Sorry to put you through the trouble! Right after I sent this message I found this very page and bookmarked it. I did start reading "Where do we go" but the interpretation of Chosen and the characters is so at-odds with my own that I'll just skip ahead; I'm enjoying the Four Friends 'verse much more, particularly because Kara and Richard are OC so there's no prior attachment for me, and Dana and Bottie are altered somewhat from the show and developed much further so they function as OC characters. (The one exception is Tara, whose characterization fits canon if she'd been allowed to continue on the show. And I love the 'Bot and Tara in S6, so that's an added pleasure.)

The canon characters I identify most with are Buffy (later seasons - obvious if you've seen my LJ) and Willow (early seasons), but I'm trying to expand my reading habits.