Well, clearly my perceptopns of what you have and haven't been exposed to have been highly colored by my own experience, in which my son (then 8) and my sister-in-law (then 18) both flipped out over High School Musical when it premiered. And the kids I used to sub for in Florida sang the songs constantly.

I'm so glad you enjoyed the story, even without the context. There's a ship manifesto here (http://community.livejournal.com/ship_manifesto/192192.html?view=5043904), if you're at all interested in what these guys look like and where they come from.