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Closed Colony, Special Stock by Branwell (PG-13)
Fandom: X-FILES
Pairing: None
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: http://www.underthewing.com/branwell/
Why this must be read:
It's a gen supernatural casefile! Not a kind of story that I usually read, so you know that if I'm recommending this, it has to be good. While it's set as part of the Virtual Season 8, and the character interaction bears that out, the plotline bears comforting similarities to a lot of season one episodes. You know, the government base, the hazy conspiracy, the way that all of the evidence is snatched away again at the end. The nostalgically predictable nature of the plot frees the reader up to pay attention to the things that are different.
And yes, things are different. Like "Bone of Contention," this story really brings home the human toll of all these shadowy experiments that we are always hearing about. It gives a sense of agency to the victim, and that is something that the show could have stood to do more often.
Closed Colony, Special Stock
Pairing: None
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: http://www.underthewing.com/branwell/
Why this must be read:
It's a gen supernatural casefile! Not a kind of story that I usually read, so you know that if I'm recommending this, it has to be good. While it's set as part of the Virtual Season 8, and the character interaction bears that out, the plotline bears comforting similarities to a lot of season one episodes. You know, the government base, the hazy conspiracy, the way that all of the evidence is snatched away again at the end. The nostalgically predictable nature of the plot frees the reader up to pay attention to the things that are different.
And yes, things are different. Like "Bone of Contention," this story really brings home the human toll of all these shadowy experiments that we are always hearing about. It gives a sense of agency to the victim, and that is something that the show could have stood to do more often.
Closed Colony, Special Stock