It wouldn't feel this icky if it weren't done so well.

This. Fandom is still ripping each other apart over it, which is pretty awful (like thanks, CoE was awful enough without us all having to be assholes to each other about it afterwards). Meanwhile, people have now put up tinsel and Christmas ornaments on the memorial for Ianto that's still going in Mermaid Quay how many months after the thing aired?

That series got under people's skin in one hell of a way.