fun-fact! an AU hypothetical
Say I had an AU. And say the boys had an ally, and say I named this ally something like Dekim Barton or Quinze. Would you automatically assume/guess that this ally was secretly a bad guy ready to betray their confidence? Does it make it less fun, being able to see the 'obvious'? Or would it make it less fun if it turned out that he really was a staunch ally, and that you'd just wasted all that fic-energy in trying to read signs that weren't there?
If, for instance, I had a character named Treize, and a character named Mariemaia, and they did not appear to be related, but their ages were right, and Treize was in reasonable proximity to Mariemaia's family, would you spend all this time thinking/wondering if Treize was actually Mariemaia's father? Would it be better if I just said outright in the notes, nope, no relation, so you didn't have to think about it, or would it just be cheating to use these two characters in unrelated roles?
If, for instance, I had a character named Treize, and a character named Mariemaia, and they did not appear to be related, but their ages were right, and Treize was in reasonable proximity to Mariemaia's family, would you spend all this time thinking/wondering if Treize was actually Mariemaia's father? Would it be better if I just said outright in the notes, nope, no relation, so you didn't have to think about it, or would it just be cheating to use these two characters in unrelated roles?