This is incredibly late and I don't even know if you'll see it, but I was scrolling through this asylum looking for an old exchange and saw your name on this, so of course, I had to read it.
I cried and cried and cried...it was just beautiful and my tears were probably as much about how much I love these characters and how I miss it being a regular part of my life, but they were definitely as much about how you made this "next generation" so perfectly right that I was enthralled the whole time. Thank you so much for writing this. You are so good.