Sometimes you have to change direction

screencap from ‘The Truth’ at the Anasazi ruins

Sometimes you gotta go with your gut, and this is one of those times.

It was the 20th anniversary of the X-Files last week, and that TV show was one of the seminal influences of my pre-teen and teenage life. I watched every episode for the first few years, and then less so as Mulder made less of an appearance, but I always had a soft-spot in my heart for the show.

Anyway, to commemorate the anniversary, I watched the first and last episodes on Netflix.

There is a scene in the final episode  [called 'The Truth' ] where Mulder & Scully end up in the Anasazi Ruins in New Mexico, and as soon as I saw it, I knew that was the place I wanted to send Serena King. I know I had planned for her to be pulled into the past in the Neelum Valley between present-day India and Pakistan, but I am drawn to these ruins.

I am therefore going to follow my gut and move her storyline there. That means scrapping some of the story, and doing a whole bunch of research to start over, but I think it’s the right thing to do.

You with me guys?