Dreamcatcher is a solid, involving piece of work. As a shipper I find casefiles dull unless there is some form of relationship volatility. I was occasionally impatient reading this, but I wasn't bored.
Mulder and Scully are in a holding pattern here, with Mulder the amnesiac profiler cleared for government work but not ready to resume a love relationship he can't bring to mind. It should be awkward and it is, though maybe not awkward enough.
The problem with D is that it's a transitional piece that doesn't transition, and everyone knows it. I've never been a fan of the idea that a writer might give someone permission to conclude a WIP. In this case, however, the frustration factor may be high enough to inspire bribery.
The final chapter of this fic, in which Scully has an epiphany about Mulder's insecurities and ends up in bad with him explaining "feelings," may actually function as a resolution for many. Possibly it did for the writer, whatever she may have planned. It didn't work for me. The anger and epiphany and panic moods jostled each other, and it all seemed to devolve into a lot of words about talk. If that isn't too opaque.
One other problem is our murderer, who though a satisfyingly hateable character was really underexplained. Daddy issues? A dreamcatcher fixation? Female serial killers are so rare in life that they take a lot of selling. There are several in X-File ficdom--at least one other created by dtg. Maybe it's an idea that fascinates a largely female fan base.
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Mulder and Scully are in a holding pattern here, with Mulder the amnesiac profiler cleared for government work but not ready to resume a love relationship he can't bring to mind. It should be awkward and it is, though maybe not awkward enough.
The problem with D is that it's a transitional piece that doesn't transition, and everyone knows it. I've never been a fan of the idea that a writer might give someone permission to conclude a WIP. In this case, however, the frustration factor may be high enough to inspire bribery.
The final chapter of this fic, in which Scully has an epiphany about Mulder's insecurities and ends up in bad with him explaining "feelings," may actually function as a resolution for many. Possibly it did for the writer, whatever she may have planned. It didn't work for me. The anger and epiphany and panic moods jostled each other, and it all seemed to devolve into a lot of words about talk. If that isn't too opaque.
One other problem is our murderer, who though a satisfyingly hateable character was really underexplained. Daddy issues? A dreamcatcher fixation? Female serial killers are so rare in life that they take a lot of selling. There are several in X-File ficdom--at least one other created by dtg. Maybe it's an idea that fascinates a largely female fan base.