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Story 86: "Al Dente" by Spooky247

Jul 13, 2009 22:30

It has been suggested that perhaps we need a break from angst, so the planned Tesla three-parter has been postponed that we may clear our heads. We can tackle it next week. This week I bring you Pasta!fic. The author says it's babyfic written to sounds of the Breeders' "Last Splash." I have no idea what that means but if estella_c thinks it's worth reading ( Read more... )

babyfic, season 8, nc-17, pg-13, casefile, humor

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estella_c July 16 2009, 11:13:12 UTC

This fic is just as charming as I remembered. Mulder and Scully (and Will, of course, no matter how heartlessly CC dealt with him) trying to be normal in an abnormal, interplanetary-war-shadowed universe. Hey, if Chris Carter can ignore an innocent little human baby, ficcers can ignore the end of the world ( ... )

wendelah1 July 16 2009, 16:04:41 UTC

Mulder and Scully are having relationship difficulties because they don't communicate, which is not only quite canon-compliant but also something a *lot* of readers can relate to.

Haha! Is it ever! In their defense, I can validate that being in the presence of a squalling infant can cause a couple who normally communicates well to become frazzled. First, there's the crying itself, which if it goes on long enough can make anyone nuts. We used to take son_of_wendelah for car rides to get some peace. There was also this baby swing that had to be wound up at just the right moment or it would stop and then he'd start up again. When you combine the constant crying with the concomitant lack of sleep, it's amazing to me that anyone has a second child, intentionally, anyway. Good times, good times ( ... )

happier canon? bmerb June 3 2016, 23:32:25 UTC

Again, late to the game, but this was a super fun little fic. Somehow it got tagged under casefiles, which of course it isn't and I'm working my way through the book club's recommended casefiles right now, but I was certainly glad to read it! However... Now I really need to know what you were talking about when you said this:
"scenes of horrifying violence involving my favorite character penned by a certain renowned fic writer"

NEED TO KNOW. And who wrote Universal Invariants? Sheesh, take 16 years off from reading XF fanfic and there is just so much to catch up on!

It's never too late to comment at the xf-book-club wendelah1 June 4 2016, 02:30:14 UTC

Syntax6 wrote "Universal Invariants." We discussed it here a few years back. Check the discussion post. It's at her site but not at Gossamer. Wonderful fic, by a wonderful writer. It's probably the fandom's favorite of her fics ( ... )

Re: It's never too late to comment at the xf-book-club bmerb June 4 2016, 20:00:46 UTC

Ah, ok I haven't read Universal Invariants yet. I'm big on casefiles so working through those right now (slowly, 2 kids under 5 and in the middle of moving across the country too). I did read Blood Oranges and enjoyed it too. Also read Kinesthesia maybe a month ago? I enjoyed it but for me the sexual interactions weren't in character and I couldn't believe them entirely. FUN but not quite in-character for me. If they are going to stray that far from canon, I want them to really WORK for me. I think my favorite totally divergent-from-canon pieces are Iolokus and the other one (name escaping my mind) by Rivkat and Mustang Sally. I also remember enjoying stuff by Punk (hello Strange Fruit), but it always comes back to Nascent for me :)

Ya, 16 years off from reading fic. I got seriously injured, spent time in the hospital, and never even finished season 7 of XF... Finding out what happened next (this past year) was disappointing to say the least. Yeah, seasons 2-5 were my favorites.

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