In contrast Scully was going to have an experience which would confirm for her that some greater force works directly in the world with a purpose that is uncompromising and beyond easy comprehension, and that whether she chooses to accept it or not she is sometimes an instrument of that purpose. Though this is a pretty Catholic sentiment, I was fighting with the idea of whether not Scully would see this through a Christian frame or not.
Are you saying that what happened to her in Africa has shaken her faith to the point that she no longer believes in a higher power?
What about "All Things"? Where does this fit in? This additional Scully metaphysical journey plan seems a little redundant to me, unless you were going to toss "All Things" out.
Why wouldn't Scully transform whatever happened to her into the framework that best fits her spiritual worldview, which is, her African adventure aside, still Catholicism? Just a guess, but I think this one probably wasn't going to make the cut either. I don't see how this was going to lead into your ending.
KvS7 was going to end with Skinner dead in Bellefleur, and CSM trying to convince M and S to help him and a few others re-establish a version of the Project and fight the future. And we, the readers, know that CSM is "right," but M and S don't. And to take this path that we know is "right" in terms of XF mythology would invalidate most everything and everywhere they have been through the rest of KvS7, reduce them again to suits and guns and test-tubes.
And I was going it leave it there, unresolved.
I've been thinking about this since you posted it and I still don't know to respond to this revelation. That's not an ending to the series or the season or anything, really. You wrote all of that in order to leave this unresolved.
I'm gobsmacked.
So.
Right now, I have nothing further to add, except to thank you again for for stopping by. At least now we know what the intended conclusion was, even if the specific details are a little shaky. I reserve the right to revisit this in the future if I think of a better response.
Khyber, in case you don't get back here again, I just want to tell you again how much I've enjoyed your writing. I hope you have a wonderful life and think of us as fondly as we think of you when we read your outstanding contributions to our fandom. You are/were one of the greats, and I feel fortunate to have shared the same fandom/cyberspace with you.
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Date: 2011-12-02 04:40 am (UTC)Are you saying that what happened to her in Africa has shaken her faith to the point that she no longer believes in a higher power?
What about "All Things"? Where does this fit in? This additional Scully metaphysical journey plan seems a little redundant to me, unless you were going to toss "All Things" out.
Why wouldn't Scully transform whatever happened to her into the framework that best fits her spiritual worldview, which is, her African adventure aside, still Catholicism? Just a guess, but I think this one probably wasn't going to make the cut either. I don't see how this was going to lead into your ending.
KvS7 was going to end with Skinner dead in Bellefleur, and CSM trying to convince M and S to help him and a few others re-establish a version of the Project and fight the future. And we, the readers, know that CSM is "right," but M and S don't. And to take this path that we know is "right" in terms of XF mythology would invalidate most everything and everywhere they have been through the rest of KvS7, reduce them again to suits and guns and test-tubes.
And I was going it leave it there, unresolved.
I've been thinking about this since you posted it and I still don't know to respond to this revelation. That's not an ending to the series or the season or anything, really. You wrote all of that in order to leave this unresolved.
I'm gobsmacked.
So.
Right now, I have nothing further to add, except to thank you again for for stopping by. At least now we know what the intended conclusion was, even if the specific details are a little shaky. I reserve the right to revisit this in the future if I think of a better response.
Khyber, in case you don't get back here again, I just want to tell you again how much I've enjoyed your writing. I hope you have a wonderful life and think of us as fondly as we think of you when we read your outstanding contributions to our fandom. You are/were one of the greats, and I feel fortunate to have shared the same fandom/cyberspace with you.
All best,
Wendy