Gee, I thought everyone had decided that Kel would be embarrasssed by more praise. Well, that's her problem, right?
I love humor, and nobody does it better. Kel writes a beautiful, clear, shapely line, and while she may not be as persistently quotable as, say, RivkaT, it's because her wit is firmly embedded in the characters and the situations they get themselved into, and is not so detachable. That said, I think that "Scully spent hours each week trying to reorient Mulder to reality. This was the first time she'd had to reorient him to fantasy" is one of the funniest things ever written. (Because, of course, She's Scully and he's Mulder.)
You're not a "shipper" Wendy, and I guess you're right that there's no actual ust here, but really I see relationship subtleties all through "Waiting for Agent Right." S is experiencing irritation and a sense of inferiority to begin with ("Mr. Oxford Education," "Why should I be responsible for serving you refreshments?"), but seeing M becoming disheveled and self-revealing puts her into a more confident and appreciative frame of mind. "He had beautiful manners, most of the time. Positively courtly." Then the nipple ring crack.
Oh, my, yes, this ship will sail. "So Mulder really did want to see her in something sheer and white. That wasn't part of his act.
Scully filed the memory next to one labeled 'Mulder's failed marriage.' Both went into a folder marked, 'Too much information.'"
We know that folder is going to be opened at a later time.
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I love humor, and nobody does it better. Kel writes a beautiful, clear, shapely line, and while she may not be as persistently quotable as, say, RivkaT, it's because her wit is firmly embedded in the characters and the situations they get themselved into, and is not so detachable. That said, I think that "Scully spent hours each week trying to reorient Mulder to reality. This was the first time she'd had to reorient him to fantasy" is one of the funniest things ever written. (Because, of course, She's Scully and he's Mulder.)
You're not a "shipper" Wendy, and I guess you're right that there's no actual ust here, but really I see relationship subtleties all through "Waiting for Agent Right." S is experiencing irritation and a sense of inferiority to begin with ("Mr. Oxford Education," "Why should I be responsible for serving you refreshments?"), but seeing M becoming disheveled and self-revealing puts her into a more confident and appreciative frame of mind. "He had beautiful manners, most of the time. Positively courtly." Then the nipple ring crack.
Oh, my, yes, this ship will sail. "So Mulder really did want to see her in something sheer and white. That wasn't part of his act.
Scully filed the memory next to one labeled 'Mulder's failed marriage.' Both went into a folder marked, 'Too much information.'"
We know that folder is going to be opened at a later time.