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xf_book_club2013-02-18 02:05 pm
wendelah1) wrote in xf_book_club2013-02-18 02:05 pm
Rerun Request: "Oyster" by Jordan
This is a rerun, posted at the request of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
estella_c, who loves it and wasn't a member when we discussed it back in 2008. I love it too, and think it's well-worth revisiting.
Like all great western religious stories, "Oyster" takes place in the desert, in the modern day stand-in for Sodom and Gomorrah, Los Vegas, a land of waking dreams, endless heat and unquenchable thirsts. In her author's notes, Jordan states emphatically that "THIS FIC IS REQUIEM FREE." This is rather misleading; in actuality, "Oyster" is a re-envisioning of the end of season seven, and to a limited extent, season eight. The parallels are multiple and striking. In both stories, there are deaths and multiple abductions. There is an investigation in which Skinner, Scully and, of course, Mulder are all major players. To say any more would spoil the story for new readers. While "Requiem" inspired a lot of fanfic, "Oyster" is one the best stories ever written for The X-Files fandom. I recommend it without reservation.
Read "Oyster". You can also find this story on her author's page at Gossamer. Please come back and let us know what you think.
estella_c, who loves it and wasn't a member when we discussed it back in 2008. I love it too, and think it's well-worth revisiting.Like all great western religious stories, "Oyster" takes place in the desert, in the modern day stand-in for Sodom and Gomorrah, Los Vegas, a land of waking dreams, endless heat and unquenchable thirsts. In her author's notes, Jordan states emphatically that "THIS FIC IS REQUIEM FREE." This is rather misleading; in actuality, "Oyster" is a re-envisioning of the end of season seven, and to a limited extent, season eight. The parallels are multiple and striking. In both stories, there are deaths and multiple abductions. There is an investigation in which Skinner, Scully and, of course, Mulder are all major players. To say any more would spoil the story for new readers. While "Requiem" inspired a lot of fanfic, "Oyster" is one the best stories ever written for The X-Files fandom. I recommend it without reservation.
Read "Oyster". You can also find this story on her author's page at Gossamer. Please come back and let us know what you think.
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Anyway, I thought of you and your love for "kickass Scully" when I watched this at Youtube today. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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I got into XF when I was 11 (which I guess is an awkward time in any kid's life) and I was kind of an awkward, scaredy-cat kid, really unsure of myself. Scully honestly changed my life, she was such a strong female character and there was a serious shortage of them on tv, IMO. She inspired me to assert myself and stop being so scared of everything. I will love her foreverrr