When they say AU in the X-Filesverse, they really mean it.
I read one once where they were sucked into an alternate universe and one of them (one? both?) turned out to be a wizard. That was...interesting.
Kaylee: So, uh, how come you don't care where you're going? Book: 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.
'Serenity'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.
Dana - Sep 20, 2002 8:52:18 am PDT #37 of 10000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Anne W. - Sep 20, 2002 9:00:15 am PDT #38 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Hmm. I think I've caught plot-bunny cooties from ita. Not that this is a bad think or anything. I'll check back later if anything happens.
Nutty - Sep 20, 2002 9:02:25 am PDT #39 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Dana, I'm suddenly having traumatic flashbacks to the "Life From The Ashes" series. It's sparking painful giggling and a lot of derisive snorts.
Thanks a lot.
Amber B. - Sep 20, 2002 9:03:14 am PDT #40 of 10000
I'm beginning to understand this now. It's all about the journey, isn't it?
Back when I first started reading fanfic, I read an epic in which Mulder and Scully got sucked into a fantasy world where Mulder became a powerful wizard and Scully became a legendary warrior. It wasn't exactly good, but I read the whole damn thing. I wish I could remember the name of that story. I bet it's still at Gossamer.
Rebecca Lizard - Sep 20, 2002 9:03:29 am PDT #41 of 10000
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
You know you want to, Anne.
(What else have you written, and where can I find it, by the way? Do you use the same name?)
P.M. Marc - Sep 20, 2002 9:08:47 am PDT #42 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Willliam Gibson-y X-Files
Yeah, but Gibsony's, y'know... canon.
Well, okay, Gibsony Maddoxy.
(Maddox taught at my school, and the AI GM episode was essentially beta'd for techincal detail by one of my profs. This caused us no end of amusement, as the thing ended up resembling some of his more disjointed rambles.)
Dana - Sep 20, 2002 9:10:10 am PDT #43 of 10000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Back when I first started reading fanfic, I read an epic in which Mulder and Scully got sucked into a fantasy world where Mulder became a powerful wizard and Scully became a legendary warrior. It wasn't exactly good, but I read the whole damn thing. I wish I could remember the name of that story. I bet it's still at Gossamer.
Yes! That's the one. Now we have to find it.
Vonnie K - Sep 20, 2002 9:11:20 am PDT #44 of 10000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Amber, the X-files wizard story is Sue Bickerstaff and Jennifer Lyon's Magician. (scroll down on the alphabetical list). I read the first book because it was being recc'd all over the place at the time. I remember scratching my head at all the acclaim, because I didn't see anything really special about it other than the wild AU-ness and the interminable length.
Fay - Sep 20, 2002 9:13:50 am PDT #45 of 10000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Back when I first started reading fanfic, I read an epic in which Mulder and Scully got sucked into a fantasy world where Mulder became a powerful wizard and Scully became a legendary warrior.
Ripoff of Hambly's Darwath Trilogy much? (Although one could argue that Hambly rips herself off with the Antryg Windrose books, but I forgive her for it.)
The more common perspective, I think, is to treat that scene as background for a Love Forgives All epic
I was rewatching this X files ep again, and I just DON'T GET the people who want to write the fluffywuffy romance out of the angsty violent enemy slashy vibes. I don't get it. (Well, I don't get the wizard!Mulder/ unicorn!Krycek fic impulse either, admittedly, but it's more of a rarity. I assume. Whereas fluffywuffy romance out of angsty violent slashy vibes crops up in lots of fandoms, I think?) But it's okay that I don't get it - I'm not saying it shouldn't happen, whatever floats their boat & so forth. It's just not a boat I can get aboard myself.
...But the BDSM nearly-killing Krycek shaggage I could definitely read. Um. [/sheepish]
Amber B. - Sep 20, 2002 9:14:26 am PDT #46 of 10000
I'm beginning to understand this now. It's all about the journey, isn't it?
Yes! Thanks Vonnie. You're right, there's nothing special about it, but it was among the first things I read and I found it weirdly fascinating.