Wikipedia had this to say about the definition of a collapsar:
When all stellar energy sources are exhausted, the star will undergo a gravitational collapse.
There is a feeling of things running down here, a kind of frustrated-energy-going-nowhere (fits with the title--and I love that Scully's physics-undergrad mind went that way). To me it feels like there is a certain tiredness between M & S in this story--and to be honest that is a feeling I always had about "Millennium". I know a lot of people liked it and heralded it as a kind of new and exciting move in the relationship, but for me it's always been a sad episode, a reflection on what Frank Black's lost in his search in the truth, and by mirror how much Mulder and Scully have struggled and lost in their own lives, and how much loss they still have to come. One kiss doesn't solve things. One kiss doesn't make anything better.
I don't know, maybe I just don't like New Year's Eve ;).
Collapsar is dark, I think, but it feels honest. I like Scully's interior monologue at the start--I can see her being frustrated and pissed off. I loved this line:
She needed that, him to be either stupid or coy, otherwise her fragile and sparking wave of anger would just dash itself up and dissipate.
It does ring true to me in terms of what I see as their relationship--there will always be these problems between them, there will always be pieces that they are trying to stitch together that won't fit or will always keep pulling back. Strangely, I find this kind of story--acknowledging a lot of the true disappointments and difficulties in their relationship--a lot more acceptable as a romantic story than a lot of relationshippy fic.
The ending is abrupt and awkward--I really liked the way it was written. The energy sources are exhausted, the scene collapses.
Collapsar
When all stellar energy sources are exhausted, the star will undergo a gravitational collapse.
There is a feeling of things running down here, a kind of frustrated-energy-going-nowhere (fits with the title--and I love that Scully's physics-undergrad mind went that way). To me it feels like there is a certain tiredness between M & S in this story--and to be honest that is a feeling I always had about "Millennium". I know a lot of people liked it and heralded it as a kind of new and exciting move in the relationship, but for me it's always been a sad episode, a reflection on what Frank Black's lost in his search in the truth, and by mirror how much Mulder and Scully have struggled and lost in their own lives, and how much loss they still have to come. One kiss doesn't solve things. One kiss doesn't make anything better.
I don't know, maybe I just don't like New Year's Eve ;).
Collapsar is dark, I think, but it feels honest. I like Scully's interior monologue at the start--I can see her being frustrated and pissed off. I loved this line:
She needed that, him to be either stupid
or coy, otherwise her fragile and sparking wave of anger would just
dash itself up and dissipate.
It does ring true to me in terms of what I see as their relationship--there will always be these problems between them, there will always be pieces that they are trying to stitch together that won't fit or will always keep pulling back. Strangely, I find this kind of story--acknowledging a lot of the true disappointments and difficulties in their relationship--a lot more acceptable as a romantic story than a lot of relationshippy fic.
The ending is abrupt and awkward--I really liked the way it was written. The energy sources are exhausted, the scene collapses.