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It's Fandom Cage Match time, and there are some pretty awesome options running against each other. Vote here! Of course, Donna Noble vs. Dana Scully is, I fully admit, a ridiculously hard choice to have to make. They are both some of my favorite female TV characters.

But, let's be honest: who's got seniority? Who had probably the worst TV life in existence and not only lived to tell the tale but was still awesome when her second movie came out a couple years ago? Who is a medical doctor (and won't let you forget it), a pathologist, an FBI agent, and is also one of the hottest women ever to grace your TV screen?

That's right.



Vote Dana Scully!
If you need further compelling reasons, this freaking awesome video to a freaking awesome song should help.

Title: Accidents of Faith and Nature
Spoilers, disclaimers, etc., found in Part One. This is the end - hope you enjoyed it.

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Title: Accidents of Faith and Nature
Spoilers, disclaimers, etc., found in Part One. Just one more after this!

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Title: Accidents of Faith and Nature
Spoilers, disclaimers, etc., found in Part One.

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Title: Accidents of Faith and Nature
Spoilers, disclaimer, etc., found in Part One.

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 I originally wrote this for xf_bigbang , but it wasn't long enough. I think it's a little over 18,000 words. Enjoy!

Title: Accidents of Faith and Nature
Classification: XRA
Keywords: Mulder/Scully UST
Spoilers: S5. Mild spoilers for “Schizogeny”.
Rating: PG-13
Summary: “So, Scully, you reckon Harding and his girlfriend were attacked by vampire bats and poppies out there in the bog?” Mulder asked.
Disclaimer: I don't own this show or any characters from it. Jarvis and the other officers are mine.
Author's Note: This fic would not have been possible without a lot of help from aloysiavirgata and hankmoodyblues. Thank you very much for taking my rough, rough drafts and helping to make them better.
Feedback: Please! That would be awesome. You can send it to me at glace_aux_fraises@hotmail.com , or post a comment here.

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 Yay for Season 8 Angst! I am kind of addicted to it, so it was only a matter of time before I wrote my own.

Title: The Only Thing That's Right
Classification: VRA
Keywords: MSR
Spoilers: This Is Not Happening
Rating: PG
Summary: “I can't see past this, Mom. I don't know how it can get better.”
Disclaimer: I don't own this show or the characters.
Author's Note: Boatloads of thanks are owed to dashakay and her very insightful comments,
which helped me make what I think is a much more effective story.
Feedback: Please! To quote Jerry Springer on love, “It's what makes the world go 'round.”
glace_aux_fraises@hotmail.com

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Yes. More IWTB fic. This is at least a different missing scene than most movie fic has been about so far, though!
 

Title: Long Since
Classification: VRA
Keywords: MSR, missing scene
Spoilers: IWTB
Rating: PG
Summary: “Then let me talk to somebody there with some balls who can.” Skinner POV.
Disclaimer: I don't own this show, the characters, or the movies.
Author's Note: I really wanted there to be more Skinner in the movie. But I do understand why there wasn't, and it just means I had to write more of him.
Thanks greatly to dashakay for her edits and thoughts! Any remaining geographical errors are either the movie's or mine. ;-)
And thanks to namarie24 for not getting too bothered when I kept bugging her to help me find the right phrasing.

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 Yes, I wrote more! But I might not have been able to if it weren't for the inspiration of xf_santa. :-)

Title: Evergreen


Classification: SR


Keywords: MSR


Spoilers: pre-IWTB


Rating: PG


Summary: Decorations, surprises, and family.


Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters, the show, or the movie.


Author's Note: This takes place before the second movie and is somewhat of a sequel to my other pre-IWTB stories “The Things That Are Given”


and “Who You Were”. You don't need to have read them to understand this one, although it might help.

Many, many thanks to Dasha for her comments and edits!

Also, I am indebted to Innisfree for some plot ideas for this story.

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It's time for a trip back in time - this is a Fight the Future fic. :-)

Title: Somewhere Cold and Caked in Snow
Classification: VRA
Keywords: MSR, fill-in-the-blanks.
Spoilers: FTF
Rating: PG
Summary:   A thought stuck her. She opened her mouth and he bent down further. “I had you big time,” she murmured, and grinned, even though her face still felt almost frozen.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters, the show, or the movie.
Author's Note: Yeah, I know, there are plenty of FTF fill-in-the-blank fics. I think some are quite good, but none are exactly what I wanted. Anyway, I hope you enjoy my take on it.
Also, big thanks to belsum for her edits and very helpful comments!

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 belsum asked if the fic writers on her flist would consider re-posting a fic with author's commentary included. I figured the most interesting one might be my pseudo-crossover, so here we are!
FYI, the original, sans comments, can be found here: http://mack-the-spoon.livejournal.com/33893.html#cutid1


Title: It's All X [This title comes from the titles of both universes referred to in the story. Basically, "It's all X to me." I never said it was brilliant. :-) ]
Classification: VRA
Keywords: Mulder/Scully UST. AU.
Spoilers: Season 6. "Monday".
Rating: PG-13
Summary: See author's note.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters or the show.
Author's Note: This was inspired by me wondering what an XF/X-Men crossover would be like. It didn't turn out being that at all (there is nothing actually from the Marvel universe in this story), but I will still say it's inspired by that idea, and that explains my title. It's kind of weird. Fair warning.

