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The Games We Play by Wintersong (R)
Fandom: THE X-FILES
Pairing: Gen
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sgcbearcub
Author Website: Wintersong's website
Why this must be read: Because it's a fascinating read. It's about Mulder and Scully as partners, participating in a kind of training exercise that showcases that partnership, the skills they've picked up over seven years on the X-Files, and their devotion to each other. There's no romance--we don't know if Mulder and Scully are sleeping with each other or not, but this fic underlines that it doesn't really matter, because it doesn't change the absolute love, trust, and loyalty they feel for each other. As well as what they will do because of that love, trust, and loyalty--this fic also shows the darker edge of their personalities.
Most of it is told from an outsider's point of view, someone set to evaluate their performance in this exercise. This person has heard about what they do on the X-Files, as well as all the rumors surrounding them, and doesn't have much of an opinion until she sees them in action--when they turn the entire game upside down and inside out, and everyone learns that underestimating them can be a Bad Thing.
Wintersong has one of the most intensely fascinating views of Mulder and Scully, and the world of the X-Files, that I have ever read. The stories she writes are very different from most of the other X-Files fic I've read, but I can still see where her characterization is coming from, and the situations she puts them in let shine facets of their characters that most of the series' episodes aren't designed to show. Everything Wintersong writes is among the most uniquely interesting stories I've ever read, and though I'm only pointing to "The Games We Play" as an example of her work, I sincerely think that everyone who cares about Mulder and Scully should check out the rest of her fic.
Both Kramer and I had begun to suspect that this so-called X-Files department was just a front. Whatever these two were, they were clearly more than paperpushers. After running into the third tight-lipped, high security block in a row, I had speculated rather sarcastically, that maybe werewolves existed after all. I mean, why else all the red tape? Kramer had just snorted. Her theory, which made a hell of a lot more sense, was that the two were undercover operators of some kind. Their field agent status gave them the perfect alibi and ability to drop out of sight at a moment's notice.
Unfortunately, the first CIA operative we suggested it to nearly killed himself laughing.
"Spooky Mulder and Doc Ice? You've got to be kidding. Those two go missing for more than three days and we've got fifty websites screaming that we offed them. Then the FBI gets one hundred and one more requests for their travel records through the freedom of information act. Their photos show up more often on the fringe sites than Elvis sightings. Believe me, if their reports say they were in Montana, you can be sure that some MUFON nut got a photo of them. Hell, that's where we get half our confirmation on what they are up to. Have you seen the clearance levels that get slapped on their after action reports?"
Which really begged the question as to why the CIA was keeping tabs on these two agents in the first place. But it also shot our favorite theory all to hell and back. So we were back to square one.
The Games We Play
Pairing: Gen
Author on LJ:
sgcbearcubAuthor Website: Wintersong's website
Why this must be read: Because it's a fascinating read. It's about Mulder and Scully as partners, participating in a kind of training exercise that showcases that partnership, the skills they've picked up over seven years on the X-Files, and their devotion to each other. There's no romance--we don't know if Mulder and Scully are sleeping with each other or not, but this fic underlines that it doesn't really matter, because it doesn't change the absolute love, trust, and loyalty they feel for each other. As well as what they will do because of that love, trust, and loyalty--this fic also shows the darker edge of their personalities.
Most of it is told from an outsider's point of view, someone set to evaluate their performance in this exercise. This person has heard about what they do on the X-Files, as well as all the rumors surrounding them, and doesn't have much of an opinion until she sees them in action--when they turn the entire game upside down and inside out, and everyone learns that underestimating them can be a Bad Thing.
Wintersong has one of the most intensely fascinating views of Mulder and Scully, and the world of the X-Files, that I have ever read. The stories she writes are very different from most of the other X-Files fic I've read, but I can still see where her characterization is coming from, and the situations she puts them in let shine facets of their characters that most of the series' episodes aren't designed to show. Everything Wintersong writes is among the most uniquely interesting stories I've ever read, and though I'm only pointing to "The Games We Play" as an example of her work, I sincerely think that everyone who cares about Mulder and Scully should check out the rest of her fic.
Both Kramer and I had begun to suspect that this so-called X-Files department was just a front. Whatever these two were, they were clearly more than paperpushers. After running into the third tight-lipped, high security block in a row, I had speculated rather sarcastically, that maybe werewolves existed after all. I mean, why else all the red tape? Kramer had just snorted. Her theory, which made a hell of a lot more sense, was that the two were undercover operators of some kind. Their field agent status gave them the perfect alibi and ability to drop out of sight at a moment's notice.
Unfortunately, the first CIA operative we suggested it to nearly killed himself laughing.
"Spooky Mulder and Doc Ice? You've got to be kidding. Those two go missing for more than three days and we've got fifty websites screaming that we offed them. Then the FBI gets one hundred and one more requests for their travel records through the freedom of information act. Their photos show up more often on the fringe sites than Elvis sightings. Believe me, if their reports say they were in Montana, you can be sure that some MUFON nut got a photo of them. Hell, that's where we get half our confirmation on what they are up to. Have you seen the clearance levels that get slapped on their after action reports?"
Which really begged the question as to why the CIA was keeping tabs on these two agents in the first place. But it also shot our favorite theory all to hell and back. So we were back to square one.
The Games We Play
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*brain melts into a puddle of goo*
OH. GOD.
I love Alex, my heart goes out to him. I love-hate the description she gave to the small players in the game. It's heart-wrenching but horribly accurate.
-sevter-