Writing meme!

[pip25]

Copied from dqbunny , who in turn got it from haro:

I think it would be fun to talk about stories, but the usual memes are like, "What happens next?" "Tell me about Character A?" Which isn't so much talking about stories as it is writing more of a story. But you know how sometimes you read something and you're like, "I got ___ out of this story, I wonder

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[dqbunny]

How did you decide on the time period for your story? And where do you derive your ideas from?

[pip25]

The short and stupid answer is "I use the time period which is the most appropriate for the plot". To give a less pointless answer too: ;) When I thought about the setting for "Order in Chaos", I had several factors to consider.
First of them, namely the Xelloss/Lina relationship as the main focus pushed me to place the fic as far into the future as possible, to give their relationship room to develop before the story starts. (Some of these developments are reflected upon later in flashbacks.)
For several other important reasons, however, placing the story too much into the future was also undesirable. While I did put a few surprises in, I wanted the Slayers world to be recognizable to the reader, and if I jumped centuries everything would've had to be changed too much (playing down the changes on the other hand would have been unrealistic

[pharoah999]

do you have plans to write more lina/xellos stories?? Do you think you will have Gourry make an appearence as a ghost or more flashbacks??

[pip25]

I don't want to even think about more stories at the moment, this one makes me busy enough. ;) But, we'll see of course. I also write some additional fanfics for events such as the Secret Santa gift-giving, although they are short and not necessarily X/L.
About Gourry: Like I said in my above reply, I want Lina's past century to heavily influence her present. Since Gourry was almost constantly by her side in that past century, he, too, will have an influence, and will most certainly be present in some additional flashbacks.
But Gourry appearing in any form in the fic's present time... that's obviously a lot more trickier subject. As I don't want to do spoilers, I will just say that I am considering to do something with Gourry, but this aspect of the story is not decided yet, so the idea is subject to change.

[pharoah999]

i look forward to reading more and hope it comes soon if you are able!! i really enjoy it so keep it up!! yay more Gourry! though when he was mentioned in the flashback you provided in chapter 2, it seemed very sad.