And, yes, would have thought numbers would mean at least a handful of Rose centered fics, but fandom's still in post-Doomsday recovery. And I'm being rubbish and impatient because I'm awful blase about companions leaving.

I feel that I've a bit that way myself -- I have just come into Who, but I've been acquainting myself with the (sometimes crack-tastic) joy of the old series, and I can't quite get myself too worked up over people leaving.

I think it's possible that what fandom needs is a character-driven gen ficathon. Or ficathon where past companions get on with their lives, and are content.

Err, perhaps that's just me.