Since we're on the topic, I thought some of you might find this interesting, even if it's old (from January 19, 2000, to be exact!)
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I love "next generation" fanfics. . . you know, those fics about L&C's future kids? So, for fun. . . or maybe just because I am insane. . . I decided to go through all 1,200* of those fanfics on the Archive and seek out the "next generation" fanfics. It only took 4 days. It was a rewarding experience. . . one that I will never do again!
*All in all (and I may be off by a few numbers here but I am pretty sure all my statistics are pretty darn accurate), there are just over 100 "next generation" (NG) fanfics.
*Since many of those fanfics are part of NG series (for example, some authors have written 2, 3, 4 or more stories using the same characters), I also counted just how many NG series there were. Any fanfic that was not part of a series was counted as one NG. And each series, no matter how many fanfics it contained (as long as each story in the series was about the same characters), was also counted as one NG. The total: 85 NGs.
*Next I decided to count the individual number of children. I counted every named child, and never the same kid twice. There are roughly 150 children total.
*The average number of kids that Lois and Clark have in NGs is 1.76.
*The highest number of kids that L&C have is 5, in the fanfic "The Eyes Show It All."
MOST POPULAR NAMES FOR L&C'S KIDS. . .
BOYS: There are 12 different "C.J."/"Clark Jrs." and 12 different "Jon"/"Jonathans" in fanfic land. "Jordan" was also popular, with a score of 10. Other somewhat popular names included "Sam" or "Sammy," "Joel," "Perry," "Josh," "Christopher," "Matthew," "Michael/Mikey," "Andrew," and "Kyle."
GIRLS: The most popular name for girls was "Laura," with five. Here's some other names that showed up quite a bit. . .
Lara-3
Katy/Kat/Cat/Catie-6 total, with different spellings.
Claire/Clare/Clara--4 total, with different spellings.
Marty-3
Lane/Lanie/Laney-3 total, with different spellings.
And here's a tounge twister. . . There was also a Callie, a Hallie, a Kallie, a Kayley, a Kaylie, and a Kelly.
And partridge in a pear tree.
MOST POPULAR MIDDLE NAME (Most kids' middle names weren't mentioned):
1st PLACE--Jerome--since most of the "C.J"s stood for "Clark Jerome"
2nd PLACE--Elaine/Ellen/Elayne/Elena--a bunch of these, with many different spellings
3rd PLACE--Samuel
4th PLACE--(tie) Elizabeth and Lara
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*Not bad that we've tripled the number of archived stories in the last 13 years, eh?
