because like i tend to be a person that really enjoys adhering to canon. i have fun with my personal aus, but in this is the exit, its in many ways meant to be kind of a thesis? its less telling a new story with existing characters, and more taking the existing body of work and ripping it up, pulling scenes out one by one and putting them up against each other so they they can be seen in a new light, or used as evidence to my greater thesis statement of like “this is why this love story hits me in the gut sometimes” 

but in the end i think im gonna do it, because like. the strictness with which i usually treat canon allows me to make the decision to break that rule with greater impact. and i think if used sparingly it can make a big statement that still stay very true to who scully and mulder are