Story 18: "Oil" by Eodrakken Quicksilver

[emily-shore.livejournal.com]

For those of you who are tired of all the shippiness, here is some gen courtesy of bardsmaid. "Oil" offers a fantastically original look at one corner of the X-Files universe.

Title: Oil
Author: Eodrakken Quicksilver
Feedback: eo@morosophy.com
Website: http://www.morosophy.com/sun/
Spoilers: "Piper Maru" and "Apocrypha"
Rating: G.
Summary: A possession. A nightmare. A love story. A different point of view. Post-"Apocrypha".

Comments

[bardsmaid.livejournal.com]

I admit it: this is one of the most awesome pieces of fic I've ever come across because it's so unique. It pulls you out of your complacent viewpoint of the XF universe and makes you see it from a completely different perspective. The creativity of this story makes me smile every time I read it, and I love all the various observations, and the gentle cleverness of it. Loved Krycek jumping into the lake, and the very astute observation that CSM focused immediately on the Oil rather than Krycek; this was a detail that had stood out to me within the episode.

This story made me think and experience something totally new and unexpected, and I value that in a fic.

[wendelah1]

Like the two previous stories, this is so good that it makes me want to re-watch the episodes it references: "Piper Maru" and "Aprocrypha."

[idella]

Thank you for suggesting this fic! I probably wouldn't have stumbled across it on my own, and even if I had, I would not have had a good reason to reread it. The first time through I was impatient and a bit confused, but the second time was love.

[emily-shore.livejournal.com]

The first time through I was impatient and a bit confused, but the second time was love.

Sounds familiar to me!