Well, I think LoM comes with a lot of the Doctor Who type leeway built in... not a "real" world. If Sam can talk to the TCG then why can't he wake up female or get a car pregnant? Apart from being "classic" crack formats, I think it doesn't cross the line into AU because we *still* build these things around their being the active CID officers they are in canon. Even in the Autogenesis nonsense I'll have things happen and have Sam think "they must have changed my medication." Actually, the only AU story I can point to in LoM land is the one where Sam & Gene are soldiers in WWI.
That's one of the reasons why I was so surprised to see so much AU in Pros and that is set so firmly in the "real" world. Again, I suspect it has to do with the fact that after so many years of fan fiction people were just desperate to try something different.
Re: Not quite on topic but...
Well, I think LoM comes with a lot of the Doctor Who type leeway built in... not a "real" world. If Sam can talk to the TCG then why can't he wake up female or get a car pregnant? Apart from being "classic" crack formats, I think it doesn't cross the line into AU because we *still* build these things around their being the active CID officers they are in canon. Even in the Autogenesis nonsense I'll have things happen and have Sam think "they must have changed my medication." Actually, the only AU story I can point to in LoM land is the one where Sam & Gene are soldiers in WWI.
That's one of the reasons why I was so surprised to see so much AU in Pros and that is set so firmly in the "real" world. Again, I suspect it has to do with the fact that after so many years of fan fiction people were just desperate to try something different.