Thanks to </a></b></a>belsum for being my beta on this!

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 You asked for it, here it is!

Title: Who You Were
Classification: VRA
Keywords: MSR
Spoilers: IWTB
Rating: PG
Summary:  Scully wanted and needed to reconnect with her family. But the fact that Mulder couldn't come to San Diego with her made her feel like she was being pulled in two, the farther she got away from him.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters, the show, or the movie.
Author's Note: This is a sequel to my story “The Things That Are Given”. You don't need to have read that story to understand this one, although it might help.
Also, big thanks to dashakay for her edits and insightful comments!

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Yeah, I wrote another one. I keep thinking of more things I want to know about the whole time period leading up to and including the movie, so sue me! :-)

Title: The Things That Are Given
Classification: VRA
Keywords: MSR
Spoilers: IWTB
Rating: PG
Summary: If she called, that meant that the period of her life in which Mulder had been the only other person she knew, the only one she could trust, was over.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters, the show, or the movie.
Author's Note: Thanks to dashakay for once again providing excellent insight (and editing, of course)!

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This is a missing scene, but it's one I haven't seen much fic coverage of, as of yet.

Title: Searching the Darkness for a Light
Classification: VRA
Keywords: Missing scene.
Spoilers: IWTB
Rating: PG
Summary: The very instant that was done, she was back out the door and running to where Skinner and the paramedics were bent over Mulder.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters, the show, or the movie.
Author's Note: Many thanks to dashakay for her beta work above and beyond the call of duty on this one, when my stupid technical difficulties added about thirty steps to the process. Your comments made me think, in all the right ways, too.

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I know several of these exist already, but I couldn't not write my own.

Title: Absolution
Classification: VRA
Keywords: Post-episode.
Spoilers: Kitsunegari
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Mulder looked up as I approached, and the absolute blank horror in his eyes shocked me – but not as much as the rage it instantly switched to.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters or the show.
Author's Note: Thanks to belsum for looking this over!

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So here's a weird fic I was working on a month or so before the movie came out. It contains no references to the movie at all. Read the author's note for more details.

Title: It's All X
Classification: VRA
Keywords: Mulder/Scully UST. AU.
Spoilers: Season 6. "Monday".
Rating: PG-13
Summary: See author's note.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters or the show.
Author's Note: This was inspired by me wondering what an XF/X-Men crossover would be like. It didn't turn out being that at all (there is nothing actually from the Marvel universe in this story), but I will still say it's inspired by that idea, and that explains my title. It's kind of weird. Fair warning.

Thanks to </a></b></a>belsum for being my beta!

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Here's a pre-movie fic!

Title: Feels Like Home
Classification: SA
Keywords: Post-series. MSR.
Spoilers: IWTB. If you haven't seen the movie and want to be unspoiled, I recommend not reading this.
Rating: PG
Summary: "I can't help wondering if it can really be that simple," she admitted. "Can we really just come out of hiding, as easy as that?"
Disclaimer: I don't own the show, the characters, or the movie.
Author's Note: I loved the movie, but I needed to know what happened between them being on the run and movie into that house together. Also, I'm absolutely sure that a certain character's appearance in IWTB was not the first time they'd all spoken since the show.
Also, huge thanks to dashakay for her editing and for the very, very helpful comments!

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Well, here it is. After much travail and nausea, it's done - a fanfic with all 35 of my "lessons" learned from X-Files fanfic. Enjoy. Or, you know, read it and then go throw up. I'd understand. ;)

This is dedicated to hmfeelyat, who gave me the courage (heh) to write this! I must also thank dashafic for further inspiration. :-)

Title: Confessions of Fox & Dana, or: And Then They Had Sex
Spoilers: The entire series, I suppose.
Characters: Mulder, Scully
Rating: V for Vomit-inducing. Uh, PG-13, I guess, for sexual references.
Plot: Dana and Fox reminisce. ATTHS.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters or the show. I disavow any resposibility for any nausea caused by reading this. Furthermore, I did not force my beta to sit through this, so it was edited by namarie24  but otherwise any mistakes are my own.

Comments & constructive criticism greatly appreciated!

Title: A Chance to Hold On
Spoilers: The entire series, and IWTB rumors and speculation. If you are unspoiled for the movie & wish to remain so, I recommend you don't read this. I'm only vaguely spoiled, though, so if you've read other fics in this brand-new and temporary genre, this won't spoil you further. In turn, I ask you not to spoil me further than I am in comments. :-)
Characters: Mulder, Scully
Rating: PG, I suppose
Plot: My turn to speculate on what leads up to the new movie. MSR.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters or the show. Also, I wrote this before reading anyone else's ideas, although I've read a few excellent ones before posting. (frey_at_last and marigoldbalcony, for example)
Finally, many thanks to </a></b></a>belsum for being my beta!

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Here it is, the end of the fic! Constructive comments very welcome.

Title: Only To Be With You
Spoilers: Halfway through "Within" (S8)
Characters: Mulder, Scully, Skinner, TLG, Mrs. Scully 
Rating: PG, I suppose
Plot: Part Seven of this AU - Escape from the ship, and its aftermath. Definite angst.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters or the episode. You may recognize a certain scene as also being inspired by one of my favorite scenes in "DeadAlive", but it's got my own twists added.
Also, thanks to </a></b></a>belsum for being my beta!

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