

[ani-bester.livejournal.com]

Hmmm randomly

I see Peter being being bottom to anyone he feels is stronger than him but top the instant he feels he can dominate because I would think the chance to be dominant would be appealing to him in the way it is with the ummm shoot I think it's the Power-Ressurance rapist type (which I think is basically what you wrote in "Pale Fever").

So not so much two different variation on the character, but the smae character reacting to different sexual situations and balances of power. Which would explain why he's sub to Ron I the story where he would logically see Ron as the dominant figure (what's more dominant than an owner after all) as oppossed to how he treats Ron when Peter is the one with power. Even when Peter is dominant, there was still a sense of Peter wanting to be wanted that was consistent with the characterization in "Force of Habit."

[ani-bester.livejournal.com]

And yay, I paid god knows how much for a sociology clas sinc ollege so I can assign rape types to a ficitonal character. MONEY WELL SPENT! Joy! *head desk*

[pauraque]

As is so often the case, I think your reader interpretation is superior to my authorial intent, or at least more interesting. :D