I guess I should add that if it comes down to saving the world or being a great parent, I'm going to choose saving the world. Especially since by saving the world you're saving your own child too.
So maybe my argument, as its core, is not that Scully can be a great mom and a resistance fighter. Maybe she can and maybe she can't, but mainly my argument is that if she has to be a poor mom in order to fight, I still think that's the right choice.
Which is why I find S9, IWTB, and fics like ITM kind of beside the point. Though I appreciate ITM in a way I don't appreciate S9, because it is realistic, because it makes the most of S9, and because it does find (make) poignance even in the relative mundanity.
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Re: Realism MSR
Date: 2011-05-26 11:42 pm (UTC)So maybe my argument, as its core, is not that Scully can be a great mom and a resistance fighter. Maybe she can and maybe she can't, but mainly my argument is that if she has to be a poor mom in order to fight, I still think that's the right choice.
Which is why I find S9, IWTB, and fics like ITM kind of beside the point. Though I appreciate ITM in a way I don't appreciate S9, because it is realistic, because it makes the most of S9, and because it does find (make) poignance even in the relative mundanity.