'I won't comment on the SPN fandom, which is its own brand of crazy'
That fandom is so crazy that TPTB actually made it canon.

'I'm somewhat heartened to see people I consider 'mainstream' J/I fans sort of shaking their heads at this thing, rather than embracing it.'
I don't know how mainstream I am but I'm shaking my head.

By the way have you bought the Due South dvds?