The Mary Sue’s Top 10 Searches of 2014 (& Some Bizarre Ones for Good Measure)

The Mary Sue thanks you for utilizing its search bar in 2014.

Here’s the top ten along with a few stories often found in said searches:

• 1. Game of Thrones

Due in part to:
– Jill and Rebecca’s 25 Favorite Moments From Game of Thrones, The Lion and the Rose
– Put Down Your Beverages Before Looking At These Disney/Game of Thrones Photoshop Mashups
– A Frank Discussion of Game of Thrones‘s Rape Scene And Its Epidemic of Sexual Violence
– Now We Know Why Daario Naharis Left Game of Thrones and Looks Like Daario Naharis Has Been Recast For Game Of Thrones Season 4
– The Best Twitter Reactions to Last Night’s Game of Thrones (re: the Oberyn fight)
– Our Favorite Reactions to Last Night’s Big Game of Thrones Wedding

• 2. Doctor Who

Due in part to:
– Our Doctor Who recaps
– Artist Perfectly Pairs Doctor Who Actors With Pooches
– Doctor Who Fan Uses Karen Gillan/Matt Smith Convention Photo Op To Propose
– A Comprehensive Guide to All the Classic Doctor Who on Netflix
– Is Doctor Who‘s Missy Reveal Progressive or Patronizing?
– Neil Gaiman Is Not Impressed With Doctor Who‘s Gender Imbalance
– Doctor Who Names First Female Director Since 2010
– There Are 2 Doctors In These Fantastic Doctor Who Engagement Photos

• 3. Sailor Moon

Due in part to:
– Our Sailor Moon newbie recaps
– Our Sailor Moon Crystal recaps
– This Just In: William Shatner Has A Lot Of Opinions About Sailor Moon
– Sailor Moon Crystal Sanitary Pads Will Soon Be An Officially Licensed Product

• 4. Avatar

Due in part to:
– Let’s face it, Rebecca’s Avatar: The Last Airbender newbie recaps put the asses in the seats.
– The Mary Sue Exclusive Interview With the Creators of Avatar and The Legend of Korra!

• 5. Agents of SHIELD

Due in part to:
– Susana/Sam’s SHIELD recaps
– What Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD Got Right, and What It Got Wrong
– Best of Hail HYDRA: The New Marvel Meme Sweeping The Internet
– The Mary Sue Interview: Elizabeth Henstridge Talks Agents of SHIELD and the Importance Of Science
– Omigod Stop EVERYTHING: Lucy Lawless Is Joining The Cast of Agents of SHIELD
– A Whedonverse Favorite Has Been Cast as Agent Coulson’s Infamous ‘Cellist

• 6. Korra

Due in part to:
– Carrie Tupper’s The Legend of Korra favorite moments posts
– Thoughts on The Legend of Korra‘s “Remembrances” and What it Means For Nickelodeon & the Future of the Show
– Nickelodeon Announces The Legend of Korra‘s Return to TV
– Nickelodeon Pulls Five Legend of Korra Episodes From Schedule

• 7. Arrow

Due in part to:
– Our Arrow discussion threads
– Arrow‘s Stephen Amell Doesn’t Love DC’s New Casting For The Flash Movie
– The Strength of Arrow‘s Laurel Lance and Other Women of Television
– Arrow Whitewashes Another DC Comics Character, The Flash Heats Up With Firestorm
– John Barrowman, Stephen Amell, & Willa Holland Discuss Thea’s Journey & The Women Of Arrow

• 8. Orphan Black

Due in part to:
– My Orphan Black visual recaps
– Orphan Black Picks Up New Cast Members Including Ultimate Creeper James Frain & Lost Girl’s Ksenia Solo!
– Sleepy Hollow’s Orlando Jones Totally Wants A Role On Orphan Black
– YOU’RE DAMN RIGHT! Orphan Black Renewed For Season 3!
– Sympathetic Characters: Gender Bias, Villains, & Orphan Black

• 9. Vikings

Due in part to:
– Vikings Season Two Premiere Picture Recap
– Vikings Visual Recap: Season Finale, “The Lord’s Prayer”
– We Asked Vikings’ Travis Fimmel About The Baby Goat
– Vikings’ Alyssa Sutherland Fires Back At Those Condemning “Homewrecker” Aslaug
– The Cast & Creator of History’s Vikings Discuss Their Strong Female Characters
– How the History Channel’s Vikings Inspired Street Style
– Sorry, but That Study Doesn’t Say Half of Viking Warriors Were Women

• 10. Frozen

Due in part to:
– Do You Want to Look at Amazingly Accurate Painted Dolls of Anna and Elsa From Frozen?
– “I Should Go” Is The Mass Effect/Frozen Parody We Didn’t Know We Wanted
– Don’t Conceal Your Feelings For This Amazing Rule 63 Frozen Cosplay
– Frozen‘s Jennifer Lee Becomes First Female Director to Helm a Billion-Dollar Film
– Kristen Bell Sings Live As Frozen’s Toddler, Child, & Grown-Up Anna

There were also some variations on these searches due to capitalization, shortening etc. but we also decided to keep looking a bit. Searches of note: Gamergate came in at #30 on the list, cosplay at #34, Tom Hiddleston searches landed at #46 (shocking, I know! Loki was at #77), recaps from the brightest timeline at #63 (Dan and Glen thank you for trying to find them), Batgirl beat out Batman by a very close margin to take our #69 spot, and Weird Al was #100.

Things searched just a handful of times this year:

• sex space
• silver spoon
• kitty
• Cat
• sexi vedo xxx
• sex for all
• capaldi sexi
• 2013
• nice guy
• blo0p
• ethics
• dildos

Thank you, once again. Happy searching next year!

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