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.
It seems pretty awkward to me, not to mention painful, at least for Scully. The plot ending as it begins with emotional pain and no hope for a resolution is undoubtedly why I like this story as much as I do. Crazy as it sounds, I might like it less if it had been finished, especially if I wasn't happy with the ending. I suspect one of the reasons it wasn't finished is that dtg couldn't conceive of a way to bring it all together. I'd still be thrilled if she did resume writing.
Because I am a masochist, I found what she had written on Wayback and reread it. "The Footsteps of Angels". God, I'd forgotten what a cliffhanger she'd left us with.
marionravenwood recommended "Possession" which I did read. It's well-written, but it ends too quickly and too predictably for my taste. I also found the emotional aspects utterly inconceivable. Mulder when he's an amnesiac is first attracted to Scully and as the story progresses decides he's in love with her, but when he gets his memory back declares he's not in love? WTF? It's like the writer pushed a reset button. I was pissed off, frankly. I also objected to the idea that liking to watch porn is a sexual perversion, but maybe that was the consensus in 1997? I do not remember.
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.
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Response part two
Date: 2010-06-23 04:10 pm (UTC)It seems pretty awkward to me, not to mention painful, at least for Scully. The plot ending as it begins with emotional pain and no hope for a resolution is undoubtedly why I like this story as much as I do. Crazy as it sounds, I might like it less if it had been finished, especially if I wasn't happy with the ending. I suspect one of the reasons it wasn't finished is that dtg couldn't conceive of a way to bring it all together. I'd still be thrilled if she did resume writing.
Because I am a masochist, I found what she had written on Wayback and reread it. "The Footsteps of Angels". God, I'd forgotten what a cliffhanger she'd left us with.
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.
You always dislike this kind of scene.