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For fic written up to late 2007, over 90% As of slash was [[Wincest]]. By August 2009, this had dropped to 82%. In Supernatural fic coded on the seven month snapshot shown above, Wincest made up around newsletter was about 46% of slash and 36% Gen fic with (not including [[Dean/CastielRPF]] stories now comprising 47% ). The remaining 7Compared to two years earlier, there is a slight (3% was other ) rise in slash pairingsbut as this is a cumulative analysis it masks the magnitude of the recent shift.
As For fic written up to late 2007, over 90% of slash was [[Wincest]]. By August 2009, Supernatural fic coded on this had dropped to 82%. In the newsletter was about seven month snapshot shown below, [[Wincest]] made up around 46% of fic with [[Dean/Castiel]] stories now comprising 47% . The remaining 7% was other slash pairings. The increase in the number of new recurring chacrters, such as [[Gabriel]], [[Lucifer]] and 36% Gen fic (not including [[RPFCrowley]]). Compared added to two years earlier, there is a slight (3%) rise groweth in "other slash but as this is a cumulative analysis it masks the magnitude of the recent shift" pairings. Poor [[Bobby]] rarely gets any sex.
While proportions of the genres have shifted, absolute numbers of fics have increased as well – the growing popularity of [[Dean/Castiel]] has been additive rather than substitutive. As the line graph above shows, the rate at which Wincest and Gen fics are written remains steady. The snapshot period here had nearly 30% more fic being written per month than in early 2008.
