Story 106: "Kevin," by Justin Glasser

[counterphobe.livejournal.com]

You'll remember Kevin as the boy with the stigmata from "Revelations." Scully takes on the role of his protector. She seems touched, even changed, by what she experiences, but the episode ends and he's forgotten.

Justin Glasser's story takes place three years after "Revelations." Scully has kept in touch with Kevin, at least sporadically, and now she gets an urgent call from him for help.

It's a casefile with an unusually good portrayal of Scully as a thinker and a believer. At twelve short chapters it's a brisk read.

http://www.reocities.com/Paris/Lights/7752/kevin1.html

For the final chapter, go here:

http://web.archive.org/web/20050112214843/http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Lights/7752/kevin12.html

Comments

[wendelah1]

I'm so glad you liked it. I agree, it does fit very well into the timeline.

I've read a few stories where the author tries to address Scully's complete belief in the early religious X-Files along with Mulder's skepticism, but this is probably the best I've read--subtly written and very believable.

Subtle, believable, yes and yes. "Kevin" is an excellent treatment of this theme. When I've tried to write something addressing it, I always end up hating on Mulder, which isn't fair to his character. I'm curious to know what else you've read that fits this category. The good, the bad, the ugly.

[infinitlight.livejournal.com]

The good:

I really liked "The Thirty-Sixth", by xf_book_club favorite Jess M. A lovely case file story that addresses Mulder's faith while refraining from cheesy revelations.

I'm terrible with names and can't remember the specific stories that I thought *didn't* work--might have been some of Brandon Ray's? which I remember often had strongly religious influences. When I first started reading fanfic (would have been around summer of 2000, and I read *everything* that wound up in my inbox via atxc--I don't do that any more!), there was a lot of fanfic-speculation about Mulder losing his childhood faith due to trauma or childhood abuse, and thus being strongly anti-religion. Which is not something I ever saw in Mulder, myself.

[wendelah1]

Wow. I was thinking about reccing The Thirty-Sixth next. Maybe that's the one then. I love it, too.