I'm not exactly sure I understand what you are saying so if I say something that sounds weirdly off topic that's why. Sorry!
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I would say it isn't rare. Because if we compared pairings with all the popular pairings included then almost everything is rare, and that is far too broad. Everything is a small percentage with popular pairings included because there is so much fic for them. You can't compare accurately with the popular pairings included for that reason. If everything looks small, then everything except for the giants are rare.
Rare is a small group hence the name rare. If you open it up to all the pairings that are "kinda/maybe/sort of" rare like Harry/Luna, you lose the rare aspect. Rare should be the smallest, most uncommon pairings. There are quite a few because people either like popular or are willing to dabble in middle-of-the-road. Rare pairings are those that aren't iffy or popular, they are just...hardly there or unheard of.
Please tell me if anything I've said isn't clear. :)
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I would say it isn't rare. Because if we compared pairings with all the popular pairings included then almost everything is rare, and that is far too broad. Everything is a small percentage with popular pairings included because there is so much fic for them. You can't compare accurately with the popular pairings included for that reason. If everything looks small, then everything except for the giants are rare.
Rare is a small group hence the name rare. If you open it up to all the pairings that are "kinda/maybe/sort of" rare like Harry/Luna, you lose the rare aspect. Rare should be the smallest, most uncommon pairings. There are quite a few because people either like popular or are willing to dabble in middle-of-the-road. Rare pairings are those that aren't iffy or popular, they are just...hardly there or unheard of.
Please tell me if anything I've said isn't clear. :)