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xf_book_clubPunk Maneuverability is one of the X-Files fandom's long-time authors. A quick scroll of her Gossamer page tells me she did most of her writing for this fandom in 1997, but she continued to write XF fic for close to a decade. China, posted in 2006, is one of the last XF fics she's posted to date.
It's a short AU in which Scully has made a drastic change in her life, one that has left both she and Mulder's lives torn asunder. I don't want to say too much more about the plot, because part of what makes this fic intriguing is the way the reader doesn't immediately know exactly what's going on. I picked this fic because, though they are very different fics, the central tension of China is very similar to that of last week's rec: Scully's discontent and her desire for a "normal life".
China by Punk M
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It's a short AU in which Scully has made a drastic change in her life, one that has left both she and Mulder's lives torn asunder. I don't want to say too much more about the plot, because part of what makes this fic intriguing is the way the reader doesn't immediately know exactly what's going on. I picked this fic because, though they are very different fics, the central tension of China is very similar to that of last week's rec: Scully's discontent and her desire for a "normal life".
China by Punk M
You can also find the author at
runpunkrun, and you can find our recommendation page over here.
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Re: I like Punk, too, but...
Date: 2011-06-02 04:24 pm (UTC)So Punk's fic gets a pass here because of the unique nature of fanfic? Because David Duchovny is a hunk? Because we all love the show? So how come no one else gets one?
The difference between driving the plot off a cliff (a pop-cultural reference to Thelma and Louise, see--I watch movies, too) and describing things to no particular point is that you are complaining about the little details not adding up, and I'm bitching specifically about the ending. Although I admit these two issues are not unrelated, I don't think the problem with the ending is the fruit or that Richard is insufficiently characterized, I think it's the ending itself.
The whole point of a mystery is to solve it, elegantly and completely, and in such a way that the reader thinks, of course! I should have seen that coming! The mystery can remain unsolved for poor Richard--but the reader should get more consideration.