Obviously I can't speak for yellsurprise, but hopefully she won't mind if I reply to this here.
And my honest answer on your question about the taboo is that I'm not totally sure. I'm slightly ashamed to say it never even occured to me to go down the line of addressing any homophobic issues there might be. Partly, I guess, that's a result of the fact that through the entirety of the writing, this story never really felt like a serious investigation or examination of the workings of the relationship - it was much more an oh hey, we like this idea, let's do that sort of deal. As such we were much more interested in the raw glamour of things as opposed to the controversial issues they related to. On the other hand, I think throught writing the entire story I (we?) had a slightly surreal, and exagerrated view of the characters, to the point where the social barriers were nowhere near as important to Audrey as the need to be better or at least as impressive as Alicia, and the general thesis of I am rich, I can do what I want.
(Another reason, of course, is that to address the taboo would have been complicating and would have added a newer, less romantic and more realistic aspect to the story. I think fandom, myself included, has a tendency to ignore issues like this because they get in the way of our fun. Again, though, I can only speak for myself, especially since me and yellsurprise never even really discussed this while writing. Her opinions may be completely different. A relationship of the sort that b/r/a shared wouldn't be a huge deal in the social environment that I live in, and I'm fairly sure that was a factor in my lack of exploration of the reactions they might have reached.)
That aside, thank you for all the compliments as well! It means a lot that you liked the writing and the story. Especially that you felt that it diden't get too lyrical or overly poetic - that was really nice to hear. <3
Thanks for explaining this! I hope I didn't give the impression that the story was missing something, because it felt so well-paced and treated... I was just curious! I will also admit I have a personal preference for fic that deals with the taboo of non-heterosexuality, heh. I absolutely see how that sort of thing, in this story, was not quite as important (or relevant) to Audrey as doing what she wants, and what she feels she needs to do. Man, it is hard to wrap my head around Audrey's priorities because I am so so removed from a lifestyle like that! Again, you two are amazing for being able to write so well about it.
And my honest answer on your question about the taboo is that I'm not totally sure. I'm slightly ashamed to say it never even occured to me to go down the line of addressing any homophobic issues there might be. Partly, I guess, that's a result of the fact that through the entirety of the writing, this story never really felt like a serious investigation or examination of the workings of the relationship - it was much more an oh hey, we like this idea, let's do that sort of deal. As such we were much more interested in the raw glamour of things as opposed to the controversial issues they related to.
On the other hand, I think throught writing the entire story I (we?) had a slightly surreal, and exagerrated view of the characters, to the point where the social barriers were nowhere near as important to Audrey as the need to be better or at least as impressive as Alicia, and the general thesis of I am rich, I can do what I want.
(Another reason, of course, is that to address the taboo would have been complicating and would have added a newer, less romantic and more realistic aspect to the story. I think fandom, myself included, has a tendency to ignore issues like this because they get in the way of our fun. Again, though, I can only speak for myself, especially since me and yellsurprise never even really discussed this while writing. Her opinions may be completely different. A relationship of the sort that b/r/a shared wouldn't be a huge deal in the social environment that I live in, and I'm fairly sure that was a factor in my lack of exploration of the reactions they might have reached.)
That aside, thank you for all the compliments as well! It means a lot that you liked the writing and the story. Especially that you felt that it diden't get too lyrical or overly poetic - that was really nice to hear. <3
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