Story 198: "five things that never happened to dana scully" by threeguesses

[amyhit.livejournal.com]

The next fic was nominated by lightlack and enthusiastically seconded by myself. It’s written by threeguesses, who is one of my favorite writers to come out of the pre/post IWTB era. Her writing in this fandom was not prolific, but her stories have always stood out (at least for me) for their powerful concepts, enthralling emotional currents, and the deceptive simplicity of threeguesses’ writing. Undoubtedly you know how "five things" fics work, in which case you also know the title of this week’s fic tells you just about everything that can be revealed about it without spoiling the sense of discovery that comes with each new segment.


five things that never happened to dana scully

The author is still around and writing up a storm (though sadly not in this fandom), and I’m sure she would appreciate feedback. There’s lots to say about this fic, so please do let us know what you think. And, as always, the nomination post is open for new suggestions.

Comments

[wendelah1]

The Third is called "What Happened After That" and it's the second of the three. "Moonshine" is the third story. They're all at Gossamer.

I tried to turn the title into a link. I'm not sure it will work.

[badforthefish.livejournal.com]

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[estella-c.livejournal.com]

I did! Be careful what you wish for.

[wendelah1]

We discussed "Up the Ladder" here, and you're welcome to chime in any time. They're both excellent, it's just that the Syntax6 one was left unfinished, a first for her, so I can't recommend it. "Original Sin" is the reason I don't read WIP any longer. I wait for them to get posted and then check them out.

They all work for me as metafic, as commentary on the series itself, but they don't work as AUs, except maybe the Samantha/Scully one if she'd taken more time to develop her as a character. We've seen nine seasons of Mulder, we know Mulder, and this Samantha pales in comparison; she can't compete against that many years of canon.

[wendelah1]

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[bmerb.livejournal.com]

Jumping in, in defense of number 2. Sam doesn't actually start with the comment about pretty girl in a place like this. In a twist on Mulder's initial statement ("nobody here but the FBI's most unwanted") we get the following:
“Samantha Mulder,” the woman holds out her hand without looking up, “one-way ticket to the dead end of your career.” There is a pencil in her hair and ink stains on her fingertips.... Samantha finally swivels to look at her. “Dana Scully,” she drawls (and Scully has never heard her name said with that many l’s), “Why on earth are you getting on this train?”

It's only after this exchange, which feels sarcastic and defensive to me, but not specifically dude-like, that Sam says the pretty girl in a place like this line in response to Scully's confusion. I read this as a sort of throwing out of a shared reference, aka, "this is a shithole dead end for your career, how did you end up here?"

Did Mulder ask Scully who she had ticked off to get stuck partnered with him? Is that canon or fanon or just my head canon? Well whatever it is, this Scully/Sam interaction reads very similarly to the canon one, although perhaps with the added friction of Sam's reputation inside the bureau (if Fox Mulder was "Spooky" I can only imagine what a woman with similar credentials would be called but I can guarantee you it would be more derogatory, particularly if there was even a whiff of rumored homosexuality).