Story 263: "Parabiosis" by Penumbra
The official global rewatch of The X-Files is long over, as is the six episode miniseries that followed (and inspired it), yet here I am, still slogging through season seven. I must have blocked out how bad the seventh season is. Since "Parabiosis" is the quintessential season seven fanfic, I thought it would be fun to revisit it. It's not my
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As I mentioned up above, "Contact High" is my favorite Peunumbra story. It's also about 1/3 the length, which I think helps make that story a bit easier to read. That all said, I still enjoyed this one.
Fox Mulder had quixotic theories, dark eyes, and he
was six feet of long warm bones in the bed. She had been making a fool of herself over him for years, staying in a ridiculous job because Mulder was tall and mumbly and had once tried to make her drink sardine juice.
I love that. I see others commenting on her lyrical prose and falling on either side of that fence. I like it more in "Contact High" (maybe because it's a shorter, less complicated story?), but it felt very familiar here.
All the bits with the Lone Gunmen are lovely. The visit with Scully's family reminded me a bit of JET's "Small Lives Awake" (that's the right author with the right fic, right??). I prefer the latter- one of my most favorite fics ever- but I always love to see Maggie Scully. Also, the bit with Teena Mulder when she goes to see Mulder and puts her hand on Scully's head is one of my favorite fic moments. For some reason, that one has resonated with since I first read it.
Reading this was a bit of a struggle- I really only read BBC Sherlock fic these days- and I had to dig deeper to reach my XF head space but I am glad I did. After I finally finished this one, I spent some more time on Gossamer trying to find old favorites.
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