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https://www.polygon.com/culture/532463/ao3-history-destiel-future-ranking-ships>
"Counting fics, as Destiel fans will tell you, is serious business these days.
At the beginning of 2025, users of fanfiction hub Archive of Our Own, or AO3,
were eager to see the list of the top 100 most popular ships of 2024. Who would
come out on top? Would Buck/Eddie reign above Aziraphale/Crowley? Where would
the year’s new hot ships from shows like
Hazbin Hotel and
Arcane end up?
But when the list was released, some fans immediately took offense at the
placement of certain ships. For
Supernatural fans, longtime standby Destiel
(Dean/Castiel) ending up lower than expected was a shock.
“i dont believe this one bit u mean to tell me sam & dean gen was posted
more than destiel….” one user responded. Outraged fans investigated and
found out that the statistics were, by some measures, inaccurate — Destiel
had gained over 6,000 new fics that year, and when calculated by another
means, was in 11th place overall. Phew!"
Via
Garbage Day: Gavin Newsom’s new, bad podcast
https://www.garbageday.email/p/gavin-newsom-s-new-bad-podcast
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
