Leaving Comity

[onpaperfirst]

This is for aud_woman_in, who so generously bid on me at help_haiti. She gave me the slightly terrifying non-prompt of "write what you want!" I hope this does the trick. Thank you, thank you, aud_woman_in, for donating!

And thanks to meatfight for a quick grammar consultation and for not at all twisting my arm to include a silly inside joke.

Comments

[amyhit]

You know, this does a lot to smooth over some of the things that niggle at me about Syzygy. it definitely lends a kind of grounded air to the episode, which i've always felt like it lacked. not that i hate the episode, exactly, but i'm uncomfortable with the episode, and extremely comfortable with this fic, so it's a nice balance.

“You’ve got the hair for it,” Mulder replies. “And I’ve got the nose.”

She smiles at him in the dark for including her.

*wibbly hand motions* simply worded, complexly conceived, and so very endearing. you're writing has that rare ability to make the reader feel included - feel that they are a part of the dynamic in some way, just by understanding the undercurrents i guess.

additionally, why does this not have a title??! it deserves a title. a title is like the name, number, and postal code of a fic. a title makes it real, makes it a definite entity. *mock accusatory* you didn't give The Magician's Assistant a title for the longest time either, i don't think. all the stories poor words were left like nomads, desert wanderers or something.

[onpaperfirst]

I cut "Syzygy" a lot of slack because there's nothing more fun than saying things like "Happy birthday, bitch." But I think it's one of those things where feeling uncomfortable while watching it is exactly how you should feel. Because I think Mulder and Scully probably feel that way--I always sort of read it as them not consciously knowing that they're behaving the way they are, but still feeling sort of itchy. And I'm a total sap, so I'm always happy to smooth over rough edges and get them back to some kind of equilibrium.

And it does have a title! I don't particularly love it, and I basically just said, "hmm, that's what my Word doc is named," but it's a title! I'm sort of anti-header. No, it's not that. It's just that when I started writing, I think I avoided headers because 1. they always seem so self-indulgent; and 2. because a header meant that I was Actually Writing Fic. And then I just kept on, because I like consistency. Maybe at some point I'll go back and fix that for all of my stories.

[amyhit]

I basically just said, "hmm, that's what my Word doc is named,"

yeah, that's what i thought - i thought it was a working title. i suppose there's nothing saying a working title can't be the final title as well, though.

1. they always seem so self-indulgent; and 2. because a header meant that I was Actually Writing Fic.

i do know what you mean. these are the reasons why i absolutely never title anything until after i've finished writing it. i'm the other way, though. i love that indulgence, once a thing is finished - to put that stamp on it, like your own personal seal. regardless, of course it's your prerogative, and i'm satisfied with knowing this fic has something i can think of it by.