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"Moment of Inertia" by pteropod (PG-13)
Fandom: THE X FILES
Pairing: Mulder/Scully implied; Scully/Doggett friendship piece
Author on LJ: n/a
Author Website: http://www.pteropod.net
Why this must be read:
This sad vignette covers S8 up until "This Is Not Happening." It tells the story of Scully and Doggett's partnership in alternating points of view: two lost, confused people struggling to get by, surrounded by absurdities, catastrophes, and miracles. At first it seems like their perspectives will never intersect, like they'll never be able to talk to each other instead of past each other, two people stuck in missions with each other instead of two partners.
Pteropod's strengths are her lovely use of language and her keen understanding of both these characters. Her scenes center on the perfect detail, the emblematic thought, the precise turn of phrase. In other hands, this collection of moments might seem random; in ptero's, they form an intricate structure displaying connection, disconnection, hope, and loss.
"Moments of Inertia"
Pairing: Mulder/Scully implied; Scully/Doggett friendship piece
Author on LJ: n/a
Author Website: http://www.pteropod.net
Why this must be read:
This sad vignette covers S8 up until "This Is Not Happening." It tells the story of Scully and Doggett's partnership in alternating points of view: two lost, confused people struggling to get by, surrounded by absurdities, catastrophes, and miracles. At first it seems like their perspectives will never intersect, like they'll never be able to talk to each other instead of past each other, two people stuck in missions with each other instead of two partners.
Pteropod's strengths are her lovely use of language and her keen understanding of both these characters. Her scenes center on the perfect detail, the emblematic thought, the precise turn of phrase. In other hands, this collection of moments might seem random; in ptero's, they form an intricate structure displaying connection, disconnection, hope, and loss.
She is alive, fecund, fertile as springtime and burgeoning with life, a miracle mother-goddess with baby-soft skin and hair that needs cutting every three weeks. She waxes rotund with life but the watering can sits empty under the sink, halfway hidden behind the dish soap and a box of Brillo pads. She watches her plants die, day after day, and sleeps on the sofa more nights than not.
"Moments of Inertia"
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