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few things more humbling than the realization that you really do write the same fic(s) over and over again

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Hello! I finally decided to dive into Tumblr!

About me: My pen name is Lara Means, taken from a character in Millennium, one of Chris Carter's other series. I started watching TXF when it premiered in 1993 -- at the time I was living in Los Angeles and trying to become a television writer, so I was watching pretty much everything. But TXF was different. I've never connected with a show so strongly! The characters, the writing, the atmosphere... it was magical.

As a wannabe TV writer, I tried to get my work to the show. My agent finally got me read, but sadly, they gave her the usual "not quite right for the show" rejection. Around that time I discovered fanfic, and I figured this was a way to (unofficially) play with this world, these characters. And an obsession was born...

I wrote my first fic in November 1999, a Millennium post ep. I wrote a lot in 2000. 2001, and 2002, then Life interfered. I only wrote a few stories in 2003, 2004, and 2005, then just stopped.

I have lately rediscovered the show and the fanfic, and am once again totally obsessed. I'm slowly moving all of my old stories over from Gossamer -- AND I'm writing again!

I'm larameans on AO3, if you're interested. Thanks!

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Last Lines Written

@libbytxf tagged me! And honestly, maybe some other people lol. I feel like I might have missed a few notifs. Thank you if you did!

This is from a multi chapter fic I've been working on. It's been giving me trouble, but I am on chapter 7. I need to have betas look at it soon, but at this point I still feel like I'm playing around with structure, ugh.

He’s obviously been putting together some slides for the past hour, and she knows he’s about to hit her with a doozy of a slideshow. She’s seen him dragging around cardboard boxes from the Federal Forest service. He’s wearing his glasses and poring over photos from the 1930s.

Tagging @wonder-xphile, @spookyshipperfics, @spooky-jordan, @bakedbakermom @unremarkablehouse, @thursdayinspace in case any of you would like to play and have not yet. (If you've already played or already been tagged a million times, I apologize, lol.)

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Hey there, I’m not sure if this already exists on your page but do you have a list of the most critically acclaimed or infamous X-Files fanfics or authors? The type of fics or authors that everyone recommends or says “You HAVE to read this at least once”. I hear that with the Iokous series, the Terra Firma series, Antidote by Karen Rasch and Rachel Howard, anything by Pembura, anything by MalibuSunset.

Thank you in advance!

Hey, welcome! :D

I think @myassbrokethefall's "classic, don't miss" recs and @cecilysass's favorites document fit the bill.

But since there are other links/lists in my archives, I'm going to include those as well. Because why not?

Here's a brief introduction to different fandom authors (and more authors named here)

Here and here are my descriptions of various authors

Here's a collaborative introduction to fic sites, and here's an in-depth, multi-part resource/links guide to (practically) all of them

Here's a list of my comfort rereads

@lilydalexf's lists and suggestions

@audriesfic's greatest hits

cecilysass's themed fic recs (here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and the 1998 Spooky Award Winners here) feature only the best

@o6666666 has a great list on William/fluff/kidfic which includes the fandom's most infamous authors

Masterposts I'd recommend: @baronessblixen's here, cecilysass's here, @slippinmickeys here, @amplifyme here, @ghostbustermelanieking here, @television-overload here, @sixhours here, @teethnbone here, @touchstoneaf here, @mldrgrl here, and many more that are sprinkled all over Tumblr.

Bonus! Here and here are published authors who started out as X-Files fic writers.

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Brought to you by my intense love of k.d. lang's version of Hallelujah (originally by Leonard Cohen).

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and please remember to stay up late because that’s free time

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🥏 Fic Rec #80: "Other Activities" by Defnotmeyo

Skinner drops by Mulder’s apartment unannounced, and chaos and hilarity ensue. Screamingly funny and lovely!

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🥏 on AO3

length: ficlet, 700+ words pairing(s): M/S RST tags: humor rating: G

Tagging @today-in-fic

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sometimes i think about rewatching the x files for my 10th anniversary. and maybe dabblin a bit in fic again. but holy fuck ive got so many words to write

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Fic Friday (80)

Title: Margaritas

Author: agoodwoman

Word Count: 19,440

AO3 Summary: Season Six, set after The Unnatural our duo had some drinks and get a little physical. A case comes up and they have to stumble through the morning after of a night together.

My Thoughts: I'm pretty sure a discord pal shared this story, but I can't figure out who it was. Whoever you are, thank you! I really liked this fic. Even though Mulder and Scully need to deal with the ~morning after~ their first time, it's more playful than angsty. Plus there's a little twist that kinda changes the dynamic of what happened. The case file is pretty good and there's jealous Mulder and smut, so what more do you need?

Enjoy! Tagging @today-in-fic

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First, I’m so sorry. These are appalling times. We do what we need to in order to get through and still have enough charge in us to push back.

