The daydreams were lovely little slices of family life that were sweet without being saccharine (which is the primary reason I usually avoid kidfic.)
I agree with both of your statements. I have many reasons for avoiding kidfic but syrupy sweet versions of Mulder, Scully and their progeny head the list. On the one hand, I get why people want to write them and read them--they're an antidote to the horror that was inflicted on the characters we love so much. But an entire novella about Mulder and Scully going to Lamaze class or adopting orphaned children? What does that have to do with The X-Files? Maybe if the fanfics had been funny or witty or had a version of Mulder and Scully I could recognize...
But this story manages to navigate the rocky shoals of babyfic quite successfully. It neither avoids the painful reality of canon nor wallows in it. This is rare.
Yes, certainly the best way to keep your targeted-by-cultists, possibly alien-powered child safe is to foist him off onto two people who have absolutely no idea what they are getting themselves into.
Someone wrote a fic in which Charlie and his wife temporarily adopted William, taking on the identity of the canon couple who adopted him, knowing full-well what they were getting into. I thought that worked. I wish I would remember who wrote it.
I wish they'd handled Duchovny's absence better, I wish they'd exited Mulder and Scully together at the end of season 8, hell, I wish they'd ended the show with Requiem.
Me, too. I think everyone but the diehard fans of season 8 and 9 would agree with us. I can see now that the ending of "Requiem" was poignant and gave both characters what they wanted: Mulder got his aliens and Scully got a second chance at a normal life.
Thank you. I'm glad you gave the fic a chance. It depresses me when folks don't bother with the fanfic, and the discussion turns into yet another referendum on "William." Again, I get it. Everyone hates the episode, no one more than I. But I wanted to talk about the writing as well.
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I agree with both of your statements. I have many reasons for avoiding kidfic but syrupy sweet versions of Mulder, Scully and their progeny head the list. On the one hand, I get why people want to write them and read them--they're an antidote to the horror that was inflicted on the characters we love so much. But an entire novella about Mulder and Scully going to Lamaze class or adopting orphaned children? What does that have to do with The X-Files? Maybe if the fanfics had been funny or witty or had a version of Mulder and Scully I could recognize...
But this story manages to navigate the rocky shoals of babyfic quite successfully. It neither avoids the painful reality of canon nor wallows in it. This is rare.
Yes, certainly the best way to keep your targeted-by-cultists, possibly alien-powered child safe is to foist him off onto two people who have absolutely no idea what they are getting themselves into.
Someone wrote a fic in which Charlie and his wife temporarily adopted William, taking on the identity of the canon couple who adopted him, knowing full-well what they were getting into. I thought that worked. I wish I would remember who wrote it.
I wish they'd handled Duchovny's absence better, I wish they'd exited Mulder and Scully together at the end of season 8, hell, I wish they'd ended the show with Requiem.
Me, too. I think everyone but the diehard fans of season 8 and 9 would agree with us. I can see now that the ending of "Requiem" was poignant and gave both characters what they wanted: Mulder got his aliens and Scully got a second chance at a normal life.
Thank you. I'm glad you gave the fic a chance. It depresses me when folks don't bother with the fanfic, and the discussion turns into yet another referendum on "William." Again, I get it. Everyone hates the episode, no one more than I. But I wanted to talk about the writing as well.