Twin birthdays of greatness

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ook!!

Happy Birthday to an awesome LJer! I'm so happy to have met you. You are so incredibly giving and helpful, and your art rocks. You rock! *hugs* Have a wonderful day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY perverse_idyll!!

Happy Birthday to an incredible LJer and reviewer! You are so inspirational and your words are always fascinating. I wish you posted more! *hugs* I hope your day is great!

So I was eaten by this fic...

I have been reading bits and bobs of (X-files) Mulder fic, mostly from Mulder In Jeopardy (which is a h/c archive). For some reason there are characters who just appeal to me in the h/c role, and Mulder was definitely one of them for a looong time. In fact, I have an X-files Mary Sue and perhaps I'll write an entry about her in the future.

Anyway, there are a lot of one shot fics, and there are some chaptered fics. I'd read a few of the chaptered fics, and they were fairly short, maybe 20K-50K at most, and I mostly skimmed. So when I found a four chapter fic, I thought nothing of clicking on it. I think my eye just glossed over the count next to the links.

I started reading and thought, hmm, this is pretty good. And I kept reading. And reading. And reading. And reading.

It took me a loooong time to get through chapter one, and I read quickly, mind you. Same with chapter two.

After about three months off and on (even read some on the honeymoon, lol) I have finally finished it. Granted, a lot of the off and on was "off" as I was out of town a lot, but still. And now, just now, I realize why: the word count is 1124K. Wow.

( Cut for your sanity )