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[edit] Introduction

X-Files Real Person Fic has always been some what controversial in the X-Files fan fiction community. It was taboo in most of the rest of the fandom. The signs were clear, don't do that!

Back in 1994, “David Fantasy #1” by Julianne Lee was published on Usenet probably. It was a piece of David Duchovny erotic ActorFic featuring an original female character named Kira. This is one of the first examples of this material written. The author didn't express much hesitancy in the story, posted bold as brass to Usenet. The story was not ripped to shreds or blasted on the group for its existence. Whether the attitude saying no to this material was just not present yet is not fully understood but this story existed.

By 1998, attitudes were becoming a bit more hardened against it. On September 18, 1998, there was one of first reference to ActorFic on alt.tv.x-files.creative. It was a request for ActorFic featuring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson. The response to this was polite but discouraging.

In July of 2000, alt.fan.david-duchovny debated ActorFic, the ethics of it and why people felt compelled to write it. It was clear that some X-File fans felt that this was a clear invasion of privacy and something to be discouraged.

These three samples don't fully convey the undercurrent that is hard to document of active discouragement and fear of people getting caught writing or reading this material. To date, this remains a fannish no no.

[edit] Terminology

Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan fiction community.