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[randomfoggytiger]

Collector's Edition: Reworking Requiem and Mulder's Return (Part II)

Ahhhh, Requiem. The episode that drove me to read fanfics after Season 8 wrapped up.

Loose chronological order below~

@amplifyme/wonderland/Lydia Bower (Tooms Gossamer)

“New year’s resolutions?”

Mulder looks over at her with one of his sidelong, appraising glances. “Do I look like the type who makes resolutions?”

“Come on, Mulder. We’re stuck in this car on New Year’s Eve on what is most assuredly a dead-end stakeout all because you’re convinced that one Herman Jiménez is preparing to escort his family to a new home somewhere in the heavens, compliments of a spaceship steered by little green men. Humor me just this once and play along. And yes, I do think you’re the type to make resolutions.”

“Well, see, that’s where you’re wrong. I don’t make resolutions at the beginning of a new year. I make promises instead.”

Pre-Requiem: There is, in fact, no Requiem-- only a stakeout, a debate, and New Years promises.

@cecilysass's Pause (Ao3)

“Mulder?” she repeats.

Very slowly he turns, allowing her to see his face for the first time.

His expression is flat, without affect. He blinks.

“Hi,” she tries again. She scrambles to stand up. “I didn’t mean to startle you. It’s just me. I’m…I’m having a rough time. I don’t have any idea what’s going on. I don’t remember what’s happened.”

He takes a step towards her, and she sees how terrible he looks. He needs a haircut and a shave. There are deep purple smudges lining the bottom of his eyes.

His eyes dart over the scene in front of him: her clothes, her hair, the half-eaten lasagna on the plate in front of her, the coffee table with no dirty dishes.

Something like fear flickers across his face.

Pre-Requiem: Scully is presumed dead for a year, only to be returned missing a chunk of her memories (and unaware she is pregnant.)

@leiascully's (Ao3) Imagine Other Worlds - Chapter 7

She can feel it. She knows there’s no medical reason she should be able to. But she knows, somehow. When she goes to see her doctor and she touches Scully’s shoulder with that expression, it isn’t difficult to gather herself. She’s been through this before.

Pre-Requiem: Not only is Scully pregnant, but her cancer is back. There is no Bellefleur, only a hope that she'll pull through.

Variations on a Requiem

Scully wondered, just for a moment, what had ever happened in Bellefleur. She hoped that Theresa Nemman no longer got nosebleeds. She hoped that Billy Miles had found some peace. Maybe nobody saw lights in the sky anymore and the tourists just enjoyed the salmon and the peace of the deep woods. She didn’t mention any of it to Mulder. He’d want to revisit their first case, sifting through the pine straw for any evidence of the ashy dust she’d found. Some things were better left alone. A town like that needed its motels, and she and Mulder were inadvertent firestarters. But she looked up across the rows of manila folders and smiled at him, and he smiled back, and the magic was still there, just like it had always been.

Pre-Requiem: Mulder and Scully live their lives gently growing older together... until a late-life pregnancy shocks their routine.

@msrafterdark's (Ao3)

Could you write something in which Scully tells Mulder she's pregnant in the afterglow?

He stares at you for a beat longer and you watch as his gaze darts back and forth across your face. To your immense shock his expression nearly crumples before you, his eyes glassy with immediate tears.

Pre-Requiem: Scully tells Mulder about her pregnancy.

I'm not sure when you're accepting prompts but can you do one where Scully has a pregnancy scare with Mulder?

“Well, I just…you told me once that you had little desire to start a family…”

“Yeah, Scully—awhile ago.”

Pre-Requiem: Scully is shocked Mulder is happy at her news.

MSR Ficmas

He looks down at the note again, the one he found on his desk after he came back from a morning financial meeting. He was already in a testy mood about their budget being further tightened, now he just feels ill.

@ Doctor appointment, 11 am. Will call. Do NOT worry.

Pre-Requiem: Mulder and Scully are married; and Mulder is panicking over Scully's latest doctor's appointment.

Ficlets (Tumblr Prompt) - Chapter 103 (Ao3)

Content with his reasoning (oh what a rarity), she relaxes, nods, her eyes immediately growing heavy as she leans against his shoulder. She’s excited to see that house tomorrow, with its beautiful deck and an office and that gorgeous master bedroom…She’s trying to keep an open mind, but her heart has already been sold.

Post Requiem/Mulder is returned early enough to make pampering little first trimester nests for Scully.

@sigritandtheelves/DarlaBlack's

Canticle (Ao3)

She wakes sobbing in his arms, saying “No, Mulder, no!” And when he tries to tell her everything is okay, she rushes to his tiny bathroom to vomit.

He pounds on the door. He calls her Dana until she unlocks it and looks at him with haunted eyes, holding a cold washcloth to her face.

“We’re taking you to the doctor,” he says.

“You can’t go near the ship,” she says. “It’s you it wants.” Then she collapses against him.

Requiem: Mulder listens to Scully's dream and flies home with her.

Ground

 It was science and mysticism and love-magic, combining like a perfect syzygy. It was the history of them, their lives, their suffering, their work, their love, emerging of some dark alchemy into a perfect future person, housed now beneath his palm. “The baby will be like Gibson,” she said: a weapon and a target and a key.

“But it’s ours,” he whispered—it was a question and a statement.

