New Yuletide fandom: Deviations: The X-Files (comic)
What?! How can The X-Files possibly be eligible for Yuletide? It's not. But this tiny spin-off of a spin-off is now in the Yuletide 2016 taglist.
Meet my new Yuletide-eligible small fandom: "Deviations: The X-Files" (comic). Now I just need someone besides myself to offer to write it and/or request it, which is why I am down on my hands and knees writing this informational post.
"Deviations: The X-Files" is a standalone comic published by IDW in March of this year. There were six Deviations published in March: one for The X-Files and the rest for other comics series in their lineup. Each comic is a one-shot alternative universe.
The entire rest of the post is a spoiler.
EDIT: Back in April, scans_daily posted a good-sized portion of it: Deviations: The X-Files. Thank you for letting me know, emily_shore
In "Deviations: The X-Files," instead of appearing in Fox Mulder's flashbacks as she does in the TV series, Samantha Mulder is one of the main characters. As you recall, in the original series, she died at age fourteen, following her abduction at age eight. In the Deviations AU, it is Fox Mulder who is abducted in 1973, not his sister Samantha. In the comic, Director Blevins assigns Dana Scully to work with Special Agent Samantha Mulder on the X-Files. Agent Scully isn't pleased about her new assignment and says as much right to Director Blevins' face.
We aren't told nearly enough about Agent Samantha Mulder: about her early career in the Bureau, about how she got the X-Files division opened. However, unlike Agent Fox Mulder who was perennially distracted from his quest by articles in the National Enquirer, Agent Samantha Mulder is focused on finding out what happened to her brother. Together, Samantha Mulder and Dana Scully investigate case after case of children who were abducted from their homes under circumstances similar to Fox Mulder's disappearance in 1973.
In the Deviations universe, we discover that the adult Fox Mulder is still alive and working for the Cigarette Smoking Man. (Seriously? Yes. Yes, indeed.) Naturally, this comic ends on a cliffhanger, which will never be resolved in canon, because it's a one-shot. Why did I buy this comic anyway? I knew it would not end well.
This is why:
Just look at them! They're so pretty!
Folks, that's pretty much the entire comic. In fact, it's thin enough in terms of plot, characterizations, and backstory that an author could write nearly anything they wanted, as long as they stuck to the basic premise, i.e. Fox was abducted instead of Samantha. For fans who love Yuletide and love The X-Files, particularly if you want to write about female characters, it's a potential goldmine, I tell ya! I nominated these four characters: Cigarette Smoking Man (Deviations), Dana Scully (Deviations), Fox Mulder (Deviations), and Samantha Mulder (Deviations).
AVAILABILITY: Deviations: The X-Files can be purchased as a digital comic for only $1.99. The comic is also available at Amazon and for your Kindle.
It is also eligible for the smallfandombang. Yes, I am planning to sign up for that, too.
Meet my new Yuletide-eligible small fandom: "Deviations: The X-Files" (comic). Now I just need someone besides myself to offer to write it and/or request it, which is why I am down on my hands and knees writing this informational post.
"Deviations: The X-Files" is a standalone comic published by IDW in March of this year. There were six Deviations published in March: one for The X-Files and the rest for other comics series in their lineup. Each comic is a one-shot alternative universe.
The entire rest of the post is a spoiler.
EDIT: Back in April, scans_daily posted a good-sized portion of it: Deviations: The X-Files. Thank you for letting me know, emily_shore
In "Deviations: The X-Files," instead of appearing in Fox Mulder's flashbacks as she does in the TV series, Samantha Mulder is one of the main characters. As you recall, in the original series, she died at age fourteen, following her abduction at age eight. In the Deviations AU, it is Fox Mulder who is abducted in 1973, not his sister Samantha. In the comic, Director Blevins assigns Dana Scully to work with Special Agent Samantha Mulder on the X-Files. Agent Scully isn't pleased about her new assignment and says as much right to Director Blevins' face.
We aren't told nearly enough about Agent Samantha Mulder: about her early career in the Bureau, about how she got the X-Files division opened. However, unlike Agent Fox Mulder who was perennially distracted from his quest by articles in the National Enquirer, Agent Samantha Mulder is focused on finding out what happened to her brother. Together, Samantha Mulder and Dana Scully investigate case after case of children who were abducted from their homes under circumstances similar to Fox Mulder's disappearance in 1973.
In the Deviations universe, we discover that the adult Fox Mulder is still alive and working for the Cigarette Smoking Man. (Seriously? Yes. Yes, indeed.) Naturally, this comic ends on a cliffhanger, which will never be resolved in canon, because it's a one-shot. Why did I buy this comic anyway? I knew it would not end well.
This is why:
Just look at them! They're so pretty!
Folks, that's pretty much the entire comic. In fact, it's thin enough in terms of plot, characterizations, and backstory that an author could write nearly anything they wanted, as long as they stuck to the basic premise, i.e. Fox was abducted instead of Samantha. For fans who love Yuletide and love The X-Files, particularly if you want to write about female characters, it's a potential goldmine, I tell ya! I nominated these four characters: Cigarette Smoking Man (Deviations), Dana Scully (Deviations), Fox Mulder (Deviations), and Samantha Mulder (Deviations).
AVAILABILITY: Deviations: The X-Files can be purchased as a digital comic for only $1.99. The comic is also available at Amazon and for your Kindle.
It is also eligible for the smallfandombang. Yes, I am planning to sign up for that, too.