Clearly, given the silence following this post, I don't think you are speaking just for yourself. I admit I was surprised that this story was so unremarked on this time around--I wonder how it was received back in the day? I imagine if it had been loved and cherished as it deserved for the quality of the writing, the author might have given us some more fic. Oh, well, nothing to do about it now.

Surely, no one could hate season 8 anymore than I do, yet I still love this story. Like all great fic, it made me go back to the source, enabling me to see it with a fresh perspective.