Clexa au survey

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Fan Survey
Title: Clexa au survey
Surveyor: Clexa Week
Date(s): 2017
Medium: Google forms
Fandom(s): The 100
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The Clexa au survey was a fan survey to gather data on the AU fanfiction preferences of Clarke Griffin/Lexa (aka Clexa) shippers in the The 100 fandom. It was created by Clexa Week and hosted on Google Forms.

The survey was posted to Tumblr on November 20, 2017.[1] It is unclear when exactly the survey closed, but the results were posted on December 2, 2017. The survey gathered a total of 1,500 responses.[2]

Questions and Results

Q1. Which surname for Lexa? (1,494 responses)

  1. Lexa Woods - 92.4%
  2. Anything, I'm not bothered - 7.1%
  3. Lexa Forrester - 0.5%

Q2. Which do you prefer after marriage? (1,485 responses)

  1. Griffin-Woods - 52%
  2. I'm fine with any and all - 27.7%
  3. Clarke Woods - 9.2%
  4. Woods-Griffin - 7.6%
  5. Lexa Griffin - 3.4%

Q3. Which families do you prefer? (1,488 responses)

  1. Any variation of this is fine - 35%
  2. Anya/Lexa - 20.8%
  3. Anya/Lincoln/Lexa/Aden - 18.8%
  4. Anya/Lexa/Aden - 12.4%.

(Other options were: Lexa/Aden, Lincoln/Lexa, Lincoln/Lexa/Aden, I don't like them as siblings at all, I prefer when Anya is Lexa's mother/Aden is Lexa's child)

Q4. For Anya and Lincoln: (1,477 responses)

  1. Anything, I'm not bothered - 57.4%
  2. Anya Forrester/Lincoln Forrester - 28.3%
  3. Anya Pine/Lincoln Pine - 14.3%

Q5. Who do you ship Raven with the most? (1,481 responses)

  1. Ranya (Raven x Anya) - 65.9%
  2. Octaven (Raven x Octavia) - 15.7%
  3. Sea Mechanic (Luna x Raven) - 7.4%
  4. Doctor Mechanic (Abby x Raven) - 5.2%
  5. Braven (Raven x Bellamy) - 4.9%
  6. Wicken (Raven x Wick) - 0.9%

Q6. Who do you ship Anya with the most? (1,470 responses)

  1. Ranya (Raven x Anya) - 80.8%
  2. Anroan (Anya x Roan) - 4.6%
  3. Gustanya (Gustus x Anya) - 4.1%
  4. Indranya (Indra x Anya) - 3.2%
  5. Lunanya (Luna x Anya) - 3%
  6. Bellanya (Bellamy x Anya) - 1.6%
  7. Octanya - (Octavia x Anya) - 1.5%
  8. Lincanya (Lincoln x Anya) - 1.2%

Q7. Do you like when canon dialogue is integrated into the story? (such as "may we meet again," "Life is about more than just surviving," etc) (1,489 responses)

  1. Yes but only if it's done right, otherwise it gets old - 77.8%
  2. Yes - 14.6%
  3. No, it gets old - 4.7%
  4. No - 3%

Q8. Pick your favorite (1,458 responses)

  1. Third person POV fics - 73.4%
  2. First person POV fics - 17.1%
  3. Second person POV fics - 9.5%

Q9. Pick your least favorite (1,459 responses)

  1. First person POV fics - 44.6%
  2. Second person POV fics - 44.3%
  3. Third person POV fics - 11.1%

Q10. As a fic reader, check all that annoy you: (1,486 responses)

  1. Paragraphs not separated - 81.8%
  2. Unfinished fics - 70.5%
  3. Unrealistic sex scenes (first-timers having sex like pros, random "screaming" throughout it, constant "ruined panties," etc) - 61.1%
  4. Spelling errors - 60.6%
  5. Song lyrics in a fic - 48.5%
  6. Improperly labeled (fic rated M but there's no smut, etc) - 44.2%
  7. OOC - 40.7%
  8. First person POV - 39.2%
  9. using descriptor terms to avoid using the name of the characters ("the blonde," "the brunette," "the latina," etc) - 37.3%
  10. Very short chapters - 36.9%
  11. Constant cliffhangers on every chapter - 22.5%
  12. Original Characters - 19.5%
  13. Filler chapters - 13.9%
  14. Flashbacks - 5.8%

Q11. As a fic writer, check all that annoy you: (724 responses)

