Oh yeah, absolutely. I think there's plenty of wiggle room for a future Brian. There's a lot that can potentially change in their future and I love when that's explored in a really interesting way. But, putting a very expressive Brian in the show seems so far off base. Maybe not toward the end but definitely in between there and ESPECIALLY in the beginning. I also agree that they're writing Brian in a way that they want him to be within the show.

I'll be more than happy to recommend some but I'm sure that you've read them all before! I'm actually in the process of reading a lot of those fics again to pinpoint why I like them. I think it'll be a more detailed fic recommendation list than the one that I have. Okay, I just checked my nostalgia posts and you haven't commented on it so I assume you haven't seen it. I have two fic recommendation posts and you can find the first one here and the next one here. Enjoy!