David And Gillian On TV Guide Covers Through The Years

David and Gillian on TV Guide covers through the years

Are there any scenes of XF fanfic that live on vividly in your memory? Like, you can just conjure them up at a moment’s notice and live in them, just savoring the mood, the environment, everything in that scene? 

For me, it’s the Lone Gunmen party scene in Penumbra’s Parabiosis, which is probably a cliche even to admit. I can never forget it; it has such a vivid and specific feel to it. I can close my eyes and picture Mulder and Scully in the Lone Gunmen’s tiny, cluttered bathroom, whispering to each other about Mulder’s mummy theory, then later finding a picture of themselves on that same bathroom wall, and then even later still, hearing the notes to A Whiter Shade of Pale and heading out to dance. They kept returning to that room. Something about that whole party scene, and those stolen moments in the bathroom, stay with me forever. There are a lot of fics I’ve loved, but there are few scenes that I can recall with such clarity, that put me in such a tailspin of emotion and nostalgia like this one. It feels like canon to me. I’m so grateful for it. 

What about you?

I’m fairly happy. That’s something.

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txf fanfic recs

These are many of the fics that I wish someone had told me to read when I was first looking for X-Files fic. The list is super not complete and I’m going to keep adding to it as I remember names. Not trying to be obscure or find the deep cuts, just listing what I’ve liked (or maybe didn’t quite like but have read more than once for some reason or another). Almost everything on here is MSR to one degree or another. Strong preference for long stories. My picks from prolific authors are…pretty idiosyncratic, but consider any name on here as a blanket recommendation for the rest of their work.

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Master fic list post

All the cool kids were doing their own list and I have nothing better to do. *updated 8/23/17

Only on AO3:

Unbridled Family Hour Let Bygones Be Bygones Moving Pictures New Year, New Us Closer to Home Distinctly Mulder We Wish You a Happy Holiday Another Christmas Carol That Was Then, This is Now One Lonely Night Before There Was Closure Looking Back: Nine Moments That Changed Things The Unscene Quantum Leap A Miracle Would Happen Never Give Up Not Alone The Long Goodbye Enter, A Stranger

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