It is a great season 8 story, one of my favorites along with Revely's "The Unfinished Universe." I might even like this story better because it follows canon more closely.
I hear what you are saying about most MSR. There is a lot of very syrupy stuff out there, although we try hard to avoid that here. I think Buckingham finds a good balance. Mulder is thinking a lot about Scully in this story. But he's thinking about the Scully he remembers, not the one he found when he returned. It's clear that he's in love with that Scully but that he has no idea what to make of the woman who is eight and a half months pregnant with his child. He can barely acknowledge that he bears any responsibility for the baby; even though he's going to Lamaze classes with her, it's clear he's just going through the motions. There are fans who give Mulder a hard time for his behavior through the end of season eight and he is acting like an asshole much of the time. Certainly he's been through a lot. PTSD accounts for some of his actions. But the rest? That's all Mulder. He is who he is. He never really changes, not through all nine seasons and even the second film. Scully's character really gets the best arc; over the course of the series, she changes and evolves.
I wish they'd ended the series with "Requiem," too.
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Date: 2013-02-15 04:39 pm (UTC)I hear what you are saying about most MSR. There is a lot of very syrupy stuff out there, although we try hard to avoid that here. I think Buckingham finds a good balance. Mulder is thinking a lot about Scully in this story. But he's thinking about the Scully he remembers, not the one he found when he returned. It's clear that he's in love with that Scully but that he has no idea what to make of the woman who is eight and a half months pregnant with his child. He can barely acknowledge that he bears any responsibility for the baby; even though he's going to Lamaze classes with her, it's clear he's just going through the motions. There are fans who give Mulder a hard time for his behavior through the end of season eight and he is acting like an asshole much of the time. Certainly he's been through a lot. PTSD accounts for some of his actions. But the rest? That's all Mulder. He is who he is. He never really changes, not through all nine seasons and even the second film. Scully's character really gets the best arc; over the course of the series, she changes and evolves.
I wish they'd ended the series with "Requiem," too.