a weatherman to know which way the wind blows
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| Title: | a weatherman to know which way the wind blows |
| Author(s): | zauberer_sirin |
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| Fandom: | The X-Files |
| External Links: | online here, Archived version |
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a weatherman to know which way the wind blows is an X-Files story by zauberer_sirin.
As noted at the beginning, the title is taken from a Bob Dylan lyric, specifically from his 1965 song "Subterranean Homesick Blues."
Reactions and Reviews
This is one of my favorite X Files fics to come out in recent years. The first three sections are set after the series finale, and then it works backwards and everything is just so well written. Mulder's voice as he chronicles his relationship with Scully in reverse chronological order is just... damn. Perfection. I just love it so. [1]
I've read this before, and always liked it. Some aspects I like better than others. Since I derailed our last discussion, it behooves me to open this one.The style of Weatherman is its major selling point. It has an eccentric, witty, poetical mode of Mulderexpression, and it is endearing and repays close attention. I also especially liked the backwards direction of the thoughts. It's so--time-travely.
The author does admit to a bit of Scully-dislike, and I'm afraid this comes through not in a harsh perception of Scully herself, heaven forbid, but in a very mother's-favorite take on Mulder. This is not a very long fic, but it long enough to make the Mulderangst cloying. Mulder is so much in love with his partner and so down on himself that the reader is almost brought to the point of wanting to warn Scully that she has an emotional dead weight on her hands. Which is unfortunate, because we all love Mulder and want him to be loved back by other than moony extratextual fans. The problem, I think, might have been solved if zauberer_sirin had elected to make Mulder fall in love a bit later than episode two or three. It would have been fun to see Mulder deny and tough out his attraction to his partner, and would have lent some suspense to the downcounted chapters. How often, really, do we need to hear about his unrequited, unspoken adoration. Better to hear about him fighting his lust as his respect for Scully disarms him. Really, the piece would lend itself to a simple rewrite. I'm not offering, for heaven's sake. And I almost never give even this much advice. Who do I think I am?
It's a good choice and I think lends itself to discussion. Even though it veers pretty close to Mulderemasculation.[2]
This story deserves a read just for its “Mulder/his-own-sense-of-inadequacy OTP” tag, but there’s more. The story is a gorgeous study over time of Mulder loving Scully to depths he so desperately wants to understand even as he accepts it fully as an incontrovertible fact.[3]
It's short, well written, fluffy but not sickly sweet fluff, and I loved the format.[4]
References
- ^ "het reccers". Archived from the original on 2017-04-08.
- ^ "Comment on Story 200: "a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" by zauberer_sirin". Archived from the original on 2023-09-11.
- ^ "Random X-Files Fic Rec". Archived from the original on 2023-09-10.
- ^ "Fanfic Recommendations: The X-Files". Archived from the original on 2023-09-11.