Thank you very much for posting! I thought I'd responded to this already, but lo and behold it apparently didn't go up.

Like Tessa, I look forward to reading this soon and will post as soon as I can. In the meanwhile, I adjusted the title for ya and to answer your first question, I believe it would be "ridden," as rode implies they're the subject, rather than the object (teehee) of the sentence; but then, it's just a fragment anyhow, so I'd recommend you keep it how you like it -- I like the play with words.