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Kiss the Darkness by Suzanna Post (R)
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comice, more commonly known as Anjou. It's my pleasure to be driving the nondescript Ford Taurus behind the Crack Van this month, recommending tales of Agents Mulder and Scully for your enjoyment. One of the greatest things about The X-Files fandom is the number of talented, erudite writers who wrote XF fic. Many have moved on to other fandoms, but some seem to have simply vanished. Luckily, thanks to archives such as Gossamer, we still have their stories. Over the course of this month, I plan to share some personal favorites that I don't want to be forgotten.
Fandom: THE X-FILES
Pairing: Mulder/Scully
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: unknown
Why this must be read: Kiss the Darkness is one of my favorite kinds of X-Files stories. A post-colonization what-if story, it seeks to answer, with scientific specificity, how the colonization of Earth by aliens could be defeated.
Sound dull? It's not. Set mid-S6, Kiss the Darkness is a quiet tale that unfolds with simplicity and elegance, tackling the darkest unexplained mysteries of the mytharc and wrestling them into the light.
"Heroes in the grail myths never finish their quest." Mulder looked at her meaningfully, but she didn't grasp the thing he left unspoken. She raised one eyebrow in question.
"I never thought about it before," Mulder continued, "but it's true. Something always stands in the way of fulfilling the quest. The hero isn't pure, or he asks the wrong question. Even though the story ends,
it isn't finished."
Scully's brain whirred into early-morning action, and suddenly the words clicked. Her mouth opened in a silent O of revelation. She remembered what Mulder had said in a hospital many months ago, after the incident on the bridge. "You think we've been asking the wrong question all along, don't you?"
Kiss the Darkness
Enjoy!
I'm
comice, more commonly known as Anjou. It's my pleasure to be driving the nondescript Ford Taurus behind the Crack Van this month, recommending tales of Agents Mulder and Scully for your enjoyment. One of the greatest things about The X-Files fandom is the number of talented, erudite writers who wrote XF fic. Many have moved on to other fandoms, but some seem to have simply vanished. Luckily, thanks to archives such as Gossamer, we still have their stories. Over the course of this month, I plan to share some personal favorites that I don't want to be forgotten. Fandom: THE X-FILES
Pairing: Mulder/Scully
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: unknown
Why this must be read: Kiss the Darkness is one of my favorite kinds of X-Files stories. A post-colonization what-if story, it seeks to answer, with scientific specificity, how the colonization of Earth by aliens could be defeated.
Sound dull? It's not. Set mid-S6, Kiss the Darkness is a quiet tale that unfolds with simplicity and elegance, tackling the darkest unexplained mysteries of the mytharc and wrestling them into the light.
"Heroes in the grail myths never finish their quest." Mulder looked at her meaningfully, but she didn't grasp the thing he left unspoken. She raised one eyebrow in question.
"I never thought about it before," Mulder continued, "but it's true. Something always stands in the way of fulfilling the quest. The hero isn't pure, or he asks the wrong question. Even though the story ends,
it isn't finished."
Scully's brain whirred into early-morning action, and suddenly the words clicked. Her mouth opened in a silent O of revelation. She remembered what Mulder had said in a hospital many months ago, after the incident on the bridge. "You think we've been asking the wrong question all along, don't you?"
Kiss the Darkness
Enjoy!
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