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Toniann
http://www.borghalrantipole.com/archive.html

Recs from Toniann:

I'm primarily an MSRist, and a huge fan of what I like to think of as "happy ending angst". I also enjoy stories featuring Skinner, DRR, and a host of other fandom genres -- but this is the one I know best.

There are a lot of stories I love, but these ten are the ones that really left their mark -- the ones that drew me into fanfic, the ones I've reread dozens of times, and the ones that everyone likes and the ones no one's heard of.

Chapter and Verse by Lucy Garner

http://www.borghalrantipole.com/stories/chapter.txt

Season 6, V, A, UST.

What I loved about this story from the beginning was that it was just the kind of thing so many of us were longing to see happen in Season 6 -- and it never really did, but at least we've got this lovely little Diana put-down story to enjoy.

Deliverance From Evil by Char Chaffin and Tess

http://www.tessfiles.com/collaborations.html

Post-Col, MSR.

It's not just that it's post-col, which I have a strange addition to. Or that it's MSR as well. Or that it has fantastic descriptions of Alaska, or that it features secondary characters I love, or that it's so huge, massive, and comprehensive that I forget, sometimes, that no one's made a movie out of it yet. <g> I've never been able to put my finger on it, really: maybe I just like the idea of tooling around the Great White North in a huge SUV with Skinner.

Getting Caught by Dusina Wong

http://www.borghalrantipole.com/stories/caught.txt

To describe this vignette would be to ruin the fun. Just jump right in and read -- it's short but satisfying.

Journal 1999 and Journal 2000

http://www.geocities.com/mdsfanfic/journal.html

Post-col, MSR.

See, I told you, I'm addicted. I just reread this one the other day, and while I've always loved it, what struck me this time was what I feel is a completely realistic characterization of Dana Scully. It's not quite the Scully we see on the show, but the events of this story take her to a different place. In many ways, written years before, this characterization reminds me of what we saw of Scully in "6th Extinction" and "Amor Fati", a woman who, in the midst of desperation, revealed much more about herself than we'd seen much of before. Anyhow, it's a fantastic journey for both Scully and Mulder, and a frightening possibility for how things could have gone.

The Letting Go by Avalon

http://www.borghalrantipole.com/stories/lettinggo.txt

MSR, Angst.

Set post Season 7, this story shows Mulder and Scully ready to move forward as a family -- but something from the past comes back to haunt them and may rip them apart. What I love about this story -- aside from Avalon's fantastic writing -- is how easy I find it to identify with Scully in this story, and how much that brings home the lesson of forgiveness that she must learn.

March 5, 1993 by Brandon D. Ray

http://www.avalon.net/~publius/March51993.html

UST, Angst

This story is one of the first fics I ever read, and it's never lost its power over me, or its lyrical beauty. A gut-wrenching look at love.

Parabiosis by Penumbra

http://www.avalon.net/~publius/March51993.html

MSR. There's no way I can do this story justice; if you haven't read it yet, and you're a fan of MSR, you're missing out on a wonderful experience.

The Professional by Dasha K. and Plausible Deniability

http://www.visi.com/~dashak/text/professional.txt

MSR, Casefile, Angst.

It's something along the lines of what I said about about Avalon's story: it's so easy to identify with Scully in this one, and to feel so very deeply what she's going through -- but it's also all too easy to feel Mulder's pain as well. Plus, the casefile is undeniably fascinating. The whole series (Light Sleepers, Increments, Phoenix Rising, Keeping the Stars Apart, and The Professional) is fantastic, but I think this is my favorite chapter.

Small Lives Awake by Jesamie's Evil Twin

http://www.alanna.net/JET/lives.txt

The UST (and eventual MSR) in this story is deliciously lovely, there's no doubt about it, but it's Scully's brother Charlie, and his family, and their easy, fun, odd, but loving relationship is what makes this story unique, and always a pleasure to reread.

What Happens to the Dreamers by Buckingham

http://www.borghalrantipole.com/stories/whathappens.txt

I don't think I've had that song out of my head since I first read this lovely, lyrical, and haunting story -- and I'm not really all that big a Jefferson Starship fan :). This well-told journey takes M&S from a painful, strained time in their lives to a new hope for the future, but hope mixed with loss. An angsty, difficult ride, perhaps, but so full of amazing moments, it's entirely worth it.