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crack_van2004-06-02 10:46 pm
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I Still Have Plans To Go To Mexico by JiM & MJ (NC-17)
Fandom: X-FILES
Pairing: Mulder/Skinner/Krycek
Author on LJ: Not that I know of
Author Website: JiM's Fiction Page & MJ Slash Fan Fiction
Why this must be read:
It's difficult to make threesomes work for anything longer than a sex scene, and it's almost impossible to maintain a light-hearted tone in a long story, but MJ and JiM managed it. There are serious moments, and some very moving scenes, but I reckon when most people remember this story it's with a goofy smile.
When 'Mexico' first appeared, readers were surprised to have such a long story appear from these authors, and perhaps were wondering if they were in for a long angsty saga. Both JiM and MJ were well-known and much liked in X-Files slashdom for their short, pithy stories. (MJ's Pencils series, and JiM's Houseboat variations are classics.) But the surprise quickly turned to delight, as they wallowed in the witty dialogue and great sex!
Scully doesn't get much screentime in this story, but she does get one of the best lines, and since it's also a succint explanation of the initial setup, and gives a good flavour of the writing style, I'll let her have her say:
Scully had looked at him in astonishment when he told her.
"You're resigning. You're leaving DC. You're writing a book. You're moving back to Cape Cod. You're moving to Cape Cod where you just bought a house with Walter Skinner. Mulder, this is more information than my brain can process at one time."
"Gee, Scully," Mulder chuckled. "Which part was too much for you?"
"I know you want me to tell you that it's the part about you and Skinner. It's not, Mulder. I'd suspected something like that. Give me some credit; I'm not blind or stupid. What gets me is, I've read your reports -- and you really think you can write a book?"
In some ways the story is cliched (or perhaps it invented some of the cliches!) with its elements of hurt Krycek being cared for by a Skinner and Mulder who have set up home together with a cat and a dog. Skinner's the pillar of the community, Krycek singlehandedly brought down the Consortium, Mulder is ... Mulder. Yet it still seems original on a re-read, and I think that's down to the skilled writing by both authors. A treasure to enjoy.
Mulder brings Krycek home with him, and Skinner lets him keep his stray.
I Still Have Plans To Go To Mexico
(This is my second visit to crack_van. I did Highlander recs back in February. I've been reading and writing in the X-Files fandom since 1997, and like both slash and gen stories. Since I've been around for a while, I'll probably be picking older stories that have stayed in my memory.)
Pairing: Mulder/Skinner/Krycek
Author on LJ: Not that I know of
Author Website: JiM's Fiction Page & MJ Slash Fan Fiction
Why this must be read:
It's difficult to make threesomes work for anything longer than a sex scene, and it's almost impossible to maintain a light-hearted tone in a long story, but MJ and JiM managed it. There are serious moments, and some very moving scenes, but I reckon when most people remember this story it's with a goofy smile.
When 'Mexico' first appeared, readers were surprised to have such a long story appear from these authors, and perhaps were wondering if they were in for a long angsty saga. Both JiM and MJ were well-known and much liked in X-Files slashdom for their short, pithy stories. (MJ's Pencils series, and JiM's Houseboat variations are classics.) But the surprise quickly turned to delight, as they wallowed in the witty dialogue and great sex!
Scully doesn't get much screentime in this story, but she does get one of the best lines, and since it's also a succint explanation of the initial setup, and gives a good flavour of the writing style, I'll let her have her say:
Scully had looked at him in astonishment when he told her.
"You're resigning. You're leaving DC. You're writing a book. You're moving back to Cape Cod. You're moving to Cape Cod where you just bought a house with Walter Skinner. Mulder, this is more information than my brain can process at one time."
"Gee, Scully," Mulder chuckled. "Which part was too much for you?"
"I know you want me to tell you that it's the part about you and Skinner. It's not, Mulder. I'd suspected something like that. Give me some credit; I'm not blind or stupid. What gets me is, I've read your reports -- and you really think you can write a book?"
In some ways the story is cliched (or perhaps it invented some of the cliches!) with its elements of hurt Krycek being cared for by a Skinner and Mulder who have set up home together with a cat and a dog. Skinner's the pillar of the community, Krycek singlehandedly brought down the Consortium, Mulder is ... Mulder. Yet it still seems original on a re-read, and I think that's down to the skilled writing by both authors. A treasure to enjoy.
Mulder brings Krycek home with him, and Skinner lets him keep his stray.
I Still Have Plans To Go To Mexico
(This is my second visit to crack_van. I did Highlander recs back in February. I've been reading and writing in the X-Files fandom since 1997, and like both slash and gen stories. Since I've been around for a while, I'll probably be picking older stories that have stayed in my memory.)
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Great rec! Can't wait to see what you've got in store for the month!
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Hope I manage to find something else you like, but this is a hard act to follow!
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I'm here for ya! *grin*
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I've been slipping a bit out of the fandom and it's nice to get a refresher course. And it's also entirely possible you'll rec somehting I've never read, due to the fact it was my first fandom, and that I didn't really get over my base response of "slash? eeeew!" until Buffy/Angel.
Now, of course, slash is 90 percent of what I read.
Mexico rec
(Anonymous) 2004-06-03 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)Thank you for your rec. This tale is still one of our personal and secret favorites. We had fun.
I have to tell you, though, it wasn't cliched when we wrote it. There had been ONE piece of M/Sk/K fic out there and that wa Torch's "Anniversary". Kass produced her wonderful "Cold" piece while "Mexico" was still in beta and we all yowled at one another before calming the heck down and giggling at the Jungian gutter (sub) conscious that seemed to be XF slashdom.
Once again, thanks for the rec!!
JiM
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