XF2, Psychic Boogaloo!

[icepixie]

Bar none, the best part was finding that Mulder and Scully's pillow talk consists of toxicology reports and animal tranquilizers. WHY DOES THAT NOT SURPRISE ME AT ALL. (Also? Squee. And heh, their combined paranoia put them in a house with a giant chain link gate out in the middle of nowhere, either in West Virginia or near DC. I was never quite clear on exactly where they lived.)

Did I mention squee above? Because yes, squee. I had heard rumors of a bitter separation prior to the film, and the whole "I won't come home tonight" thing made me a bit faint in the heart, but ahhhhh, that scene in front o their house? WORTH. IT. (Although I did wonder if there would be a bee somewhere in there...) Er, question, though...so Scully says it's Mulder's stubbornness that made her fall in love with him (*cheers*), and he says that's why they can't be together. Uh, they looked pretty damn "together" to me. That was one of several things I didn't quite understand.

In general, the nostalgia factor was VERY high, which was really all I was expecting. Hell, M&S could read the phone book at each other for two hours and I'd watch. Plus there was the Skin-man! I love me some Skin-man. (Also loved the little trick with Mulder's cellphone. BWAH! Although I might have appreciated it more with Morgan & Wong on that list as well, but, eh. Still funny.) I cackled at the bit with the boat in the credits. HEE!

Beyond that...hmm. Okay, the most unbelievable part was that Scully could go from forensic pathologist to brain surgeon in, apparently, very little time. Scully the county medical examiner I would believe; Scully the brain surgeon, not so much. But anyway.

I had always wondered what it would look like when Scully finally said no more, and...I guess it looks a lot like this. (Except without the unbelievable brain surgery. But anyway.) I guess she had no choice after the ending of the series, but...it seemed to work for her? Mostly? Except for the dying kid? (And ow, that "if you were a mother" comment. OUCH.) However, the plot...was not so good. I think it didn't work as well for me because M&S were in consultant positions to the FBI rather than agents themselves. They weren't at the center of the action until practically at the end, and then the whole Russians-and-Callum-Keith-Rennie-sewing-heads-on-and-mutilating-dogs...thing didn't make much sense at all. The psychic priest was supposed to be creepier than he turned out to be, I think. Oh, well.

But plot failings aside...this wasn't about the plot, this was about nostalgia and 'ship, not necessarily in that order, and it delivered on both counts, so I'm happy. (Okay, I would've been happier if Mulder hadn't had that tribble on his face for the first half hour, but, eh. I can deal.)

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[icepixie]

YES. It went directly from Scully talking about Mulder's package to "Oh, yeah, remember that guy's chopped off arm?"

Heh. Yes.

I, too, was afraid of a separation, but that was much more together than I had hoped for.

That was a nice bit of misdirection by the publicity team, I must say.

I really want to see the fic coming out of this, especially in regard to Skin-Man and such. They need to have him over for dinner or something. That and rowboat!fics. ;)

Bwahahaha, yes. Me, I want something like I described above in response to someone else, about how a bored Mulder used to come see Scully at the hospital when he had nothing to do (which appears to be much of the time), until she finally told him to cut it out, she had work to do, she'd see him when she got home and really, she'd take a vaction soon, she promised, and so he switched to throwing pencils at the ceiling because she wasn't there to talk to.

Yeah, I was trying to figure out what her specialty was supposed to be.

That was a puzzler. I think pediatrics? Although pretty much anything from cutting up dead people is a pretty big eyebrow-raiser. Perhaps her experience with Mulder's head injuries led her to brain surgery?

I'm sure she can slice and dice with the best of them, but she hasn't dealt with live patients (other than Mulder) in years.

Exactly! And I know nothing about medical school, so would she have even gotten the training to work on live people back then if she was interested in forensic pathology?

It does sound like she was the solitary breadwinner in the family.

Yeah, unless Mulder was writing erotica under a penname or something. ;)

[tarzanic.livejournal.com]

That was a nice bit of misdirection by the publicity team, I must say.

No kidding. I tried to stay away from spoilers, but it sounds like they did an excellent job keeping people from getting to the heart of the matter.

Bored!Mulder is always a fun Mulder.

And I know nothing about medical school, so would she have even gotten the training to work on live people back then if she was interested in forensic pathology?

I think she would have done all of the regular rotations as a med student, but I really don't know. Even so, she's gotta be out of practice. I wonder what they've been doing during those six years.

Also, since Scully's using her real name, I wonder if she's in contact with her mom and other family. Assuming her mom's still alive. :P

Yeah, unless Mulder was writing erotica under a penname or something. ;)

She has encouraged him to write. And she could certainly help provide inspiration...

[icepixie]

I think she would have done all of the regular rotations as a med student, but I really don't know. Even so, she's gotta be out of practice. I wonder what they've been doing during those six years.

Studying? *g*

Also, since Scully's using her real name, I wonder if she's in contact with her mom and other family. Assuming her mom's still alive. :P

I got the impression the writers were trying to forget, oh, pretty much everything from the finale, so they just kind of ignored the whole "on the run" thing...

She has encouraged him to write. And she could certainly help provide inspiration...

I'm currently thinking of an ongoing series involving a red-headed doctor and alien lovers...

[serendipityxxi.livejournal.com]

I SO think that's what he was doing. He already has a pen name (F.M. Luder if memory serves). In my head that's what he was doing, sitting there writing short stories for scifi zines or something (or y'know fanfic for LOST *G*) while being bored out of his mind.

I could definitely see that bit about Scully telling him to GO HOME you theorized about earlier too! :)

[icepixie]

HA! Mulder would TOTALLY write fanfic! And maybe he'd have a webcomic or something, too.

[sleepingcbw.livejournal.com]

Yeah, unless Mulder was writing erotica under a penname or something. ;)

I don't read fanfic, but I would read fanfic about THAT. Mulder would write the funniest erotica.

[icepixie]

If there were any way to write it and still keep things PG, I'd be all over that. (I guess there probably is a way to do so, but it would require a defter hand with innuendo than I have.) Hmmm...perhaps it can be a background detail for something else...

[tarzanic.livejournal.com]

You could do something about Scully helping proofread, maybe. "Mulder, 'mushroom head of love' is not the right phrasing here!"

[icepixie]

Hee! Oh, I could. I'm seriously thinking about writing the "Mulder bored and bothering Scully at the hospital" fic, so I could totally work that in.

[tarzanic.livejournal.com]

Do it! I'll beta. :D

[icepixie]

Hee! I will hit you up if this comes to pass. (And I do have all next week after I move to myself, basically, in between some articles I have to read for teaching orientation...)

[tarzanic.livejournal.com]

Hee, yay! Best of luck with the move. I'll be right here if it comes to pass. :)

[icepixie]

Thanks!