Probably some would be unhappy with this cynical view of our heroes. But everyone knows I'm a sucker for a laugh. And "Unfinished Case File" is absolutely rollicking, as well as being the most hardheaded view of fandom this side of Livia Balaban's "M. Luder: King of 'Set Troopers' Fanfic."
It is brilliant although I think it is funnier if you don't write fic. Is this a cynical view of her characters? Sure but I think Mabe's story hits hardest at readers and writers. It's pretty clear to me that Mulder and Scully are standing in for the demanding readership and their narcissistic writers. Mulder and Scully are still the innocents here. We are the consumers of kinky badfic! porn and the creators of Mulder Torture.
There is a "smack-down" going on right now on a Dreamwidth post that pits pairs of characters together, asking which of each pairing suffered the most painful childhood in fanon, not canon. Krycek was paired up with Kirk and was losing to him because as someone pointed out, being a survivor of and a witness to genocide trumps merely being a child assassin and surviving ordinary abuse. We really do seem to enjoy hurting the ones we love.
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It is brilliant although I think it is funnier if you don't write fic. Is this a cynical view of her characters? Sure but I think Mabe's story hits hardest at readers and writers. It's pretty clear to me that Mulder and Scully are standing in for the demanding readership and their narcissistic writers. Mulder and Scully are still the innocents here. We are the consumers of kinky badfic! porn and the creators of Mulder Torture.
There is a "smack-down" going on right now on a Dreamwidth post that pits pairs of characters together, asking which of each pairing suffered the most painful childhood in fanon, not canon. Krycek was paired up with Kirk and was losing to him because as someone pointed out, being a survivor of and a witness to genocide trumps merely being a child assassin and surviving ordinary abuse. We really do seem to enjoy hurting the ones we love.