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First, thank you to [livejournal.com profile] amyhit for posting a story and moderating discussion in my absence. She noticed that nothing had been posted for...quite some time, pm'd me and came to my rescue. If there is anyone else out there who wishes to post their own recs, rather than have me do it, please let me know. I am the moderator, but this is our community. As always, the nomination post is awaiting your suggestions.

No discussion of fanfiction set during the early seasons is complete without "Universal Invariants." Yes, you've all heard of the story and most of you have probably read it, too. If you are like me, you've read it more than once, especially Chapter 12. *cough*. In "Universal Invariants," [livejournal.com profile] syntax6 takes the canon from season one and early season two, adds an au twist, throws in a tasty casefile, mixes in plenty of UST, Mulder/Scully banter and some angsty relationship stuff, and presents us with a fanfiction classic.

In this story, the twist is this: what if Ethan's scene hadn't been cut out of the pilot and Scully had been allowed to have a life of her own, apart from Mulder and the X-files? How would the storyline have been changed? How would it have stayed the same? This story is long and engrossing, so give yourself plenty of time. If you haven't already done so, don't forget to send the writer feedback!


Read "Universal Invariants".

Date: 2010-12-01 04:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tiger-bay.livejournal.com
Yes, Wen, you said it: if anyone could pull it off Syntax6 could. So I thought she could pull off (with her eyes closed probably) a relationship between Mulder and Melinda that was less shallow than a fling/one-night-stand but not as much as dating or seriously affecting the outcome of his relationship with Scully. I just felt that the tension was headed in that direction and then petered out. Maybe that was exactly the author's intention but I am not convinced...maybe the lady herself is lurking and can answer the question for us!

As to whether Mulder is a quick fling kind of guy or not, I think maybe most people agree with you that he wasn't. But I sort of feel that he could have been in the early seasons of the show. He just looks as if he would be up for it, not serially perhaps, but certainly not averse to the occasional outing. In any case, though, Syntax6 could have written him with two heads and a fetish for llamas and I would probably still accept it...

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