I am going to admit to you that as an angst girly, it’s the angst that I usually turn to for comfort. But I am thinking about moments that make me smile specifically, and I can think of some!

- The ghosts engaging in pop psychology with both of them 👻

- The stalker novelist engaging in pop psychology with both of them ❤️‍🔥

-This is a little dark, but I just rewatched Erlenmeyer Flask and that moment where Mulder finds Dr. Secare in the attic and promises him “I can protect you” upon which Secare is immediately shot always makes me laugh. 💀

- I also really love in 731 when Mulder jumps on the train. I love it because he’s batshit, because Scully tells him not to, and because he loses his phone. I love it because someone says something about it being a Canadian passenger train bound for Vancouver. Which makes absolutely no sense at all, since they are in West Virginia and they don’t actually have Canadian passenger trains in West Virginia. And even if they did, they wouldn’t be, like, express trains for Vancouver because it is on the other side of the continent. So everything about that makes me smile. 🚊 🇨🇦

- I always smile during “I don’t wanna wrestle / Joy to the World” and that whole scene. And on that note, I love how chilly it looks in Florida that whole episode. Florida looks a lot warmer when it is being played by California in Agua Mala lol. 🌴

And you already mentioned my Mulder entering the hearing moment. If you have read that chapter in Incrementum, it really adds layers to that scene, whew.

Y'all. Anybody else going absolutely thru it lately??

(This is a dumb/annoying question on it's face- we are living under an increasingly fascistic regime- lives are being upended everyday).

So I appreciate my depression etc is neither rare nor particularly severe in the scheme of things.

But God damn- shit feels unbelievably heavy these days. I'd love to know, for whomever cares to share- what x-files bullshit will always get you to smile? Can be funny (intentionally of otherwise), adorable, dumb, cool as hell, impressive, etc. A few of mine include:

-the baseball scene ⚾❤️ 😍 'hips before hands' was insane actually

-the way Felicity Huffman leaps thru the air (like a flying squirrel 🐿️ ) when she is found out in Ice

-Mulder walking into that congressional courtroom dick-first, swaggering hard, and locking eyes with a visibly horny Scully 👀

-the field where I died 😂 (SORRY)

-the Field Trip ambulance hand hold 🙌😭 (also that the paramedics didn't ride back there bc they respected that the romantic chemistry needed space to breathe)

- Mulder pouring gasoline all over his face and then panicking about his eyes ⛽ 🫩

- Scully and that bucket of chicken 🍗

There are sooo many more. I'm grateful to have this show -and especially this community- in shitty times. Would love to hear about some of your smile-inducing moments ❤️ hang in there

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how to say "I love you" in x-files [195/?] ⤷ 4.02 — “Home”

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Well, it’s sure not advertised in THIS promo, which is Frank Black, Frank Black, Frank Black! And here is the preview for the episode from the week before, which includes Mulder saying “happy new year, Scully” but otherwise is all action hero voiceover.

It’s funny because you know, I am not a marketing expert, but I do think the kiss would have been a better tease for the network than the connection to a cancelled series. But they definitely were going for a very specific demographic in XF audiences back then lol.

I took a peek at what people were saying on the Usenet group in the weeks leading up to the episode, and I guess CC was going around teasing the kiss in interviews? Sounds on brand. Here are a few people talking about it on alt.tv.x-files. (I did read this semi-regularly in 1999, so I might have known something was coming from that.) It’s funny how hesitant the poor shippers were to believe CC even back then.

Actually people who did get to watch the Millennium kiss live/unspoiled please tell what your reaction was

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Actually people who did get to watch the Millennium kiss live/unspoiled please tell what your reaction was

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No More Zero Comments Project

Hi! Here's a big masterpost for everything you need to know about this project!

The No More Zero Comments (NM0C) Project is dedicated to reducing the number of fics on AO3 with no comments. This is a multifandom community effort with very few rules which you can very easily undertake alone, but hey, why not join us?

The goal is simple: find fics with no comments, read them and leave the author a comment. If you want, you can go out and find fics on your own, but we also have a handy spreadsheet full of fics for you to browse!

You can find the spreadsheet here. There are tonnes of different fandoms to choose from. It will be updated regularly with new fics, so check back as often as you like.

Do you have a fic with zero comments? You can submit it here to be added to the spreadsheet. There is no limit to how many you can submit, and no limits on what you can submit. Any fandom, any category, any rating, no matter how old it is. Yes, even explicit fics. We aren't picky around here. You can also submit other people's fics if you wish.

All I ask is, if you submit your own fics, try and comment on some too! Balance, equality, etc.

The only real rule for submissions is no AI. This blog is vehemently anti-AI and will not accept any fics that use it. EDIT 16/06/25: There are now two more rules - no Harry Potter fics (fuck jkr) and no fics less than a week old.

