Wendy, I admire and respect this unifying theory. I very much liked your pointing out of the door symbolism. I've never had a problem with the structure of this fic or anything inauthentic about the casefile. I even liked some of the imagery and appreciated the flashes of wit.
My problem is that I never really got far enough to be comparably analytical. I simply disliked the prose cumulatively and finally intensely. This is not a matter of selling the ust; I understand that the psychosexual interference was a major point and needed emphasis. It's a matter of the writing itself. Too many images, metaphors, similes, adjectives, adverbs. This did not for me enhance the intensity of the experience. It rather made it ludicrous. It turned silly, and once one starts laughing there's no return.
I think for some readers "more is better," in that the inner math for selling a feeling through repetition works. I guess I'm of the "less is more" persuasion. An exaggerated line like "Scully could practically feel the man reaching out for her, grasping for the control panel in her psyche that would send her spinning down to crash-land in his bed" makes me feel that verbal kudzu is closing around my throat.
Wasn't this fic originally a wip? It has all the indicators of arriving in impatiently awaited sections. That probably worked in its favor, since readers would require or at least tolerate repetition and blunt emphasis.
Taking it in in one big push was not, for me, a pleasant experience.
Re: Unifying Theory Part 2
My problem is that I never really got far enough to be comparably analytical. I simply disliked the prose cumulatively and finally intensely. This is not a matter of selling the ust; I understand that the psychosexual interference was a major point and needed emphasis. It's a matter of the writing itself. Too many images, metaphors, similes, adjectives, adverbs. This did not for me enhance the intensity of the experience. It rather made it ludicrous. It turned silly, and once one starts laughing there's no return.
I think for some readers "more is better," in that the inner math for selling a feeling through repetition works. I guess I'm of the "less is more" persuasion. An exaggerated line like "Scully could practically feel the man reaching out for her, grasping for the control panel in her psyche that would send her spinning down to crash-land in his bed" makes me feel that verbal kudzu is closing around my throat.
Wasn't this fic originally a wip? It has all the indicators of arriving in impatiently awaited sections. That probably worked in its favor, since readers would require or at least tolerate repetition and blunt emphasis.
Taking it in in one big push was not, for me, a pleasant experience.