Fandom Snowflake Challenge Day 4

[tjs_whatnot]

Day 04

Talk to someone you haven't ever interacted with before or introduce yourself to someone you've interacted with and friend/follow them.

COME TALK TO ME!

Comments

[wendelah1]

Hi. I'm wendelah1 everywhere except at Tumblr, where I'm wendelah and 201daysofxfiles. Despite everything, I still love Dana Scully and I'm still writing fanfic for a series that began airing in 1993. I also love Fringe and The Americans, and have written fic for both. I love Yuletide. I love to read. I'm a retired, (early due to disability) former RN. My pinned post tells a little bit about me. Since the middle of last year, I've been locking my posts but I grant access to anyone who asks.

Before the snowflake challenge began, since election day all I've been doing in my spare time is reading the news in horror, posting links, and subscribing to every Resist Trump newsletter I could find. I volunteered to help with it because I needed a break from obsessing about the election results.

[tjs_whatnot]

Hello! I'm tjs_whatnot everywhere. I haven't watched X-Files because I used to be a big baby, but I've been pushing myself to get over it and after watching Fringe on repeat, a few seasons of Supernatural and other shows like those, I think I'm ready for Mulder and Scully. You're saying I shouldn't watch the new episodes?

I've pretty much been living in a bubble of fantasy and Utopian fiction, while also rocking in the fetal position humming in a corner since November 8th. :(((( It still feels a nightmare. I still haven't processed my anger and fear. Maybe that will be for the end of January. KILL ME NOW!!

♥

[wendelah1]

I would not start with the new episodes. I was disappointed with them. However, I can find or make you a list of episodes to sample, just to get a feel for the series. Just let me know if you're interested.

Most people who love Fringe (I am one--I own all five seasons, I ran a rewatch comm, I ran a gift exchange. lol.) loved The X-Files first. The creators of Fringe love The X-Files. And it is canon that they exist in the same universe, too. Fringe isn't perfect but it's a much better written show than The X-Files. The X-Files is a much messier canon, but those flaws led to the creation of so much wonderful fix-it fic.

Plus, Dana Scully. And Fox Mulder.

I can go on and on and on...

[tjs_whatnot]

I would LOVE a X-Files primer, a handful of episodes to judge if it's for me. The thing that got me super invested in Fringe (and why did I never find the fandom for it?!?) are the characters, their relationships and how they transform over the years. I have a feeling it would be the same way with Scully and Mulder. ♥

Have you seen Stranger Things?

[wendelah1]

I haven't yet. I don't subscribe to Netflix. (Because I'm cheap.) I'm waiting impatiently for it to come out on DVD so I can request that my library purchase it...so maybe this time, next year. Sooner if I'm lucky.

When you say a handful, does that mean three or four? Six? More than six?

It's a funny question for me because I got hooked on the show by reading fanfic.

[spikedluv]

I watched the first couple (?) seasons of Fringe (until there was a viewing conflict, or something). How did they work in canon same 'verse as X-Files?!! I never watched the X-Files, but I'm very curious about that.

[tjs_whatnot]

It must have been subtle because besides Joshua Jackson and others involved with the show talking about how much they loved X-Files and wanted to do a crossover movie when the new season was announced, I never picked up on it. But, like I said, I never watched X-Files and wouldn't know what to be looking for.

[spikedluv]

Same wrt not knowing what to look for. Though if it was later seasons, I wouldn't have seen it.

[wendelah1]

The Fringe canon specifically references the X-Files in this scene.

That old "X" Designation.

A few of us have taken that and run with it, though not as many as I might have hoped. I've written three Fringe/XF crossovers and have plans for a fourth.

I even have a set of Fringe/XF icons.

[spikedluv]

If I saw that (I believe it's from a season after I stopped watching) it probably would've gone right over my head!

[wendelah1]

It was from the first episode of the second season, "A New Day in the Old Town." I'm not surprised by that. It was definitely an easter egg meant for X-Philes. There are many others but that was the most blatant.

[tjs_whatnot]

Haha, I do remember that! It makes sense you'd need one division for weird goings on as the result of human beings (in two different worlds) and of aliens, yes?

Can't wait to watch X-Files so I can find crossover fic! I crossed Fringe and White Collar once, but that was completely different! ;)

And six episodes should be good. Your favorite 6 eps that fully articulate how amazing these characters are. Your going to sell me on character way more than plot. ;)

[wendelah1]

Hi. I haven't forgotten about this but two weeks ago my dad was in an auto accident and was hospitalized (and still is).

[tjs_whatnot]

Oh man! No worries, take your time. I got plenty to watch while I wait. ;)

Hope your dad's recovery goes smoothly. ♥