I skimmed the story again to refresh my memory because I'd originally read and enjoyed the story back when it was posted. I did think it seemed like it was missing a chunk! Glad I'm not going (completely) crazy.
I agree with your comments about the love scene opening, btw. On its own, it's lovely, but it is a weird place to start this particular story. I think it's meant to establish where Mulder and Scully are as a couple and perhaps to heighten what's at stake when things begin to go south. I can see the rationale behind this but agree it's probably not necessary. Sex is probably the least meaningful part of Mulder and Scully's relationship! (Although certainly not the least fun, heh.)
My beef with the season 11 episodes that I did see was that we have literally done all this stuff before. The were-lizard was fun, but all the of the meta about Mulder and Scully's relationship or commentary on man's inhumanity to man in comedic form has already been done on this show by Vince Gilligan, Chris Carter, or Darin Morgan. I...don't need to see it again. It was fresh the first time. The second, third, or fourth times it starts to feel a little tired (at least to me). The character beats in "Home, Again" were entirely borrowed from "Beyond the Sea." There wasn't anything new there, aside from a couple of lovely lines. The garbage monster punishing people? WE DID THAT TOO. It was okay, as far as it goes. I just don't see the need to redo it.
I think CC and friends are mostly out of ideas for these characters. They can be forgiven for that because the show was on the air for nine years. I'm sure there are rich stories left to be told about Mulder and Scully, but I don't think the boys at 1013 are the ones to tell them. They had a good run. They made TV history! It's time to let it be history and for everyone involved to move on to new projects.
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Date: 2016-05-20 07:45 pm (UTC)I skimmed the story again to refresh my memory because I'd originally read and enjoyed the story back when it was posted. I did think it seemed like it was missing a chunk! Glad I'm not going (completely) crazy.
I agree with your comments about the love scene opening, btw. On its own, it's lovely, but it is a weird place to start this particular story. I think it's meant to establish where Mulder and Scully are as a couple and perhaps to heighten what's at stake when things begin to go south. I can see the rationale behind this but agree it's probably not necessary. Sex is probably the least meaningful part of Mulder and Scully's relationship! (Although certainly not the least fun, heh.)
My beef with the season 11 episodes that I did see was that we have literally done all this stuff before. The were-lizard was fun, but all the of the meta about Mulder and Scully's relationship or commentary on man's inhumanity to man in comedic form has already been done on this show by Vince Gilligan, Chris Carter, or Darin Morgan. I...don't need to see it again. It was fresh the first time. The second, third, or fourth times it starts to feel a little tired (at least to me). The character beats in "Home, Again" were entirely borrowed from "Beyond the Sea." There wasn't anything new there, aside from a couple of lovely lines. The garbage monster punishing people? WE DID THAT TOO. It was okay, as far as it goes. I just don't see the need to redo it.
I think CC and friends are mostly out of ideas for these characters. They can be forgiven for that because the show was on the air for nine years. I'm sure there are rich stories left to be told about Mulder and Scully, but I don't think the boys at 1013 are the ones to tell them. They had a good run. They made TV history! It's time to let it be history and for everyone involved to move on to new projects.