This is a Love Triangle Debate story, with all the snags and complications this entails. If you are absolutely committed to one pairing at the expense of all others, turn back now, you will not be happy here.
There is sex in this story. There is a LOT of sex in this story. And not necessarily who you'd expect, either. I'm going to go ahead and give warnings for mild violence, language, canon character death, a couple thoughts (but no acts!) of non-con, and potato-rific levels of angst. If you dislike occasional explicit content (or, equally, if you are only looking for jerk-off material), you are not in the right place.
This is a story about love.
This story is mostly canon, but with some twists that naturally formed in my head the more I thought about the LTD. It also goes a number of years AFTER the canonical sequence, so there are necessarily a number of original elements. I'm calling it canon-ish.
Please do not read this and then write a bad review just because you don't like the way things play out. (It's going to happen anyway, but I'll try to cover my bases now.) Especially since I'm going to make you wait until the end to give you a straight answer.
So why should you commit to reading this, particularly after I tell you it's going to be roughly a quarter million words long? Well, for one thing, because it's DONE. Not every last word, but close enough that I can guarantee completion. The update schedule is indeterminate, but will be fairly rapid. Chapters go up when I feel they're DONE.
This story is told in omniscient POV, which I normally don't approve of, because it feels like cheating. But I realized there was no other way to write this without endless POV switches. Author's notes will be placed at the end to avoid clutter.
I don't believe in begging for reviews. Review if you feel so inclined. Or don't. If you just want to enjoy the stgory, that's fine too. I'm going to post this thing even if NO ONE reviews. I think I'm going to try to respond to reviewers in the reviews themselves. Yes, I am aware that this will artificially inflate the number of reviews, but I don't care.
In my world, writing is for pleasure, reviews are for social.
I'm giving a general dedication right now to the members of the Final Heaven Discord Server for their enthusiasm and support.
The rest of my analysis will be at the end.