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9-1-1 | 5x09 "Past Is Prologue"

"Find ways to reconnect." "Cap knows of what he speaks."

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“I hope this email finds you well”

First of all the only emails that ever find me well are from AO3

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Mama Bear & Papa Bear

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I feel like I want to explain to young tumblr users who weren't born yet that MulderxScully was a revolutionary ship. No, it was not queer but that is not the only way to be revolutionary.

In the 90s when The X Files was airing, media was like misogyny soup. Yes, there were exceptions. But casual sexism was so ubiquitous it was like we were all frogs simmering in it and if you dared to say, hey, uh, isn't this joke a little shitty to the wife? Or maybe this female character could do something other than pose and ask questions so the male lead can answer them? Then you were a hairy feminist outcast loser.

Scully was a lot of things but she was not that. All the "You're not going to believe this, Scully!" memes are based on the fact that Mulder, an attractive white dude, wanted nothing more in his entire life than to share his passions with this tiny redhead. Was he nuts? Yes. But on many other shows, he would have talked down to her, would've ignored her, would've mocked her. He didn't.

When you go back and watch The X Files, there's these moments where Mulder and Scully look at each other like, "wait did Jack Black really just say that" and the significance to fan history isn't just the sexual tension. It's that, yeah, and the origin of the word ship, and the 'will-they-won't-they'. But the most important thing about those looks is how they told the audience that Mulder was looking to Scully for something. A man was looking at a woman and asking with his eyes "what do you think about this?" Was he also saying "and do you want to bone about it?" Yeah, yeah he was. But the first thing was sexy as hell.

Respecting a woman's expertise and folding information she provided into his worldview was a revolutionary thing for a man to do on television at the time. Thank you for coming to my MSR ted talk.

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chekov’s cat: if you see a cat, it will probably be relevant later.

schroedinger’s gun: there’s no way to know if a gun is loaded or not until you physically inspect and check it yourself, so it’s safest to assume all guns are loaded.

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Do you ever think about how pornography, like science fiction, reflects modern day economic anxieties? Asking bc I just saw one where in order to stay in an Airbnb she had to wear a chastity belt and she didn’t even leave a bad review after

these days the pizza guy is too busy working for three different apps to even fuck you

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MY FOLLOWERS’ TOP 5 L&O SEASONS, BASED ON EO CONTENT:

2. Season 1 (SVU) – 45% of voters.

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Graceland | 3x06: Buto Ijo 

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JUSTICE FOR AUSTRIA Y’ALL HAVE NO TASTE

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Germany got done dirty

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*sweden winning*

everyone:

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well the UK and Germany being in second last and last places means we’re back on familiar territory I guess

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CATHERINE TATE!!!

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me watching Sweden rack up all these points