- I like the way all Mulder's thoughts at the beginning of the fic are further addressed by Scully's thoughts at the end of the fic.
Nice observation. I'll have to go look for that.
- I like that they have these unspoken arrangements, that Scully can sleep in Mulder's bed and pretend it's nothing so long as Mulder pretends he doesn't ever use the bed himself. And that Scully has been essentially hiding her collection of living essentials under his bathroom sink.
I'm not sure I do like that, or what is more to the point, I'm not sure I believe it. I guess it's supposed to be a sign of increasing intimacy except it isn't really because she has to pretend and he has to pretend and it all feels like a lot of work for very little reward. They don't have to be alone, I guess. But it's a far cry from real intimacy, that's for sure. I'd almost rather they didn't bother. Khyber's Mulder and Scully seem even more messed up than canon Mulder and Scully. It makes me sad.
- I like Mulder's resentment of Scully's apartment. When you think about it, it's kind of his resentment of her inner critic - that rigid, ever appropriate part of Scully that won't stop "pushing her to measure up" to "all the things she thought she was supposed to be". He's basically resentful of the part of Scully she picks on herself with, which I think is sweet, but also kind of bizarre, in a very Mulderish way. After all, he has a lot of personal experience when it comes to self-castigation.
Reading this story doesn't help me understand why he'd resent her inner critic to such a degree or what he feels so jealous about. So he thinks she's staying over so much because she doesn't want to go home. If that is what he's thinking--why be jealous of an apartment she doesn't even want to be in? Because there's a tiny bit of her life that isn't entirely his?
It's also hard for me to imagine Mulder putting so much psychic energy into noticing anything that isn't work-related. Plus I just think Scully is much more self-reliant than Khyber, and I guess by extension Mulder, does. I can't honestly imagine her doing any of this or even needing to do so.
I like the Mulderisms: "Horton Hears A Who," and the way he refers to their outward stability as "front ranks", and "We know what's in hot dogs, but we still eat them," and organic slime being worse than chemical slime because, "with chemical slime you know you're alone." Khyber's Mulder is a lot wittier than canon Mulder, but it still seems like Mulder’s kind of humor.
Heh. I don't know if Khyber is a better writer or if he just has had more time to think of funny lines. The organic slime v. chemical slime is hysterical and very Mulderish.
Though I have little desire to read about them actually going on a 'normal date', I do love the fantasy of it, the painful, sweet longing for it. Not to mention Khyber's ability to describe a sex scene in a single sentence, so that it unfolds in parts to reveal a whole picture that is painfully poignant.
That says it all for me.
I like the whole last part of the fic, where Scully finally starts to give us some real insight into what their relationship has been like all this time: "hot words and dares and darkness." This fic starts off seeming kind of coy and joking, but by the end it's plunged into very dark territory.
As I said earlier, Khyber's M&S are even more messed up than canon M&S. Sad and sexy? More sad for me than sexy, at least so far. Anyway, I'm not getting that "doomed ship" rush. But there is still plenty of time...as I recall, the next grouping of stories is really, really angst-ridden. And confusing. Maybe you'll have a theory that'll help me make sense of them.
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Date: 2011-08-29 03:30 am (UTC)Nice observation. I'll have to go look for that.
- I like that they have these unspoken arrangements, that Scully can sleep in Mulder's bed and pretend it's nothing so long as Mulder pretends he doesn't ever use the bed himself. And that Scully has been essentially hiding her collection of living essentials under his bathroom sink.
I'm not sure I do like that, or what is more to the point, I'm not sure I believe it. I guess it's supposed to be a sign of increasing intimacy except it isn't really because she has to pretend and he has to pretend and it all feels like a lot of work for very little reward. They don't have to be alone, I guess. But it's a far cry from real intimacy, that's for sure. I'd almost rather they didn't bother. Khyber's Mulder and Scully seem even more messed up than canon Mulder and Scully. It makes me sad.
- I like Mulder's resentment of Scully's apartment. When you think about it, it's kind of his resentment of her inner critic - that rigid, ever appropriate part of Scully that won't stop "pushing her to measure up" to "all the things she thought she was supposed to be". He's basically resentful of the part of Scully she picks on herself with, which I think is sweet, but also kind of bizarre, in a very Mulderish way. After all, he has a lot of personal experience when it comes to self-castigation.
Reading this story doesn't help me understand why he'd resent her inner critic to such a degree or what he feels so jealous about. So he thinks she's staying over so much because she doesn't want to go home. If that is what he's thinking--why be jealous of an apartment she doesn't even want to be in? Because there's a tiny bit of her life that isn't entirely his?
It's also hard for me to imagine Mulder putting so much psychic energy into noticing anything that isn't work-related. Plus I just think Scully is much more self-reliant than Khyber, and I guess by extension Mulder, does. I can't honestly imagine her doing any of this or even needing to do so.
I like the Mulderisms: "Horton Hears A Who," and the way he refers to their outward stability as "front ranks", and "We know what's in hot dogs, but we still eat them," and organic slime being worse than chemical slime because, "with chemical slime you know you're alone." Khyber's Mulder is a lot wittier than canon Mulder, but it still seems like Mulder’s kind of humor.
Heh. I don't know if Khyber is a better writer or if he just has had more time to think of funny lines. The organic slime v. chemical slime is hysterical and very Mulderish.
Though I have little desire to read about them actually going on a 'normal date', I do love the fantasy of it, the painful, sweet longing for it. Not to mention Khyber's ability to describe a sex scene in a single sentence, so that it unfolds in parts to reveal a whole picture that is painfully poignant.
That says it all for me.
I like the whole last part of the fic, where Scully finally starts to give us some real insight into what their relationship has been like all this time: "hot words and dares and darkness." This fic starts off seeming kind of coy and joking, but by the end it's plunged into very dark territory.
As I said earlier, Khyber's M&S are even more messed up than canon M&S. Sad and sexy? More sad for me than sexy, at least so far. Anyway, I'm not getting that "doomed ship" rush. But there is still plenty of time...as I recall, the next grouping of stories is really, really angst-ridden. And confusing. Maybe you'll have a theory that'll help me make sense of them.