Gosh, I am terribly flattered! Thank you all so much!
I don't think I realized quite the novelty of this idea till reading these lovely responses to this twist of the ol' mythos. It's one I've been wanting to tackle for quite some time; in fact, the start of this first installment had actually been languishing on my hard-drive for quite a while when a re-watch of the pilot earlier this week brought it back to the mental front-burner. I am absolutely thrilled to see such appreciation--and honored to see y'all find it a refreshing & even surprising approach!
Again, thank you ever so kindly for your ever so kind words. I'm feeling particularly inspired and motivated to write up and post the next installment as fast as ordinary-human-ly possible!
Muchas Gracias, Merci Beaucoup, Domo Arigato, and all that jazz!!