At this point in time, what I think “Weatherman” does catch remarkably well is Mulder’s impulsive, idiosyncratic, left-brained-ness.
Yes.
So basically to me this fic reads like it’s done an absolutely gorgeous job of capturing half of his character, and has kindly swept the part where he’s a bit of a bossy, selfish jerk a lot of the time under the rug, replacing it with heaps of private insecurities and Scullylove (two things I happen to adore in a Mulder characterization).
Yeah, well. It feels a little lop-sided is what I hear you saying. I think it would have been a stronger story if it had been better balanced.
But part of it is that she’s simply been written kinda insensitive.
Yes. The author's negative feelings toward Scully end up bleeding through despite her best efforts.
The idiosyncratic poetry of the writing.
Overall, I like her style but sometimes I'm not sure if it's intentionally idiosyncratic or if she's just, you know, wrong. It can be distracting. It's not a story that holds up well to close scrutiny for me, I guess is what I'm saying, unlike JET's writing or Penumbra's. This story was written on the fly, wasn't closely edited (if it was edited at all), and for me, it's better read quickly, too, otherwise I get bogged down in the details.
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Date: 2012-03-16 07:06 pm (UTC)Yes.
So basically to me this fic reads like it’s done an absolutely gorgeous job of capturing half of his character, and has kindly swept the part where he’s a bit of a bossy, selfish jerk a lot of the time under the rug, replacing it with heaps of private insecurities and Scullylove (two things I happen to adore in a Mulder characterization).
Yeah, well. It feels a little lop-sided is what I hear you saying. I think it would have been a stronger story if it had been better balanced.
But part of it is that she’s simply been written kinda insensitive.
Yes. The author's negative feelings toward Scully end up bleeding through despite her best efforts.
The idiosyncratic poetry of the writing.
Overall, I like her style but sometimes I'm not sure if it's intentionally idiosyncratic or if she's just, you know, wrong. It can be distracting. It's not a story that holds up well to close scrutiny for me, I guess is what I'm saying, unlike JET's writing or Penumbra's. This story was written on the fly, wasn't closely edited (if it was edited at all), and for me, it's better read quickly, too, otherwise I get bogged down in the details.