Yes, you wanted to discuss this and I have the email to prove it.

I think this is a very fair review. I agree with everything you said about the story and Jeylan's antagonistic attitude toward Scully (and toward Gillian Anderson, too, apparently). I really admire her writing, but her characterization of Scully is beyond off.

The sex scenes are problematic. Aren't they always in Jeylan's MSR fic? You get carried away by her passionate, lyrical writing, but the truth is, if someone actually grabbed my crotch during a first kiss, he'd get told to stop it, if he didn't get slapped. I don't think that's a real smooth move, and I don't see Mulder doing it or Scully putting up with it if he did.

I think Jeylan sees this love affair as an unequal yoking, to use some old-fashioned language. If only she could have seen and written Scully as clearly and with as much insight as she does Mulder, she would have been one of the greats.

Here's a crazy idea: someone needs to remix this and tell it from Scully's point of view. Any takers?