Now see, I would have said "very obscure 'verse" was more likely, on average, to be descriptive of a pinch hit. (There was one year in Yuletide when I went instantly to the pinch hit list, was claimed, then bounced back onto the pinch-hit list twice before reveals. And that was one of the years, if I recall correctly, when the eventual story matched one of my most obscure ongoing fandom requests.)

That said, Holmestice matching is very different than Yuletide matching....