Mulder and Scully are having relationship difficulties because they don't communicate, which is not only quite canon-compliant but also something a *lot* of readers can relate to.
Haha! Is it ever! In their defense, I can validate that being in the presence of a squalling infant can cause a couple who normally communicates well to become frazzled. First, there's the crying itself, which if it goes on long enough can make anyone nuts. We used to take son_of_wendelah for car rides to get some peace. There was also this baby swing that had to be wound up at just the right moment or it would stop and then he'd start up again. When you combine the constant crying with the concomitant lack of sleep, it's amazing to me that anyone has a second child, intentionally, anyway. Good times, good times.
So you take a pair of people who don't communicate well anyway, add to that the stress of a newborn, and well, it's no wonder you end up with Scully murdering innocent eggplant and crying in the kitchen worrying that Mulder doesn't love them enough to stay home and stop chasing aliens. Actually, I'd be worrying about that, too, if I was in her situation. I think one of the reasons TPTB tacked on that stupid invitro plot, beside the exciting opportunities it presented to screw with our heads (is it Mulder's, or is it an alien-human hybrid? Only the smoking man knows for sure. . .) is to reassure the viewers that even if this baby wasn't planned for, they did want a baby, yessiree Bob. Grrrrr.
I don't think this fic would work nearly as well if it wasn't so in character, except for the whole idea of their wanting a baby in the first place, which I reject out of hand.
Nevertheless, this story is charming, funny and canon-compliant as far as the end of season eight, which is good enough for me, since I have eliminated season nine from my personal canon, except when I haven't.
This comment is already getting too long. I'll have to split it up.
The theme and the characterization aside, the writing itself is very skilled: word by word, the story builds to this adorable, emotionally complex, yet perfect ending, that sweetly sends Mulder and Scully into their approximation of a "normal" family life, which as it happens, is about as good as anyone gets.
It's that ignoring the end of the world part that I have such a hard time with, but I guess that's canon, now, too, isn't it, she said bitterly. Anyway, this did a wonderful job of getting the scenes of horrifying violence involving my favorite character penned by a certain renowned fic writer out of my head for at least a little while. I think I'll go reread "Universal Invariants" now. I need happier canon.
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Date: 2009-07-16 04:04 pm (UTC)Haha! Is it ever! In their defense, I can validate that being in the presence of a squalling infant can cause a couple who normally communicates well to become frazzled. First, there's the crying itself, which if it goes on long enough can make anyone nuts. We used to take
So you take a pair of people who don't communicate well anyway, add to that the stress of a newborn, and well, it's no wonder you end up with Scully murdering innocent eggplant and crying in the kitchen worrying that Mulder doesn't love them enough to stay home and stop chasing aliens. Actually, I'd be worrying about that, too, if I was in her situation. I think one of the reasons TPTB tacked on that stupid invitro plot, beside the exciting opportunities it presented to screw with our heads (is it Mulder's, or is it an alien-human hybrid? Only the smoking man knows for sure. . .) is to reassure the viewers that even if this baby wasn't planned for, they did want a baby, yessiree Bob. Grrrrr.
I don't think this fic would work nearly as well if it wasn't so in character, except for the whole idea of their wanting a baby in the first place, which I reject out of hand.
Nevertheless, this story is charming, funny and canon-compliant as far as the end of season eight, which is good enough for me, since I have eliminated season nine from my personal canon, except when I haven't.
This comment is already getting too long. I'll have to split it up.
The theme and the characterization aside, the writing itself is very skilled: word by word, the story builds to this adorable, emotionally complex, yet perfect ending, that sweetly sends Mulder and Scully into their approximation of a "normal" family life, which as it happens, is about as good as anyone gets.
It's that ignoring the end of the world part that I have such a hard time with, but I guess that's canon, now, too, isn't it, she said bitterly. Anyway, this did a wonderful job of getting the scenes of horrifying violence involving my favorite character penned by a certain renowned fic writer out of my head for at least a little while. I think I'll go reread "Universal Invariants" now. I need happier canon.