I don't think it would hurt to make contact! It seems like there are people in various writing stages (completed, almost complete, have ideas, etc.) so you could always approach someone and maybe CP a few months down the line?
I was scrolling through and there were some really good ones, but then, BAM. I saw someone who loves my absolute favorite author, and, yep, I'm going to be emailing this person, haha. Anytime someone uses that author those are the magic words for me.