The Quality of Mercy (X-Files story)
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| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Quality of Mercy |
| Author(s): | Mairead Triste |
| Date(s): | 1999 or before |
| Length: | 39K |
| Genre(s): | slash fanfiction |
| Fandom(s): | The X-Files |
| Relationship(s): | |
| External Links: | The Quality of Mercy (Zen&nancy's Internet Homeless Shelter and Soup Kitchen) |
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The Quality of Mercy is a Mulder/Krycek story by Mairead Triste.
Summary: Ratboy does bad things. An exceedingly warped love story, in a sorta-kinda way.
Recs and Reviews
it's one of my favorite m/k stories of all time, really. so hot and fucked up.[1]
For me, the hallmarks of M/K slash will always be twisted passion and a not-very-healthy blurring of the line between sex and violence, and the story I've chosen for my last rec this month is an excellent example of why these qualities make Mulder/Krycek such an unforgettable pairing. Mairead Triste is, in all her fandoms and incarnations, a brilliant writer, and The Quality of Mercy makes one wish she had written more XF. A non-con PWP, where Alex forces himself on a perhaps not entirely unwilling Mulder, this story takes us inside Krycek's head and shows us what a dark, desperate place it is, while at the same time revealing the current of madness that runs in the blood of the man he is obsessed with. This is chilling, raw and unforgiving, and completely, devastatingly hot - in other words, everything that makes M/K what it is.[2]
Jan says: I'd like to recommend The Quality of Mercy by Mairead Triste, a Mulder/Krycek story that knocked my socks off.[3]
We are very excited about posting Mairead's first X-Files fic. This is one of the best non-consensual/semi-consentual stories we've every read. In a fandom that thrives on rape, torture and h/c stories, Mairead has done something really special. Lovely characterization and imagery, a nightmare that reads like a lullaby.[4]
Krycek is brilliant and cruel in The Quality Of Mercy.[5]
References
- ^ rec at Crack Van, January 2005
- ^ rec at Crack Van, January 2005
- ^ Jan and June's Slash Recommendations: Our Recommendations, 22 February 1999. (Accessed 01 April 2015)
- ^ Zen&nancy, Stories by Mairead Triste. (Accessed 01 April 2015)
- ^ Sandy Herrold. Issues of Consent: Sandy’s mostly"Slash Without Consent" link page, via Wayback. (Accessed 09 May 2015)