Story 72: "Flea Market Economy" by Punk Maneuverability

[leucocrystal]

So... this is the first time I've posted a rec here, obviously!  I'd have backed out like the easily intimidated little fandom squirrel I am, but Wendy poked me with a (figurative) stick and asked me to post this for her, and who am I to deny our lovely moderator? ;)  After all, she asked for more humorous suggestions in a thread in the previous rec post, and I was the one who just had to jump in and open her big mouth.  I can't be sorry about that though, because either you've read this fic before (it is rather infamous) and will not be at all sorry to give it a re-read, or you never have and you clearly need to remedy that right now.

Believe me, I'm the first picky reader to shake their head in disdain when you say "genderswap" to me, especially if you do it with a straight face.  It's been so long since I first read this fic, I can't even remember what ultimately pushed me over that "NO" line and into it... I'm guessing I gave it an initial shot because I was on a PunkM kick and figured that if anyone were to do it right, this would be my one shot to see for sure.

And of course, it's done wonderfully.  Hilariously, incredibly, you've-got-to-read-it-to-understand; all that and more.  I can't help but wonder whether PunkM has ever had a dream of some sort that involves waking up inexplicably in someone else's body, because that's how it feels to read this fic, and it is all the more excellent for it.  And as you might imagine, hijinks most definitely ensue.  (How could they not?)

Flea Market Economy

What are you waiting for?  Go read, laugh like mad, come back, and discuss!  If you have a suggestion for reading, you can let us know here.  And remember, as dashakay is always telling us, feedback matters.

Comments

[lsugaralmond.livejournal.com]

Aw, yay! I LOVE this story, thankyou for reminding me of it. The bit about Mulder looking like a special agent of porn makes me laugh out loud every time I read it.

Also, testament to the quality of the writing, I can totally visualise this story as if it were filmed as an episode. And what a GREAT episode it would have made! They would have had to leave the showering bits out, I imagine, to satisfy the censors, but it would still have been hilarious. Like someone said in comments to the OP, DD and GA would have been great acting as a body-swapped Mulder and Scully. Can you imagine? Oh man, I wish this had been an episode.

[leucocrystal]

You're welcome! Haha, my God, "Special Agent of porn." I could quote this story all day. I was originally going to go to bed, but the inauguration is just an hour and a half away, so there goes that idea... I think a reread right now is definitely in order. ;)

You're right, it would've been an awesome episode. Especially considering the Gunmen make an appearance! Throw them in, everything gets better. And seeing what a fantastic job DD did portraying another person in his own body in Small Potatoes... oh man, I can only imagine.

[wendelah1]

Oh man, I wish this had been an episode.

That would have been awesome. They would have been hysterical.

[leucocrystal]

I think they discuss it in the comments to the story, but Dreamland was a whopper of a missed opportunity for something like this. (That said, I'm not sure the show's writers had it in them to be nearly this hilariously clever at the time...)