“Yes,” she said. “Only ours. Of that I’m sure.” And therefore so much more than merely weapon, target, key.

Post Requiem: Mulder is returned in the desert two months later, to revelation upon revelation.

@mldrgrl's (Ao3)

MSR 38

Skinner was already on the phone calling for an ambulance.  The gunmen hovered, giving orders to each other to give her air, get her water, find a pillow.  Marita knelt down next to Mulder and put a hand on Scully’s ankle.

“Alex,” she said.  “Find a blanket.”

Requiem: Scully passes out in the Bureau.

Resignation

Mulder had a nagging feeling about returning to Bellefleur even before he boarded the plane. It had actually started when he'd told Scully he was leaving and she was going to stay.  He expected her to put up more of a protest than she had, but it was the look on her face that gave him the first sense of foreboding - like she didn't expect to see him again.  

Requiem: Mulder, acting on a gut instinct, resigns on the plane.

Not Again: Part 1 and Not Again: Part 1 - Gone

“Sir.”  Mulder stops Skinner from turning away and squeezes his upper arm.  “What did that man, Agent Doggett, mean when he asked if it was about the baby?”

Skinner takes off his glasses to rub the bridge of his nose.  He hesitates before he hooks them back over his ears and looks Mulder directly in the eyes.  “Agent Scully used the bureau labs yesterday afternoon to run some bloodwork on herself,” he says.

Post Requiem: Scully is abducted, instead; and Mulder is forced to work alongside a task force that suspects him.

@o6666666's

au where Mulder didn't go....

He picks her up like a bride. “We’re going to the ER.”

“What, no, Mulder, you need to—your flight.”

“Ha ha,” he says. “Very funny.”

“Mulder, I’m—“

“Scully,” he tells her, jostling her around a little to get the car keys from his pocket, “shut up, will you? I’m taking you to the hospital.”

He can tell he’s moved her when she leans her head on his chest.

Requiem: Scully faints in the garage before they even leave the FBI.

Lapsed_Scholar’s Variations

“I must have fainted,” she tried, shakily. “I was feeling a little bit strange, just now. I should be fine in a moment.” Her mouth felt peculiarly clumsy around the words.

Exasperation flared across his eyes, but he kept his voice steady and gentle. “I don’t think so, honey. I had the airport staff call an ambulance. It should be here in a moment.” Honey? In public? It was apparently worse than she thought. When she found that she didn’t have the energy to call him on it, she knew it was worse than she thought.

Requiem: All the many, different ways Mulder could have been kept from Bellefleur-- from heartfelt to frustrated to comic to close shave.

@baronessblixen's (Ao3)

Fictober Day 11 Ao3 Fictober 2020 - Chapter 11

“You let him go alone?”

“No. I- um, I might have caused a slight ruckus at the airport and, um, we were asked to leave. He drove me here.”

“What kind of ruckus, Mulder?” Scully asks, amusement in her voice.

Requiem: Mulder crashes through the hospital, determined to get to Scully's side.

Fictober Day 12 Ao3 Fictober 2020 - Chapter 12

Hesitation drips from her voice. What happened to being ready? He turns his head and rests his chin on her stomach.

“Nothing is going to go wrong, Scully,” he says.

“It might.”

“It won’t.”

Post Requiem: Scully tells her mother the good news (without having Mulder halfway out to space.)

isamariposa's Bullfrogs and Jello

He smiles, and then he's so tired of this.

Requiem: Mulder is too worried to leave, so Skinner calls up Doggett to take his place.

@moonprincess92/Moonprincess92's Are you up for writing some season 7 fluff?

And as it became more and more likely that they would be shut down, Mulder knew that now all Scully had to do was ask him, and he’d walk away in an instant. He wouldn’t risk their lives for anything. 

He certainly wouldn’t risk hers.

Requiem: Mulder leaves Skinner at the airport, afraid Scully's cancer has returned.

@rationalcashew/RationalCashew's Dark is the Way; Light is the Place (Ao3)

He moved quickly to her, barely registering the note in her hand until she handed it to him. Mulder felt the blood drain from his face when he looked at it.

Take your chance. Wave and grin. So many guys just play with sin.

Underneath the typed note was something new: an incredibly detailed eye, drawn in black ink.

Devil eye.

Requiem: Mulder returns from Bellefleur, surprised and delighted at Scully's news. The two barely have time to process before they are thrown into a Deadly Sins case.

@frangipanidownunder/Frangipanidownunder's Already Special

Diana stands, pulls out a file from a drawer. Holds the Manila folder up. “This is a contact list of all the women who have been, and who will be, used as hosts for the experiment. They are all patients of the same pair of doctors. Lev and Parenti.”

There’s a sharp silence in the room. Lizzie Gill spreads her fingers flat on the desk. Scully presses a finger under her nose.

“I know about the IVF,” Diana says and Scully scrapes her chair back across the floor. The door slams behind her.

Post Requiem: Mulder was never abducted; and he and Scully tackle Per Manum and one Diana Fowley head-on.

@ghostbustermelanieking/skuls's

oregon forest

Skinner finds them. They’re somewhere in the desert, and they’re still together. They’re shivering. Scully’s teeth are chattering. Mulder is wrapped around her, his face in her neck, his fingernails digging into her back desperately. She’s gripping him just as hard, and she squints as someone shines a light into her eyes. She’s frightened all over again until she hears Skinner’s panicked voice: “Scully? Mulder?”

