Ah, cool, I understand the structure intended much more now. The problem I see is this one: the middle is forgettable, because it's only connected vaguely (not through plot) to the other two parts. In fact, despite having read the fic a couple of times, I had totally forgot that part existed--I thought it was another fic altogether. But I agree now that thematically they work very well (I had noted the partnerships, but didn't make the connection!); I think a part more connected plotwise would work better, though. I do love part 2, probably more than the rest of the fic--I think the framing device, as you put, is very effective, and makes for a very fun read (even with the lack of Scully, that tends to distract me!).
I think the feeling of hero worship (and really, I didn't feel Mulder's ego was big--that made it bearable) was due to Scully doing really little on the way of investigation. She is focussed on him, as he's later focussed on her in his pov, but she does very very little (indeed, when she finds out stuff, she's being guided by him throughout the conversation). I totally get that the star profiler is him, but... it does create a story in which 1)she's focussed on how awesome he is, 2)he's acting awesome because he does his job perfectly well, 3)she can't even ski, so he helps her there too. I don't mean that it has to bother everyone, but this read, it bothered me.
It's perhaps something in the way Tesla sees/writes Scully, because this is not the only fic of hers in which it bothered me. Even though I really like how she writes in general (i.e. prose, &c).
Re: Better late than never, right?
I think the feeling of hero worship (and really, I didn't feel Mulder's ego was big--that made it bearable) was due to Scully doing really little on the way of investigation. She is focussed on him, as he's later focussed on her in his pov, but she does very very little (indeed, when she finds out stuff, she's being guided by him throughout the conversation). I totally get that the star profiler is him, but... it does create a story in which 1)she's focussed on how awesome he is, 2)he's acting awesome because he does his job perfectly well, 3)she can't even ski, so he helps her there too. I don't mean that it has to bother everyone, but this read, it bothered me.
It's perhaps something in the way Tesla sees/writes Scully, because this is not the only fic of hers in which it bothered me. Even though I really like how she writes in general (i.e. prose, &c).