Story 262: "Visitor" by leiascully

[wendelah1]

With the miniseries a mere two weeks away, I thought it might be the right time to discuss "Visitor," leiascully's new revival speculation fic. The premise is the one Chris Carter so blithely bestowed on the fandom: Mulder and Scully are no longer a couple. How could that have happened? "Visitor" is her attempt to understand and portray this new reality. The

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Re: Beautiful!

[wendelah1]

I don't think Mulder can overcome the obsession and the co-dependence that so defines his persona. He can take Scully to the Bahamas on a vacation to stave off her departure, sure, but he will never leave the monsters behind permanently. I don't think that Scully can ever stop being in a place of wanting to leave, but not being able to because of loyalty, love, dedication, curiosity, etc. I think we like to see them in that place, and if we fix their issues, where does that leave them? Or us at the reader/watcher? Just food for thought.

You may be right. Changing one's core personality may not be possible, or even desirable. That wasn't what the story was about, to me. For Mulder, the issues he was addressing in therapy were twofold and were what had led to their separation. He had to deal with the unresolved pts related to his abduction, torture, death, and resurrection, I guess, for lack of a better word. And he had to begin to grieve the loss of their son, and address his guilt about it and his anger toward himself and Scully, too. Scully has her own related issues, of course, which added in caused the breakdown in their relationship.

Do we like to see them struggling? I'm not sure I do anymore.
After so many years of writing about these characters and watching them suffer on screen, I'm ready to see them happy, whether it be together or apart. I don't even ship them and I still would have been happy to have the series end with the final scene from "Existence": Mulder holding William, Mulder and Scully acknowledging what they mean to one another, and the three of them being together.

God. I am sorry. Watching the new episodes is bring up feelings I'd buried long ago. The truth is I'm still bitter about the way it worked out for them and the current series is doing nothing to help those feelings.

I should stick to the story we're discussing. I'm glad you liked it. I hope you'll go on to read "Resident" and keep coming back to discuss fic with us.