Story 266: "Dr. Scully's School for Exceptional Boys" by prufrock's love

[wendelah1]

A couple of months back on the "Silver Cornet" post, I asked members if anyone was still reading here. Would you believe I'm still getting comments on that post? Well, I am, most recently just a couple of days ago. A kind anon replied: "Yes! I'm new, and I'm HERE! Love this place! Don't ever quit. 😄" It was sweet, it cheered me up, and it reminded

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Such a great way of dealing with messy canon

[williwawz]

Just finished reading this story for the second time when I saw it here (I'm a lurker, bu t your links are great. Prufrock captured Mulder’s personality without glossing over his flaws (and strengths). Mulder is a it of a selfish *ahem* at times in the series, and seeing him written as a saint in fics is a huge turn-off. Refreshing to see him portrayed with such real humanity-being lazy about getting out, thinking about sex and trying to justify getting involved in his son's life.
The character of Mason “William” Allen was beautifully developed and really made a believable early teenager that could easily be the spawn of Mulder and Scully. He smells, he's immature and wants that happy ending and he's still a scared kid, just a really smart and x_files worthy superpowered kid.
The best part of reading the story for me was that it has a well developed plot and concept of how the story would unfold; I found myself thinking, “Yes, Scully could make the sacrifice, and yes, Mulder wouldn’t have understood initially and lost his marbles (though that was a bit of a stretch). The events unfold in a logical but unexpected manner and the escapes were beautifully hair-raising. I appreciate that the author stuck as much to canon as sanity would allow (I could only watch “William” once and it was so out of Scully’s character that I never watched the episodes after it save the very last of S9).
In conclusion, I like the way Prufrock handled the William story arc more deftly than the way Chris Carter handled it: it is much more emotionally fulfilling in that it gives more closure and hope for their relationship/partnership. Mulder ends up seeing a progression instead of "more of the same" in the mini season 10 Fox aired.

Re: Such a great way of dealing with messy canon

[wendelah1]

Welcome. I have to leave the house but I'll have more to say when I come back later this afternoon.

If you want I can add you to the membership list so that your comments can post unscreened? Let me know and I'll do it as soon as I return.

Re: Such a great way of dealing with messy canon

[williwawz]

I would be happy to be added to the membership list-sign me on! I drifted away from LJ for a few years, but the X-Files reboot brought me here in my search for *quality* fanfic. I'm a complete snob for good writing, but if you can tolerate that I will dissect fanfic to as meta a level as we can take it. All writing is basically a retelling of themes that have existed since the dawn of humanity, thus fanfic is no different from the translations and iterations of Dante or Bronte. Let's go there y'all!

Re: Such a great way of dealing with messy canon

[wendelah1]

Hi. It looks like I dropped the ball on adding you? Or you didn't get the invite? Either way, my apologies. I have added you (again?). It that doesn't work, ask to join and I will approve you.

Fanfic dissection is what we do here. I would bet that I am considered a snob about writing myself. You are welcome to join in and meta at will. The only rules are that we talk about the writing and not the writer and that we keep it civil if we disagree.