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Cranky Old Fangirls

Cranky Old Fangirls

"Fangirl" here is a neutral term for someone who squees, squicks, and Was There. General fandom posts encouraged!

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Posted byMagessin/cranky_old_fangirls-Sep 01, 2016 at 3:28 PMΔ

So... anyone interested in a Highlander/X-Files fic?

Cause these poor stories got so few reads cause the fandoms are dead.

But... I love them.

EDIT: It's Methos and Alex Krycek.

Here's the link for anyone willing! http://archiveofourown.org/series/315647

Comments19
  • Raine_WyndOct 16, 2016 at 2:25 PM

    Highlander is still around as a fandom; it's just gone a little quieter now that most of the folks who wrote it and are still active have gone into other fandoms (like the Marvel Cinematic Universe). Killabeez still has a weekly rewatch over on her blog: http://killabeez.dreamwidth.org/531797.html for this week's ep.

  • Argentum_LSSep 11, 2016 at 10:26 PM

    I deeply love these stories, but have been horribly negligent in leaving a proper comment to say so. Guess that means it's time to read them again and try to find something coherent to say.

    • MagessOct 16, 2016 at 2:26 PM

      I would love to hear anything you have to say!

  • the_rckSep 01, 2016 at 6:48 PM

    I might or might not be. I'm kind of a fannish butterfly and will try anything that sounds interesting. Fandom alone doesn't always tell me.

    I don't know either fandom in any depth. I've watched an episode or two or each series and read a good bit of fic (mostly crossovers with other things).

  • lunaris1013Sep 01, 2016 at 6:34 PM

    A crossover? Is Methos an X-file? I am down for this!

    • MagessSep 01, 2016 at 6:35 PM

      It IS a crossover.

      And it's with Methos!

      http://archiveofourown.org/series/315647

  • ahbuggritSep 01, 2016 at 5:04 PM

    Not a fandom I got into, but more surprisingly, I haven't seen any Highlander or X-files AU. Which is a bit odd, because I've seen so many Sentinel!AU fics, and I'd never heard of that show, but I had heard the other two.

    • MagessSep 01, 2016 at 6:35 PM

      For some reason, neither really took off as an AU... I'm not sure why. Is Sentinel newer, maybe? Like maybe they just missed the zeitgeist?

      • ahbuggritSep 01, 2016 at 6:40 PM

        Apparently it ran from 1996-1999. I've just seen it pop up in quite a few fandoms. Kind of like a soulmate au, but with more of a need for one partner to require the other

      • MagessSep 01, 2016 at 6:45 PM

        Yeah, I never really watched Sentinel, but I can understand the draw of the AU.

      • lunaris1013Sep 01, 2016 at 6:48 PM

        Sentinel was running concurrent with HL and XF in the late 90s, but was never nearly as large of a fandom.

        The premise of The Sentinel is that Jim went to Peru and came back with the power of the Sentinel awakened in him, giving him the kind of super senses that were used to protect the tribe in ancient Peru. Each Sentinal has their Guide, a person highly attuned to their Sentinel, helping them to hone their senses and guide them through overstimulation. Canonically very much like soulmates.

    • lunaris1013Sep 01, 2016 at 6:39 PM

      In the 90's, AU wasn't as big a thing as it is now. I don't ever remember coffee shop AUs or high school AUs the way things are now. Besides, HL had nearly all of recorded time to work with - it's hard to write a Regency AU when your characters were canonically active in the Regency era :-)

      • MagessSep 01, 2016 at 6:46 PM

        I think we mean more the other way around. People using HL as the source AU for another show. Like turning Neal Caffrey into an immortal or something.

      • SpringwoofSep 01, 2016 at 7:51 PM

        I used to see Highlander AUs, where characters from other fandoms became Highlander-style Immortals. In fact, I wrote one! http://archiveofourown.org/works/1066624?view_full_work=true

        However, I've seen many many more Highlander/other show crossovers. Highlander was a sort of gateway fandom for me--got me into other fandoms via crossovers....

      • auburnSep 02, 2016 at 2:26 PM

        Tigriswolf did a couple of small Highlander/White Collar crossover vignettes with Neal Caffrey as a very old immortal. They're on AO3 and frustratingly short but only because I wanted more.

        We Thought We'd Live Forever

        Maker, remake

        You Come With the Dead Who People My Dreams

        Also, Springwoof! Hi, I'm so happy to see a name I know.

      • SpringwoofSep 02, 2016 at 3:26 PM

        Hi hi hi! {hugs}

      • auburnSep 02, 2016 at 6:09 PM

        All the hugs And a woof from Peggy, who is one year old now, and the friendliest canine in North America at the very least.

      • MagessSep 12, 2016 at 5:24 AM

        Why didn't imzy let me know all these replies were here? Going to go check out these fics now. :)

      • Raine_WyndFeb 13 at 10:47 PM

        I've seen that - hell, I've written it (Leverage and Pacific Rim). :-)

Cranky Old Fangirls

Cranky Old Fangirls

"Fangirl" here is a neutral term for someone who squees, squicks, and Was There. General fandom posts encouraged!

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