Yeah, I know what you mean. It's interesting, I bet Case of Shinra makes A LOT of fanfic AU now. I wonder if people even care... I don't see writers talking about "On the Way to a Smile" much ever, but I might not be privy to where the conversations would even take place. (And some of those translations are fairly recent (end of 2009), so people might not even know about them.)

Also, I have to add, the description of how Rufus got infected with Geostigma, is quite horrific. It has left an impression on me that isn't going away any time soon.