i like it. it's subtly shippy, and i like all the little nuances with their names...foxville, dale shannon (who has the same initials as scully)...it's sort of delicate and emotive.
Very lovely and lyrical writing, as I have come to expect from JET.
He misses his sister at this moment, he realizes, because in every alternate world he's imagined, every place Samantha is alive and well and his sister, she has grown up to be the kind of person he would tell about that look, and he might let something into his voice that she would suspect, and it would be a secret between them.
This sentence is like a story in itself, all self-contained and suggesting so much more than it says. This is a story that I would really like to read, but I suppose the beauty of the thing is imagining those alternate worlds for yourself.
Since I chose this story, I thought I would try to share a few thoughts about it. You all should be made aware that I am not a shipper. I prefer case-files and Profiler!Mulder stories over shippy MSR character studies. I read everything, though, because I love good writing. JET is one of this fandom's best. Her use of language is, as narahttbbs states, lovely and lyrical. Her handling of the relationship between M&S is, as dictatorcari suggests, delicate and emotive. I love the way she uses the plot to illustrate how the characters dance around their feelings for one another. I also love that she resolves a case that the series left hanging. This is my favorite genre of fan fiction- filling in the gaps that the show's writers have left open
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But her careful, methodical detective work gets her to the location of the first kidnapping, and a flash of intuition gives her the location of the child's shallow grave. It is very gratifying to watch Scully be the one who solves this case.
This is one of the most satisfying things about the story in my opinion. I don't like episodes or fics that belittle Scully's own unique approach to the truth. It is good to read stories that show her getting results.
On the whole, I have to say that I didn't like this story as much as you did. The writing was lovely, but it didn't seem like the right style to tell a really plotty casefile story. The style seems to get a lot plainer in part two, as the story starts rolling, so in a sense I feel like the story was a bit schizophrenic. I don't know, maybe I wasn't in the right mood. It was still an interesting and worthwhile story, though.
Paper hearts has always been one of my favourite eps.
The combination of Mulder's pain, the huge errors of judgement that he makes because of it, and Scully's pain at seeing *him* in pain is just heart-breaking. Almost unbearable and yet wonderful to watch all at the same time.
It's a fact that I do so love to see our favourite agents suffer. Give me a a healthy dose of angst and I'm never happier!
It's no surprise that I love this fic. It is, quite simply, lovely. I love the way that the roles are almost reversed here. It's Scully who's suffering this time, and Mulder can see that, although he's helpless to do anything about it. There are some wonderful moments, and the language is just beautiful.
Does not go to her and kiss the bruised shadows under her eyes, does not tuck her inside a blanket and whisper that he will always want to be her friend, no matter what, that she can tell him anything, anything at all, even good bye. *sniff*
And I love the way that Scully is allowed to do her thing and do it her way. It's so great
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Oh, I am so glad you liked it. I agree, it was wonderful to see Scully be the protagonist here. That was one of the things I loved about "Arizona Highways" as well. I loved that Scully gets to investigate a case and we get to see how truly awesome she is as an FBI agent. On the show, she just hardly ever gets to shine. Or be right. Grrrr. Maketh me mad, that did.
The original link is gone as this person has deleted their journal. A detailed search found me the ‘fic at an archive, though: hereI realize this is old and expect no one else to comment, but seeing as how I’m not sure if any of the emails are intact as well at this point, to contact the author, I feel that leaving some kind of comment somewhere is better than nothing-and maybe I’ll try the listed email, too, just in case
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Thank you so much for commenting. It means a lot to know that people still find this community useful.
I go through and check for broken links periodically. This last time was depressing. Finding out that JET had deleted her fic journal was a blow. There are so many snippet fics that are just gone now. The moral of that story is if you like it, save it to your hard drive.
As for the rest, I've checked through story 27. So far, more are broken than not. I sent a list with new links to the former moderator, emily_shore, for the first dozen fics, asking her to edit and fix them, but I think she was out of town. I know she's back now. If I don't hear from her soon, I'll write her again. I feel bad about the broken links but unless it's my own post, I can't fix them.
Most of the stories we've read here are at Gossamer or Fugues Fiction Archive. If you can't find something easily, let me know.
It's been too long. I'm going to have to reread this fic to comment further.
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He misses his sister at this moment, he realizes, because in every alternate world he's imagined, every place Samantha is alive and well and his sister, she has grown up to be the kind of person he would tell about that look, and he might let something into his voice that she would suspect, and it would be a secret between them.
This sentence is like a story in itself, all self-contained and suggesting so much more than it says. This is a story that I would really like to read, but I suppose the beauty of the thing is imagining those alternate worlds for yourself.
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This is one of the most satisfying things about the story in my opinion. I don't like episodes or fics that belittle Scully's own unique approach to the truth. It is good to read stories that show her getting results.
On the whole, I have to say that I didn't like this story as much as you did. The writing was lovely, but it didn't seem like the right style to tell a really plotty casefile story. The style seems to get a lot plainer in part two, as the story starts rolling, so in a sense I feel like the story was a bit schizophrenic. I don't know, maybe I wasn't in the right mood. It was still an interesting and worthwhile story, though.
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The combination of Mulder's pain, the huge errors of judgement that he makes because of it, and Scully's pain at seeing *him* in pain is just heart-breaking. Almost unbearable and yet wonderful to watch all at the same time.
It's a fact that I do so love to see our favourite agents suffer. Give me a a healthy dose of angst and I'm never happier!
It's no surprise that I love this fic. It is, quite simply, lovely. I love the way that the roles are almost reversed here. It's Scully who's suffering this time, and Mulder can see that, although he's helpless to do anything about it. There are some wonderful moments, and the language is just beautiful.
Does not go to her and kiss the bruised shadows under her eyes, does not tuck her inside a blanket and whisper that he will always want to be her friend, no matter what, that she can tell him anything, anything at all, even good bye.
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And I love the way that Scully is allowed to do her thing and do it her way. It's so great ( ... )
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I go through and check for broken links periodically. This last time was depressing. Finding out that JET had deleted her fic journal was a blow. There are so many snippet fics that are just gone now. The moral of that story is if you like it, save it to your hard drive.
As for the rest, I've checked through story 27. So far, more are broken than not. I sent a list with new links to the former moderator, emily_shore, for the first dozen fics, asking her to edit and fix them, but I think she was out of town. I know she's back now. If I don't hear from her soon, I'll write her again. I feel bad about the broken links but unless it's my own post, I can't fix them.
Most of the stories we've read here are at Gossamer or Fugues Fiction Archive. If you can't find something easily, let me know.
It's been too long. I'm going to have to reread this fic to comment further.
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