GODDAMMIT, I might actually have to write it now! Maybe not for xf_santa, since I don't know if I could finish that kind of fic in a week, but I want to at least try. I've actually got, um, three sentences? And it would be so easy to explain the hallucinations as latent fears brought to light -- like, Scully being uncertain of where she stands with Mulder re: Fowley and whatnot, and that could translate into her hallucinating Mulder was hiding the brain disease. Aaaand jeez, I feel like William would have an impact even if he were a hallucination? Losing him probably wouldn't hurt any less because he was a hallucination -- it could even hurt more BECAUSE he was a hallucination. And, like you said, to jump from the S8-9/IWTB level of intimacy to the end of season 6. It could be interesting.
WOW I AM SUCH AN OVERTHINKER. I'm totally going to have to try to write this now. Aaah.
OH YAY! And yes yes yes, hallucinations as latent fears! A lot of the Mulder leaving/being abducted/always being gone could be explained by his fear of not ever being enough for Scully. And yes, the thing about William is that if he's gone after that hallucination, it's not just that he's gone, it's that he can no longer ever exist? TALK ABOUT ANGST.
BUT I REALLY AM GLAD, BECAUSE I SENSE IT IS GOING TO BE AWESOME.
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Date: 2008-12-19 05:01 am (UTC)WOW I AM SUCH AN OVERTHINKER. I'm totally going to have to try to write this now. Aaah.
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Date: 2008-12-19 05:08 am (UTC)BUT I REALLY AM GLAD, BECAUSE I SENSE IT IS GOING TO BE AWESOME.