Ahh, I'm so glad you're back. I haven't been in the right head space lately for fanfic, so it was nice to take a break, but I was beginning to worry that my nomination broke the book club.
This story is beautiful. The William arc was heartbreaking and tragically mishandled, but I do love fic that can tackle the emotional repercussions since that part was so sorely lacking in the series.
"Bureau of Binvegetagation". Yes.
I also appreciated the open-endedness, not in the sense that things could change, but in the sense that she still has hope for him or being reunited with him in some way. The fact that she panics over the idea of never seeing him before 2012, "What if I never see him again - What if-" is truly tragic, because we can identify with that sentiment, and because we know it's unlikely, but she's still thinking about it nonetheless. What if the end of her dreams mean he's gone? What if the weight of it all really strangles her before she gets her chance? What if 2012 comes? What if? Etc. But what if it doesn't? What if she does get to put her arms around him just one more time? Maybe there's hope.
Do I wish things were different after Field Trip? For sure. I struggle with the William arc but rather than wishing it never happened, I just wish it had been done very differently. What I really hate is the Mulder Abduction/Dies/Returns from the Dead/Goes into Hiding/Goes to Prison Arc. Ugh. And don't get me started with alien babies or super soldiers. But Scully giving William up and continuing on with her life at the FBI? That will never make an ounce of sense to me.
I do love William arc stories like these, and I will look forward to a cancer arc story.
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This story is beautiful. The William arc was heartbreaking and tragically mishandled, but I do love fic that can tackle the emotional repercussions since that part was so sorely lacking in the series.
"Bureau of Binvegetagation". Yes.
I also appreciated the open-endedness, not in the sense that things could change, but in the sense that she still has hope for him or being reunited with him in some way. The fact that she panics over the idea of never seeing him before 2012, "What if I never see him again - What if-" is truly tragic, because we can identify with that sentiment, and because we know it's unlikely, but she's still thinking about it nonetheless. What if the end of her dreams mean he's gone? What if the weight of it all really strangles her before she gets her chance? What if 2012 comes? What if? Etc. But what if it doesn't? What if she does get to put her arms around him just one more time? Maybe there's hope.
Do I wish things were different after Field Trip? For sure. I struggle with the William arc but rather than wishing it never happened, I just wish it had been done very differently. What I really hate is the Mulder Abduction/Dies/Returns from the Dead/Goes into Hiding/Goes to Prison Arc. Ugh. And don't get me started with alien babies or super soldiers. But Scully giving William up and continuing on with her life at the FBI? That will never make an ounce of sense to me.
I do love William arc stories like these, and I will look forward to a cancer arc story.