>I never knew Rachie... I don't pretend that the character we wrote is
>fully representative of her. I don't think it -could- be. What I
>hope is that, in the end, we created a character that Rachie would be
>pleased to have her name (and memory) associated with.

I think that in the end, whether or not the Angel Rachael is representative of Rachie is beside the point. What is important is that EPU created a tribute that will give Rachie a memorial that will extend far beyond the scope of her friends and family and did so in such a way that people who read the story will ask, 'Who was the real Rachael?' Hopefully they will ask this for a long time to come, and so long as there is at least one who remembers you, you are never truly dead.

I'm getting all maudlin...