Who wrote this? I mean, what is the other name? Or aren't we allowed to know. Because I remember liking it and liking the writer back in the distant past. God, this fandom has taken up an enormous part of my adulthood.
It is clever and very Scullyesque (you must have loved it, W) and I'm a sucker for dream sequences. I liked the WWII bits, as a think Skinner is deserving of love. It did bother me slightly how very apologetic Mulder was in his Scully-love and how touchy Scully was, but I think relationship talk must be the hardest thing in the world to do. And quite frankly I don't think Mulder's "I love you" in bed was worth taking so seriously, as 1) he was drugged; 2) of course he loves Scully, and she knows it, but love can also be translated as "you're my best buddy; you've got my back; you always come through for me," etc. But fans got all excited and why not? Carter was such a sadistic tease. So I'm sure this filled a need and did it quite well. And it remains perky, inventive, and fun.
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It is clever and very Scullyesque (you must have loved it, W) and I'm a sucker for dream sequences. I liked the WWII bits, as a think Skinner is deserving of love. It did bother me slightly how very apologetic Mulder was in his Scully-love and how touchy Scully was, but I think relationship talk must be the hardest thing in the world to do. And quite frankly I don't think Mulder's "I love you" in bed was worth taking so seriously, as 1) he was drugged; 2) of course he loves Scully, and she knows it, but love can also be translated as "you're my best buddy; you've got my back; you always come through for me," etc. But fans got all excited and why not? Carter was such a sadistic tease. So I'm sure this filled a need and did it quite well. And it remains perky, inventive, and fun.