Ack, new fic from you! I had high hopes going in and you don't disappoint.
“Mulder. I haven't always loved you but I do now,” she tells him quietly. I think this is spot on. For all its simplicity, it might just be my favourite line, purely because it hits the nail on the head. Too many people, not just fanfic writers, fall into the trap of thinking, 'I've loved you since I first saw you,' and often that's not the case at all. I'd say definitely not the case for Mulder and Scully, and I'm glad you acknowledge that.
Also, this line - Ultimately this is about Scully choosing life when so much of her past has been about not dying. - despite not being part of the fic, is lovely.
And what are you doing, awake at this ungodly hour, young lady? *G*
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
This particular line was a challenge I'd set to myself, because ever since I started reading fanfic the "I love you" kind of lines have given me hives. I wanted to see if I could pull it off. Also yes, I wanted to make a point that it hadn't been love at first sight between those two, but something that happened gradually.
Yeah, that line might have been in the fic if that bloody Scottish film hadn't spoiled it already. ;-)
I was serving as a taxi driver for a relative about an hour ago and I've gone beyond the point of being tired. What's your excuse?!
I'm completely the same re. hives etc. I think the beauty of their relationship, aside from the fact that it's so complicated, is that it's endured and has progressed gradually.
Taxi driver, uh? Did you get a mohawk? *badoom kish!*
I was at the cinema watching The Hunger Games (which was very good indeed) and then I *had*to post this before going to bed. Besides I'm coughing like crazy, so I'm having a cupa before heading for bed.
I love the sort of languid, middle-of-the-night dreamy pace of this, but I also love that, after all the near-misses and accidental-but-not-really moments of intimacy they've had between them, Scully is making a deliberate choice here. This: emotional illiteracy is such a perfect description of them that I nearly heard an audible *click* when I read it.
This also made me smile: Mulder never was a big believer in personal space where she is concerned. LOL, so true.
Love that people are still writing for these two. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for this lovely feedback! I'm delighted to hear that I managed to convey the atmosphere I intended to. And it's lovely to hear when something clicks for a reader. I'm glad you enjoyed this. :)
Well, this has definitely shot right to the top of my favorite post-'all things' fic list. I think it's the only one that captures the right tone following the episode without trying to force M&S to say and do things that they just wouldn't. Which is to say, excellent characterizations, as usual, and lovely and precise words, and I will make this my post-ep head canon.
Yay! Since there are quite a few of them I'm thrilled to hear this! The tone and atmosphere were the first things I paid attention to when I started to write this, so I'm pleased I managed to convey it right. As for words precision, you have to thank idella for those!
I'm grinning like a idiot to hear you're making this your head canon. :) :)
It wouldn't be half as good without you, you know that, right? I had such a great time working with you. *HUG*
I pulled my hair for a long time about the cover art, I mean the shot of Mulder and Scully on the couch has been used to death, then I tried to use a shot of Scully in the bathroom but it was too dark to get anything decent. So I watched the ep one last time, until I found something that symbolized their partnership but hadn't been used to death.
I just posted the file on Ephemeral. It was a bit of a pain to convert into a text file, and I had to juggle with margins and punctuations that would accept to be saved in a .txt file. A couple of errant speech marks kind of messed up the final notes by replacing a couple of hyphens and question marks and of course I only noticed after hitting "submit". But since it's just the notes it doesn't matter too much. I might resubmit later.
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“Mulder. I haven't always loved you but I do now,” she tells him quietly.
I think this is spot on. For all its simplicity, it might just be my favourite line, purely because it hits the nail on the head. Too many people, not just fanfic writers, fall into the trap of thinking, 'I've loved you since I first saw you,' and often that's not the case at all. I'd say definitely not the case for Mulder and Scully, and I'm glad you acknowledge that.
Also, this line - Ultimately this is about Scully choosing life when so much of her past has been about not dying. - despite not being part of the fic, is lovely.
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Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
This particular line was a challenge I'd set to myself, because ever since I started reading fanfic the "I love you" kind of lines have given me hives. I wanted to see if I could pull it off. Also yes, I wanted to make a point that it hadn't been love at first sight between those two, but something that happened gradually.
Yeah, that line might have been in the fic if that bloody Scottish film hadn't spoiled it already. ;-)
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I'm completely the same re. hives etc. I think the beauty of their relationship, aside from the fact that it's so complicated, is that it's endured and has progressed gradually.
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I was at the cinema watching The Hunger Games (which was very good indeed) and then I *had*to post this before going to bed. Besides I'm coughing like crazy, so I'm having a cupa before heading for bed.
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This also made me smile: Mulder never was a big believer in personal space where she is concerned. LOL, so true.
Love that people are still writing for these two. Thanks for sharing.
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I'm grinning like a idiot to hear you're making this your head canon. :) :)
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I pulled my hair for a long time about the cover art, I mean the shot of Mulder and Scully on the couch has been used to death, then I tried to use a shot of Scully in the bathroom but it was too dark to get anything decent. So I watched the ep one last time, until I found something that symbolized their partnership but hadn't been used to death.
I just posted the file on Ephemeral. It was a bit of a pain to convert into a text file, and I had to juggle with margins and punctuations that would accept to be saved in a .txt file. A couple of errant speech marks kind of messed up the final notes by replacing a couple of hyphens and question marks and of course I only noticed after hitting "submit". But since it's just the notes it doesn't matter too much. I might resubmit later.
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