Good point about the guards; I withdraw my objections to their hopping to when Jack said "go." I still think, though, that since the Master had essentially turned the Earth into a gigantic complex of concentration/slave labor camps, that the psychology of that situation applies: the only people the Master could trust to serve him in those circumstances would be traitors, psychopaths & traitors.
Given that destroying the Paradox Machine seems to have reset reality outside the Valiant to just after George W.--um, the American President (oh, I am sooo going to have karmic debt), was killed by the Toclafane, that *is* an interesting question; another is, who besides the Doctor, Jack & the Joneses remember the Year That Wasn't, & of those who remember, why do they? Those are important points to me, as I was working on a fic which was derailed by LoTL unless I go the AU route--& I hate AU. [DIATRIBE ALERT] There is some very good AU out there, but, bluntly, a lot of AU is written because the writers are too careless, or lazy, or (again bluntly) too untalented to create a story that coincides with canon. Now, I realize that's hard work, particularly with DW, where the canon is self-contradictory, nor do I expect fan writers to be the equal of, say, Mark Twain, but I absolutely expect writers to do their best. I will never criticize someone who's tried her best, but the Gods of Science Fiction help careless, lazy writers who cross my path. [DIATRIBE ENDS]
Anyway, you succeeded in conveying the ideas you wanted in some extremely well-written fiction. I'm very much looking forward to your future work.
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Given that destroying the Paradox Machine seems to have reset reality outside the Valiant to just after George W.--um, the American President (oh, I am sooo going to have karmic debt), was killed by the Toclafane, that *is* an interesting question; another is, who besides the Doctor, Jack & the Joneses remember the Year That Wasn't, & of those who remember, why do they? Those are important points to me, as I was working on a fic which was derailed by LoTL unless I go the AU route--& I hate AU. [DIATRIBE ALERT] There is some very good AU out there, but, bluntly, a lot of AU is written because the writers are too careless, or lazy, or (again bluntly) too untalented to create a story that coincides with canon. Now, I realize that's hard work, particularly with DW, where the canon is self-contradictory, nor do I expect fan writers to be the equal of, say, Mark Twain, but I absolutely expect writers to do their best. I will never criticize someone who's tried her best, but the Gods of Science Fiction help careless, lazy writers who cross my path. [DIATRIBE ENDS]
Anyway, you succeeded in conveying the ideas you wanted in some extremely well-written fiction. I'm very much looking forward to your future work.