I doubt I would have realized it before reading these comments, but I realize now that I prefer Negative Utopia on it's own. I actually did like that it was so bleak, and that it left a lot of detail and backstory out, as well as an uncertain ending. In a way it made that story more satisfying in how unsettling it was.
SN 1572, as was pointed out here by some, is trying to give Scully more agency, to flesh out the romance, make the whole story more hopeful. For me, strangely, it does rather the opposite. The ending, "Mulder and Scully riding off into the sunset with William riding shotgun" , HA, really leaves me feeling a bit empty, thinking… so that's it?
For some reason, I'm reminded of The Road, if anyone has read it/seen the movie. Now if anyone wants to talk about a bleak future, I have yet to find a scenario to top that one, wow. The end of that is rather heartbreaking, a family trying to keep a semblance of normalcy in the face of what is an almost certain end. And I love that book, although I don't know if I could bring myself to read it again.
The thing about fan fiction is you're writing existing characters rather than original ones. Readers are going to have certain expectations, whether they be justified or not, that will shape their opinion on the work. In this case, I guess I just expect more from Scully and Mulder.
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SN 1572, as was pointed out here by some, is trying to give Scully more agency, to flesh out the romance, make the whole story more hopeful. For me, strangely, it does rather the opposite. The ending, "Mulder and Scully riding off into the sunset with William riding shotgun" , HA, really leaves me feeling a bit empty, thinking… so that's it?
For some reason, I'm reminded of The Road, if anyone has read it/seen the movie. Now if anyone wants to talk about a bleak future, I have yet to find a scenario to top that one, wow. The end of that is rather heartbreaking, a family trying to keep a semblance of normalcy in the face of what is an almost certain end. And I love that book, although I don't know if I could bring myself to read it again.
The thing about fan fiction is you're writing existing characters rather than original ones. Readers are going to have certain expectations, whether they be justified or not, that will shape their opinion on the work. In this case, I guess I just expect more from Scully and Mulder.