The problem was that Mulder and Scully's journeys were not linking up with that story at all-- both of them, though in stories that may not have made the final cut, had pretty heavy personal spiritual experiences that did not necessarily lead them in the same place. Mulder was going to have a chat with Deep Throat, in the person of his six-year-old reincarnation. Deep Throat, I think in keeping with "Blessing Way", was actually rather ambiguous about the worth of missions and callings and such in the grand scheme of things, echoing Siduri and "Amor Fati" again.
Really. I can see why that wasn't going to make the cut. There's a lot of very questionable metaphysics going on there, so good choice to jettison that one. It doesn't fit in with the bigger political picture at all, the one that relates to Skinner and the Smoking Man.
But what about what happened to them in your big two part episode? They were abducted and experimented on and, and— people died. What was the point of all of that? What was The Smoking Man trying to get them to do, by convincing them to fly to Amsterdam? Would Mulder and Scully just forget about what happened to them and say, oh well. Really? Because I still want to know what was going on there and I wasn't the one who was kidnapped and drugged and brain-washed. I think Mulder and Scully would want to know too.
What I wanted to see you do by the end of this saga is answer that question, tie it together with the Skinner-CSM plot and have them somehow end up together, their commitment to fighting the future assured. They can keep having sex if you want. I don't honestly care about their personal lives or lack thereof. They're the heroes. Not Skinner and Not the Smoking Man. Jeez. They need to act like heroes, or in this universe, human beings are toast.
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Really. I can see why that wasn't going to make the cut. There's a lot of very questionable metaphysics going on there, so good choice to jettison that one. It doesn't fit in with the bigger political picture at all, the one that relates to Skinner and the Smoking Man.
But what about what happened to them in your big two part episode? They were abducted and experimented on and, and— people died. What was the point of all of that? What was The Smoking Man trying to get them to do, by convincing them to fly to Amsterdam? Would Mulder and Scully just forget about what happened to them and say, oh well. Really? Because I still want to know what was going on there and I wasn't the one who was kidnapped and drugged and brain-washed. I think Mulder and Scully would want to know too.
What I wanted to see you do by the end of this saga is answer that question, tie it together with the Skinner-CSM plot and have them somehow end up together, their commitment to fighting the future assured. They can keep having sex if you want. I don't honestly care about their personal lives or lack thereof. They're the heroes. Not Skinner and Not the Smoking Man. Jeez. They need to act like heroes, or in this universe, human beings are toast.