Samson

[aloysiavirgata]

SUMMARY: It's strange to be here but not be who I was to you once. I'm not your Girl Friday anymore.

RATING: R

SPOILERS: Through The Beginning

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Comments

[hummingfly67]

I stopped and started a comment a couple times since reading this hours ago when you posted it.

I am not a fan of M/Other, and almost didn't continue reading after I realized the scenario. But it's you, and I love your writing, so...

I am also not a fan of Diana, at all. As juvenile as it was/is, I hated her, as I think CC most likely intended. I didn't hate her because she wasn't Scully, I hated her because of how Mulder acted towards/about Scully with Diana in the picture. (Plus I have never liked Mimi Rogers).

I still didn't like her in this story, but I liked the story you wrote about her, and how you wrote it. As hankmoodyblues said, you made her three-dimensional (even if those dimensions are EVIL *g*).

Mulder was colder and perhaps a little more ruthless here, I think. With a hint of naivete.

Fabulous writing, as ever.

[mack_the_spoon]

Well, I was going to comment, but I think I will just say: what hummingfly said. Pretty much 100%.

Thanks for giving me a reason to think about Diana without just the disgust I generally feel for her character. (Also, I think I love you for having her quote Monty Python.)

[aloysiavirgata]

Thank you so much. I just wish Diana had been given more of a fair shake by the writers. She could have been awesome.

And yay, you recognized the Monty Python reference! I imagined the two of them in Mulder's apartment, eating bad Chinese food and watching Monty Python.

[mack_the_spoon]

I wonder why so few TV shows (at least, that I've watched) decide to make the extra effort of having the Old Flame Who Could Be A Threat actually an interesting character?

Hee, I totally didn't recognize it until you translated it, of course, but I love that sketch. ;-)

[aloysiavirgata]

I am not a fan of M/Other, and almost didn't continue reading after I realized the scenario. But it's you, and I love your writing, so...

What a lovely, lovely thing to say. Thank you.

I don't like Diana myself, but I at least wanted to try writing her and see how she turned out. I think there's a strength to her - a certain integrity, really - that is often dismissed because she felt she had a higher calling than to Mulder.

Mulder was colder and perhaps a little more ruthless here, I think. With a hint of naivete.

Excellent. That's how I wanted him to be. Mulder is very rarely cruel or unkind to Scully, but there have been a few occasions (most notable Never Again) so we do know he has it in him. And I felt like that's the kind of relationship he and Diana would have: lots of history, conflicted emotions, and a comfort level that lets them hurt each other a little.

But Mulder, for all his paranoia, is also trusting and I didn't want him to just be a complete asshole. He does have feelings for this woman.

[hummingfly67]

Mulder is very rarely cruel or unkind to Scully, but there have been a few occasions (most notable Never Again) so we do know he has it in him.

Maybe not cruel or unkind, but definitely often ambivalent, and somewhat presumptious.

You served Diana well here.