The main event of your recap is a wonderful story about the impact of Phish on your life, and the beautiful way in which you've been able to share this positive influence with your family. Thank you for feeling close enough to us to share! Truly moving, and smile-provoking for sure.

Before that, though, you did package a couple assumptions about Phish and their mindset, and issue a handslap (whether loving or not) to a chunk of fans, including me. You take for granted that the no-covers (other than Auld Lang Syne) policy is a rebuke to fans who were miffed or unsatisfied by the Halloween "Wingsuit" mis-direct, and that this rebuke is indeed welcome—as opposed to weirdly ungrateful and divisive, implying that the "fans" repeatedly thanked onstage by Trey are only the ones who agree with Phish's every move—and that the only mitigating factor is whether Phish should have even acknowledged what you term a "tantrum."

I really don't see why fans can't have reasonable objections to something the band does, without it being held up as an example of why we are somehow outside of the core of real fans, not getting "the message"—essentially a hurdle that Phish is able to leap in their pursuit of a great Run. It makes me feel "outside" of the accomplishments of the run, as if I'm not included because I happen to think 10/31/13 II was a huge swing-and-miss and had the temerity to say so publicly.

It would be great if we're able to just say this is a great run without finding hidden messages indicating that it was great *in spite of* some fans.