I meant to comment on this when I read it, but somehow forgot (though I've had this tab open at work for weeks, now).
I pretty much agree with this. Scully wasn't 100% herself, but she was believable within the context of the story, and that is what matters. The Scully of the series goes through so much, and it's nice to imagine sometimes that things didn't have to be that way.
I also didn't like the sequel as much, but I enjoyed this piece a lot, in part due to the writing, which was great, but also due very much to the attempt to weave the story within the world we already know. That made it fun, and worked in a way I didn't expect it to. By this I guess I mean that I'm used to stories taking place between episodes, so to speak, but I'm not used to seeing a story arc that cuts across a great many episodes, and that sort of weaving is not only difficult, but oftentimes ineffective (in that if you don't do it right, it falls flat), but Syntax6 managed it pretty much flawlessly; I'd attribute at least part of her success to the fact that she didn't dwell on the cases we already know from the TV series; she just allowed them to be a part of the characters' lives and histories as necessary. :)
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Date: 2016-09-27 12:50 pm (UTC)I pretty much agree with this. Scully wasn't 100% herself, but she was believable within the context of the story, and that is what matters. The Scully of the series goes through so much, and it's nice to imagine sometimes that things didn't have to be that way.
I also didn't like the sequel as much, but I enjoyed this piece a lot, in part due to the writing, which was great, but also due very much to the attempt to weave the story within the world we already know. That made it fun, and worked in a way I didn't expect it to. By this I guess I mean that I'm used to stories taking place between episodes, so to speak, but I'm not used to seeing a story arc that cuts across a great many episodes, and that sort of weaving is not only difficult, but oftentimes ineffective (in that if you don't do it right, it falls flat), but Syntax6 managed it pretty much flawlessly; I'd attribute at least part of her success to the fact that she didn't dwell on the cases we already know from the TV series; she just allowed them to be a part of the characters' lives and histories as necessary. :)