Love Prompt!

Let's talk about LOOOOVE! Specifically, the romantic kind, although there are of course many different ways to love somebody.

Answer the following questions in as great a detail as you want~

1) Are there any romances in your story/canon/fanon/universe? [If the answer is none, go to question 4]

Yes, there are a few important ones - Mary/Jude, Mary/Seth, Kate/Will and Elvira/Tom. You can probably count Cearan/Ainrielle as well, even if it's only told in passing.

2) How central are these romances to the story in terms of plot?

None of them are the whole point of the story, but I did want to let my characters fall in love. That said, I think any kind of relationship between two characters is important in some way, whether it be romantic or platonic or sexual or whatever. Kate's relationship with Will is pretty important to her overall arc, but it's not the defining thing about her character. I would say all of Mary's relationships are important because she's the main character, and her actions and choices are a big part of what drives the story. And she is often motivated by the desire to protect the people she loves - though most of these are people she loves in a platonic sense.


3) How important are these romances to the characters themselves?

While both of the boys mean a lot to Mary, she wouldn't let herself be defined by a relationship. Most of the time, she has something much bigger to worry about than romance.

Seth's relationship with Mary is probably quite important to him, though - she's the first person he's allowed himself to care about in a long time.

I'd say romance probably seems like a bigger deal to Kate - after all, she's very aware of her ability to make people fall for her. A big part of her story is realising that's not all she has to offer.

Elvira, on the other hand, had nothing else in her life when her love affair with Tom began - and he didn't have much else to live for. So that relationship was incredibly important to both of them - to an unhealthy extent. It becomes obessesive.

4) Do you like 'romantic plotlines' in the fiction you enjoy, even if the genre itself may not be specifically romantic?

I'm not so keen on fiction in the romantic genre, but I often like romance as a subplot - when the main story is about something else, but the love story is there between the pivotal scenes. Actually, there are some fictional pairings that I ship pretty hard.

5) Do you feel love stories between characters are used too much, not enough, or just right in the stories you enjoy most?

Like I said, I'm not big on romance as the whole point of the plot, so sometimes I think there might be a little too much of it out there. But now I'm being hypocritical, because when a love story is done to my liking, I can't get enough of it. Guess I'm on the fence with this one.