Thoughts on fanfic etc

I've read comments from several people around the place about feeling odd about writing/reading fanfic after the news about Alex, and I quite understand those feelings.

However, personally I feel that the best thing that we as fans can do is to *go on being fans*. To continue to support the show by engaging in our fannish activities: reading and writing fanfic, publishing pic- and gif-spams, rewatching the better episodes and discussing them and the characters. To carry on as normal, having fun and keeping things running, so to speak, so that the wheels don't fall off during Alex's absence. It isn't disrespectful or insensitive, it shows the high regard and affection that we have for the show and its characters.

Alex is dealing with this and will be back; the best thing we can all do right now is carry on as normal to show our faith in him and our support for what he's helped create. He strikes me as a down-to-earth kind of guy - what do you think his advice would be on this?

(I have to say that I don't know how I feel about RPF right now, though. I don't write it personally so it's not an issue for me.)