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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Re: A series?wendelah1September 6 2016, 08:34:04 UTC
I understand. I asked Rivkat to write the fic that became "Devoutly to be wished." My request was in the summary: "The ending of Fugue: The image of Scully shivering on that cold floor, in shock after the visit from the Smoking Man? It haunts me. Please get her up off that floor and, if possible, into a happier ending."
The third story has a little different ending because Scully gets her memories back and Mulder doesn't.
When I started reading it I realised it wasn't the story I was thinking of after all.
The one I was remembering has Dana married to someone who isn't Mulder who is married to someone else. She does find Mulder and it starts triggering flashbacks for both of them.
It turns out that everyone is post colonisation and everyone's minds have been wiped, but most people don't care.
I haven't finished reading this one yet but will tonight.
You're thinking of "Blinded by White Light." By Dashakay. It's almost a post-post colonization fic. The human race was dying from the bad aliens' plague and the good aliens' cure mind-wiped everyone who survived.
The ending in particular is a total mind-fuck. Things go from as bad as you think it can possibly get for Scully to OMIGOD what have you done to our girl, rivkat!
Did you read either of the newer stories?
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I hadn't read the other 2 before this, and I'm glad I did because I liked the resolution better, but at the same time, it's not helping my "Hrngh I'm dead again" feelings. :-)
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Yeah this story absolutely killed me back in the day (1999). Wendy, I can't say how much I appreciate the addition you requested in terms of pure despair relief
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QUICK tangent here: but I think your earlier comment about him wondering if this was against THEM or HIM would also lead to the marriage-as-cover and who, exactly, that cover was for. Was it just for Mulder? Or was it also for Scully's sake? Were their affections mutual or one-sided? Mulder, as the remembering one in the main story, has to deal with the possibility that Scully was dragged into it because of him (and made his wife for his sake, in an attempt to make him subconsciously happy enough to not question anything). If this is true, in a sense, then, it's his fault that she'll never come back as herself. Ouch. Again, trauma for the one who remembers: it's just a different kind of pain than for the one who forgets themselves
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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.
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The third story has a little different ending because Scully gets her memories back and Mulder doesn't.
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When I clicked the link I realise I remember the story but I don't remember how it ends. Looks like I need to reread.
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The one I was remembering has Dana married to someone who isn't Mulder who is married to someone else. She does find Mulder and it starts triggering flashbacks for both of them.
It turns out that everyone is post colonisation and everyone's minds have been wiped, but most people don't care.
I haven't finished reading this one yet but will tonight.
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Did you read either of the newer stories?
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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.
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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.
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