No, really, I can't.

[apocalypsos]

Why the HELL do I keep trying to be, like, the SPN wank statistician or some shit?

It's very hard to argue you can't do math when you're trying to compare the percentages of dead major characters by sex based on the list given by Wikipedia. (According to that short list, with Chuck added in since he appears to qualify but isn't listed, 38% of major male characters are still alive, as opposed to 31% of female characters. And if you take out Dean and Sam because they're the leads and they've both technically died, the percentages are even. EDIT: Also, to be fair, the living women have still been in fewer episodes than the living men.)

Also, I'm not allowed to figure it out with all characters from the very first episode. I have a life to have and a job to hunt for and a book to write. Hmph.

Comments

[laurelin-kit.livejournal.com]

If you're actually going to do that, it might be better to measure it by survivorship, rather than death. How many new female characters survived versus how many new male characters survived.

[catystorm.livejournal.com]

I'm actually doing a tally of character deaths parsed by gender and race starting from season one, it's just going really, really slowly.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank God, that means I don't have to do it. PHEW. :)

[trinity_clare]

If you want help, I was also about ten seconds away from doing it myself.

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

I've done S3 and was planning doing S4 - want to team up?

S3 raw data (google docs spreadsheet)
The talk we had about how to classify people
Final stats for S3

[catystorm.livejournal.com]

Okay, wow, yours is a whole lot cooler than my dinky notepad file on my laptop. xD;;

I'll have to sit down and look at your data when I get home from work tonight. But yes, teaming up would be awesome! I'm about a third of the way through season 1 right now.

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

I'd love company for this - I was slightly insane when I did it last time!

It is not quite what apocalypsos is talking about since it's not focussed on major characters *waves to apocalypsos*

[florahart]

I have a life to have and a job to hunt for and a book to write.

...and Guilder to blame for it?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I'M SWAMPED.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

SPN FANDOM.

I'D BET MY LIFE ON IT.

[lavenderfrost.livejournal.com]

RESIST. The power of magical sextuplets compels you!!!