Relief fills her, suddenly, and she nods, a little whimper bubbling in her throat, as her head falls limply to Mulder’s shoulder.

Skinner drives them to the hospital. Mulder won’t let go of her hand. He won’t stop touching her face, her hair. He whispers it again, the things she remembers from the ship; he whispers, “I’m sorry, Scully, I’m so, so sorry.”

Requiem: Scully runs after Mulder, catching up just in time to get abducted along with him.

AU where scully finds mulder in the Arizona desert during within/without

He and Doggett seems equally stunned at the whole thing; Mulder had never really expected her to hear him. 

Within: Scully sticks to her instincts and finds Mulder in the ship.

s8's roadrunners AU where it's mulder instead of doggett

She tells him on the bus. After Doggett is finished cutting the slug out of her, because she’s shouting that it needs to be cut out and Mulder wants to do it but he can’t. His hands are shaking too badly. So he holds hers, lets her squeeze the life out of them as she screams, as the cultists pound on the bus, as Doggett pulls out the slug and shoots it. The cultists are dismayed. Mulder can see the flashing lights through the dusty window of the bus. As Doggett runs outside to deal with it all, Scully collapses woozily against his chest. He presses a quivering hand over the bloody wound at the back of her neck, and he realizes only then that she is sobbing. “It’s okay,” he whispers in frantic reassurance, pressing one hand against the wound and wrapping his free arm around her shoulders.

Roadrunners: Mulder is returned in time to rescue his partner.

@wexleresque/hellsteeth's

lost time (Ao3)

“What now?” he says, though it may be to just himself.

“I want to look at the files you set aside for me.” Scully says.

“Do you want to be alone? There might be some upsetting stuff in there. I didn’t see a lot but…you don’t end up in the x-files for just having a really great time.”

Scully shakes her head. “No, I want you to be there. You lived this through it all, too.”

Requiem: Mulder and Scully are abducted together, and returned with seven years of memories erased.

DeadAlive Switch (Ao3)

Mulder never gets the chance to beg Scully to stay in DC. She collapses on the forest floor, wakes clammy and nauseous, eyes glassy. He runs for help, yelling desperately. When he returns, she is gone, stumbling into the forest against her will. 

Requiem: Scully is abducted instead; then returned, "dead." Months after she's buried, Mulder claws her up from the ground.

stellar_dust’s (Ao3)

Threnody 01 - Divested (Ao3) and Threnody - Domani Non Viene (Ao3)

Some time later, empty of tears and drained in his soul, Mulder rose and quickly, deliberately, packed up all of his things.... As he grabbed clothes off the floor, he couldn't bear the thought of pulling his and Scully's apart, of taking hers next door and zipping them into her own suitcase, so into his they went, together.

Requiem: Scully is abducted instead. Not only is Mulder the primary suspect, but he must also grapple with his worsening brain disease and the sudden revelation of Scully's pregnancy.

Threnody - Indelible (Ao3)

With a deep breath, she got a grip on herself. All roads lead somewhere. Eventually, there will be a town, with a phone. She raised herself on shaky legs and began to walk.

Two steps later, Dana Scully disappeared.

Post Requiem: Mulder and his new partner Doggett drive up to Skyland Mountain after a ghost sighting. The ghost happens to be someone very different than he'd been expecting.

amorfati3215/Amorfati32’s (FFN)

Unnamed 1 and Unnamed 2

“We’ll find him,” replies Mulder, his smile faltering. “The Gunmen and their friends are monitoring everything. As soon as there’s any sign of him or the other abductees we’ll know.”

“That doesn’t stop me from feeling guilty.”

Requiem: Skinner, not Mulder, is dragged off to parts unknown.

@writingwell/RocketMan/Darkstryder's (xffics) Second Coming

He was weaker than he'd led them to believe. His head rolled along the seat when Bear spun the ATV around, but Scully was holding him up, trying to keep him from falling asleep.

Post Requiem: Scully and Krycek make a deal over Mulder's return.

@lotsoforangesoutside/@lotzzoforangezoutside/ lots_of_oranges_outside's

Impossibilities (Ao3)

She has half-expected Skinner to stick her with a new partner like he did to Mulder six years ago. That didn’t happen. She’s also thought her mother would freak out about her being an unwed mother and demand a wedding before her stomach starts to show; that also didn’t happen. So many things have been happening that really shouldn’t be happening; talking to her unborn babe is pretty low on the list of things she’s never imagined happening.

Post Requiem: Scully makes a wish upon a genie's ocarina.

@cauldronoflove/thegoodthebadandthenerdy's Gravity, Oh Gravity

the first thing he sees is not scully, but rather the stars. they're a comfort--they're still there and still bright and still patterned how they should be. they burn his eyes and slide down his throat like top shelf whiskey. but they don't even come close.

because the second thing he sees is scully. scully in a shirt he's had to have seen her in a thousand times, the one he thinks is green, but isn't sure because his eyes have always betrayed him. his eyes have to be betraying him. scully and-

and         and                  and

(and his heart stops beating.)

it thunders back to life as he stumbles forward, legs feeling like they've been chopped from his body and reattached in the wrong direction. 

Post Requiem: Mulder is returned as he was taken.

