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

[infinitlight.livejournal.com]

re #2: See, I never see the M/S dynamic as being particularly sexual, so that might be why this section worked better for me than for others. To me M/S have always seemed more like extremely close platonic friends. They might flirt, they might have occasional tension-relieving sex (I do read fanfic, after all) but romance is a hard sell for me.

Samantha even makes the first move. I can't see Mulder doing the same in the circumstances.

[wendelah1]

They might flirt, they might have occasional tension-relieving sex (I do read fanfic, after all)

LOL. The Mulder/Scully Romance is a hard sell for me, too, but I think David and Gillian have a lot of chemistry, which helps make their characters' mutual attraction more plausible. I don't know why this particular Samantha/Scully is an easier pairing for you.

Samantha even makes the first move. I can't see Mulder doing the same in the circumstances.

I can't either, but why would Samantha? I don't think we see enough of their relationship to make this pass credible, but then I don't think it matters very much. By the writer's own definition, this doesn't happen to Dana Scully. But I'd totally read this story, if only she'd written it, instead of merely sketching an outline.

[badforthefish.livejournal.com]

*sigh* I used to be a fierce noromo...and then I found out about something called fanfiction. *BG*

And now nobody is going to convince me that these two aren't soulmates.