a tense situation

NO, you stupid HnG fic that is taking over my life, you CANNOT suddenly be in present tense!

There are 3 past tense pages! I don't care that the passage from the other fic which you are echoing, which by the way OMG SO IRRITATING, is in present tense!

why do you ALWAYS do this you stupid, stupid fandom?! You're making all my perfectly good pluperfect verbs all futzy! Grrr!