You're right. This is exactly what happened, except I'm positive he wasn't given to the aliens. He was sacrificed to save the rest of humanity. My guess is they did a procedure to take out whatever it was that was "in him" that would save humanity and William didn't survive the operation. She was the parent who was there to give consent, who was willing to take the risk of his not surviving--"it was the whole world"--and she was there--holding William's hand when he died. Then she had to go back and tell everyone else--in the war room--what had transpired.
The biblical parallels are obvious--and this is a logical extension of the miracle baby plot device.
I didn't pick up on her plan to kill herself except tangentially: what else would someone in her position do? "I'm coming." That line just sent chills down my spine.
There are little clues left all through the story but as a reader, I just didn't want to see them. I didn't want to believe it.
This is a far more tragic ending to the series than even 1013 could have tolerated and definitely more than the fans would have accepted. But it is an ending that makes better thematic use of William's birth than having Scully give him up for adoption "to keep him safe." In a world threatened by alien colonization, no one is safe. I don't know if it was intentional or not, but I think 1013 used the story of Moses for that one, with adoption standing in for leaving William in a basket floating down the river... I do think William was intended to be the savior of mankind.
Telephones. This is my take. Scully keeps trying to make herself call Mulder on his emergency only number. But she can't do it. She probably tried before William died, too, but knew Mulder might not agree to the procedure. Probably worried about revealing his location to whomever. Tried after, several times, in order to hasten her own death, so she wouldn't have to complete her journey. But she couldn't make the call. She had to tell him in person.
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
winterfish
no subject
Date: 2014-02-09 06:25 pm (UTC)The biblical parallels are obvious--and this is a logical extension of the miracle baby plot device.
I didn't pick up on her plan to kill herself except tangentially: what else would someone in her position do? "I'm coming." That line just sent chills down my spine.
There are little clues left all through the story but as a reader, I just didn't want to see them. I didn't want to believe it.
This is a far more tragic ending to the series than even 1013 could have tolerated and definitely more than the fans would have accepted. But it is an ending that makes better thematic use of William's birth than having Scully give him up for adoption "to keep him safe." In a world threatened by alien colonization, no one is safe. I don't know if it was intentional or not, but I think 1013 used the story of Moses for that one, with adoption standing in for leaving William in a basket floating down the river... I do think William was intended to be the savior of mankind.
Telephones. This is my take. Scully keeps trying to make herself call Mulder on his emergency only number. But she can't do it. She probably tried before William died, too, but knew Mulder might not agree to the procedure. Probably worried about revealing his location to whomever. Tried after, several times, in order to hasten her own death, so she wouldn't have to complete her journey. But she couldn't make the call. She had to tell him in person.