Story 93: "Moment of Inertia" by Pteropod
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xf_book_clubIt's been a long time since my last entry here, for which I apologize. I've been very preoccupied with the impending closure of Geocities fan sites. In any case, this week's story was nominated by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
amyhit. For those readers who are utterly uninterested in season 8 fic and wish we would just get on with it already, that's okay. Just nominate something else and we'll move on, I promise.
"Pteropod's might be the best if you're looking for fics that get into the nitty gritty dynamic of S8 in terms of Doggett's presence and how that stirs things up," wasamyhit's terse yet intriguing description of the fic. That sounds good to me, so let's go read it, shall we?
She is alive, fecund, fertile as springtime and burgeoning
with life, a miracle mother-goddess with baby-soft skin and
hair that needs cutting every three weeks. She waxes rotund
with life but the watering can sits empty under the sink,
halfway hidden behind the dish soap and a box of Brillo pads.
She watches her plants die, day after day, and sleeps on the
sofa more nights than not.
- - -
He reads through the X-Files in a weekend, and finds them
full of bullshit, absurdity, brilliance, and death.
He feels entitled at first, reading files about garbage
monsters and brain-sucking teenagers as if they were written
just for his entertained eyes. The cases are ridiculous,
impossible, documented in ass-covering reports with words
like 'allegedly' and 'postulate'.
He reads file after file without connecting them to his
world, and then he reads about Dana Scully getting shot in
the gut by Special Agent Peyton Ritter.
He drops his head to his hands and thinks that she'll want a
new partner no more than she wanted to lose the old one.
"Moment of Inertia"
Here is her site, way-backed: Pteropod's X-Files Website. Since this story is not at Gossamer, I'll archive it myself at Fugues Fiction Archive, where Fox Estacado has made me a co-maintainer, as soon as I can figure out how to work the interface.
Give feedback to the author, if you can find her, that is, then let us know what you think.
amyhit. For those readers who are utterly uninterested in season 8 fic and wish we would just get on with it already, that's okay. Just nominate something else and we'll move on, I promise. "Pteropod's might be the best if you're looking for fics that get into the nitty gritty dynamic of S8 in terms of Doggett's presence and how that stirs things up," was
amyhit's terse yet intriguing description of the fic. That sounds good to me, so let's go read it, shall we?She is alive, fecund, fertile as springtime and burgeoning
with life, a miracle mother-goddess with baby-soft skin and
hair that needs cutting every three weeks. She waxes rotund
with life but the watering can sits empty under the sink,
halfway hidden behind the dish soap and a box of Brillo pads.
She watches her plants die, day after day, and sleeps on the
sofa more nights than not.
- - -
He reads through the X-Files in a weekend, and finds them
full of bullshit, absurdity, brilliance, and death.
He feels entitled at first, reading files about garbage
monsters and brain-sucking teenagers as if they were written
just for his entertained eyes. The cases are ridiculous,
impossible, documented in ass-covering reports with words
like 'allegedly' and 'postulate'.
He reads file after file without connecting them to his
world, and then he reads about Dana Scully getting shot in
the gut by Special Agent Peyton Ritter.
He drops his head to his hands and thinks that she'll want a
new partner no more than she wanted to lose the old one.
"Moment of Inertia"
Here is her site, way-backed: Pteropod's X-Files Website. Since this story is not at Gossamer, I'll archive it myself at Fugues Fiction Archive, where Fox Estacado has made me a co-maintainer, as soon as I can figure out how to work the interface.
Give feedback to the author, if you can find her, that is, then let us know what you think.
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Re: um, one more thing
Date: 2009-10-04 02:23 am (UTC)If, that is, he could be persuaded to take an interest in fanfic.
oh, if only we could get the rest of the world to let go of their fanfic prejudices. it's seriously difficult. i've been trying with several people, but they find it all so embarrassing, no matter what. if fame or fortune are in my future, i hereby solemnly swear to hold fanfic rallies and educate the public en mass. *g*
Re: um, one more thing
Date: 2009-10-04 04:20 am (UTC)You know, I think they are conducive to conversation. I'm just too preoccupied with other things right now to respond in kind, and for that I am sorry. Please don't stop sharing your thoughts on the stories. I will get back to this as soon as I can free up some time.
Re: um, one more thing
Date: 2009-10-04 05:06 am (UTC)i understand, and look forward to your having some free time, though i'm sure not half so much as you look forward to it. i wasn't insinuating anything before. i really meant it, and was trying to say that i understood and thought nothing of it if no one had the time to come back to this discussion. for me, a comment like, "this is great, i really love the line ----. i feel like Character A was really in character in particular." is something that, while relatively basic, is also excellent for sparking discussion, because it provides an 'in' for other people to get their own opinions rolling out. a lengthy comment in regards to meaning and theme doesn't invite other people's opinions in the same way. even if it is meant to.
i'm not sure if this is off topic or not. it's kind of a discussion of the discussion of fanfic, rather than the outright discussion of fanfic. *g*