Story 252: "Six Times Someone Learns About William" by bugsfic

[wendelah1]

This was recently added to the nomination post by rainatlas and seconded by badforthefish. Written and posted last year for xf_is_love month, this story might have been used as an example of darkfic in our recent discussion. I read it when it was first posted and liked it a lot. It begins well and has an equally strong finish

Comments

[rainatlas]

Well, if no one is going to bite, I'll have to be the first to comment on my own nomination

[wendelah1]

Thanks for breaking the ice. I'd like to think no one is commenting because they're all preoccupied with xf_is_love.

I will be back with a better comment as soon as I find time to reread this fic, which is quite worth discussing. Now I have to get all my ducks in a row.

[badforthefish]

I intend to comment on this thread, but I just don't have the time to do so right now. I need to reread the story first and my deadline for XF is Love is approaching wayyy too quickly.

[estella_c]

This is a really ambitious piece, and I give full credit for the writer's courage. I personally found the time-bouncing confusing; some spacing hints might have helped

[estella_c]

Follow-up. "Shadow puppets on the wall; melded hands forming one body from two bodies but incapable of creating a third, so returning to two clenched fists." First sex, ick. Bugs is a mean plot mistress, quite no-nonsense, but this kind of fanciness undercuts her virtues.

[bmerb]

Gotta say I really enjoyed this one. I dropped off the earth midway through season 7 and am probably the only devoted xf fan that has seriously NEVER seen an episode past All Things. Nonetheless I've heard enough horror stories about seasons eight and nine that I have a fairly decent grip on the basic plotting (andstill cannot stomach watching them, and I've been actually trying!) so this story fits nicely into my headcanon without having to overcome CC's misery. With that in mind I may be missing things, but I like it and I'll stick by that!

Soooo