As Barb said, I'm trying to err on the side of caution. I don't want to make any trouble here. Initially, I just didn't think it was realistic to have the characters in question stay single indefinitely just because their canon ships were dead or with someone else, if they had any at all.
The story is dealing with themes like redemption, forgiveness, peace and war--that sort of thing; I don't expect any ship to take up more than a small fraction of the fic as a whole. There won't be any overt sex between the characters--especially not Xander and Illyria, who are slated to take the whole fic to actually get together. Basically, they serve symbolic purposes for the characters involved--the parts we've begun to see are Xander's extreme reaction against demons since Buffy's death and Illyria's struggle to live in the human world without the humans who initially helped her adjust.
I think I'll post the next section (once it's been betaed). Individually, I think this part is within boundaries--it's just that it brings a little focus for the first time to where I'm going with Xander and Illyria. After that's out, it should be clear what this is about and why it's important to the story as a whole. If any of the mods think it'll become a problem in the future, I can move the story then. Sound okay?
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Date: 2007-05-15 11:43 pm (UTC)The story is dealing with themes like redemption, forgiveness, peace and war--that sort of thing; I don't expect any ship to take up more than a small fraction of the fic as a whole. There won't be any overt sex between the characters--especially not Xander and Illyria, who are slated to take the whole fic to actually get together. Basically, they serve symbolic purposes for the characters involved--the parts we've begun to see are Xander's extreme reaction against demons since Buffy's death and Illyria's struggle to live in the human world without the humans who initially helped her adjust.
I think I'll post the next section (once it's been betaed). Individually, I think this part is within boundaries--it's just that it brings a little focus for the first time to where I'm going with Xander and Illyria. After that's out, it should be clear what this is about and why it's important to the story as a whole. If any of the mods think it'll become a problem in the future, I can move the story then. Sound okay?