1a. omg, I would feel like such an asshole if somebody read through thousands of words of me being all me-ish, and then rocks fell and all of their favorite characters ended up unhappy. XDDDD I write short unhappy things, especially about Alfons, HELLO, insta-tragedy!, but if I'm going to commit to a sizable fic, it's probably because I'm setting out to fix something anyway. ...uh, /ramble, haha. XD

1b. One of the things you do brilliantly in your magic, amazing, ensemble-juggling way is give every individual character something to lose, and it just... aaaaaaaaahhhhhh. :D