Mulder/Krycek

Mulder/Krycek was one of the first big slash pairings on the net. They were enemies who loved to hate each other and Mulder especially liked to get really physical when expressing his hatred. At the same time they were sometimes reluctant allies. 
Betrayal, redemption, trust issues, and Mulder in denial about his attraction to Krycek were common themes in fanfic.
The motto of the Mulder/Krycek Romantics Association was: For those who know real UST when they see it! It was a comment on the often talked about Mulder/Scully UST and referred in this context to all the angry tension between Mulder and Krycek that was perceived as sexual. That fan interpretation of the character dynamic got a bit of fanservice later in canon when Krycek kissed Mulder on the cheek in the fifth season episode The Red and the Black.Mulder/Krycek kiss on YouTube (Last accessed November 21, 2008.)
==Fan Comments==
===Unknown Date===
===1997===
===1998===
 
===1999===
==Notable Mulder/Krycek Works==
*And Anywhere I Lay My Head by Maria M.
*Breathless & Solidarity by Sleeps With Coyotes. Breathless - While Mulder investigates an X-File, Krycek tracks down a runner - but when the two collide, can Mulder and Krycek work through the past and learn to work together? Solidarity - Krycek ditches Mulder to take an assignment that lands him in the center of the game, but when Mulder is asked to assist a profiler in the same area, the trail leads him into the mountains towards a terrifying secret...
*Born on the Fourth of July by Catherine
*Claustrophobia, a story by Silk
*The Clone Series by Megaera
*The End of the Cold War by Kadru
*Falling Into His Eyes by KinkyGrrl - a K/M slash piece with a very strong h/c element.
*Fantasy Man, a fic by Sugar Rush
*Forbidden Dreams by peacenik0, a work from 2019
*Ghosts, a novel by torch, originally written in 1997; very influential in the evolution of fannish perception of Krycek, and the sequel Lovers.Ghosts, by torch (Last accessed June 11, 2010.)
*The Gift of an Enemy by Sylvia. When events conspire to bring Alex Krycek and Fox Mulder together once again, Mulder learns that truth can be a dangerous thing. Things are never what they seem when Krycek is involved. All this, and an X-File to solve!
*Half Moon Bay & Strawberries by Nightcloud
*Hit & Run, series by Frankie & Lucy Snowe. Part 7 - the epilogue - is by Jami Wilsen.
*How It All Began by B2
*How to Throw a Curve Ball series by Courtney Gray. Won 'Best Romance' and 'Best Series' in the Lisa e Krysa Awards 2000.
* In a Dark Time by A. Leigh-Anne Childe was an intense M/K rewriting of the X-Files episode Sleepless. In a Dark Time by A. Leigh-Anne Childe (Wayback link, last accessed June 11, 2010.)
* Krychek by Bren Antrim, the first Mulder/Krycek story, written before the character's name was in the credits, hence the misspelling
*L'Alba by Merri-Todd Webster (1998 or before)
*Little Acorns by Orithain
*One Perfect Moment of Happiness by Donna Milan
*Out of the Darkness by Lexi Krycek
*Perfect Partners by Megaera
*Photographic Memory by Morgan Peterson
*The Rape by Moco
*Rest Stop by Cathy Lee
*Russian Roulette by torch (1997)
*The Same Everywhere and its sequel The Hand We Were Dealt, by Jane Mortimer
*Tools by Kix
*The Unrecognised X-File by Sebastion, a Mary Poppins crossover fic
*Wandering Arameans by MJ
See also: :Category:X-Files M/K Fanfiction
==Fanart Examples==
File:Hinnerk cover.jpg|Cover of a gay magazine, showing a Theban Band manip of a winged Mulder and Krycek. 
File:Fox axe th.jpg|Waiting for the Axe to Fall fanfic cover by X, nominated in the FOX Awards
File:Fox heroin th.jpg|Heroin Series fanfic cover by the Theban Band, winner in the FOX Awards in the category Outstanding Krycek Fanfiction Cover Art
File:Fox jade th.jpg|Jade Series, cover by the Theban Band. Tie in the Fantasy/AU Fanfiction Cover Art category of the FOX Awards.
File:Fox fish.jpg|A Fish Called Krycek, fanfic cover by the Theban Band. Tie in the Fantasy/AU Fanfiction Cover Art category of the FOX Awards.
File:Kentauroi.jpg|Mulder and Krycek as centaurs, art by the Theban Band. The manip was shown on Jimmy Kimmel Live in 2004.
==Awards==
*The Whammy Awards - X-Files slash awards given annually from 1997 to 1999 (1998?).
*The Lisa e Krysa Awards recognise excellent in Mulder/Krycek fiction and were given annually from 1999 to 2001
==Archives/Rec Sites==
*The Basement - X-Files slash archive
*Mulder/Krycek Romantics Association - M/K slash archive
*RatB - M/K slash archive
*TER/MA - M/K slash archive
*M/K Slash Ring - a webring for M/K sites
*Mulder/Krycek Multimedia Archive - episode images, sound clips and more
*Focused on Nick Lea - fanfiction featuring Nick Lea's characters, most of it about Krycek and most of that M/K
*RATales Archive - Krycek-centric archive, many M/K stories
*Slashing Mulder - Mulder-centric slash archive, many M/K stories
*The Cube - M/K slash site
*Alison's Jottings - M/K recommendations
*The Slash Slut's Recs - M/K recommendations
*Julie's X-Files Story Recommendations - X-Files recs, including M/K
==Mailing Lists==
* one started in early 1997 by Randym: "I've been something of a slash geek lately. I've started an Internet mailing list devoted to Mulder/Krycek (mostly discussion, though there is some fanfic). Anyone who is interested in joining should e-mail MulderKrycek@funo.com; put "subscribe" in the subject header.") This mailing list was where The Same Everywhere and The Hand We Were Dealt were originally posted as a serial. from Strange Bedfellows (AP) #16 (February 1997) 
*RatB-K (offline)
*mulder_krycek (link) (offline)
*AlexK-H-C-orD (link)
==Meta/Further Reading==
*; archive link with expanded comments, page 2, by literati (May 2005)
==References==
Category:Slash Pairings
Category:X-Files Relationships