A Scully Fest Challenge
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scully_festI know it's only Thursday the 13th here in my time zone but since it's just after midnight in London and it's been Friday for hours and hours already in Australia, I am declaring ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
scully_fest officially open.
The rewatch starts tonight in my timezone with "Beyond the Sea." Check the schedule post for your timezone and don't forget to cast your votes for the TBD on February 23.
Back in the day, there was an X-Files community, meaning a mailing list, called Scullyfic. In 2001, the list administrator Jill Selby issued a challenge: write a 155 word story about Dana Scully. You can read the stories that resulted at Scully in 155. The fics are not all exactly 155 words: some are a little longer, some shorter.
In honor of her upcoming 50th birthday, we thought it would be fun to issue the same challenge to thescully_fest members. You can post the stories as a comment to this post, either in a comment or a link. You can post your story on your day if you signed up for one. Or if you'd rather, you can wait for her birthday free-for-all day.
Oh heck, post whenever the muse strikes, but let's try to stay close to the 155 word limit.
Remember, if you track the post, you'll get all of the comments to your email or inbox.
In conclusion, SCULLY FEST!
scully_fest officially open.The rewatch starts tonight in my timezone with "Beyond the Sea." Check the schedule post for your timezone and don't forget to cast your votes for the TBD on February 23.
Back in the day, there was an X-Files community, meaning a mailing list, called Scullyfic. In 2001, the list administrator Jill Selby issued a challenge: write a 155 word story about Dana Scully. You can read the stories that resulted at Scully in 155. The fics are not all exactly 155 words: some are a little longer, some shorter.
In honor of her upcoming 50th birthday, we thought it would be fun to issue the same challenge to the
scully_fest members. You can post the stories as a comment to this post, either in a comment or a link. You can post your story on your day if you signed up for one. Or if you'd rather, you can wait for her birthday free-for-all day.Oh heck, post whenever the muse strikes, but let's try to stay close to the 155 word limit.
Remember, if you track the post, you'll get all of the comments to your email or inbox.
In conclusion, SCULLY FEST!
Scully in 155: "The Message"
Date: 2014-02-15 07:25 am (UTC)Starbuck had reason and God on his side, to no avail. Captain Ahab won't, can't, listen.
He gave her a copy on her tenth birthday, the one she reread every year. It kept them connected, even when—circumstances—made that otherwise difficult.
He'd been proud when she got into Stanford, disappointed when she accepted the FBI's offer. She felt hurt, yet ashamed of her need for his approval.
She loved this job. She solved mysteries and brought criminals to justice. It took brains and guts to do it well.
"He'll come around," her mother'd soothed. She was right—he had. His apparition's words were garbled but the message now seemed clear.
He was her father, after all.
Re: Scully in 155: "The Message"
Date: 2014-02-15 08:37 am (UTC)Re: Scully in 155: "The Message"
Date: 2014-02-15 05:18 pm (UTC)I'm going to try to write one for each episode of the rewatch.
Wish me luck with the Bug and Pus episode.
Re: Scully in 155: "The Message"
Date: 2014-02-15 09:24 pm (UTC)Re: Scully in 155: "The Message"
Date: 2014-02-15 09:42 pm (UTC)Re: Scully in 155: "The Message"
Date: 2014-02-15 08:25 pm (UTC)I've never done this. As Estella says above it's so short!
But hey, I might give it a go.
Re: Scully in 155: "The Message"
Date: 2014-02-15 09:38 pm (UTC)I'm going to try to write another one for the latest episode of the rewatch. Wish me luck.
If you need a beta, I am always around.
Re: Scully in 155: "The Message"
Date: 2014-02-15 09:23 pm (UTC)You inspire me.
Re: Scully in 155: "The Message"
Date: 2014-02-15 09:41 pm (UTC)Yes, I think there is an episode where she even tells him he's like Ahab, chasing the great white whale of truth. The conversation on the rock where they talk about Moby Dick.
Re: Scully in 155: "The Message"
Date: 2014-02-16 12:39 pm (UTC)This is wonderful.
Re: Scully in 155: "The Message"
Date: 2014-02-16 06:54 pm (UTC)Re: Scully in 155: "The Message"
Date: 2014-02-16 01:37 pm (UTC)Re: Scully in 155: "The Message"
Date: 2014-02-16 06:54 pm (UTC)