Love in Dark Settings

Gakked from Jane Carnall, who gakked it from Lexin, who gakked it from Erastes, who gakked it from Alex Beecroft, who gakked it from Vashtan and Asknosecrets, who, thank goodness, appear to have Friends-locked those particular posts, or I'd be chasing that chain forever.

Ask any character I've written for advice, and they will provide it, advice columnist style. Your problems or fictional characters' problems both welcome. Management is not responsible for the results of following said advice.

I have to confess that, my characters being true to their settings, they won't be addressing their answers to you directly. But I'll be glad to put together bit of flash fiction that incorporates your question in some manner.

(Do warn for any spoilers in your responses, please; not everyone here has read all my stories. In fact, I'm mightily impressed when I encounter anyone who has.)

By the way, if you're going, "Gakked? Meme? Wha?", here is what I'm talking about, and here is what happens when academics get too darn serious about fluff. "Evidence that confirms their belief (e.g. another person mentioning a meme) weighs much more heavily than evidence that disconfirms it (many people NOT mentioning that meme)." But of course.