I don't know what to say about this story. The writing is pretty solid, but it's - odd? AU? Oddly AU? (That's probably because of its age. Maybe. Sorta.)
The writing is "pretty solid?" Come on. I think it's a heck of a lot better than that. It's delightful.
"Pretty solid" is praise. Really.
AU? Okay, now. In what way is it AU? It fits into the canon up through the beginning of season two pretty neatly, I think. I can't find anything that contradicts canon, period. I'm curious to know what you believe the reader would have to forget about Mulder and Scully to allow themselves to be transported back to, say the second week of July in 1994, after Little Green Men, but before The Host. I know you've read and enjoyed stories set in the early seasons, so what's up?
Oh, I didn't not enjoy this story (oh double negatives, how English needs you!) And I meant AU in the sense that it spins off into what feels like places unknown. They don't feel like the Mulder and Scully I know, but as I said, it's probably because I know too much about them at this point. They really weren't the M&S I know now when this was written.
That's true, it's not plot-driven, per se, in the way we expect a casefile, or even a romance to be. The South Street setting is so important, and so different from their usual social environment that "Dance" can be comfortably placed into what Christopher Booker refers to as a story of "Voyage and Return." It's not a perfect fit by any means, but it's useful. The hero and heroine travel to a foreign environment, which at first seems enchanting in its novelty. Eventually a force of darkness emerges, Mulder's demon in this case, which is vanquished by Scully's steadfast attachment to the reality, allowing them to return to their current assignments at the F.B.I.
It seemed to take a long time to get there, is all. Miss No-Nonsense is strolling from store to store, asking random people if maybe they saw a tall dark haired good looking guy around here someplace? Really? Then M&S wander around, together and apart, for many many kilobytes, and then Mulder finds the bad thing and Scully takes his hand and then they go home the end. I sort of expected them to DO something about the evil thing, but no, they left it to the coven. Why? Mulder wouldn't want to be at an exorcism?
And aren't the heroes supposed to learn something en route? Did they? What do you think?
And Mulder's friends all seemed to be stereotypes. Or archetypes, maybe. But whatever they were, they weren't really people. I kept waiting for one of them to do something unexpected, but no.
And I kept thinking "Scully, you have a cell phone - use it.
This didn't bother me, either. I didn't have a cell phone then, people weren't joined at the hip the their gadgets then the way we are now.
But Mulder and Scully were. Mulder was, as we saw in 'Unusual Suspects,' even attached to his 10 lb. brick/phone. There were still payphones in the world back then, too - even if Scully didn't have a cellphone, she could probably have found a quarter.
And no, I am not saying it didn't work for me. Just that I found it well written but ultimately unfulfilling.
And whoever said the ending was great, I agree, it was :D
Re: "I'll show you my theory if you show me yours."
The writing is "pretty solid?" Come on. I think it's a heck of a lot better than that. It's delightful.
"Pretty solid" is praise. Really.
AU? Okay, now. In what way is it AU? It fits into the canon up through the beginning of season two pretty neatly, I think. I can't find anything that contradicts canon, period. I'm curious to know what you believe the reader would have to forget about Mulder and Scully to allow themselves to be transported back to, say the second week of July in 1994, after Little Green Men, but before The Host. I know you've read and enjoyed stories set in the early seasons, so what's up?
Oh, I didn't not enjoy this story (oh double negatives, how English needs you!) And I meant AU in the sense that it spins off into what feels like places unknown. They don't feel like the Mulder and Scully I know, but as I said, it's probably because I know too much about them at this point. They really weren't the M&S I know now when this was written.
That's true, it's not plot-driven, per se, in the way we expect a casefile, or even a romance to be. The South Street setting is so important, and so different from their usual social environment that "Dance" can be comfortably placed into what Christopher Booker refers to as a story of "Voyage and Return." It's not a perfect fit by any means, but it's useful. The hero and heroine travel to a foreign environment, which at first seems enchanting in its novelty. Eventually a force of darkness emerges, Mulder's demon in this case, which is vanquished by Scully's steadfast attachment to the reality, allowing them to return to their current assignments at the F.B.I.
It seemed to take a long time to get there, is all. Miss No-Nonsense is strolling from store to store, asking random people if maybe they saw a tall dark haired good looking guy around here someplace? Really? Then M&S wander around, together and apart, for many many kilobytes, and then Mulder finds the bad thing and Scully takes his hand and then they go home the end. I sort of expected them to DO something about the evil thing, but no, they left it to the coven. Why? Mulder wouldn't want to be at an exorcism?
And aren't the heroes supposed to learn something en route? Did they? What do you think?
And Mulder's friends all seemed to be stereotypes. Or archetypes, maybe. But whatever they were, they weren't really people. I kept waiting for one of them to do something unexpected, but no.
And I kept thinking "Scully, you have a cell phone - use it.
This didn't bother me, either. I didn't have a cell phone then, people weren't joined at the hip the their gadgets then the way we are now.
But Mulder and Scully were. Mulder was, as we saw in 'Unusual Suspects,' even attached to his 10 lb. brick/phone. There were still payphones in the world back then, too - even if Scully didn't have a cellphone, she could probably have found a quarter.
And no, I am not saying it didn't work for me. Just that I found it well written but ultimately unfulfilling.
And whoever said the ending was great, I agree, it was :D