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Butterfly (X-Files story)
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Butterfly |
| Author(s): | Oracle |
| Date(s): | December 11, 2004 |
| Length: | 32K |
| Genre(s): | het |
| Fandom(s): | X-Files |
| Relationship(s): | |
| External Links: | here |
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Butterfly is an X-Files story by Oracle.
This story was discussed in the essay Femininity and Fanfiction: A Meagre Foray into the Fandom Wilds of Gender Disparity, Gender Equity, and the Epic Hoax of the Emotionally Supine Woman.
Reactions and Reviews
Continuing our theme of early seasons fanfic, wendelah1 has kindly let me post Butterfly. Apparently Oracle went looking for post eps for Excelsis Dei, and finding none, she decided to write one herself. It was fandom's good fortune that she did. What she wrote is a charming little AU with both a strong emotional arc and a perilous mystery for Mulder and Scully to get to the bottom of - all in just 30K.Butterfly is the kind of fic Goldilocks would approve of - not too schmoopy, not to angsty, not too plain, not too purple, not too fluffy, not too hard-boiled. Just right. Besides, who doesn't love seeing baby Mulder and Scully be awesome and adorable together?
I read this fic recently for the first time myself, and as you can tell I'm rather fond of it. But that's just me, what do the rest of you think?[1]
References
- ^ "Story 133: "Butterfly" by Oracle". Archived from the original on 2024-09-02.