If you read a fic from the spreadsheet, please let me know here so I can remove the fic from the spreadsheet. If you see a fic on the spreadsheet that has a comment, don't fret. I'll get around to removing it soon. Admin's timezone is GMT and I'm most active in the evenings.

Have a question? Feel free to ask!

A few more bits and pieces of information under the cut!

Who runs this blog?

That'd be me, Izak, better known as @lightningzombie! I run this blog alone for now. And yes, I did put my own fics into the spreadsheet. I put it up to a vote and people said I could!

Why did you decide to do this?

Frustration with the lack of comments on my fics and the death of comment culture in general. Bewilderment when I saw a fic that had 1200 kudos and no comments. The joy that leaving 100 comments and receiving 20+ during the Febuwhump commentfest brought me. Boredom. Many reasons!

Is there a prize/competition?

Nope! No incentives whatsoever. Just the joy of fan fiction, of commenting, and community spirit.

Will you do events?

Yes, I plan to! I'm not sure what yet, though.

"I don't know how to comment!"

Yes, you do. "I like this" is a comment. "How dare you do that to [insert blorbo here]" is a comment. "<3" is a comment. "KAJSDAKSDHJ WHYYYYY????" is a comment. "I am rapidly approaching your location" is a comment. Just be kind!

How long will it take me to get a comment?

Dunno. Some people get them within minutes, some hours, some days. Depends on many things. Be patient!

I submitted something but it hasn't been added or removed

I run this blog and the spreadsheet completely alone and manually. Any submissions will be handled as and when i have time. Be patient with me, I'll get to it!

Happy commenting! <3

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how to say "I love you" in x-files [189/?] ⤷ 3.23 — “Wetwired”

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Spooky Award Winners 1998 - full list!

The Spooky Awards were the annual awards given to X-Files fan fiction from 1995-2004 (except for, strangely, the year 1997). They were voted on by readers in a process that's a little unclear to me now--I know it must have been occasionally controversial, because there were sometimes concerns about "ballot stuffing." Full disclosure, I'm getting most of my info about this from Fanlore, although as an aged person I do remember the Spookys being a big deal back in the day. I might have even voted for them at some point, but I really don't remember how it worked. I sure af know we didn't have Google Forms. From year to year the categories changed, sometimes drastically, and sometimes they awarded honorable mentions. In the earlier years, from my point of view, it looks like a lot of the same fics and authors won again and again in lots of categories, but by the later years, it seems like it was a much more varied group of winners. I find the Spooky winners really fascinating to look at now because (1) they show what people liked to write and read back when the show was on; (2) they're an interesting documentation of early online fandom / fanfic, including how people liked to categorize fic and pairings; (3) there are a lot of fics and authors on these lists that people still read and recommend; (4) there are some fics that people really don't read and recommend, and I'm always curious why (some might deserve to be remembered more!). I'm going to list the 1998 Spooky winners below and link each fic as best I can so other people can explore them. I chose 1998 because there were a lot of familiar fics to me on this list--honestly, some real bangers--but maybe I'll do another year later. I found every fic but one still online. (Unacceptable by Justin Glasser anyone? - update: found, thanks to @lilydalexf !) A few random observations about 1998: obviously lots of movie fic. Less of a focus on strictly MSR, and plenty of same sex pairings, including Scully slash. More male fic authors / author names than we typically see nowadays. Also, in googling for a hard-to-find fic, I think I discovered another XF fanfic author who went pro (Saundra Mitchell). Look these over and give me your thoughts!

Outstanding Portrayal of Mulder Angst

First Place - Iolokus series - Mustang Sally and RivkaT

Second Place - The Cry of the Truth - A. I. Irving

Third Place - Eleventh Hour - Rachel Anton

Outstanding Mulder Characterization

First Place - Reach - Khyber

Second Place - Antidote - Karen Rasch and Rachel Howard

Third Place - Tangible - Blueswirl

Outstanding Original Character

First Place - Miranda Scully -- Iolokus IV - MustangSally and RivkaT

Second Place - Audrey--A Show of Strength - Meredith

Outstanding Original Villain

First Place - George Naxos --- Iolokus - MustangSally and Rivka T

Second Place - Mark Dupree --- ELS - Dawson Rambo

Third Place - Mr. Chancy/Simon Moloch -- Kevin Justin Glasser

Outstanding Portrayal of Scully Angst

First Place - Wallpaper - Annie Sewell-Jennings

Second Place - Primal Sympathy - Lydia Bower

Outstanding Scully Characterization

First Place - Reach - Khyber

Second Place - Antidote - Karen Rasch and Rachel Howard

Outstanding Characterization of a Recurring TV Character

First Place - Worth her Weight - Marguerite

Second Place - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Plausible Deniability

