200 Members!

[wendelah1]

Today, on 10/13, we hit 200 members, 263 watchers, and I have no idea how many lurkers. Usually when communities hit a milestone, the mod offers up special treats to celebrate, but I'm afraid I have no such thing. I make bad icons, I can't write comment fic.

Recently at The X-Files Lost and Found Board, a community I mostly lurk at, someone suggested people tell their favorite quote from a fanfic. I thought it was a cool idea, so I'd thought I'd try to start it up here.

Mine is from "Synesthesia" by haphazard method, which you can read at Gossamer.

"I searched forever. Like a madman. And all I found was that a Ph.D and years of investigative training were completely useless. One day you simply reappeared in the hospital. The only thing I could do was sit by your bed and hope beyond reason that you heard me or felt me, and that you would come back to me."

Long story short, this is the quote that inspired me to start writing fanfiction.

Your turn.

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[kukkaseksi.livejournal.com]

His palms cradled her head; and then, as if he held the most fragile piece of glass in the world, he turned it first to the left and then the right. She wasn't fragile. She was positive that he understood that. She had proven her strength over and over again, in a hundred thousand different ways over the years. And she'd never let him forget it, either. But for that one moment, while they were alone, she would be as fragile as he needed her to be.

From Cheapened Things by MD1016

There are other quotes I love just as much - if not more, maybe - but in 1999 I read this story aloud into a tape recorder and sent the cassette to a fellow X-Files fan in Finland. Said fan is now my wife, so it holds a lot of significance for me. This quote in particular from that story has always stayed with me.

[wendelah1]

There are other quotes I love just as much - if not more, maybe - but in 1999 I read this story aloud into a tape recorder and sent the cassette to a fellow X-Files fan in Finland. Said fan is now my wife, so it holds a lot of significance for me. This quote in particular from that story has always stayed with me.

Beautiful. Romance leading to romance, wooing her with fanfiction. <3

"Cheapened Things" was on my "to discuss" list at one point. I do not know what happened.

[amyhit.livejournal.com]

Said fan is now my wife, so it holds a lot of significance for me.

how cool is that! i love that our fandom is/was so rife with this kind of interpersonal connection.