User blog comment:Garr9988/Story Ideas/@comment-5782071-20190715060808/@comment-5782071-20190715175006

If I moved the story up to somewhere between 1999 and 2002 (the time frame in which James was imprisoned, supposedly died in a prison explosion, and Joshua disappeared while MacPherson manipulated him), that would be contradicting canon because the story is meant to be about Artie becoming disillusioned with the WH and regaining his hope and happiness - but as we see in both 1999 (investigating Claire and meeting Claudia) and 2002 (meeting with Joshua), Artie didn't seem to be feeling out of the ordinary, which negates the need for the story at all.

What am I going to do...