#alex rider

[emziess]

Alex, I am trying to train you. Alex Rider, S03E04

#alex rider #alex rider tv #alexrideredit #alexridertvedit #mine #chewieblog #filmtvdaily #tvcentric #tvfilmsource #dailytvfilmgifs #userstream #alex rider spoilers #spoilers #tvedit #otto farrant #thomas levin #yassen gregorovich

[lastlymatt]

@dreamsmthgold something like this?

#alex rider #yassen gregorovich #alex rider tv

[lolli-says-stuff]

Yassen: this is my partner John, he's the best spy in the whole world and I admire him so much

Yassen: this is my awesome boyfriend Leo, he's super hot and super smart and I love him for it

Yassen: this is Alex. He has rabies.

#alex rider #alex rider tv #alex rider incorrect quotes #yassen gregorovich #alex rider books #russian roulette

[xionthelostpuppet]

Stephen Dillane as Alan Blunt

Alex Rider 3x05 (Pt.1)

#stephen dillane #alex rider #alan blunt #alex rider tv #alexrideredit #alex rider season 3 #tv gifs #stephendillaneedit #tv shows #m*gifs

[too-many-rooks]

Rider family photo day

Alex Rider, Ian Rider, John Rider, and Yassen Gregorovich

/I continue to use the Sims to play Barbie with my blorbos.

#Yassen's here bc he's absolutely part of the family #and also I think he looks the best #not meant to be copies of the actors in the show but definitely inspired by them #alex rider #Ian rider #John Rider #Yassen Gregorovich #sims 4

[introvertedpedant]

Stephen Dillane as Alan Blunt in Series 3 Episode 7 of Alex Rider (2024)

Set 7 of 7

#stephen dillane #alan blunt #alex rider #alex rider tv #anthony horowitz #series 3 #episode 7

[themisstresstm]

Me starting Alex Rider: oh it's adorable

Me 2 books in : oh it's traumatized

#i just wanted to read it for alexmis #now im here wishing death upon alan blunt and going crazy with worry for a fictional fourteen year old #help me you guys #alex rider

[arshipweek]

AR Ship Week - Fandom in 2024

Another year, another shipweek, and another State of the AR Shipping Fandom post. This is the first weekly post leading up to the Alex Rider Ship Week. Just under 4 weeks to go!

This post focuses on pre-S3 fandom, since the data was scraped before the season was released, but we might do an update for post-S3 fics. For methodology, it can be found both on the graphic analysis pages and in the notes at the bottom of this post. For those only curious about the popular pairings this year (1), feel free to read right on.

This year, we have analysed a few specific shipping stats to get a look at us as a fandom.

We have also created an interactive dashboard of all the graphs for you to explore. This is where the following data was taken from, as well as some bonus visuals!

A Timeline of AO3

For a blast from the past, we took a look at the shipping timeline - the count of fics and authors per year for the top ten most popular AR ships - and found immediate proof that as a shipping fandom, we're still small enough that a few, determined people can make a difference. AR fandom's use of AO3 as its primary fandom purveyor is fairly recent, as most of its history can be found on FFnet, but with a total of just under 3k fics as of April 20th, we're gaining on FFnet's 4.5k of AR fics at a very respectable pace.

Some particular developments were:

The number of Yalex authors was about the same in 2021 - 2023 (just around 40) but the number of Yalex fics in 2022 was almost double that of 2021 and 2023. This was not due to a sudden, imported backlog that we could see but a handful of popular events/challenges and potentially the release of S2 in December of 2021.

Tom/Alex and Yassen/Ian both had a peak of fics in 2021, most likely because of the release of S1 that gave Tom a much larger part and offered an intriguing look at Yassen and Ian's potential past.

Fiona/Sabina had a huge spike in fics in 2023 due to a Femmeslash February event (2) that sent it firmly up the ranks of popular ships.

The State of the OTP

For the top ten AR ships, we also took a look at how many of the writers that had written other AR ships (and which ones) to look for interesting patterns and to see if there was any real difference to spot. As it turns out, the answer was a resounding yes:

At one extreme, we have Alexmis (Alex Rider/Artemis Fowl) which is a fandom unto itself. Only 20 percent of the writers of the pairing have written for other pairings in AR fandom fics, and Alexmis fics as a whole tend to lean more towards adding Alex to the Artemis Fowl world rather than vice versa (3).

In the middle range, we have Yalex and Alex/Wolf - two pairings about as old as the fandom itself, and which both have an OTP percentage around 55 - as well as (mostly) newcomers Tom/Alex and Kyra/Alex, both with an OTP percentage in the 40-50 range.

At the other extreme, we have Yassen/John with an OTP percentage of just 4. Fiona/Sabina does it one better with an OTP rate of 0 (!) but the sample size here is so small it makes no meaning to compare it.

So what other pairings do these writers enjoy indulging in, then?

Yalex writers really like their Yassen pairings. Out of the combined number of non-Yalex fics the Yalex authors have written, 24 percent of them are Yassen/Ian and 22 percent are Yassen/John. This means that almost half of their non-Yalex pairings feature Yassen in some way.

70 percent of John/Helen shippers have written other pairings, too - probably because of the pairing's nature as a background part of Alex's story and not necessarily the focus of a shipfic they're in. 30 percent of the fics written by John/Helen writers outside of the ship are Yalex (and 6 percent are Yassen/John).

The case is even more extreme for Yassen/John, which is firmly entwined with the Yalex pairing. 96 percent of the writers have written other AR ships, with three quarters of those fics being Yalex.

Text Analysis

Interactive dashboard with graphs and visuals

We also ran a text analysis on the shipfics to look for patterns and recurring details in the writing - first in general, then for specific ships. The amount of detail for each ship depends a lot on the sample size, which results in a detailed, varied word cloud for Yalex and somewhat less so for several of the smaller ships.

