The promised bonus round analysis

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So, let's talk Shiplympics bonus round. The full list is over here, now for some crude data mining!

A full accounting of ships can be seen at the link. Ignoring quadrants (an extra layer of fiddly, plus people were all over the place about what they mean), in terms of total ships and how many stories each one got:
Autoresponder/Davesprite 5 SS
AR/PM/WV 1 HE
Autoresponder/Roxy 8 HE
AR/Roxy 1 HE
Aradia/Dave 9 HE
Aradia and Diamonds Droog 2 HE
Aradia/Equius 7 HE
Aradia/Feferi 5 FS
Aradia/Jade/Feferi 1 FS
Aradia/Feferi/Vriska 1 FS
JADE/ARADIA 2 FS
Aradia/Rose 6 FS
Aradia/Sollux 18 HE
Aradia/Tavros 5 HE
Terezi/Aradia 1 FS
Aradia/Vriska 7 FS
Aranea/Jake 4 HE
Jake/Arenea/Meenah/Jake 1 HE
Aranea/Meenah. 12 FS
Aranea/Meenah/Vriska/Aranea. 1 FS
Vriska/Aranea 2 FS
Bec/Jade 1 HE
Dad/Bro 1 SS
Bro/Dad/Mom 1 HE
Bro/Dave 1 SS
Bro/John/Dave 1 SS
Dirk/Bro 1 SS
Bro/Grampa 1 SS
Bro/Jade 1 HE
Bro/John 2 SS
Davesprite/Brobot 1 SS
Casey/Nakodile 1 HE
Condesce/Dirk 1 HE
Condesce/Grand Highblood 1 HE
John/Condesce 1 HE
Condesce/Handmaid 1 FS
Condesce/Psiioniic 3 HE
Condense/WV 1 HE
Dad/John 1 SS
Mom/Dad 1 HE
Roxy/Dad Crocker 1 HE
Dualscar/Darkleer 2 SS
Dave/Dave 5 SS
dave/davesprite 1 SS
Dirk/Dave 3 SS
Eridan/Dave 1 SS
dave/feferi 1 HE
Dave/Jade 9 HE
John/Rose/Dave/Jade 4 HE
Dave/Jade/Tavros 1 HE
Dave/Jake 4 SS
Dave/John 19 SS
John/Rose/Dave 2 HE
Dave/Kanaya/Rose 1 HE
dave/karkat 7 SS
Karkat/Dave/Terezi/Rose 1 HE
dave/rose 23 HE
Dave/Roxy 1 HE
Dave/Sollux 3 SS
Dave/Tavros 12 SS
Dave/Terezi 16 HE
Dave/Vriska 2 HE
Davesprite/Jade 9 HE
Davesprite/Jadesprite 2 HE
davesprite/rose 1 HE
Tavros/Davesprite 1 SS
Davesprite/Terezi, 1 HE
Dirk/Draconian Dignitary 1 SS
Dirk/Equius 4 SS
Jake/Dirk/Equius 1 SS
Dirk/Eridan 2 SS
Dirk/Jake 17 SS
Dirk/Jake/Jane/Roxy 6 HE
John/Jake/Dirk 1 SS
Dirk/Jake/Psiioniic 2 SS
Dirk/Jane 12 HE
Dirk/or/John 3 SS
dirk/kanaya 5 HE
nepeta/dirk 1 HE
Dirk/Roxy 20 HE
Dirk/Sawtooth 1 SS
uu/Dirk 7 SS
Sufferer/Disciple 7 HE
Doc Scratch/Ms. Paint 1 HE
doc scratch/rose 1 HE
Dolorosa/Kanaya 1 FS
Mindfang/Dolorosa FS
Dualscar/Eridan 2 SS
Psiioniic/Dualscar 1 SS
Equius/Eridan 1 SS
Equius/Feferi 1 HE
Equius/Gamzee 2 SS
Karkat/Equius 3 SS
Equius/Nepeta 11 HE
Equius/(Vriska/Sollux) 1 HE
Equius/Tavros 2 SS
Rose/Equius 2 HE
Eridan/Feferi 13 HE
Jane/Eridan 1 HE
Eridan/John 4 SS
Eridan/Kanaya 7 HE
Eridan/Karkat 18 SS
Nepeta/Eridan 2 HE
Eridan/Rose 7 HE
Eridan/Roxy 4 HE
Eridan/Sollux 6 SS
Eridan/Tavros 1 SS
Eridan/Vriska 2 HE
Feferi/Jade 14 FS
Feferi/Jake 1 HE
Feferi/Jane 1 FS
Feferi/Kanaya 2 FS
karkat/feferi, 1 HE
Meenah/Feferi 3 FS
Nepeta/Feferi 3 FS
Rose/Feferi 5 FS
Feferi/Sollux 3 HE
Feferi/Vriska 7 FS
Gamzee/Gamzee 1 SS
Jane/Gamzee 4 HE
Kanaya/Gamzee 2 HE
Rose/Kanaya/Gamzee 1 HE
Gamzee/Karkat 6 SS
Karkat/Terezi/Gamzee 1 HE
Gamzee/Roxy 3 HE
Gamzee/Tavros 5 SS
Gamzee/Terezi 4 HE
Gamzee/Vriska 1 HE
Grand Highblood/Redglare 1 HE
Hearts Boxcars/Serenity 1 HE
Sweet Bro/Hella Jeff 1 SS
Jack Noir/PM 1 HE
Jade/(Feferi/Rose) 1 FS
Jade/Jake 1 HE
Jade/John 3 HE
Jade/John/Karkat 3 HE
Jade/Kanaya 7 FS
Jade/Kanaya/Rose 1 FS
Jade/Karkat 10 HE
Jade/Nepeta 3 FS
Jade/Rose: 17 FS
Jade/Roxy 1 FS
Sollux/Jade 1 HE
Jade/Vriska 2 FS
Jake/Jane 4 HE
Roxy/Jake 1 HE
jake/terezi 1 HE
Jane/Kanaya 1 FS
Jane/Lil Seb 1 HE
Jane/Roxy 13 FS
Jane/Roxy/Sollux 1 HE
UU/Roxy/Jane 1 FS
Jane/or/Terezi 2 FS
Jane/UU 2 FS
John/Trickster!John 1 SS
Karkat/John 13 SS
john/rose 9 HE
John/Roxy 1 HE
Sollux/John 1 SS
John/Tavros/Vriska 1 HE
John/Vriska 12 HE
Kanaya/Karkat 9 HE
Kanaya/Rose 25 FS
Sollux/Kanaya 1 HE
Kanaya/Tavros 1 HE
Vriska/Kanaya 8 FS
Karkat/Karkat 4 SS
Meenah/Karkat 1 HE
Nepeta/Karkat 4 HE
Rose/Karkat 4 HE
Karkat/Sollux 11 SS
Karkat/Terezi 11 HE
Vriska/Karkat 2 HE
Ms.Paint/Lord English 1 HE
Meenah/Roxy 1 FS
Ms. Paint/Spades Slick 1 HE
Roxy/Nepeta 3 FS
Sollux/Nepeta 2 HE
Tavros/Nepeta 2 HE
Terezi/Nepeta 4 FS
Nepeta/uu (Calliope) 1 FS
Psiioniic/Sufferer 2 SS
PM/WQ 1 FS
WV/PM 3 HE
Roxy/Rose 4 FS
Rose/Sollux 6 HE
Rose/Terezi 3 FS
rose/vriska 5 FS
Sollux/Roxy 3 HE
Roxy/Terezi 1 FS
Roxy/UU 1 FS
Slick/Snowman 2 HE
Sollux/Aradia/Vriska 1 HE
Tavros/Sollux 2 SS
Sollux/Terezi 5 HE
Summoner/Dualscar/Mindfang, 1 HE
Tavros/Vriska 4 HE
Terezi/Aradia/Vriska 1 FS
Vriska/Terezi. 19 FS
UU/uu 5 HE

