Hi, I was thinking about joining and/or submitting to this group, but first I wanted to make sure my work was acceptable (since I don't want to break any rules!) Basically, while the work I want to submit does feature Demand (or Diamond, as I call him--do we all have to call him Demand, or can we call him by the English dub name Diamond if we prefer?) he's not the main character in it; the stories are mainly concerned with my fan character, who is his daughter by Serenity. He's very important in it, though.
Do we also have to portray him in a strictly positive light? He *is* my favorite villain out of the series, but I do write him as an obsessive psychopath/rapist of Serenity rather than a consensual lover, and I know most fan groups tend to prefer that the character they're devoted to be portrayed as positively as possible. It's not that I hate him, it's just that I find a darker interpretation to be more interesting to write about, and I make it more an exploration of his mindset and history versus just mindless character bashing (which I hate), I swear!