The thing I feel about Penumbra, whenever I read her fics, is that she falls in love with the characters a little too much, to the point where she's hopelessly in love with the idea of Mulder and Scully. That's understandable, but what happens is that whenever I read her two fics, I don't feel like I'm reading about two people, I'm reading about Penumbra's ideal of two people, and it stops me from connecting with her fics on a visceral level. I don't feel like I'm reading the characters I saw on the show. I think this feeling was exacerbated by the fact that Penumbra took M&S out of the show altogether.
But I still think the biggest problem for me is the language. Sometimes Penumbra hits the right spot with an image, but a lot of the times, I feel like it's overwrought. The opening line, for example, could have been shortened, and it would have been just as powerful, and the same goes for the rest of the fic.
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Re: just a little Overwhelming Helplessness
Date: 2010-05-15 10:48 am (UTC)But I still think the biggest problem for me is the language. Sometimes Penumbra hits the right spot with an image, but a lot of the times, I feel like it's overwrought. The opening line, for example, could have been shortened, and it would have been just as powerful, and the same goes for the rest of the fic.