for the most sensitive among us the noise can be too much.

I'm pretty much the same way. I don't read much S/B anymore, and I don't write it often, either - but I did for several years after the show ended, and I still love them. Of course, there's so much less canon to work with with Luke/Reid, and the fandom is much, much smaller that it's inevitable that things will slow down sooner. We're already seeing it, but...I need more fic, dammit! *g*