@onpaperfirst's Ao3, LJ) For the first sentence prompt

He’d been pushed out the back of a truck on the side of the 5, just north of Eugene, wearing a thin t-shirt and scrub pants. His tenure on the ship itself had been short. They’d all been taken to a warehouse just across the border on the outskirts of Juárez where he had proven surprisingly adept at levitation but had refused to cooperate when asked to mind read.

Post Requiem: Mulder has been abducted, and returned, by the government.

@enigmaticdrblockhead's AliveDead

Out of some sick inner desperation, his body continues on. Blood still pumping and heart still beating, by definition he is alive. Life. To him it is nothing but lying down.

His right hand almost seems stiff. Fingers are curved upward to show a gray palm. He begs for whatever they can give. He is never lucky.

Post Requiem: Skinner finds Mulder, sick and amnesic, on the street.

@pinebluffvariants/@flukemen/scienceandmysticism's

An idea: scully becomes pregnant but mulder never "dies"

They spend their time in silence, but it’s comfortable. His pupils focus easier and easier and she wheels him around the hospital grounds. He looks up at her from his wheelchair, sadly and adorably rumpled but alive, and she bends down for a kiss. Of course their first kiss in public will be far from home, one of them just this side of peril. It only strengthens her resolve to do it again.

Post Requiem: Mulder is returned two months later, aphasic.

@virtie333's (Ao3)

Dream a Little Dream - Chapter 4

While Aldrich took them on another tour, chatting away, Doggett knew Langly and Frohike were tapping into the building's security systems. Tonight, after dark, he and Byers would sneak in, with the assistance of the computer geeks in the van outside, and do a little search and rescue. 

Post Requiem: Mulder is rescued by Doggett and TLG, and the three take down the Alien Bounty Hunter and speed off to help Scully.

The Hunter

For that past week, however, the Prey had been hunting as well, and the trail had finally stopped here, in Savannah. A beautiful town, if one cared about those things. But the Hunter was single minded. He only wanted one thing. And tonight, he was about to get it.

Post Requiem: Mulder escapes, and is returned in time to save Scully and Doggett.

@suitablyaggrieved/ScullyLovesQueequeg's Ignorance

The backseat occupant made a noise of delight upon making eye contact with Mulder, and Scully steals a glance at her partner, to see a small smile on his otherwise somber features. It was gone as soon as it had arrived, however, and his eyes shift out the window again. The backseat occupant was satisfied with this outcome, and he too turned his attention to the slow moving blurs that paint the window as the car moves along the side streets.

Post Requiem: Mulder is returned a year later, and suspiciously reacclimates to his new life.

@contrivedcoincidences6/Spooky66/geektime66’s AU 5 HC

“Hello Ms. Scully, this is Amy from Holy Cross Hospital, we’ve been trying to reach you from your other numbers.”

Scully’s brows draw together. In years past she would have thought they were calling about Mulder.

“Yes?”

“A man was checked in a few days ago with no id. Today he started talking and asked for you before he fell back asleep, we were unable to get a name.”

Scully’s heart beats in her ears. She knows it’s not Mulder but she doesn’t know who else it could be. 

Post Requiem: Scully tries to move on... until Mulder is returned a year and a half later.

Thanks for reading~

Enjoy!

[otterandterrier]

Fandom ask!

4, 10 (Scoundress), 14, 17 (Leia), 25 (Han)

4. Is there a popular pairing you don't necessarily dislike but aren't too invested in?

Han/Lando - I don't dislike it and it makes sense, but I'm not invested in it/it's not my headcanon!

10. What's your favourite piece of fanart for Han/Leia?

impossible to choose just one but... I'll say this piece by Leela Starsky for her fic Scars is just exquisite:

plus all the spicy commissions that I can't post here but you know 😉

14. Is there a character or ship you were so sure you would never write/draw but now you've changed your mind?

so I'm interpreting this as "a ship with Leia" - and yes, I never thought I'd be interested in any content centering a relationship between the characters of my OTPs with other people, much less writing it myself... but I do have two Leia/Evaan fics now 😅

17. What's a book, movie, or show you think Leia would like?

Even though I haven't read them yet, I think she'd like The Hunger Games, thematically, or a similar series - a girl standing up to an oppressive regime while she's a girl living under an oppressive regime. I also think she'd enjoy shows like Ms. America and Parks and Recreation.

25. What's your least favourite thing Han said or did?

oh, my rough-edged babyboy. teasing Leia in the medbay about her feelings wasn't his finest moment... but he'd just spent the night freezing his ass off.

thank you!! <3

send me fandom asks?

[lajulie24]

Year-End Fic Recs 2022 - part 4

Every year, my fellow fanfic writers blow me away with their talent, their creativity, and their heart. I’m compiling a list to share a few of the fics I read (or reread) this year and would recommend -- by no means an exhaustive list of the many talented writers and wonderful stories out there, and not exclusively stories that came out or updated this year, but a place to start. Because I have a lot to say, I’ll be sharing these in multiple posts. This is my fourth and final post of recs for this year.

Here’s where to read my other 2022 fic recs posts: 2022 Fic Recs Part 1: Leia Organa Has Become Unstuck in Time 2022 Fic Recs Part 2: Han and Leia Learn that Sex Doesn’t Fix Things 2022 Fic Recs Part 3: Catching Up with the Princess and the Scoundrel

And now...

