-That Scully's still planning to leave. I've always considered her experience in Antarctica to be the thing which makes leaving seem utterly impossible. Not to mention, I think leaving only seemed possible to her in the first place before she was forced to slow down and think beyond the practicalities of it.
-The development of Mulder and Scully's relationship. It's written well, and I understand why some people are going to like it. I'm just not one of those people. They say too much to each other. They reveal too much, they mutually acknowledge too much. As an AU scenario it would certainly work, but as a gap-filler fic that is supposed to be canon adherent, I find it a significant stretch. If this had really happened, I would then have to readjust how I look at every M/S interaction from then on out. Which is perfectly alright, but I rather like my current perspective, I like that they have yet to mutually acknowledge anything for another year at least, which leaves the fic and I at something of an impasse, though an amicable one.
-The imbalance between Scully's role in the fic and Mulder's. While I will always find it easier to enjoy fics in which Scully is awesome and Mulder takes a backseat to fics in which the reverse is true, I still wish Mulder were a little more appreciated in Certitude. Throughout the fic, Scully is the one who basically accomplishes everything while Mulder flails helplessly. Which I wouldn't mind so much, accept the way Captain Neill thinks about the two of them emphasizes that imbalance. He basically idolizes Scully and thinks Mulder is a sorry SOB. This doesn't make me dislike the fic, and if one wanted to argue that it was a pleasant role reversal from the norm, I would certainly understand where they were coming from. Nonetheless, I would like Certitude even more if Mulder were given a bit more to do, instead of having him stand around like a sacrificial lamb, and angst over Scully leaving him or being taken.
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Date: 2011-08-14 10:19 pm (UTC)-The development of Mulder and Scully's relationship. It's written well, and I understand why some people are going to like it. I'm just not one of those people. They say too much to each other. They reveal too much, they mutually acknowledge too much. As an AU scenario it would certainly work, but as a gap-filler fic that is supposed to be canon adherent, I find it a significant stretch. If this had really happened, I would then have to readjust how I look at every M/S interaction from then on out. Which is perfectly alright, but I rather like my current perspective, I like that they have yet to mutually acknowledge anything for another year at least, which leaves the fic and I at something of an impasse, though an amicable one.
-The imbalance between Scully's role in the fic and Mulder's. While I will always find it easier to enjoy fics in which Scully is awesome and Mulder takes a backseat to fics in which the reverse is true, I still wish Mulder were a little more appreciated in Certitude. Throughout the fic, Scully is the one who basically accomplishes everything while Mulder flails helplessly. Which I wouldn't mind so much, accept the way Captain Neill thinks about the two of them emphasizes that imbalance. He basically idolizes Scully and thinks Mulder is a sorry SOB. This doesn't make me dislike the fic, and if one wanted to argue that it was a pleasant role reversal from the norm, I would certainly understand where they were coming from. Nonetheless, I would like Certitude even more if Mulder were given a bit more to do, instead of having him stand around like a sacrificial lamb, and angst over Scully leaving him or being taken.