Your poll is going to be lopsided. I could only answer the first question of the poll because you didn't have an answer that fit me for the second, LOL!

For me, it's not a matter of when the story is set. It's a matter of how well the story is written. Even if it doesn't follow canon exactly, it's not necessarily a deal breaker if the fanfic was written during the hiatus between seasons. I would expect anything written currently to follow current canon even if some of what's being going on squicks me out some :-D