Final Fantasy fandom NERDING - three charts illustrating that FF is not a monolith

[justira]

@ff_press: [Discussion] justira: Final Fantasy fandom not monolithic - nerdy charts to illustrate!

Haha, okay guys so the AO3 folks, who really are super duper awesome otherwise, got this funny idea in their head that Final Fantasy is "one fandom" more or less -- monolithic. When renay went WAT U SAY, they asked for some diagrams or something to show them what in the world is going on. This trickled down to me, my nerd reflex kicked in, and LO AND BEHOLD.

Charts.

I invite critique and discussion of these, which can be passed along to the AO3 folks. (Psst: Sev made her own version and it is LOLARIOUS.)

Everything here is approximate, but it's based on numerical data from ff_exchange, my experience from ff_press, and my own impressions and those of first_seventhe, owlmoose, and renay (all of whom I thank for their help and input!).

Click to embiggen! And by "embiggen" I mean "THESE FILES ARE HUGE"


Fandom Size, Universes, Compilations, and Platforms




Fandom Closeness (Proximity indicates closeness, number of shared fans)




Shared Characters, or lack Thereof (Sorry it's a little uglier than the others, it would have taken all day to prettify ._.)

Comments

[yati]

Oh my god. I love you. I haven't even embiggened all the charts yet to look at them closely, but ♥ ♥ ♥.

[lassarina]

I love you.

As someone who plays in most of these fandoms, I heartily approve.

[seventhe]

I have to say yesterday was like a HIGHLIGHT OF NERDGASM in my life