One thing that pissed me off so royally (and turned me off of the final two seasons of the X-Files) was that I never felt that the "Scully's Baby" storyline was anything but a plot device. That woman lost braincells by the bucketful and became totally unrecognizable (not to mention totally ineffectual) as a mother. So much they could have done if they'd handled it properly ... sigh ...
I always thought Pretender was kind of interesting in regards to Miss Parker and her mom because Miss P. was such a hardcase and had such disdain for Catherine until she found out/remembered that she had not committed suicide but had been murdered. I think the show went a bit heavy-handed in making Catherine Parker a bit too "saintly" (although that could be her seen through Parker's eyes in memory) but her whole attitude changed, at least about some things, when she got respect for her mother back.
I think one of the things that works so well in Alias is that Spy!Mommy is layered and complicated and not a one- or two-dimensional villian, so not only are you kept guessing as to what exactly her motives are, but you care about what happens to her, and (I, for one) want to see how her relationship with Sydney evolves. To me, Syd and her mom (and her dad and her mom) are far more intersting to me than Syd and Vaughan.
When I read the fic that you guys are writing with J&A as parents I think there is so much potential for story: people don't have to stop being interesting just because they have children. It should ADD to the struggles and relationship and such, not detract or make them boring and domestic. Far too many tv writers don't seem to get that.
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Date: 2003-09-17 06:10 pm (UTC)One thing that pissed me off so royally (and turned me off of the final two seasons of the X-Files) was that I never felt that the "Scully's Baby" storyline was anything but a plot device. That woman lost braincells by the bucketful and became totally unrecognizable (not to mention totally ineffectual) as a mother. So much they could have done if they'd handled it properly ... sigh ...
I always thought Pretender was kind of interesting in regards to Miss Parker and her mom because Miss P. was such a hardcase and had such disdain for Catherine until she found out/remembered that she had not committed suicide but had been murdered. I think the show went a bit heavy-handed in making Catherine Parker a bit too "saintly" (although that could be her seen through Parker's eyes in memory) but her whole attitude changed, at least about some things, when she got respect for her mother back.
I think one of the things that works so well in Alias is that Spy!Mommy is layered and complicated and not a one- or two-dimensional villian, so not only are you kept guessing as to what exactly her motives are, but you care about what happens to her, and (I, for one) want to see how her relationship with Sydney evolves. To me, Syd and her mom (and her dad and her mom) are far more intersting to me than Syd and Vaughan.
When I read the fic that you guys are writing with J&A as parents I think there is so much potential for story: people don't have to stop being interesting just because they have children. It should ADD to the struggles and relationship and such, not detract or make them boring and domestic. Far too many tv writers don't seem to get that.