2022 Fic Recs Part 4: Oh, Did You Think We Were Done With Sexytimes?

There was an embarrassment of riches in the HanLeia hotness department this year -- while some of my other recs included some excellent intimate scenes, I couldn’t help recommending some additional fics that I found incredibly sexy. Adults only, for certain.

Bound by @corellianangel: A very hot interlude on the way to Bespin, with a bit of Leia dominating Han and inappropriate use of the Force (even if Leia doesn’t quite know that’s what she’s doing yet).

let me tell you a story by @soloorganaas: Han’s trying to help Leia relax, and Leia can’t quite get there -– so he tells her a hot story that takes her the rest of the way.

the bad habits are the hardest to break by xslytherclawx: I’m not usually a modern/Earth AU kind of person, but this little fic was great, with Han and Leia having some friends-with-benefits sex and Leia not quite ready to admit it’s more than a one-time thing, plus a little reference to bi-for-bi Han and Leia, and Han asking for Leia to do something for him...or more to the point, to him.

Lost together by @contrivedcoincidences6 / Spooky66: “When I kiss you, I want you to remember it the next day.” Han and Leia crash while on a mission, and have a sexy little interlude away from the Rebellion. 

War of the Roses by kroland: Han and Leia go to a war-ravaged planet on a sensitive mission, and their mutual attraction blooms into a night together (and the beginning of more) as they work together to complete the mission and attempt to determine who their true allies are.

Slick by @madame-alexandra​: I think my first reaction was just me with my mouth hanging open, but....yeah, wow. “Things get wet” is a bit of an understatement here. And yeah, Han, if you can figure out how you did that to Leia, could you let us know?

Trust by @inelegantprose​: Oh my goddess, where do I start? This is fully intense smut (and you have to be logged into AO3 to read it) but incredibly sexy, emotional, and fully engaged with the characters at the same time. Leia discovers an old Corellian wedding night tradition, something she’s never done before...and she decides she might want to try it. Of course, there’s a bit of buildup needed to this particular act, which turns out to be just as hot as the supposed main event. I’m just going to start cursing now, frankly, because it’s some of the best and most intimate smut I’ve ever read.

[graciecatfamilyband]

Bail/Breha ❤️

(For the Ship It Ask Game)

I totally ship it!

1. What made you ship it?

Hmmm, good question? I think I wanted to know more about where Leia came from and how she was raised, and that led somehow to shipping Bail and Breha.

They're not my hardcore ship- the lay awake at night thinking about them ship- but that's mostly because I still don't know them THAT well and because they are, in the end, Leia's parents, so it feels just a teensy bit weird. That's not going to stop me, though.

But they are so GOOD together and they make me feel warm and fuzzy.

2. What are your favorite things about the ship?

I love how they manage to have such chemistry with such little "screen time" (even in comics etc) compared to other ships (Han/Leia). I love how a sly smile can convey so much between them. I love how they have nicknames for each other. I love how they each excel at what they do, and support each other. I love how they tease and make each other sharper. You just know they're better both as individuals and at their jobs for having the other one in their life. (And they were already pretty great on their own!)

Finally: I love that while they are such a great married couple, such a great power couple, and such great parents, you just get the sense that they also have fantastic sex.

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

I know they're a pretty popular option for poly ships, because they're very attractive and around a bunch of fandom favorites who deserve good things (Obi-Wan, Mon Mothma), but for me personally I love them to have each other just to themselves. To be their own little sacred unit, that expands to include their daughter.

But that's just my characterization/preference! This is in no way intended to hate on other people having fun with these characters in a different way, or to imply that there is a right way and a wrong way.

[virtie333]

4, 8, & 14 for asks! ❤️❤️❤️

4. What are you watching?

I just started watching Jessica Jones on Disney+

8. Name something you are looking forward to?

I am tentatively looking forward to Christmas, for the first time in four years. If things keep going the way they're going, it should finally be pleasant.

14. Favorite game?

Trivial Pursuit! I am a trivia freak! My siblings and I play it every time we get together. It's the only thing that hasn't changed between us all these last few years.

Thank you for that asks, Clarice!

[medicaldoctordana]

Ship asks! MSR and I’ll ask right back at ya about Scully/Skinner 👀

MSR - Ship It

What made you ship it?

I started watching the x-files with my parents when I was a kid. It was post-original run, but my parents 1st and 2nd rewatches after the original air. Mulder and Scully physically look just like my parents. They had the same height difference and are the same age. That and also David and Gillian are incredibly beautiful people with intense chemistry on screen so it was really hard for me not to ship it.

What are your favorite things about the ship?

I love how many possibilities there are about the ship. Thanks to the longevity of the show, there are so many opportunities to think of what ifs and fill in all the blanks. 

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

I’m not sure if I know enough popular opinion to decide what is unpopular but I personally do not hate the season 8/9 abduction arc. I’m not a huge fan of Requiem and some of the other “classic” or popular MSR episodes. I actually kind of wish Mulder were in fewer episodes in the later seasons. I also did/do not like MSR post original run, (IWTB, s10,s11).

Scully/Skinner - Don’t Ship It

Why don’t you ship it?

I am MSR endgame. I will read scully/skinner fanfic but usually if it is eventual msr. I am put off by Skinner’s infatuation with Scully and don’t find it reciprocal. However, I could be convinced into post original run Scully/Skinner now that I’m thinking about it.

