That's what I love about AUs, too--I have very little patience for what the SW fandom does WAY TOO OFTEN which is have a character go back in time and go, "Oh, i must keep things the same!" Or, "I want to change x but everything else must be the same!" No. First of all, YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING, WHY THE FUCK DO YOU WANT EVERYTHING BUT X TO STAY THE SAME? EVERYTHING THAT COMES NEXT IS EITHER TERRIBLE OR CAUSED BY TERRIBLE THINGS. Change everything! And see what happens, what logically follows.

Ah, the prejudiced and snooty reviewer. I just had one of those going through my first and second fanfic ever, the SG-1 fic duology where Sam got pregnant as a result of that first season ep "The Broca Divide." They left a review on like half the chapters! ... and like half the reviews were along the lines of "wow, I'm surprised what a good job you did with this," emphasis on the "surprise" and "backhanded" part of "backhanded compliment." Aaargh.