Reason by wendelah1 (PG)

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Fandom: THE X-FILES/FRINGE
Pairing: Mulder/Scully
Length: longish one-shot
Author on LJ: wendelah1
Author Website: Fic post
Why this must be read:

So I meant to post this on crossover day; what can I say, I'm a putz. The great thing about Fringe and Xf is that it's canon that they exist in the same universe, so there's no difficulty getting them to interact. And what wendelah1 pulls off here is even more fun: it spins us off into "Over There," getting to show us a very different Scully (and a quick half-shot of a different Mulder) living in a very different world. Like the alternate versions of the Fringe characters, altScully is both herself and not herself, and totally compelling. This is also the most legitimately shippy thing poor Wen has ever written. That's not why I like it--but it doesn't hurt.

Reason

Comments

[kerithwyn.livejournal.com]

Nice! I was just thinking how sad it was that there was no Fringe on crack_van and woop, here you are. Gratz on getting the first tag in. :)

*runs over to read*

[wendelah1]

I'm the first Fringe tag on crack_van. I guess I need to put the show on the small fandoms list.

This is also the most legitimately shippy thing poor Wen has ever written. That's not why I like it--but it doesn't hurt.

Now, now. I have written MSR before this. I'm going to lose my normomo cred for saying this but I think "Hope Without Reason" is very shippy, by anyone's standards. So is "The Chicken and the Egg." That being said, it was very freeing to be able to put Mulder and Scully into an alternative universe where they weren't at the center of an international conspiracy, one where they had a legitimate shot at creating a home and a family.