Fanfic silliness
1. I can't believe it's the last day of xf_pornbattle! I'll be a bit sad when it's over, because it was so much fun, but it will be nice for life to get back to normal.
2. My husband knows about the fanfic. I think I told him about it on our third date or something, even though I hadn't written any at that point for two years. He likes to tease me about it, but he's generally very supportive because it makes me happy and keeps him out of his hair while he studies for law school. Plus, he's a fan of the show.
We had the funniest conversation last night about Erin Blair's story A Twist of Pilot:
ME: So, here's the deal. Fox Mulder is married to Dana Scully-Mulder.
N: Ugh.
ME: It gets better. They have twins named Fox Jr. and Dana Jr.
N: I think I've heard enough...
ME: No, wait. Fox Jr. and Dana Jr. are about to start their first day at the FBI.
N: Oh GOD.
ME: They're going to work with their parents in the X-Files division. Only it's a SURPRISE for the kiddies! And they have a sister named Emily who also works for the FBI.
N: I have to leave now. Maybe even leave the house. Perhaps the state. I'll call you in a few weeks.
ME: Don't go yet. Dana Jr. has a boyfriend, Alex Krycek Jr. He's a criminal profiler and Fox Jr.'s BFF.
N: (wails and tears his garments)
ME: Alex Krycek Sr. has retired from The Evil and now owns a STATIONERY STORE!
N: (eyes a-boggle) A stationery store? Who is this Erin Blair person?
ME: Well, she was kind of a special member of the fandom...
N: No, she's not. She has to be a performance artist. Only a performance artist could reach this level of absurdism. A stationery store, that's GENIUS. If she's not a performance artist, she's definitely some kind of savant.
And then I went to actually check the story and somehow my mind had remembered the story as being much more cracked-out than it really is (although it's plenty cracked-out on its own). Alex Krycek's kid is actually Chris Krycek. And Krycek owns a detective agency in his retirement years, not a stationery store. I was so disappointed.
ME: Krycek owns a detective agency, not a stationery store.
N: That's changes everything. Erin is no performance artist and not a savant, either.
We both sighed with disappointment.
2. My husband knows about the fanfic. I think I told him about it on our third date or something, even though I hadn't written any at that point for two years. He likes to tease me about it, but he's generally very supportive because it makes me happy and keeps him out of his hair while he studies for law school. Plus, he's a fan of the show.
We had the funniest conversation last night about Erin Blair's story A Twist of Pilot:
ME: So, here's the deal. Fox Mulder is married to Dana Scully-Mulder.
N: Ugh.
ME: It gets better. They have twins named Fox Jr. and Dana Jr.
N: I think I've heard enough...
ME: No, wait. Fox Jr. and Dana Jr. are about to start their first day at the FBI.
N: Oh GOD.
ME: They're going to work with their parents in the X-Files division. Only it's a SURPRISE for the kiddies! And they have a sister named Emily who also works for the FBI.
N: I have to leave now. Maybe even leave the house. Perhaps the state. I'll call you in a few weeks.
ME: Don't go yet. Dana Jr. has a boyfriend, Alex Krycek Jr. He's a criminal profiler and Fox Jr.'s BFF.
N: (wails and tears his garments)
ME: Alex Krycek Sr. has retired from The Evil and now owns a STATIONERY STORE!
N: (eyes a-boggle) A stationery store? Who is this Erin Blair person?
ME: Well, she was kind of a special member of the fandom...
N: No, she's not. She has to be a performance artist. Only a performance artist could reach this level of absurdism. A stationery store, that's GENIUS. If she's not a performance artist, she's definitely some kind of savant.
And then I went to actually check the story and somehow my mind had remembered the story as being much more cracked-out than it really is (although it's plenty cracked-out on its own). Alex Krycek's kid is actually Chris Krycek. And Krycek owns a detective agency in his retirement years, not a stationery store. I was so disappointed.
ME: Krycek owns a detective agency, not a stationery store.
N: That's changes everything. Erin is no performance artist and not a savant, either.
We both sighed with disappointment.