Outstanding Vignette

First Place - Fast Hard Screw on the Main Deck - Bidie McCucholl

Second Place - The Shadow of His Wings - Marguerite

Outstanding Humor Story

First Place - Your Platonic Relationship: An Owner's Manual - Lilla Vaughan

Second Place - The Carrot and the Stick - Plausible Deniability

Outstanding Author

First Place - Dawson Rambo

Second Place (tie)- Lydia Bower

Second Place (tie)- Nascent

Outstanding New Author

First Place - Bidie McCucholl

Second Place - Annie Sewell-Jennings

Outstanding Drama

First Place - The Iolokus Series - MustangSally & RivkaT

Second Place - A Show of Strength - Meredith

Outstanding Mulder/Scully Friendship

First Place - Worth Her Weight - Marguerite

Second Place (tie) - The Abyss Looks Back - Kronos

Second Place (tie) - And Chaos Shall Reign - Kronos

Outstanding NC-17 Romance

First Place - Metamorphosis - Annie Sewell-Jennings

Second Place - Momentary Lapses Series - Dasha K. & Plausible Deniability

Outstanding Non-NC-17 Romance

First Place - Reach - Khyber

Second Place - Merry Christmas, Scully - Stephanie Kaiser

Outstanding Other Romance

First Place - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Plausible Deniability

Second Place - Loners - Anne Haynes

Outstanding Mulder/Other Romance

First Place - Banging Your Head Against a Red-Haired Brick Wall - Blair Provence

Second Place - Venture Forth - Punk Maneuverability

Outstanding Scully/Other Romance

First Place - Half a World Away - Jane St. Clair

Second Place - Wheels of Iscariot - Emilie Renee Karr

Third Place - Homicidal Tendencies - Swikstr

Outstanding Skinner/Mulder Romance

First Place - Baton Rouge - Frogdoggie

Second Place (tie) - Challenges - Te

Second Place (tie) - Lasting Consequences - Debra Fran Baker

Second Place (tie) - Rarest Man Series (Body of Evidence, Duty Before Pleasure, Feast and Famine, Resolution, Test of Endurance, Wet Dream) - Sergeeva

Second Place (tie) - Unacceptable - Justin Glasser

Second Place (tie) - Wakened by Silence - JiM Page

Outstanding Skinner/Scully Romance

First Place - A Cold Angel Eye - Jordan

Second Place - Red Valerian Series - Dasha K.

Outstanding Platonic Mulder/Scully Romance

First Place (tie) - The Shadow of His Wings - Marguerite

First Place (tie) - Theory and Practice - Nascent

Outstanding Mulder/Scully UST

First Place - Your Platonic Relationship: An Owner's Manual - Lilla Vaughan

Second Place - Ninth Circle - Tim Scott

Outstanding Slash Story

First Place - Nightclub Girls - Dasha K

Second Place - Nightclub Jitters - Dasha K

Most Chris Carter

First Place - Kevin - Justin Glasser

Second Place (tie) - Antidote - Karen Rasch and Rachel Howard

Second Place (tie) - ELS - Dawson Rambo

Outstanding Series

First Place (tie) - The Iolokus Series - MustangSally and RivkaT

First Place (tie) - Momentary Lapses Series - Dasha K and Plausible Deniability

Outstanding Short Story

First Place - Day 17 - Khyber

Second Place - Fast Hard Screw on the Main Deck - Bidie McCucholl

Third Place (tie) - Camp - Shalimar

Third Place (tie) - All the Children are Insane - MustangSally

Outstanding Long Story

First Place - Antidote - Karen Rasch and Rachel Howard

Second Place (tie) - Reach - Khyber

Second Place (tie) - ELS - Dawson Rambo

Outstanding Story in a Series

First Place - Said the Spider to the Fly - Dark Nascent

Second Place - The Ghost at Her Side - Joyce McKibben

Third Place - Iolokus IV - MustangSally and Rivka T

Outstanding Unfinished Work

First Place - Paper Saints - Jill Selby

Second Place - Above Rubies - Rachel Howard

Outstanding Post-Episode Story

First Place - Camp - Shalimar

Second Place - All the Children are Insane - MustangSally

Outstanding Movie Fic

First Place - Worth her Weight - Marguerite

Second Place - A Makeshift Kiss - Jill Selby

Outstanding Action/Adventure Story

First Place (tie) - Antidote - Karen Rasch and Rachel Howard

First Place (tie) - Iolokus - MustangSally and RivkaT

Outstanding X-File

First Place - ELS - Dawson Rambo

Second Place - Antidote - Karen Rasch and Rachel Howard

Outstanding Crossover

First Place - Homicidal Tendencies - Swikstr

Second Place - The Flash Forward Series/ Slash Evidence Series (Young Blooded, Signature, Worst Case Scenario, Segue: Litany and Requiem) - Saundra Mitchell