And the Way Back Machine dials early spring of 1996. "Quid Pro Quo, Doctor Lambert" was the first fanfiction I wrote, and it remains my third most popular. I'm afraid it shows all the embarrassing characteristics of a first fanfiction -- it's a bird! it's a plane! it's a Mary Sue? and "cool aunt" Janette? -- and I hope I would do better today, but the story will always be distinguished for me by having reached fkfic-l before "the final four" episodes aired. Writing in FK as a live fandom was . . . unforgettable.
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Title: |
"Quid Pro Quo, Doctor Lambert" |
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Length: |
~2,800 words |
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Date: |
Posted to FKFic-L in April 1996 |
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Rating: |
PG |
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Summary: |
A debt is collected before the eyes of Nick and Natalie's grieving daughter. |
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Setting: |
Alternate Future, 2035, Toronto |
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Characters: |
Natalie, Lacroix, Janette, Others |
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Quotation: |
"And you bargained well, for someone with a table leg through his chest." |