Demented statistics of CTB

[lobelia321]

After various discussions on this topic, I decided to do a spot-check. My impression is that pairings have become more standardised and that there are fewer variations. So I checked one page of CTB messages from about a year ago (28-29 April 2002; 16 fics) and the most recent page (10-13 March 2003; 15 fics).

April 2002:
OB/VM 2x
SA/EW 2 x
SB/VM 2 x
OB/KU
OB/HW
OB/DM
OB/Ewan McGregor
DM/BB
DM/EW
DM/KU
KU/CP
SB/VM/Pierce Brosnan
DM/OB/VM

March 2003:
OB/VM 3x
DM/BB 3 x
DM/EW 2x
OB/KU
OB/EW
OB/SB
OB/Colin Farrell
SA/EW
VM/SB
VM/OB/EW

How often do individual characters get slashed?

April 2002 (10 different characters plus crossovers):
Orli 6x
Dom 5x
Viggo 3x
Karl 3x
Lij 2x
Billy 1x
Sean A. 1x
Bean 1x
Hugo 1x
Craig 1x
Crossover characters 2x

March 2003 (8 different characters plus crossover):
Orli 6x
Lij 4x
Viggo 3x
Dom 2x
Bean 2x
Karl 1x
Sean A. 1x
Billy 1x
Crossover characters 1x

What does this mean (beyond proof positive for my obsession with lists and stats)? I leave this for you to ponder. *g*

P.S. You should probably not spam replies onto this list. It's just interesting to know what's changed, what hasn't, which complaints are founded and which aren't, and to remember that this is just a spot-check which makes no claim to be representative. (I will happily trawl the *entire* archive if the remuneration is right, of course, *g*.)


This post is a copy of the message I sent to CTB.