*blushes* Thank you! But again, I have to defer to serrico's involvement in this essay...she was such a big help.

As far as additional analysis, I actually just posted to this community to ask if I could do Gary/Erica, keeping in mind that it would be more of an anti-ship manifesto. I'd love to discuss how a ship that is forcefed to unwilling viewers unravels. If they accept it at this community, then hopefully it will be up in the next two months. If not, I think I'll still write it and perhaps host it on my lj or in early_edition