A total of two hundred. They seemed to be somewhat more likely selected from one of the existing team ships, as evidenced by stuff like Karkat/Karkat popping up compared to how rarely I see that normally.

46 f/f, 51 m/m, 103 het. So, skewed more toward het than the teams themselves were. Removing the ones with more than two people in them, it changes to 39 f/f, 50 m/m, and 87 het.

In terms of total stories, it's 198 m/m, 388 het, 204 f/f. So very similar to the previous setup.

As to the number of stories per character:

Postscratch trolls:
Karkat: 109
Vriska: 74
Kanaya: 72
Eridan: 71
Terezi: 71
Aradia: 66
Sollux: 65
Feferi: 61
Nepeta: 36
Equius: 35
Tavros: 35
Gamzee: 30

We top with Karkat but the boys also make up the bottom rung. In total, 345 boys, 380 girls.

Prescratch trolls:
Aranea: 19
Meenah: 17

Ancestors:
Sufferer: 9
Psiioniic: 8
Condesce:7
Disciple: 7
Dualscar: 6
Dolorosa: 5
Mindfang: 5
Darkleer: 2
Grand Highblood: 2
Handmaid: 1
Redglare: 1
Summoner: 1

In contrast to the troll kids, 28 male to 26 female.

Prescratch kids:
Rose: 128
Dave: 118
Jade: 95
John: 83
Davesprite: 15
Jadesprite: 2

Girls dominate except at the side characters.

Postscratch kids:
Dirk: 88
Roxy: 76
Jane: 49
Jake: 44
Autoresponder: 13
uu: 12
UU: 10

157 male to 135 female. Removing the autoresponder and it's almost the same.

Guardians:
Bro: 11
Dad: 5
Mom: 2
Grampa: 1

Even more than the troll ancestors, this is mostly guys.

Carapace:
PM: 6
WV: 5
DD: 3
Ms. Paint: 3
Spades Slick: 3
AR: 2
Snowman: 2
HB: 1
Jack Noir: 1
WQ: 1

Hm. 15 male to 12 female.

Other:
Doc Scratch: 2
Bec: 1
Brobot: 1
Casey: 1
Hella Jeff: 1
Lil Seb: 1
Lord English: 1
Nakodile: 1
Sawtooth: 1
Serenity: 1
Sweet Bro: 1

The "other" category is mostly made up of male characters in the first place. (It's even more obvious if we lump characters like Davesprite or Autoresponder into here.)

Anyway, oddly though, by my count the POV for the het bunch was 79 female to 133 male. (I think, I was pretty sleepy when labeling those originally.) Which is actually a lot more even than usual, but less than you'd expect with how close the numbers are elsewhere. Equius<>Nepeta had a particularly drastic 8 to 1 ratio - presumably people find it easier to see what Equius sees in Nepeta than what Nepeta sees in him. Eridan/Feferi had a mix of male POV or mixed, and Eridan in general got a lot of stories taking his side. You can see it in the main ships for him, really, they're largely people Eridan's expressed interest in rather than people who haven't expressed interest in turning him down as firmly as possible.

Finally, a very rough estimate of quadrants just going by prompt text is 90 spades, 468 hearts, 5 clubs and 127 diamonds. Don't want to go through again to see how it differs by story, probably not significantly. Diamonds is likely comparatively popular here because it was used as a stand-in for any form of friendly interaction in the prompts.

There is likely much else to be gleaned from the prompts as a whole as well as the popular genres but I'm not even going to try. I've barely even started reading the actual stories for this round.

Next time: the shiplympics proper!