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Drive, He Said by Jennifer-Oksana (R)
Fandom: X-FILES
Pairing: Mulder/Scully
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jennyo
Author Website: Jennifer-Oksana's Dreamstate
Why this must be read:
Post-colonization (or sometimes post-apocalypse) was always a popular genre in X-Files fandom, since it gave such scope for exploring different futures, without having to pay too much attention to what had passed in canon. This is one of the shortest of this type of story, yet still incredibly powerful.
When I tracked down this author's web page I was amused to find this wry comment next to my pick: This is the story you've read, let's face it. Made me feel happy that I wasn't the only one. Out of all of Jenny-O's stories, and out of all the post-col ones out there, this is the one that's stayed with me. I could even remember the title, since it's so intrinsic to the piece.
The story is compelling, with a Scully who's almost a stranger, but with flashbacks to the more familiar characterisation of the series. Although told from her POV, the reader is not restricted by it and at the end steps aside to watch the final scene. There's also some beautiful phrasing:
... not Mulder, not the great Don Quixote of the Post-Everything World. I was willing to be Sancho Panza and Dulcinea (and only second Dulcinea to Samantha, after all) if he would only fight valiantly against windmills forever ...
Drive, He Said
Pairing: Mulder/Scully
Author on LJ:
jennyoAuthor Website: Jennifer-Oksana's Dreamstate
Why this must be read:
Post-colonization (or sometimes post-apocalypse) was always a popular genre in X-Files fandom, since it gave such scope for exploring different futures, without having to pay too much attention to what had passed in canon. This is one of the shortest of this type of story, yet still incredibly powerful.
When I tracked down this author's web page I was amused to find this wry comment next to my pick: This is the story you've read, let's face it. Made me feel happy that I wasn't the only one. Out of all of Jenny-O's stories, and out of all the post-col ones out there, this is the one that's stayed with me. I could even remember the title, since it's so intrinsic to the piece.
The story is compelling, with a Scully who's almost a stranger, but with flashbacks to the more familiar characterisation of the series. Although told from her POV, the reader is not restricted by it and at the end steps aside to watch the final scene. There's also some beautiful phrasing:
... not Mulder, not the great Don Quixote of the Post-Everything World. I was willing to be Sancho Panza and Dulcinea (and only second Dulcinea to Samantha, after all) if he would only fight valiantly against windmills forever ...
Drive, He Said