Comments | xf_book_club: Story 264: "Silver Cornet" by Bonetree

wendelah1 in xf_book_club

Story 264: "Silver Cornet" by Bonetree

May 08, 2016 15:25

Is anyone in The X-Files fandom still reading this journal? If not, it's my own fault. I can't believe I let three months go by without posting a new story. (This is why having a co-mod would be helpful. Any volunteers ( Read more... )

xfile, season 7, r, casefile, msr

Comments 36

drodrey May 11 2016, 21:21:40 UTC

I'm new to the X-Files. Decided to binge watch in time for S10 (which wasn't really necessary, I'm in general agreement that most of it was a let down), but I don't think I have the same feelings of disappointment that most have though, as I had no chance to build up excitement.

Anyway this page has been an absolute lifesaver in terms of finding fic. In a fandom that's so spread out, and really relatively old in internet history, I had trouble finding good fic. Have been gradually working my way through, what I'm perceiving to be the "classics", but haven't got to any of Bonetree yet. Started reading this one on the train, and just picked it up again tonight and was mighty confused, thinking I'd skipped something somewhere, but nope, I'm pretty sure the ao3 version is missing a chapter around the middle.

Had to do some serious digging to find it, but found an older copy on Wayback Machine and the whole fourth day (Chapter 4 I think it is?), is missing from ao3.

Will review once I'm done!

Hi. wendelah1 May 11 2016, 22:00:07 UTC

Your comment ended up in the spam folder because of the link. Can I add you to the community so that you can comment unspammed? I have the comments set for members-only for bot control.

Thank you for letting me know about the missing chapter. I'll reread it and send a message to Bonetree letting her know. It's hard to believe she would have cut the chapter on purpose.

I guess I should post a link to the waybacked version too.

Re: Hi. drodrey May 11 2016, 22:35:57 UTC

That would be great! I'm a long time LJ stalker, rare LJ user, so was slightly confused as to why it ended up in spam. Would love to be added to the community though!

Re: Hi. wendelah1 May 11 2016, 22:48:16 UTC

Bot comments are screened by LJ as suspicious. Bot comments always have links. Your comment had a link therefore you must be a bot! Computer logic at its best!

I'm having terrible connectivity issues today but I'll try to add you now.

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drodrey May 12 2016, 23:01:23 UTC

Okay, finally finished! First time review here, yay ( ... )

defnotmeyo May 13 2016, 03:14:53 UTC

Hey! I am new-ish here, but I've been reading through this for about a month now. I will comment more on this later, but I just wanted to say, some of us are out there still!

wendelah1 May 13 2016, 04:16:25 UTC

That's great to hear. Do you want me to add you to the member list so that your comments aren't screened? I have commenting set to members only for bot-prevention.

Yes defnotmeyo May 14 2016, 15:21:03 UTC

That would be awesome!

Re: Yes wendelah1 May 14 2016, 16:45:27 UTC

Despite your user name, I'm going to assume that this is still defnotmeyo and you forgot to sign in. I'll add you now. You'll need to accept the invitation.

wendelah1 May 15 2016, 01:50:47 UTC

She made an...interesting choice by beginning with the sex and relationship scenes. The archive date at Gossamer is September, 2005, so it was written at least a couple of years after the series ended. Regardless of what Chris Carter wants us to think in 2016, it is fair to say that this ship was made canon no later than the end of season seven. However, in "Requiem," while Scully does come to his bed, it is clear that they have been maintaining at least the appearance of separate sleeping quarters while on duty. I just rewatched "Requiem" recently, so I know Mulder looks surprised when Scully shows up at his door, though he is quick to welcome her in. Maybe that's why it took me aback for them to be sleeping together and having sex while they're investigating a case. It doesn't feel in character and it doesn't add anything important to the story. Mulder and Scully were emotionally involved long before they were romantically involved. We already know that Mulder would literally go to the ends of the earth to save Scully. (We know, ( ... )

keslei May 15 2016, 19:24:18 UTC

Maybe that's why it took me aback for them to be sleeping together and having sex while they're investigating a case. It doesn't feel in character and it doesn't add anything important to the story...The thing is, if they're supposed to be looking for something suspicious on board the train, why aren't they doing that? They took the case--they should be working the case.

I completely agree. This is one thing that irked me about this story (for the record, I'm a shipper, but not when it feels forced and out of character). I could happily have done without that aspect of this fic.

season 10 AU anonymous May 27 2016, 15:20:12 UTC

yes, reading and there IS some great season 10 AU stuff out there, was reading it on AO3 but can't remember who the writers were at the moment...

Re: season 10 AU wendelah1 May 27 2016, 23:45:05 UTC

If you remember the authors and titles, come back and let us know.