So, in the way of things, this is sort of how my mind works

Random comment to havocthecat (paraphrased): "I should write some Phoebe Green/Dana Scully fic" --> Scully vs. The Silence.

My train of thought (whilst flopped sideways on the bed with the cat purring up a storm) went something like thus.

I don't really feel like post-episode hatesex or angst, but if I set it a few years down the road, with Scully getting pulled into something--perhaps Phoebe's in trouble?--then I could have some adventure-y femslashiness and maybe a bit of flirting and anger.

But getting to that point requires some sort of hook, some way to pull her into things.

Then I made a joke to the cat about Canton Everett Delaware III showing up randomly for a silly "don't I know you" moment (as the same actor was Cecil Lively), which led to:

"Canton was FBI. Huh."

And a bit more speculation on him showing up (retired) to pull Scully into a case--

Which would have to send her to England (for Phoebe) and be something that would resonate with her, and all I could think was redheads and stolen babies (because Amelia Pond may've gotten her coat, but not her child, and the forced/stolen pregnancy trope is so alive and well).

And, well, the Silence were a part of that (distantly).

But then, how does a normal human fight something they can't remember?

(Canton's contact in London is always going to be Pete Wisdom. It's just how it goes)

Which is why the obvious choice is Scully vs The Silence, but there's really no plot to hang that on (what istheir ultimate goal--one child isn't worth ten billion years of pushing human destiny, is it?)

(so, yes, I am still here, I've just been silent and corporate and my nomadic, lonely, existence there is wearing me doooown)