Story 222: "The Laws of Coming and Going" by Buckingham

[wendelah1]

I love this story. I love everything Buckingham has written, so I don't know why we have only done one of her stories. This fic is set during season eight, sometime after "Dead Alive." Summary: Life after death.

"Tell me again," he says. His voice sounds coarse and needy even to his own ears, but somehow he's unashamed. "Please

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[wendelah1]

YES, exactly. I considered myself a shipper and always wanted them together, but I was also a preteen and teenager at the time (and personally in love with DD, lol). Now that I'm an adult, if I could go back and change the show, I don't even know if I would have been a "shipper" in the widely understood definition of the word.. I really like M&S as partners, riding in the car chasing monsters, with the UST and banter that came with it. They're so much MORE than just a romantic couple... the kisses in Existence and The Truth almost felt cheap and out of character. I almost think CC didn't realize what a perfect partnership he had created, and then you add the crazy chemistry DD and GA have and he just didn't know what to do with it.

This comes very close to how I feel, although I think I was fine with the kissing by the eighth season. A canon ship is a canon ship. And the characters had been through so much together. I didn't want them to end up alone, you know?

But yes, they were so much more than just a romantic couple. They were epic, the ship to sink all other ships. They deserved a better ending than they were given, by far.

You should not blame your teenage hormones for your shipper feelings. Plenty of fully adult women and men felt exactly the same way, including the Duchovny adoration. Plenty still do...

And I still haven't watched most of season nine. Yes, I own the dvds, too.

You asked for "in character" fanfic recs. The problem is that means something different to each of us: each writer, and each reader. My Mulder seems perfectly in character to me. You might not agree.

My favorite writer is Kel, but I also love Amalnahurriyeh, and Fialka, cofax, Penumbra, and many others. There are so many good writers. You will find your own favorites, writers whose creative visions come close your own for the characters. The fun is just beginning.

The less said the better about some of the fans at Haven. There is no excuse for their behavior.

[estella_c]

I always wanted Mulder and Scully to be together--guess you'd call me a finis shipper--but the show failed terribly in handling the relationship. Once CC knew that he had a powerful sexual chemistry in his actors, writers had carte blanche to exploit that within limits. But the actual resolution of their relationship turned soggy, as did everything else. (The Brits would say "went pear-shaped," which is a phrase I love though don't quite understand. Could it refer to Scully's pregnancy!!) Being eternally teenage in my approach, I would say that the kisses were unsatisfactory because they expressed a reverent respect but no lust! CC was such a prude. DD could have corrected that situation, but by that time he had lost interest and was virtually detached from influencing the show.

The movies have gone downhill. I expect no third.

Kel and Amal have both written fics that resolve things more satisfactorally.

[estella_c]

I apologize for my amateur handling of the ital icon.