Missing Voices
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Missing Voices |
| Author(s): | Joyce McKibben, Meredith and M.C. Akimoto |
| Date(s): | summer 1997 |
| Length: | 21,216 words |
| Genre: | gen, X, A, UST, R |
| Fandom: | The X-Files |
| External Links: | Missing Voices at Key of X (old url) Missing Voices at Key of X (new url) |
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Missing Voices is an X-Files story by Joyce McKibben, Meredith and M.C. Akimoto.
It was one of the stories commented on in the later-controversial post REVIEW: Fan Fic, Summer '97.
Reactions and Reviews
[Lore]
Man, it was an angst-ridden Summer! Wrought with cancer stories, post-Gethsemane stories, cancer AND post-Gethsemane stories. Most authors seemed to write either as if Mulder was really dead or he went underground to find a cure for Scully's cancer. Scully was qlternately cured, killed or angsting. "Character dies" ruled from mid-May to July. Then, some writers got over it. And some are still getting their last licks in.[...]
THE MUST-READS: I always find myself searching out the best story of its kind; does anyone else do this? With the slew of post-Gethsemane fic, I struggled to find a story that completely satisfied my need to for a solid plot with unique hooks - the "defining" story that all others of its kind should be compared to.
The best post-Geth fic, and, really, the best fic to come out all Summer is "Missing Voices" by Joyce McKibben, Meredith and M.C. Akimoto.
This is a triumph of plotting and writing by the three authors. The story is told through Scully, Mulder and Skinner's journals. Joyce takes Mulder, Meredith writes Scully, and M.C., Skinner. If you are unfamiliar with the authors' works, let me point out that each one is writing her/his (?) strongest X-Files voice. It makes for a strong story with interesting details and all-around great writing. They come up with a plot that would work perfectly as the season 5 opener. It answers the pertinent questions, but still leaves plenty unanswered to explore for the rest of the "season." Completely satisfying.
I'm not giving many details about the plot because I don't want to give readers any excuses for passing up this story based on misconceptions from this review. It is both Shipper- and NoRoMo-safe. It is not full of extreme angst. This story will get all my votes in the upcoming award season.[1]
Awards
- Morley Awards: Best X-Files - 1st place
- 1997 Spooky Awards: for Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6
- 1997 EMXC Awards - Winner - Most Carter-esque/Best Relationship
References
- ^ Lore at alt.tv.x-files.creative (1997-09-14). "REVIEW: Fan Fic, Summer '97 (1/4)". Google Groups. Archived from the original on 2023-05-10.