  1. Being treated like I'm a machine, able to pump out work nonstop - 70.9%
  2. People downloading or translating work without permission - 51.8%
  3. "Update!" comments - 49.4%
  4. Effort to reaction ratio is poor (such as only getting 10 kudos per 1000 hits, only 5 comments despite 2000 hits, etc) - 46.5%
  5. "I LOVE THIS" when it's fluff. "HOW DARE YOU!" + other negative comments when it's not fluff/a character is written with flaws/ etc - 24.7%
  6. Really basic "good" comments/no detail in reviews on what the reader liked - 23.5%

Q.12 As a fic writer, check your favorite things: (715 responses)

  1. Honestly any and all of these make me cry tears of joy - 76.9%
  2. Fan art over my work - 69.2%
  3. Kudos/bookmarks/comments - 68.5%
  4. Long, detailed comments - 67.6%
  5. Seeing my fic in a rec list - 62.7%
  6. People reblogging links to my fic so it circulates and is seen - 59.4%
  7. Keyboard smashing comments - 51.9%

Q.13 As a fic reader, check your favorite things: (1,465 responses)

  1. Happy Ending - 79.6%
  2. Fluff - 71.3%
  3. Oh my God giVE ME ALL OF IT - 70.6%
  4. Soft Clexa - 67%
  5. Smut - 65%
  6. Thirsty Clexa - 60.8%
  7. Characters get married - 47.6%
  8. Miscommunication (Characters are oblivious to the others' feelings) - 45.5%

Q14. How do you prefer the story to develop? (1,391 responses)

  1. I like it unpredictable; there are reasons they shouldn't do this, but they can't keep apart. They kiss, struggle with their feelings, etc (until eventual acceptance & getting together officially) - 83.5%
  2. I like it to be predictable, they meet, they like each other, someone asks someone on a date, they go on a date, etc - 16.5%

Q15. What's your favorite type of first kiss? (1,455 responses)

  1. Unexpected Kiss - 43.4%
  2. Kiss in the middle of a rant - 25.4%
  3. Kiss that echoes canon - 13.1%
  4. Kiss that immediately leads to more (because the minute their lips touch, it's only ending in one way- between the sheets) - 11.2%
  5. Expected Kiss (at the end of a first date/etc) - 6.8%

Q16. Click your favorites (1,478 responses)

  1. Modern aus - 85.5%
  2. Friends to Lovers - 66.6%
  3. Enemies to Lovers - 61.5%
  4. Enemies to friends to lovers - 59.2%
  5. Canon aus - 57.8%
  6. Secret Relationship - 56.4%
  7. Childhood to grownup - 46%
  8. Crossover - 18.2%
  9. Friends to enemies to lovers - 0.2%

Q17. Thoughts on exes: Finn (1,476 responses)

  1. Any of the above, I'm not bothered - 27.8%
  2. I like it when he's good but they just didn't work out, so he's not in the fic - 23.4%
  3. I prefer when he's just not in the fic period - 22%
  4. I like it when he's a villain - 12.1%
  5. I prefer when he and Clarke never dated in the first place - 7.7%

(Other options were: I like reading fics where he's died so echoes canon and gives some angst to the story; I like it when he's good, is friends with Clarke and is in the fic)

Q18. Thoughts on exes: Costia (1,478 responses)

  1. Any of the above, I'm not bothered - 27.7%
  2. I like it when she's good but they didn't work out, so she's not in the fic - 25%
  3. I like readings fics where she's died so echoes canon and gives angst to the story - 23.7%
  4. I like it when she's good and is friends with Lexa and is in the fic - 10.2%

(Other options were: I prefer when she's just not in the fic period; I like it when she's a villain; I prefer when she and Lexa never dated in the first place)

Q19. Lexa's background (1,479 responses)

  1. Any of the above, I'm not bothered - 58.8%
  2. I prefer fics where Lexa is adopted by Indra/Gustus/etc - 27%
  3. I prefer fics where Lexa is an orphan - 10.2%
  4. I prefer fics where Lexa still has her birth parents - 4%

Q20. Clarke's background (1,480 responses)

  1. Either, I'm not bothered - 59.7%
  2. I prefer fics where Jake and Abby are both alive and well - 21.6%
  3. I prefer fics where Jake is dead, echoing canon - 18.7%

Q21. Harry Potter au: Clarke is in House... (1,452 responses)

  1. Gryffindor - 37.8%
  2. I'm not bothered, she could be in any house - 20%
  3. Slytherin - 19.1%
  4. I'm not bothered as long as it's Slytherin or Gryffindor - 19%

