I think Heart of the Phoenix was the first Rommath-related fic I ever found (aside from the canonized one) that didn’t portray him as evil or in the process of getting corrupted. There are more fans around now, but a lot of people still treat the scrapped Cata files as evidence that he’s secretly plotting something. And he makes a convenient target for writers who need somebody to be mean to their protagonist. -_-; The traitor thing especially annoys me, since loyalty was part of Rommath’s description even during BC. I don’t think it was ever about BWAHAHA ultimate powah!1! for him.

By the way, I’d always loved the comments about fire spec on Rommath’s Wowhead page. It took me a while to figure out they were actually written by you and Wanda/Maltrake. I had often gone back and reread those comments because it made me happy that other people were putting so much thought into his character, and I was pretty amused when I realized that I already knew both of you. It shows how small-yet-dedicated this corner of fandom is. XD