#3 See, I don't buy Scully not knowing how to be a mother. We've seen many times that Scully is great with kids. As much as I loathe baby fic I do see why people would want to write about Scully with kids in tow. She's got this all emcompassing compassion and kindness coupled with this no bullshit attitude that is the trademark of great motherhood. And besides I don't buy her losing touch with Mulder, not like this. So to me, this "what if" just feels pretty pointless.
Looking it over again, I have to agree, 100%. There is nothing in character about anything that happens in this one. Scully is great with children. I don't think Mulder or Scully would allow themselves to lose touch with one another. I think to say otherwise implies that the only thing that they have between them is the work, and by this time in the series that's just not the case. This starts in fifth season with "Emily." They've been together six years. It's an au, sure, but it's one that must fundamentally change their characters for it to work, which in effect obliterates the series as we know it completely.
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Date: 2012-02-29 03:51 pm (UTC)Looking it over again, I have to agree, 100%. There is nothing in character about anything that happens in this one. Scully is great with children. I don't think Mulder or Scully would allow themselves to lose touch with one another. I think to say otherwise implies that the only thing that they have between them is the work, and by this time in the series that's just not the case. This starts in fifth season with "Emily." They've been together six years. It's an au, sure, but it's one that must fundamentally change their characters for it to work, which in effect obliterates the series as we know it completely.