What would have made you like it?

We have to get rid of the power play issue here. Skinner is a Good Man and Dana Scully needs to break her bad habits. I would totally be down for Scully/Skinner if a. Mulder wasn't in the picture. B. scully didn’t work for the fbi and he did or vice versa. C. IF Dana scully/Sharron Skinner OR d. Maggie scully/Walter Skinner (sometimes)

Despite not shipping it, do you have anything positive to say about it?

I do love Walter Skinner oh so very much. He and Scully could totally be happy together. He would be so good to her and scully needs some of that in her life.

Thank you! <3

[otterandterrierwrites]

Ao3 wrapped!! 3, 12, and 29 👀

3. What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)?

That has to be Night at the Grand Regent Hotel, aka sex pollen fic!

12. How many WIP’s do you have in your docs for next year?

13, but I'm leaving out a few.

29. Favorite line/passage you wrote this year?

The chamber is bathed in a reddish orange light that makes it look like hell is supposed to and Han thinks that’s fitting, because whether he lives or dies, this is hell already, leaving Chewie and Leia behind in the hands of Vader and his cronies, the likes of Fett and now Lando (Lando?), feeling like he should have known better, better than ever believing she would be safe with him, that his past wouldn’t catch up and take away one of the best things the galaxy has ever offered him.

From Through chaos as it swirls (it's us against the world)

Thank you!!

send me fic asks!

[virtie333]

Thank you! You are the first (and so far only) one to do this! I love your taste in music. I haven't listened to Relient K in a long time, and ELO is the bomb!

10 Favorite Songs

Thank you @virtie333 for the tag!

So I am TERRIBLE with favorite anythings so I’m just going to do what my current favorites are. They change all the time but here are songs I’ve always loved and songs I’m currently obsessed with. 

1. Heartache by Relient K

2. Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac

3. Cold War by Janelle Monáe

4. It Keeps Us Dancing by The Family Crest

5. Local Construction by Relient K

6. Spillways by Ghost

7. Faith by Semler

8. Turn to Stone by ELO 

9. Running on Empty by Jackson Browne

10. Sparks by The Family Crest

No pressure tag: @alittlemissfit @sunflowerseedsandscience @soloorganaas @otterandterrier @lajulie24 @organanation @graciecatfamilyband @cyb3rpeach

[trickerys-domain]

I was tagged by @contrivedcoincidences6 to make my OCs this picrew!! Thank you for tagging me, I finally got it done lol!!!

Iseya Tabris: A headstrong and compassionate duelist/assassin rogue. Blunt, and sometimes vengeful, to those who show corruption, incompetence, or cross her; but endlessly kind to those in need. Absolutely did not want to get married, but always wore Nelaros's ring to honor his sacrifice and as a reminder (yes, I did full ass sacrifice a whole item spot for this in game the whole game). Iseya thought she would always sacrifice anything for her family and people, including her found family and her lover Alistair. She was prepared to die to stop the blight, and would have if not for Morrigan's offer.

*Hilariously I named my Warden years prior to the release of The Last Flight novel, but it really added a great element to her character.

Marian Hawke: A two-handy Reaver Purple Hawke who loves her family especially her sister. Even Gamlen grows on her after the death of her monther as she finally is worn down enough to see him better. Marian starts off as a confident sassy jokster who tries her best to make a new life, but as the years go on and she loses and lose and loses, her jokes become a coping mechanism. A mean streak also appears. By the end she's so tired and depressed that she doesn't even notice Anders pulling away from her. She spares and stands by him anyway because she needs this one thing to stay in her life.

*I just really like the default Hawke Names, I think they fit Hawke really well.

Shiren'ne Lavellen: A compassionate, kind, yet firm and decisive person, Shiren'ne prepared her whole life to become a worthy Keeper for her clan. Yet after she ends up with a new calling she takes it with stride, understanding her role in the world is now beyond just her people, but she always rebuffs being sent by Andraste and stands by her gods. Shiren'ne's favourite thing about the Inquisition was getting to know everyone and learn so much about other cultures and customs, and was always happy to share and demonstrate her Dalish culture (within reason). And although she had been so ready to be Keeper and she is Dalish to her core, after everything she knew she could never return and instead found a new quiet life with Cullen. Shiren'ne prefers slower ritual and practical magics and leans towards old nature and healing (I wish spirit healer had been a subclass), but is eager to learn about the fade, spirits, and the journey of ones soul after death, showing this by choosing vallaslin for Falon'Din.

*Took some research, but her name essentially means Voice of the Journey. She chose the name herself for her Valleslin ceremony as part of accepting and stepping into her role as First.

No pressure tag to @wolfwhisperertf, @the-nameless-nerd, and anyone else who wants to ❤️

[charmedcleric]

I was tagged by @contrivedcoincidences6 to make my OCs with this picrew! Thank you so much for the tag! I love doing these 💕

Here are my girls!!

Florence Surana: After being sent to the circle florence became shy and reserved so she’s my girl that’s basically just trying to find herself again. She’s an arcane warrior / blood mage. She tends to push herself quite hard during combat especially after becoming warden-commander, she’s under a lot of pressure and feels like she needs to work really hard to earn respect from others. Sometimes she has to be carried back to the keep (it’s always Nathaniel that offers as he’s very much in love with her he just doesn’t know it yet lol) as she’s far too tired to walk.

