Story 233: "Ad Vitam Aeternam" by Foxsong
Happy Halloween! For a show about things that go bump in the night, this fandom is surprisingly short of genuinely scary stories. They must be hard to write, or at least write well. This isn't exactly a ghost story, but it's plenty disturbing all the same
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1. It's dated. Yeah, I know it's frustrating when you write something while a show is airing and a few months down the line, pooof, your story is kicked out of canon and into the obsolete ditch. I got a few like those. Sadly, Scully having a girl is not canon, so as I was reading my brain went "wait, what? A girl?"
Well, I can't fault the writer for that. Most of what we read here is "dated," in that sense. I try judge the story on whether or not it works. The canon is closed now but it wasn't when people were writing 99% of these fics.
2. I don't find Mulder as a green blooded clone wildly original (says the woman with the clone fetish).
I've only read one other Mulder clone story. Is there a list somewhere?
3. I LOVE streamlined fics, but this one could have done with a little fleshing out. It jumps from Scully explaining she and a returned Mulder spent "two years in the sun" which I assumed meant, they had moved some place quiet ( ... )
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I so appreciate your commenting, even though you have mixed feelings about it. Most people won't.
I find that there are more things to discuss if a story has flaws than if the story is perfect (if there is such a thing). I guess my inner beta never shuts up. *g*
Well, I can't fault the writer for that. Most of what we read here is "dated," in that sense. I try judge the story on whether or not it works. The canon is closed now but it wasn't when people were writing 99% of these fics.
Oh definetely. I was just pointing out the things that pulled me out of the story flow. I know it can't be helped.
I've only read one other Mulder clone story. Is there a list somewhere?
Was that All the Mulders? I don't know of any list, but it seems to me there's been a few of them around. Ok, I've just checked Haven. Donna has written two apparently - True Family and Simple Choices. Then there's The Coriolus Effect by Zuffy. The Other Man by Jess M. which I seem to recall we discussed ( ... )
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The series was very inconsistent about the green goo. I think Mulder's fear is supposed to convey how toxic he thinks he will be to Scully.
Yeah, I know, but she still breathes the fumes and seems all right, which doesn't match Mulder's mad panic. This could have done with some work. I'd have been happy with a line saying she had to check in with the hospital, or that whatever experiments she endured gave her a resistance or immunity. It was an easy fix. This is just sloppy.
The story is a little inconsistent about that, too. It starts out with her saying, "It troubled her for a long time afterward that she had not heard his last words to her." But it ends with her saying that she did understand that he was really gone this time. But it doesn't explain why she came to that conclusion.
Agreed. This story could have been great if more work had been spent on it. It feels a bit like it's been rushed.
Everyone is different in their response to grief. For me, talking about the person who has died is helpful. Scully doesn't sound ( ... )
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