Story 83: "The Common Fate of All Things Rare" by Scarlet Baldy and Aloysia Virgata

[wendelah1]

Ever wonder what happened between the silence of Never Again and the flowers from Memento Mori? Ever wonder if Scully's night with Ed Jerse affected her relationship with Mulder in any way? Ever wonder what pushed Scully to go to the hospital and find out about her cancer in the first place? Ever wonder how her illness might have affected her work

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[memento1]

I remember this one. It's all worth it for the gag reel. Lolcat-speak for the win.

[wendelah1]

I didn't read the gag reel. I must go remedy that. Did you ever read last week's post,"The Sin Eater"? It was really good and not very long either.

[memento1]

*L* Trust me, I haven't forgotten. It's first on my "To Read" list. I'll try to do it now.

You know, I re-read a one-shot by Bonetree today, and after all the crap Bones fics I've been reading lately, I wanted to show it to that fandom and say "See, this is good writing. Write like this. Write deep." How did we get so lucky to have such fantastic XF writers?

[wendelah1]

I think it was a combination of how smart the audience was and how huge the fandom was in its heyday. It is mind boggling to me how large it was compared to now and compared to the fandoms I have been lurking in since I found media online fandom in 2003 (I think it was 2003.) There is a lot of terrible fic, too, but by virtue of our sheer volume, we got some damn good fic. I also think the nature of the show's many plot holes gave fic writers a lot of inspiration to tell real stories as opposed to the smut fests with a thin veneer of plot that I see posted everywhere now.

[scarletbaldy]

I also think the nature of the show's many plot holes gave fic writers a lot of inspiration to tell real stories as opposed to the smut fests with a thin veneer of plot that I see posted everywhere now.

I so want to embroid that on a pillow!

I was actually saying that very thing to Aloysia last week, that if CC had not fucked up the show so badly we wouldn't have half as many fanfic. I've said it before and I'll say it again, X-F fic writers are by and large "Fixers Of Things".

And I'm so chuffed that you guys chose our story for the book club, thank you very much!

[wendelah1]

You are welcome! It was a lot of fun to reread it, actually. I hope you don't mind my lengthy critique.

[amyhit]

Wen, THE LOL-SPEAK! memento1 speaks the truth, it's wonderful. i went around for days telling people: THE INTERNET - 'TIS BRILLIANT! not only is there an internet culture for fanfic, and an internet culture for lol-speak: there is now an internet culture where the twain shall meet. it's the cutting edge of geek, right there.