*hugs* Re the Dish: You know I don't participate because I'm a spoilerphobe and also delayed re ep watching, but I say its your journal, you get to call parameters. It's also your place in fandom, and how you choose to participate in it--there are some fans you genuinely enjoy nitpicking or criticizing, and that's how they participate--you choose to participate by loving the canon and quite frankly, that's the way I also choose to participate (I mean, I might be a little nitpicky, but you know I love them all!)

I also just read a fantastic fic on AO3 but a new author, and that's making me happy right now--it's called Details, and it is totally lovely! It made me feel better. You should read it :-)