So I was gonna post this a few days ago but the internet ated it. *grumbles*
Once more - with feelings:
This was pretty good. There are nowehre near enough "return from Antarctica" fics out there. (and I was quite underwhelmed by certitude to be honest - found it quite tedious in places and some of the characterization didn't work for me.)
I can buy exhausted, concussed, borderline whiny Mulder, considering he's actually bleeding out on a concrete floor. Not my fave portrayal of him but it still works, so in this respect the story is doing its job.
The 'honey' threw me though. Right there with you Amyhit, my brain too made a needle scratch sound (such a perfect way to describe this feeling, when something pulls you out of a story abruptly.)
I'm surprised though that Scully seems relatively unscathed. (loved the TMI about the retching and shitting goo - very efficient way to 'anchor' things down.) If I were to write an Antarctica piece I think my Scully would be more banged up and disoriented than that. But hey, YMMV
I must be the only person who thought the 'firm little ass' mention was hot - I don't mind it too much when Mulder is being all macho and inappropriate. Could be a cultural French thing. Our men are plenty inappropriate but we still love them. *shrug*
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Date: 2012-03-03 08:27 pm (UTC)Once more - with feelings:
This was pretty good. There are nowehre near enough "return from Antarctica" fics out there. (and I was quite underwhelmed by certitude to be honest - found it quite tedious in places and some of the characterization didn't work for me.)
I can buy exhausted, concussed, borderline whiny Mulder, considering he's actually bleeding out on a concrete floor. Not my fave portrayal of him but it still works, so in this respect the story is doing its job.
The 'honey' threw me though. Right there with you Amyhit, my brain too made a needle scratch sound (such a perfect way to describe this feeling, when something pulls you out of a story abruptly.)
I'm surprised though that Scully seems relatively unscathed. (loved the TMI about the retching and shitting goo - very efficient way to 'anchor' things down.) If I were to write an Antarctica piece I think my Scully would be more banged up and disoriented than that. But hey, YMMV
I must be the only person who thought the 'firm little ass' mention was hot - I don't mind it too much when Mulder is being all macho and inappropriate. Could be a cultural French thing. Our men are plenty inappropriate but we still love them. *shrug*