The Offspring (X-Files story)

Fanfiction
Title:	The Offspring
Author(s):	Kelli Rocherolle
Date(s):	1996
Length:	76,756 words
Genre(s):	MSR, kidfic
Fandom(s):	The X-Files
Relationship(s):
External Links:	The Offspring at Gossamer The Offspring at author's site The Offspring at AO3
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The Offspring is an X-Files story by Kelli Rocherolle. Was nominated by the website generalprofound.faithweb.com as part of a collection Classics (or, Your Fanfic Education is Not Complete Until You've Read ...).

Summary: "A product of Scully's abduction comes back to haunt her."

Chapters

• The Offspring.
• The Offspring 2:Without a Trace
• The Offspring 3:Challenge
• The Offspring 4:Flying
• The Offspring 5:Words
• The Offspring 6:Escape
• The Offspring 7:Getting to Nowhere
• The Offspring 8:Illusion
• The Offspring 9:Rewards
• The Offspring 10:Strange
• The Offspring 11:Fractures
• The Offspring 12: Falling to Pieces
• The Offspring 13:Brother Wolf, Sister Moon

Reactions and Reviews

Unknown Date

[Shipper Site of Worship Recs]
The first part of the series, (a LONG series BTW.) But definetly worth the read if you're into FanFic. I would rate the first part R for some heavy breathing at the end. *G*

1998

[Xphiler29]
I started Offspring about two years ago thinking part three was the end. I am so glad that I was wrong. I started part four the moment it was posted, and was immediatly drawn into it by the symbolism portrayed through Lily. Her dream sequence is magnificent, a very creative literary mthod that Kelli quite often uses in her storys. I have loved Kelli's short stories, such as Freezing and The Sound of the Shell, but it has been her works like Spell and The Offspring which prove that she is a very able and excellent writing. I love to read, anything, and the first fan fiction I ever read was Kelli's Offspring, she hooked me, and now with its return, I think that The Offspring will reach that creative level that every writer, it doesn't matter what they write, strives to reach.

"X"

From when I talked to her, I found Kelli to have a big heart, which makes me even more passionate about her stories.

1999

[Julie Cantrell]
In November of 1997, I read "The Offspring" by Kelli Rocherolle. I had heard about fanfiction, but I had never been on the internet before. When I got connected, I read this story at The Eurisko Archive. I'll never forget what it felt like to discover the endless possibilities of fanfic. I became addicted and read everything I could get my hands on. Because of Kelli Rocherolle, there will always be Lily before there ever was an Emily.

[…]

It's strange, but even though I read fabulous new stories all of the time, I still can't recapture the feeling I got from reading those early discoveries.

Feeling nostalgic,
Julie :-)

2002

[unknown fan at Shippers in eXile]
This is the first time I became obsessed with the idea of Mulder as "daddy." It has a happier ending than After All These Years (somewhat) so I think it's fair game.

2012

[unknown fan at Top Shelf Book Society]
My Thoughts: I loved this story. I remember the beginning, but not part 3. It was an interesting story telling technique the way she ended it and I was pleased that the family was given the update on where they were.