The actual show stopped interesting me seasons ago, but you write the characters mostly - barring the au elements, of course - they way they used to be.

I think this pretty much matches my own feelings about the show. I honestly stopped watching mid season four, and have been wallowing in my nostalgia for those first seasons ever since.

(And disguising my feelings by throwing werewolves and mind-screwery into the mix, apparently...)

I just wish my mind weren't all over the place with the ideas I have. Actually finishing any one of them would be super. :(