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 grew up in a family where it's always "Honey, can you...?" Honey, please..." "Honey, what can I get you?" "Honey" in my part of the world (and maybe my generation?) is all-purpose, and being that Tesla's a middle-aged writer from Alabama, I bet it is for her, too. Mulder would have to be very unguarded to say that to Scully. I think you could argue that he is during that section. But I can see where you're coming from.
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*
I like Tesla's Mulder a lot, and I think one of the reasons is that he sounds like a guy. She doesn't try to neuter him.
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Date: 2012-03-03 08:39 pm (UTC)I grew up in a family where it's always "Honey, can you...?" Honey, please..." "Honey, what can I get you?" "Honey" in my part of the world (and maybe my generation?) is all-purpose, and being that Tesla's a middle-aged writer from Alabama, I bet it is for her, too. Mulder would have to be very unguarded to say that to Scully. I think you could argue that he is during that section. But I can see where you're coming from.
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*
I like Tesla's Mulder a lot, and I think one of the reasons is that he sounds like a guy. She doesn't try to neuter him.
I thought it was hot, too.