For that analysis, we recommend clicking around to explore the word clouds and get a feel for the different ships, but for the ambitious types, we have a word hunt ready as well (4):

Word Hunt, Significant Phrases edition:

Tools of the Trade:

Duct tape

Frying pan

Krav Maga

Sniper rifle

Zip ties

I Know That Reference:

Fer de Lance

Air Force

Albert Bridge

Point Blanc

Brecon Beacons

Getting Kinky:

Boxer briefs

Dimly lit

Lower lip

Pressed a kiss

Yes sir

Feel free to comment with any particularly entertaining/intriguing/otherwise just plain fun word cloud combinations you've spotted, and we will see you again next week!

______ 

Note on methodology:

The two Alex Rider sections (main + TV) were scraped over the course of two days in early March 2024, except for fics that were locked to AO3 users only (5). For the author specific statistics, we excluded orphan_account and anonymous authors. Median measures were chosen over average the majority of the time to account for outliers, especially in the case of the rarer pairings (6).

For ship-analysis, a fic counts under every pairing it has. This means that someone who writes Yassen/Alex, Yassen/John and Yassen/Ian in the same fic (7) will count as an author for all three pairings and under the Yalex OTP analysis, they will have an additional fic marked under both Yassen/John and Yassen/Ian.

(1) Yalex. It's Yalex. Look, we're not even going to bother posting the stats for that. It's still Yalex, trust us. Though we can talk again next year, considering how well Kyralex is currently doing post-S3. (2) Proving that a few, determined writers can make or break the non-Yalex ship rankings. Please use this power for good; if someone manages to get Sayle/Nadia Vole or something into the top three next year, I'm outsourcing that part of the stat post to a particularly enthusiastic raccoon with a keyboard. (3) Canonically, the wholesale kidnapping of Alex is pretty on-brand for Alex Rider supervillains so really, Artemis is in excellent company. (4) Technically two, but there is unsurprisingly a lot of overlap between the general wordcloud and the Yalex one. For those curious, here's the Word Hunt, Yalex edition:

Adam's apple

Bottle of lube

Cock

Index finger

Nerve endings

Pale skin

Scar tissue

(5) As of April 20th, 225 out of 2961 fics were locked to AO3 users. (6) Meaning anything non-Yalex, let's all be honest here. (7) Because sometimes, like a particularly persistent Pokémon player, Yassen also needs to catch them all. Traumas or Riders is dealer's choice.

#alex rider #arshipweek #yalex #mod posts #meta #yian

[bun-fish]

A twisty, spooky noodle boy.

For the one and only Things That Bleed, by @ghostly-cabbage @kkachis and @artistfingers

I am in love with SCP Danny’s design (cred goes to the aforementioned authors), glowing ribcages are my new favorite thing.

Also I need to remind ya’ll that this niche chunk of fic does not require knowledge from any of the fandoms (Alex Rider, Danny Phantom, SCP) since it was written to be accessible to anyone, so if you like any of the following: Found Family, Hidden Identities, Creepy Government Agencies and Eldritch Horror Danny, I highly recommend it ! The love and teamwork put into this story is truly incredible :]

#crosshatching go brrrrrrrr #illustration #dp #danny phantom #scp danny #eldrich horror #eldritch danny #danny phantom fanart #fic rec #things that bleed #phanart #phart #digital art #bunfish can art #alex rider #scp foundation #ttb

[emziess]

How did you get the scar? Alex Rider, Season 2 & 3

#alex rider #alex rider tv #alexrideredit #alexridertvedit #otto farrant #mine #userbbelcher #chewieblog #tvcentric #tvfilmsource #dailytvfilmgifs #alex rider spoilers #spoilers #filmtvtoday #yassen gregorovich #thomas levin #adaptionsdaily #tvedit

[lastlymatt]

I know that Alex was severely lacking in the braincell department in season 3 but I'm wondering how Yassen got it in his head that he and Alex would be assassin buddies and weapons for Scorpia forever despite Alex's everything

Did he expect Alex to fall in line and lose his morals and emotions after killing Mrs Jones? Despite seeing how stubborn he is??

Was it wishful thinking or a desire to recreate his dynamic with John? Or something else entirely?

#alex rider #yassen gregorovich #alex rider tv

[dragonsareawesome123]

"So, how did [my father] protect you? What happened?" "He saved my life."

Josh Taylor as John Rider and Yaseen Aroussi as Young Yassen Gregorovich in Alex Rider (2020-2024), 3x04 - "Recruit"

#alex rider #alex rider tv #john rider #yassen gregorovich #alex rider spoilers #alexrideredit #adaptationsdaily #useremz #usererry #userperci #userlutavero #userbbelcher #userstream #cinemapix #userthing #usersource #josh taylor #yaseen aroussi #guns tw #tw blood

[fortisloid]

quirky meet cute ideas

#alexmis #artemis fowl #alex rider #4ts draws

[mobpsycho100fan]

#of madness and mammals #alex rider

[introvertedpedant]

Stephen Dillane as Alan Blunt in Series 3 Episode 7 of Alex Rider (2024)

Set 3 of 7

#stephen dillane #alan blunt #alex rider #alex rider tv #anthony horowitz #series 3 #episode 7

[jenna-louise-jamie]

what i imagine yassen mentoring alex in season 3 will be like

#alex rider #yassen gregorovich #alex rider tv #alex rider season 3 #im literally so happy hes alive and well #AND HE BETTER STAY THAT WAY I SWEAR TO #will it parallel what he and john went through. if so. *screaming* #im so excited for april 5th im gnawing on the iron bars of my enclosure