lilydalexf: Old School X is a project interviewing X-Files fanfic authors who were posting fic durin
lilydalexf: Old School X is a project interviewing X-Files fanfic authors who were posting fic during the original run of the show. New interviews are posted on Tuesdays. Interview with Michelle (XFImnotdone) Michelle aka XFImnotdone (@xfimnotdone) is one of the rare X-Files fanfic authors who posted fic during the original 1993-2002 run of the series and again around its 2016/2018 revival. So her stories have a lot of heart and come from a real love of the show and its characters. Find her fics on AO3 and at her site. Big thanks to Michelle for doing this interview. Does it surprise you that people are still interested in reading your X-Files fanfics and others that were posted during the original run of the show (1993-2002)? It does not surprise me that people are still interested. For some reason the xfiles was just a special gem of a show that really captured people. Whatever that spark is that David and Gillian have will never die in the hearts of fans. What do you think of when you think about your X-Files fandom experience? What did you take away from it? When I first started writing fic during the original run of the show, I was 16. I would say that my fandom experience then was actually better. There were forums with threads and a whole mess of people writing and I secured a fan base for my own writing amazingly pretty quickly. Back then we wrote in chapters, longer fics and posted each week or so and then a slew of comments would follow. People took more time back then to actually converse specifically about a fic with lots of fanfic details. My fandom experience now, then I’m 36, has been OK. I think we all were rejuvenated by seasons 10 and 11. I really enjoyed meeting new people and reading new stuff that came along with that. However, I feel like now searching for new stuff that I like is a needle in a haystack, and specific feedback is almost nonexistent. Keep reading -- source link
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