(Other options were: Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff)

Q22. Harry Potter au: Lexa is in House... (1,452 responses)

  1. Ravenclaw - 30.6%
  2. I'm not bothered, she could be in any house - 23.9%
  3. Slytherin - 20.4%
  4. I'm not bothered as long as it's Ravenclaw, Slytherin, or Hufflepuff - 14.7%

(Other options were: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff)

Q23. Who do you imagine is more sexually experienced? (1,469 responses)

  1. Clarke - 34.5%
  2. Pretty equal, they both have had very few partners - 30.8%
  3. Pretty equal, they both have had many partners - 17.8%
  4. Lexa - 17%

Q24. Just for fun... (1,472 responses)

  1. In reality, she's versatile, but I like to joke she's a bottom/top: 57.3%
  2. Lexa is a bottom - 27.2%
  3. Lexa is a top - 15.5%

Fan Comments

Reactions to taking the survey

This was fun. Feels like I put all that fanfiction reading/writing to use somewhere.[3]

This is the most satisfying survey I've had to fill in my entire life.[4]

#sorry but lexa is always the bottom, #so Lexa Griffin[5]

#wish people would actually remember demixuals exist and see how demicoded lexa is but oh well #reasons i vote for clarke as most experienced in sex[6]

#omg at some of the questions im dYING[7]

Reactions to the survey results

This is so interesting! How does this match up with your thoughts on fics guys?[8]

Anonymous asked

That survey was so interesting! Were you surprised with any of the results?

clexaweekofficial wrote

Thanks! It was pretty fun to do.

I was, I was surprised people didn't seem to like Lexa Griffin at all. You'd think with her not having a last name in canon, it'd be Lexa Griffin over Clarke Woods, but nope.

I was pretty surprised at the hp sorting too- I always thought the majority of the fandom believed Clarke to be a Slytherin, but there were far more votes for Gryffindor.

The "just for fun" results were entirely expected though :P[9]

I'M SNORTING AT THIS, wow call me out:[10]

  • In reality, she's versatile, but I like to joke she's a bottom/top

It's good to know what people like.[11]

So great, thanks for those who participated![12]

This is very important for the fics writers and readers. These Clexa fanfics never get old[13]

#clexa #lexa woods is a must #it should be 100% xd #lmao #nice survey[14]

#this is interesting #the responses I gave don't seem to match up with fandom majority for a lot of questions #possibly explains why it's been months since i found a clexa fic that i enjoyed reading #and why people don't seem to enjoy the content that i write anymore #oh well[15]

#ranya lives bitches #clexa[16]

#clexa #fanfic #long post #do 50% of authors really hate it when people download their fics?[17]

#ha #how did I miss this #so good to know tho #this fandom alright #Clexakru #q[18]

References

  1. ^ "Clexa au survey", Tumblr post by clexaweekofficial. November 20, 2017. Archived version.
  2. ^ "Clexa AU Survey Results", Tumblr post by clexaweekofficial. December 2, 2017. Archived version.
  3. ^ Tumblr post by lexathorn. November 22, 2017. Archived version.
  4. ^ Tumblr post by ifwearestrangers. November 25, 2017. Archived version.
  5. ^ Tumblr post by its-almost-about-wlw. November 20, 2017. Archived version.
  6. ^ Tumblr post by smolsassygay. November 20, 2017. Archived version.
  7. ^ Tumblr post by dimplesridley. November 21, 2017. Archived version.
  8. ^ Tumblr post by onemilliongoldstars. December 2, 2017. Archived version.
  9. ^ Tumblr post by clexaweekofficial. December 4, 2017. Archived version.
  10. ^ Tumblr post by pillowprincesslexa. December 2, 2017. Archived version.
  11. ^ Tumblr post by okimafan. December 4, 2017.
  12. ^ Tumblr post by thessclexa. December 30, 2017. Archived version.
  13. ^ Tumblr post by clexa-forever-12. April 7, 2018. Archived version.
  14. ^ Tumblr post by scentofdriedflowers. December 2, 2017. Archived version.
  15. ^ Tumblr post by almostafantasia. December 3, 2017. Archived version.
  16. ^ Tumblr post by insertranthere. December 3, 2017. Archived version.
  17. ^ Tumblr post by saunteringvaguelydownwards. January 10, 2018. Archived version.
  18. ^ Tumblr post by commander-leksa. Archived version.
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