As amyhit could tell you, I have limited patience when it comes to sifting through fanfic for the good stuff, so if something is going to hook me, it's got to hook me quickly. The line that did me in, this time? "If he called her Dana, she would go to lunch and never come back."
I just love that. It's serious and snappy and darkly funny all at the same time. And this fic has a lot of those lines -- when my attention starts to wander, there'll suddenly be some lovely articulate moment that brings me right back into the story, into her particular manifestation of Scully.
I think this is my favourite: "She knew this man, and was relieved she wouldn't have to introduce herself to him ever again. She didn't know what she'd say."
I had never thought of it quite that way before I read this phrase, but I understood it immediately. The relief of never having to un-know the people we love, even if they go away. I may not remember what I did or said in the beginning that made someone decide to be my friend, but I don't have to remember because regardless of what I did or didn't do, we're here now, ensconced in our friendship, and thank God. The intensity of the Mulder-Scully pair-bond makes it feel even more true.
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Date: 2012-04-27 08:37 pm (UTC)I just love that. It's serious and snappy and darkly funny all at the same time. And this fic has a lot of those lines -- when my attention starts to wander, there'll suddenly be some lovely articulate moment that brings me right back into the story, into her particular manifestation of Scully.
I think this is my favourite: "She knew this man, and was relieved she wouldn't have to introduce herself to him ever again. She didn't know what she'd say."
I had never thought of it quite that way before I read this phrase, but I understood it immediately. The relief of never having to un-know the people we love, even if they go away. I may not remember what I did or said in the beginning that made someone decide to be my friend, but I don't have to remember because regardless of what I did or didn't do, we're here now, ensconced in our friendship, and thank God. The intensity of the Mulder-Scully pair-bond makes it feel even more true.