#How do time travelers solve the documentation issue? I'm not sure. there would have to be research in order to write this fic.

[iangallagherisadeadman]

something something a fanfic in which Ian is best friends with Yevgeny and then he timetravel and falls in love with his best friend's father.

I like to think that in this version he was raised by Clayton cause Monica obviously couldn't, and canonlike she wasn't in the picture much. He then lives with his father, stepmother and siblings but doesn't quite fit with them. Yev was raised by Svetlana and never knew his father cause he left when Yev was a baby.

When Ian travels back he is saved by Mandy. He says he's a Gallagher and she's like "I know the Gallaghers but I never saw you!". He's introduced to his "cousins" who immediately take he in like a brother? Who he is cause of Monica.

Then because of Mandy he gets to know Mickey and younger Svetlana and baby Yev and it is extremely fucked but... my dick's in your dad mouth, sorry Yev!

Gallavich: they start as friends cause Ian quickly hits off with Mandy, and soon Ian gets to understand the difficult situation that led to Yevgeny's conception and why Mickey probably left them when Yev was still a baby. Then, feelings come along and Mickey's deep in the closet but Ian's nothing if open-minded so with time it works out. Ian doesn't lose interest even though Mickey has a wife and baby, he isn't scared off easily, and Yev Svet and Mandy all like him so that's a turn on. Ian likes older guys so the fact that Mickey's an old soul in a hot young body who listens to dad music and is grumpy is what attracts Ian.

The future is forever altered. Ian now actually has a family of Gallagher's he actually likes and fits. Ian came along so Mickey never left the picture and now Yev was raised with his father around. Which changed the way Yev grew up to be, so he's not the version Ian knew, but that's alright cause then Ian gets to meet him again. And yes, they end up being best friends all the same, after all, Yevgeny watch the type of cartoons and listens to the kind of music and plays the same videogames Ian grew up with so they're very close.

[allisonreader]

I'm going to go off on a tangent and rant/write out my thoughts about Star Trek Picard. I don't think that I'm going to get too spoilery below, but read at your own risk if you haven't watched season 3 up to episode 9.

I can't say that I haven't enjoyed the show, because I have, but in this season in particular I miss the alien/monster/problem of the week format. I'm tired of the high stakes everything is only going to get solved at the end of the season type of thing. You can have an overarching story, while still have an episode wrap up nicely each week.

Also, season 3 feels extremely separate from the first two. On other Star Trek shows previously, you couldn't necessarily tell where one season ended and the next began. With Picard, well, you're definitely able to tell. Each season is kind of its own distinct "era". It's not necessarily a bad thing, but I think in the long run, that the series that do this, aren't going to hold up as well as the shows where you don't have to watch a season from the beginning to understand everything.

I do think that it's part of Discovery's issue as well. Also it's tiring. I was on the edge of my seat the entire last episode that I watched. I enjoyed the nostalgia bate the most. And honestly I could have enjoyed just a whole show of the old crew being back together and catching up with each other. Being friends, sharing in jokes. Not everything has to be high stakes all the time. I'm all for a "do you remember/clip style episode" .

My other big complaint is that I wish there were more references to Voyager. Seven has been such a big character throughout the show, and I just wish that they would capitalize on that a little bit more. Let Seven mention Naomi Wildman, Harry, Tom and B'elanna. The Doctor. Surely at least some of them have kept in contact with her beyond Janeway and possibly Tuvok. I also think that they should have stolen Voyager this season.

In season 2 I really wish that when Seven had been asked where she learned to drive, she would have said Paris, meaning Tom Paris, since he had a long documented love of the 20th century. He easily could have claimed that the crew should know how to drive in case they ever had another time travel incident, as they had been known to do so. It would have been such a nice nod to Voyager and the people she knew beyond Janeway.

Anyways, I think that's my rant for now.