Marian Hawke: Purple Hawke who has a lot of trauma and hides behind humour to cope. She’s an assassin/shadow rogue. Marian has been through so much but always tries to stay positive.

Maeve Lavellan: Maeve is my sweet baby who’s kinda insane (in combat anyways). She’s an assassin rogue and is a master at stealth. Maeve was the main hunter for the clan but always wanted to do something more. She tends to let things bother her (only those close to her can tell though, to others she looks calm and collected), thankfully she has her companions who she considers family to talk too.

Tagging (no pressure of course): @reading-non-stop @sweetjulieapples @anew-flame @willowbank

[zenruu]

I was tagged by @thorinoakenbutt to make my OCs in this picrew! Thank you for the tag!!

Here we have my three DA girlies...

Neria Surana: My angry, sad, traumatized little baby learning how to be a person. Spirit healer/blood mage.

Cordelia "Delia" Hawke: The messiest of messy bitches, and no, she isn't getting any better. Force mage.

Haleira Lavellan: My ever-composed (until she isn't) natural-born leader. Rift mage with an affinity for ice magic.

I'll tag @contrivedcoincidences6, @wenamedthedogkylo, @knifecalledlust, @zevransniffer, and @guerrined (incentive for you to actually get on tumblr once in a while maybe?) No pressure of course if you don't feel like doing it 💕

[randomfoggytiger]

Collector's Edition: Bill Scully, MSR, and Pain (Part II)

And here we have part two to the distinct madness of Bill caught up in MSR whompfic observations-- Season 7 AUs and onward~.

Loose chronological order below~

Alelou's (Alt. Tumblr, Xanadu) Beyond Conception

AU-- Bill and Tara offer their embryos to Scully if she (and Mulder) wants to give parenthood a shot. 

@numinousmysteries/numinous_mysteries's Legacy (Ao3)

AU-- There is no baby, only Mulder and Scully growing closer after the IVF failure during a tenuous Colonization, a happy family, and her mother’s decline. 

MD1016/md1016's (Alt. Tumblr) Sins of the Father (FFN)

AU-- Post Sein und Zeit Bill and his family push Mulder for answers after Scully, withdrawn and unwell, won't explain herself. 

@kyouryokusenshi/Kyouryokusenshi/Kyouryoku Senshi/Char Chaffin's (Annex) Deliverance from Evil (Annex)

AU-- Colonization, but with Bill, Tara, Skinner, twins, and a surprise villainous visit from Krycek.

Chiefchopstix's Let's Settle This Like Men

AU-- S7 Bill and Mulder fight and are taken to the ER after Scully announces her pregnancy to the family.

T. Griffen's Faith

AU-- Post Requiem Bill supports his sister after she reveals her illness is actually a miraculous pregnancy.

ML/ML_is_me’s (Ao3, Gossamer, DW, Invidiosa) Absentee Father

Post Without Bill's rampage is checkmated by Maggie's good sense. Every baby, after all, needs a father.

jeri's (mulderscreek) "O Brother . . .

Post TINH Bill wants to think God will exempt Mulder for his sister's sake.

Dryad's (Ao3) Country of the Crepescule - Do You Like Our Owl?

Post Three Words Bill tries to patch things up with Scully: flubbing their dinner together, caring for a sick Mulder overnight, and meeting her new partner over breakfast the next morning.

Paige Caldwell's Regrets and Resolutions

AU-- Bill's attitude tore his life apart; but, like he and his sister and Mulder, learns to make do and move forward (and even helps freshly returned Mulder scrounge together an outfit for the baby's birth.)

Suzanne Feld/WildwingSuz's Going Solo (Ao3)

AU-- Post Existence Bill empathizes with newly single dad Mulder.

Girlie_girl7's Man to Man Talk 07

AU-- S9 Bill starts being nice after Mulder holds down the sick kid fort.

@mollybecameanengineer/Sareki's Is This It?

AU-- After S9 Mulder, Scully, and William escape CSM's compound with the help of their friends, Bill backs off from his tirade and begins to connect with his oft-hated, sort of brother-in-law.

@drbedeliadumaurier/heartsfilthylesson's fanfic prompt scully has bruises/isolated systems - Chapter 1

Post IWTB Maggie and Bill drag Scully into an intervention after seeing the bruises on her skin.

@suitablyaggrieved/ScullyLovesQueequeg's Holiday Apologies

Post IWTB Bill buries the hatchet after observing a drooping Mulder.

@contrivedcoincidences6/Spooky66/geektime66's For Worse

Post IWTB Bill fights then accepts Scully's decision to stand by her depressed partner. 

@wtfmulder/@momdadimpoppunk’s (Ao3) iclet; if only in my dreams

Pre-Revival Bill gives his sister some much-needed perspective after her separation from Mulder.

Thanks for reading~

Enjoy!

[otterandterrier]

A very Happy New Year, my fellow Han/Leia shippers! 🎉 As it’s my yearly tradition, I’ve put together this humble rec list with the completed fics I’ve enjoyed the most in 2022. This is my thank you to all authors who continue to write about these two kissing and bantering and everything in-between and beyond. And also to the readers who keep us going!

