Story 205: “Relativistic Gravitation and Celestial Mechanics” by LM

[amyhit.livejournal.com]

This week we have a short fic with a long title. The aurthor calls it penance for some "MSR atrocities" she wrote (under an undivulged pen name) when the show was in its early years. The fic itself is MSR, but what drew me to it was that it feels different from what I'd come to expect of MSR. It's set in season 4, sometime after 'Memento Mori,' and is essentially a spare but introspective study of Scully and her relationship with Mulder as they both attempt to come to terms with the reality and the potential outcome of her illness.

Relativistic Gravitation and Celestial Mechanics by LM

Side note: wendelah1 and I were unable to find this fic archived anywhere and we could not get in touch with the author, but I had a copy of the fic saved so we decided to archive it on Fugues in the Key of X. If anyone knows the author or knows how to contact her, please let us know so that we can properly ask her permission to archive her fic. If asked to remove it from the archive, of course we will comply with the author's wishes.

Comments

[estella-c.livejournal.com]

This a beautiful little love vignette, though I didn't pick up much cancer-dread. Not that I wanted it.

There's another vignette by a well-known writer also full of scientific talk. It's a portrait of Mulder and Scully sitting side by side and having a totally silent conversation. Does anyone remember what I'm talking about? It was original enough to stick in my mind.

[wendelah1]

No, I have no idea what you're referring to. Maybe you could ask at the Lost and Found?

I think the cancer was supposed to be the trigger for Mulder to act, which is a lovely thought, although I tend to go with Nascent's take on Mulder's psychology: that if he did make a move, it would be acknowledging to himself and to her that he knew she was going to die. There was no way he would do that.

But I like the story anyway. It has its own internal logic that carries the reader along.

I was interested to read "Don't Know Much About Gravity" that LM said this was a belated response to but I couldn't find it. Maybe I'll ask for it at L&F.

[amyhit.livejournal.com]

"Don't Know Much About Gravity" is a Josh/Sam fic in TWW fandom. It's actually part of a triptych of ficlets in three different fandoms (none of them TXF). If anyone wants to read it, it's over here (http://quasiradiance.babealicious.net/allthesilences.html).

Mulder's psychology: that if he did make a move, it would be acknowledging to himself and to her that he knew she was going to die. There was no way he would do that.

I agree. The cancer arc is probably the period of time I can least imagine them getting together. Yet, as wendelah1 says, the fic has it's own internal logic that makes it work.

[wendelah1]

Thank you. I'll happily read fic in all of those fandoms. So some of that site is still up, just not LM's section? Huh.

The cancer arc is probably the period of time I can least imagine them getting together.

Me, too. Syntax6 made it work, but then when doesn't she, right? I can't think of another cancer arc fic that worked as well.