This week, we're doing a rerun, while I'm waiting on a friend to finish editing her podfic of "Ingenue" or for so-kiss-me-goodbye to complete "The Lambs," whichever comes first
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I just finished this little series. I was getting into it at work yesterday, but I was awfully busy and didn't have time to finish up until work today (things are much slower today, thank God; I like having fanfiction time at work, haha
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The sequel was interesting but somehow sadder; it was confirmation that this destroyed her relationship with Mulder beyond any real repair; even their friendship is gone. There is no justice but I like that she didn't just give up. Identity is my favorite thing to explore in fiction and despite the sorrowful, tragic backdrop of this series, I did enjoy seeing another author explore it, and so well/thoroughly, too
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Response Part 1wendelah1September 9 2016, 04:39:22 UTC
The sequel was interesting but somehow sadder; it was confirmation that this destroyed her relationship with Mulder beyond any real repair; even their friendship is gone. There is no justice but I like that she didn't just give up.
Her personal relationship with Mulder was beyond repair in this universe. It's hard for me to see why confirming that made it sadder than a story that ended with Scully on the floor of her apartment, having been stripped of everything having to do with her core sense of self by the CSM.
There was justice in the second story, too, which is what redeems what happened to her, in her mind, at least.
Dissected babies, or close enough for government work: now there was a scandal
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Response Part 2 wendelah1September 9 2016, 04:52:24 UTC
My favorite part about seeing all three of these together was that I feel the author was possibly making a statement about the function/groundwork of MSR. It's very much tied into their work, their mental connection, and most importantly IMO, their shared experiences. They don't both remember or know everything about the other, but they can support one another well because they've both been through so many things. Taking memories of these things away sends it all crashing down.
I can't decide if I agree with this or not. I agree that the MSR is tied into their work, absolutely. I'm not sure if that's what this story is about. It seems more complicated, somehow.
The marriage and implanted memories were a sham but the feelings they had for one another were not. This scene proved that without a doubt to me.
part one of twohoovesSeptember 9 2016, 11:25:48 UTC
Oops, I tried responding and misclicked while scrolling around, so I apologize for my initial comment; that was an abysmal failure on my part, haha!
If that's not justice in this universe, I don't know what is.
I think that depends on what your definition of justice is; while I do think the Syndicate deserved their just desserts, so to speak, I also don't think taking them down made up for, in any way, what happened to Dana. I don't think you're saying that it does, either, of course. I just think that justice is a multifaceted thing, or can be, at any rate, and so it's hard for me personally to determine if taking down the Syndicate is justice in the strictest sense. It's kind of like the idea that putting a murderer in prison or in the chair is justice for them murdering someone. Like in the legal definition it is, but on a personal, emotional level, it won't ever be enough because it doesn't do anything to bring back what's lost (versus, say, busting a thief and getting back your jewelry as well as seeing them punished for the
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These characters both struggle to trust people with their hearts. Scully straight up admits in the canon that she's put up emotional walls to protect herself. I think so many people do fall in love IRL, or they want to and have Anne Shirley visions of it, that it's difficult for them to imagine how hard it actually is for some people to trust another person with themselves. I get it, personally, and I'm in a longterm committed relationship; it's a real struggle, and extremely uncomfortable when someone is like, "Do you trust me?" Like nah hell nah I don't. ;P
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RE: Response Part 2bmerbSeptember 9 2016, 14:12:18 UTC
My sense is that Mulder wanted back the romance and sex Bill was having with Dana Parker-Rogers back in Michigan, but he wanted it with his partner, Dana Scully. She missed Bill for sure, but New!Scully was not feeling it with old school Mulder. He took it out on her. She lashed back, but more distance isn't what she wanted from him at all. Her feelings were complicated by the loss of her core memories and the overlay of false memories. (By this point, I'd need hospitalization and she manages to get by with just an antidepressant.)
YES!!! Thanks for summing up my thoughts so nicely!
Oh hooves I sure do love your analyses! Mine are all disjointed as I type on my phone between chasing down toddlers. I love seeing coherent thoughtful responses.
Oh my God, yours are fantastic, and doubly so for being typed out on a phone while you're chasing kids around! My biggest weakness with writing analyses is that I tend to ramble. I'd be better served to go back and edit, reformat, et cetera and so on, which is obviously what I always did with academic papers, but seeing as how my scholarships aren't resting on what I churn out online, I usually don't bother with more than a cursory edit (because my mind jumps ahead of my hands quite often, haha).
Anyway, your analysis here was fun to read, and didn't seem to be at all disjointed to me! So you're better than you know. :D
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Her personal relationship with Mulder was beyond repair in this universe. It's hard for me to see why confirming that made it sadder than a story that ended with Scully on the floor of her apartment, having been stripped of everything having to do with her core sense of self by the CSM.
There was justice in the second story, too, which is what redeems what happened to her, in her mind, at least.
Dissected babies, or close enough for government work: now there was a scandal ( ... )
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I can't decide if I agree with this or not. I agree that the MSR is tied into their work, absolutely. I'm not sure if that's what this story is about. It seems more complicated, somehow.
The marriage and implanted memories were a sham but the feelings they had for one another were not. This scene proved that without a doubt to me.
"But we don't know the truth ( ... )
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If that's not justice in this universe, I don't know what is.
I think that depends on what your definition of justice is; while I do think the Syndicate deserved their just desserts, so to speak, I also don't think taking them down made up for, in any way, what happened to Dana. I don't think you're saying that it does, either, of course. I just think that justice is a multifaceted thing, or can be, at any rate, and so it's hard for me personally to determine if taking down the Syndicate is justice in the strictest sense. It's kind of like the idea that putting a murderer in prison or in the chair is justice for them murdering someone. Like in the legal definition it is, but on a personal, emotional level, it won't ever be enough because it doesn't do anything to bring back what's lost (versus, say, busting a thief and getting back your jewelry as well as seeing them punished for the ( ... )
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YES!!! Thanks for summing up my thoughts so nicely!
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Anyway, your analysis here was fun to read, and didn't seem to be at all disjointed to me! So you're better than you know. :D
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