Re: OT re: "Popular" fanfic couples

["Koos van Winden" <koosfanfic@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, danspector@w... wrote:
> Koos,
>
> Not that I particularly care, but I wonder if your research went far
> enough down to determine if B/W is more "popular" than B/F.  (I know
> we've got BuffyNFaith beat easily in numbers, but they may have more
> total groups/sites/whatever you counted.)  I know it's an 
unimportant
> distinction (those who don't get that B/W is it?  More fool they,
> heh-heh&), but I'm curious, especially since it may be a battle for
> the "Most Popular UC F/F Pairing" title.
>
> And yes, I have zero clue about the Spander, either.
--- In buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "ebailey140" 
<ebailey140@a...> wrote:
> --- In buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, danspector@w... wrote:
> > Koos,
> > 
> > Not that I particularly care, but I wonder if your research went 
far
> > enough down to determine if B/W is more "popular" than B/F.  (I 
know
> > we've got BuffyNFaith beat easily in numbers, but they may have 
more
> > total groups/sites/whatever you counted.)  I know it's an 
unimportant
> > distinction (those who don't get that B/W is it?  More fool they,
> > heh-heh&), but I'm curious, especially since it may be a battle 
for
> > the "Most Popular UC F/F Pairing" title.
> > 
> > And yes, I have zero clue about the Spander, either.
>
> Well, there's also Faithful Chickies (not technically a B/F list, 
but
> that's it's main thing) and Vampslayers 2003.  B/F has always been 
the
> more popular (Until W/T, it was THE most popular femmeslash ship),
> because it had the strongest subtextual backing, intentionally 
written
> into the show from FHT through WAY.  In fact, W/T, in it's early
> stages before NMR, was compared to B/F, as far as subtext was
> concerned.  Of course, after WAY, it was dropped, completely...  
>
> B/W, on the other hand, had the problem of the text seeming to go 
out
> of it's way to torpedo it, from Season 4 onward (as soon as Tara
> entered the picture).  Has anyone here, besides me, had the
> displeasure of trying to defend the ship to non-B/W shippers?  Even 
a
> recent issue of the Buffy magazine wondered how it was that Willow
> never seemed to notice how attractive that blonde friend of hers 
was.
> E

Okay, first of all I have tried to determine the situation at this 
moment, not a year ago. Buffy/Angel for example is winning it from 
Spike/Buffy.

Secondly. I have followed, I think, all the yahoogroups, all the 
sites I cuould find and all the virtual series and discussion boards 
(which provide interesting inside on current opinions) and Live 
Journal. To be honest, Willow/Buffy is my latest ship of interest. 
Was never really into this ship, cuz of the syrup and the pancakes 
and the elevator confessions. I mean, waay too sweet for me :)

Willow/Buffy has a large number of members, but output in fanfiction 
is not so high anymore. Buffy/Faith is more popular on Live Journal. 
There's barely any Faith/Willow fanbase. Willow/Tara has a strong 
faithful fanbase and more sites. Willow/Tara is also the most 
populair femslash under the not slash fans. Which you have to count 
too! So the most popular ff slash couple is still Willow/Tara.






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