You know, when I roll out of bed to go nurse a hangover, the last thing I expect is for someone to be plugging my content. Thank you, @Malphaestus, I am humbled that someone considers my work praiseworthy.
@Murdergurl, I've skimmed this thread a bit, and I understand where you're coming from...
Coming from someone that has done it the other way around (Short stories first, then roleplay), one of my most longstanding regrets is that I didn't start with the roleplay first. When I wrote the short story, all the canon was set in place concretely and it was difficult to find much wiggle...