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Welcome to the second WC Rarepairs annual review!
Firstly, thank you to everybody who has participated in the collection so far! Whether you've written fanfic, posted a prompt, fulfilled a prompt, or otherwise supported creators -- thank you so much! This collection is a community project, and we appreciate everyone who has contributed.
We've updated the spreadsheet to include the latest number of works per rarepair, as well as moved graduated rarepairs into their own tab and added new rarepairs with tags.
Overview
Since we began, a total of 58 works have been added to the collection, either due to fulfilling a collection prompt or by the creator.
The collection has a total of 60 prompts, with many being claimed or fulfilled since the beginning of the collection. These will remain until they're deleted by the prompter.
In February 2022, our list of rarepairs had a total of 559 pairings, with 552 works on AO3. As of February 2024, the list has grown to include 769 pairings with a total 1077 works.
That's over 525 works made in the past 2 years and 210 more pairings!
As of 2023, there were 141 F/F rarepairs, 155 M/M rarepairs, 330 F/M rareships, and 85 polyamorous rarepairs. The 2024 update will be edited in at a later date (someone remind Fox to do this).
Spreadsheet Update
The spreadsheet has been updated with the full list of rarepairs, which gives us some great statistics! We've also added some new columns.
You can now see how many works there were in 2022, 2023, and the current year. We've moved the Works (2023) Column to the end to keep it out of the way while showing progression!
The Graduated Pairs tab on the spreadsheet now has content and you can see the progression of pairings from 2023 to 2024.
Graduated Ships
Congratulations to the ships that passed 10 works this year! Thanks to your contributions, the following 14 ships are no longer classed as rarepairs in our collection.
- Alderheart/Needletail
- Ashfur (TC)/Brambleclaw
- Blackclaw/Mistyfoot
- Bluefur/Crookedjaw
- Bluefur/Rosetail
- Bone/Scourge
- Briarlight/Jayfeather
- Brightheart/Swiftpaw
- Dustpelt/Fireheart
- Minnowtail/Mousewhisker
- Rootspring/Shadowsight
- Shrewpaw/Squirrelflight
- Spottedleaf/Thistleclaw
- Tree/Violetshine
That doesn't mean you can't keep adding works for them, of course, but it's great to know that people have more content for their ships. Please don't add more prompts for them in this collection, but you can always add them into this collection instead: Warrior Cats Prompts