The usual disclaimers apply: this is a subjective selection based on my own preferences, I'm not able to read all the fics, I don’t owe it to anyone to make this, if you don’t like it make your own, etc. 😘

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All bets are off by @luv15

and stars ignite (burn bright, surround you) by philthestone

elope by glorious_clio

Family Unit by @hanxleia

Fireflies by kroland

here it comes, here comes the first day by Libbet

Hold Me by LieselSolo

Homecoming by @contrivedcoincidences6

In High Command by @madame-alexandra​

Just Keep Swimming by @bookishbrigitta​

Let me tell you a story by @soloorganaas​

Middle of the night by @organanation

Minutes by @madame-alexandra

No Regrets by Yubsie

one more night with you (always turns to two) by @yoyomarules

one prize i’d cheat to win by @thesandwichincident

See if you can work me the way you say by @lajulie24

so from the world of spirits there descends a bridge of light glimmerglanger

sorry I'm late, sweetheart. I was looking everywhere for you by @soloorganaas

Tastes Like Home by @ewokshootsfirst

Tear Down the Walls by @lajulie24

the rest of our lives is one long honeymoon by @yoyomarules

Training exercises by kroland

waves by @soloorganaas

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[2017 rec list | mid-2018 rec list | 2018 rec list | 2019 rec list | 2020 rec list | 2021 rec list]

If you read and enjoy these fics, please consider leaving kudos or a nice comment! Remember it’s the only pay we get 🤪

[hanleiacelebration]

Han x Leia Holiday Exchange 2022: The Reveal (Part 2)

Yes, it’s time for the big finish to our 2022 Han x Leia Holiday Exchange — the author reveals! You can now find all the works submitted to the exchange, now with author’s names visible, in our AO3 collection HERE.

In addition to that, we’ve put together a masterlist below with all the fics, authors, and recipients for this year’s exchange.

Writers, you are more than welcome now to promote your fics and repost them wherever you wish. Recipients, if you haven’t yet had a chance to read your gift or leave a comment thanking your writer, please take the time to do so! And if you’ve already left a comment, you can leave a second one now that you know who your mystery writer was, if you like. (And of course, now you can confirm whether your guesses about who wrote what were correct 😉)

For all who participated in this year’s exchange, thank you! We hope you enjoyed it and are proud of the collection of new HanLeia fics we’ve created together — we certainly are. We appreciate your passion, your creativity, and your commitment, all of which contributed to a wonderful and varied group of fics celebrating our beloved Han and Leia 💝

Masterlist

A Suitably Dramatic Manner written by @momentofbored for @killiansprincss

Bittersweet written by @corellianangel for @lajulie24

change of course written by Pontmercyingtilthecowscomehome / @pontmercyingtil for MBlair / @maggzblair

Flashes of Goodbye written by MBlair / @maggzblair for NotoriousHRC / @theforceiswithus2

i can hear your voice (how sweet the sound) written by JuliaRose12 / @thesandwichincident for beyondtheoldheadstones / @hadleyfrasergender

If we survived the great war written by @lajulie24 for @okaynextcrisis

i shake this world off my shoulders (c'mon baby, the laugh's on me) written by beyondtheoldheadstones / @hadleyfrasergender for @soloorganaas

Loose Ends written by Spooky66 / @contrivedcoincidences6 for @otterandterrier

Next Year written by AdiGallia9 / @hanxleia for @sififantsyfangirl

One Day At A Time written by TwentyoneTwelve / @ewokshootsfirst for AdiGallia9 / @hanxleia

Princess Leia, Delicate Flower written by @organanation for Spooky66 / @contrivedcoincidences6

promises in the dark written by @soloorganaas for @corellianangel

Shameless written by @virtie333 for @hanorganaas

Snow on the Beach written by @okaynextcrisis for TwentyoneTwelve / @ewokshootsfirst

Snow was falling, so much like stars written by Falcon_Etti / @keys2thefalcon for @virtie333

The Winter's Heart that could have been and the Winter's Heart that was written by @sififantsyfangirl for Pontmercyingtilthecowscomehome / @pontmercyingtil

Under starless skies we are lost written by @otterandterrier for @organanation

What doesn't kill me makes me want you more written by @killiansprincss for JuliaRose12 / @thesandwichincident

wrap me up and keep warm on a cold night written by spinninginfinity / @yoyomarules for Falcon_Etti / @keys2thefalcon

Years From Now written by NotoriousHRC / @theforceiswithus2 for @momentofbored

[xfilesfanficexchange]

Like Real People

Author: @contrivedcoincidences6​ For: @clokkerfoot​ Mulder was a couple minutes late in arriving to Scully's place and walked in on Scully and Eddie Van Blundht kissing. Scully is horrified but decides to take control of her own life, realizing she only has one. Ao3 Link

#XF1in5Billion2023 22/33

[virtie333]

Fic asks B and K!

Thank you for the ask!

B: Any of your stories inspired by personal experience?

I really can't think of any directly, though I've written a lot of my experiences into my stories, like migraines and horses. The closest to anything real in my life would probably be Earth and Fire, as I have worked as a wrangler. I've never had to herd horses away from a fire, though!

K: What’s the angstiest idea you’ve ever come up with?

Oh, boy. The angstiest idea I've had has not yet been written. Someday! Of those I have written, I think Rey's back story in The Haunting of Kenobi House is probably my darkest/most emotional storyline, although Blind Faith is pretty angsty, too. I just love to abuse Rey, I guess! LOL