Acadia
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Acadia |
| Author(s): | Rivkat |
| Date(s): | September 27, 1997 |
| Length: | 35,958 words |
| Genre(s): | Mulder/Scully |
| Fandom(s): | The X-Files |
| Relationship(s): | |
| External Links: | Acadia at The Annex Archive Acadia at The Disenchanted Kingdom Acadia at The Disenchanted Kingdom Acadia at AO3 Part 1 and Part 2 (earlier site) |
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Acadia is a MSR X-Files story by Rivkat. Synopsis: "Mulder and Scully track a killer in the woods, while struggling with the various issues unresolved between them. Fourth season, between Demons & Gethsemane."
Reactions and Reviews
1997
[torch]
I've wanted to recommend RivkaT's story Acadia for a while now, I just kept mislaying the URL. Scully, Mulder, serial killer, cancer, suffering, pain. Some parts of this story hurt to read, and I don't mean that because of the Mulder/Scully UST.[1]
1999
[Nascent]
Here's where I throw in my $.02 and where I date myself as a relative newbie. My first [fic read] was officially "Banging Your Head Against a Red-Haired Brick Wall" by Blair Provence, and it's a good thing too, because I was prepared to dislike fanfic intensely. It was intelligent, funny, and captured what I wanted to see in the characters.What made me stay, though, was the second piece I read--to this day I can't remember how I bumped into it, because looking back I'm surprised I took on a longer piece (though now I am forever a casefile fan). "Acadia" by RivkaT, still one of my all-time favorites.[2]
[cofax]
[...] stories I've read repeatedly [...] "Acadia" by RivkaT, for its reminder that all is not happy in X-files land.[5]
2004
[typicrobots]
Being at the height of their angst during the CancerArc, Mulder and Scully are a lot darker in this fic than as seen on TV, but it's fitting for the mood. Acadia is about Mulder – his inability to deal with Scully's cancer and her imminent death, set against the backdrop of Mother Nature and gruesome murders. And it's also about Scully – her anger toward Mulder's emotional distance and her own mortality. They both come off as very human, with very human flaws.This is the way I love Mulder and Scully - messy, insecure, in each other's way and not having a clue what to do about it.[6]
2016
[Kristin and Patty]
We stumbled across this fic recently and couldn’t believe we hadn’t read it yet. And it’s a really excellent casefile by a superb author, so once we found it, we were shocked, then intrigued, then glued to our phones for the next six hours until we finished it.Rarely will you encounter a casefile that has all the elements we’re looking for in a fic. Frustrating UST (because this takes place during the height of their tension - the cancer arc, post-Demons), eerily omniscient profiler Mulder, a creepy casefile in the middle of the desolate woods, sick!Scully and concerned!Mulder, which leads to some wonderfully dark and heavy moments between our dynamic duo, and imagery that will blow your hair back. We mean some seriously gorgeous writing.
This author understands Mulder and Scully and their motivations at this point in the series almost better than anyone we’ve ever read. Also, for some RST after you finish today’s rec, head on over to a missing scene RivkaT wrote for this fic called Into the Woods.[7]
References
- ^ torch (1997-01-23). "Son of recommendations: I've wanted to recommend RivkaT's story". torch's recommendations at the flambeau factory. Archived from the original on 1999-08-26.
- ^ Nascent (1999-03-20). "First fan fiction you ever read and thoughts". alt.tv.x-files.creative. Archived from the original on 2023-09-20.
- ^ Dahlak (1999-08-23). "Stories you never get tired of". alt.tv.x-files.creative. Archived from the original on 2023-09-20.
- ^ Alicia K (1999-08-23). "Stories you never get tired of". alt.tv.x-files.creative. Archived from the original on 2023-09-20.
- ^ cofax (1999-08-23). "Stories you never get tired of". alt.tv.x-files.creative. Archived from the original on 2023-09-20.
- ^ typicrobots at crack_van (2004-09-02). "Acadia by RivkaT (R)". LiveJournal. Archived from the original on 2023-09-20.
- ^ Kristin and Patty (2016-11-15). "Casefile Monday". X-Files FanFiction Sommeliers. Archived from the original on 2018-12-05.