| Mulder/Scully early episodes made me sad because I saw them together, interacting in a way that I knew that I would never see again in any new episodes. All the episodes with just Mulder dove too deep into the conspiracy, which, at the time, I wanted to forget. I would have watched episodes with just Scully but of course there are none, (well, there is “A Christmas Carol” but that does have that one scene with Mulder and he looked so hot in that hat that watching that would make me sad, as well. There’s also “Three of a Kind” but let’s not go there). And finally, watching episodes with Doggett and Scully just made everything worse. I wanted to hate David for leaving the show that I loved so dearly but then I realized something: I fell in love with the show, then its characters, then the actors. The actors may have been what made the show but they weren’t the first thing I noticed. And that realization led me into respecting David for his decision to leave (heck, I couldn’t do a TV show for 8 years). But anyway, getting back to the point of this extremely long story – I had no inspiration because I wasn’t watching any episodes. Unfortunately for my friends, lack of inspiration was one of my favorite things to talk about. So, one day I was on AIM, complaining to Meghan about not being able to write anything. I had recently attempted a shipper story and it failed miserably (just ask Meg). Now, whether she was kidding or not she simply said ‘killer squirrels’. Well, regardless of whether she was kidding I laughed it off (or rather, ‘lol’ed it off). But she continued to say ‘killer squirrels’ until I added something about chasing squirrels to her character’s dialogue in a different story. That made her happy but the saying “Vivas Squirrels!” (roughly translated as long live the squirrels) became one of her away messages and my inspiration for my story. After reading her away message on several different occasions I took the story line into consideration. With her help, I created a basis for my story. Well, each day I would work on it a little bit more and each day she would ask me to send her what I had written. I became aggravated quickly with the request and I soon began posting sections of my story on my website as I wrote them. I would like to say that not only did Meghan help inspire me but she was also my creative writing consultant. She may not have actually written any of this but she certainly came up with the ideas for most of it. And while I’m at it, thank you to Ashley for coming up with the clever Teen Magazine article. I was in the middle of writing this story when I finally caved in and admitted all that is above (well, all the stuff about The X-Files anyway). So, I’d like to thank Ashley and Meghan for sticking by me during this hard time. I finally saw my first episode, “DeadAlive”, since the season finale “Existence”. Since that time, I’ve gone on to see “How The Ghosts Stole Christmas”, “Empedocies”, clips of “Per Manum, and clips of “Requiem” (man, I feel like I’m in rehab). I was also inspired to recount my walls, something I hadn’t done in a long time. (Just for your information, the final tally is 1396). I also went on a tape labeling craze, helping me to find all the episodes that I thought I had lost. So, thank you Ashley and Meghan for being my best friends. Ashley, all I can say is after being forced to clean latrines together for 10 years, I know we’ll be best friends for life (oh, and sorry about almost killing you with the broom that one time, lol). Meghan, how could I have written this story without you? I’d also like to thank Chris Carter, who even though makes my life a living hell, he’s also behind the reason why I get up in the morning. He makes my life what it is and I’m so thankful. Well, hope that was long enough for you. Please e-mail me! (Oh, and Meg, it was so a possessed child). VIVAS SQUIRRELS! |