... I feel as if Shaw would handle 21st-century London surprisingly well, all things considered (he seems like that kind of person) -- probably better than 21st-century London would handle Shaw. Although Nightingale is also a taking-things-in-stride kind of person. And Shaw is probably as much like his idea of a typical American as anyone can possibly be ...

It's not the buddyfic we asked for, but it's the buddyfic we deserve.

Meanwhile I think Peter's biggest problem with screwing up the timeline would not be Hannibal, but Rose. If she ever finds out he's a time traveler, heaven help him (there will be no end to the questions! The worst part is that as a science-minded person himself, he actually knows the answer to a lot of them!), and even if she doesn't know, she'd be following him around constantly (baby in tow), spying on him suspiciously and trying to figure out what in the hell is up with him.