Unintended Consequences by Sarah Segretti (R)

[wendelah1]

Hi! I'm wendelah1, back to drive the van one last time, for the amazing fandom that brought me to LiveJournal in the first place, The X-Files. Since I signed up in response to hearing of the community's imminent closure, it's going to take me a few days to get organized. My goals are two-fold: to post a rec a day and do an abbreviated update of the fandom's ancient (by internet standards) introductory post.

As much as I love Dana Scully and Fox Mulder, I don't ship them, not in the traditional sense of the term. I'm a gen person. However, if it's well-written, I'll read anything. I like a little bit of everything, from post-eps to post-cols, casefiles and x-files, short character studies and long, plot-driven stories.

While I'm gathering my thoughts, I'm going to start with the latest story up for discussion at xf_book_club, "Unintended Consequences," because I've just read it, and I like it, and I have a working link to it, the latter being a key bit in a fandom which just celebrated its 20th anniversary.

Fandom: THE X-FILES
Pairing: Fox Mulder/Dana Scully
Length: 4600 words
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: Author's page at Gossamer.
Why this must be read:

"Unintended Consequences" is a realistic and insightful post-ep for the seventh season episode "Orison." It's almost a guest rec since I rediscovered it looking for a fanfic writer's no longer extant recs page. It's a story I liked even better the second time around.

Read Unintended Consequences

Comments

[lanalucy]

I, too, came to lj from XF fandom. So much has changed since then.

Sarah Segretti. A name I remember fondly. I don't remember stories so much as I remember author's name or handles. I remember I liked her stuff.

[wendelah1]

Hi! Yes, much has changed in fandom in general, and in TXF, too. Segretti's an excellent writer.