That's so not how it works for me, so I don't feel the "compliment to the show" aspect, you know? When I love characters, I want to know more about them. For me the big draw is usually interpreting their past and figuring out what made them who they are, but it could be their future too. And there are always things to explore between the lines, things that are hinted at on the show but never directly explained.

Sometimes I do that sort of thing through fic, and sometimes just through meta, but I want to do more of it with tightly and aptly told stories on the screen, not less.

-J