I work within TV series canon, so anything post-series has to take into account everything up to and including NFA as far as I'm concerned. I just about accept fic in which Anya or Amanda got out, as long as it's well-written, but Tara or Joyce in post-Chosen fics make me uncomfortable.

OTOH, I'm not wholly sure I could have borne to give up Spike if AtS5 hadn't happened.