#2shy

[renegadesstuff]

THE WAY HE PUT HIS HAND ON HER SHOULDER 🫠🥹

[sp00kyactionatadistance]

The X-Files • 2Shy

“When you look at me you see a monster. But I was just feeding a hunger. 

You’re more than a monster. You didn’t just feed on their bodies. You fed on their minds. 

My weakness was no greater than theirs. I gave them what they wanted. They gave me what I needed. 

Not anymore.”

[randomfoggytiger]

sorry. I entered my ask about 2 shy too quickly.

I have a bone to pick with 2 shy:

1st: the old man detective acknowledges only Mulder when they get on scene.

2nd: After Mulder introduces his partner, old man detective doesn't greet her and just turns and walks away.

3rd: when they are looking at the body, he seems to listen only to Mulder and seems to ignore Scully when she says ahe will call him with information. I believe she has to repeat herself. It's like she isn't even there once rhe man walks away.

4th: he is surprised to find out that Scully is a medical doctor and his reasoning is that he is old fashioned.

5th: women, of course, are victims- again, and lonely hearts.

6th: AND what bothers me the most- why did Mulder leave Scully at the scene? Did they not drive together? Is that possible? Don't they usually arrive together? Did she drive herself? I think it's possible that he got so in his zone that he forgot he was her ride.

Most importantly, the complete Scully disrespect!

I loved that about the episode. XDDD The detective was a hypocritical misogynist who smacked up against Scully's immovable dignity. She earned his respect, which was why he later assented to her request (to lead the officers.)

Women are disproportionately victims to these types of crimes, so that aspect didn't bother me, either. The episode even gave Scully space at the end to speak for those women in her final confrontation with the killer.

Mulder ran off because he thought he was hot on the heels of the criminal; and he trusted that Scully would help the woman half-covered in digestive bile (not knowing, of course, that 2Shy was hiding in the bathroom.)

What I will say: ...that mother landlord was way invasive and way thirsty. Felt for the girl a whole lot, too.

[deathsbestgirl]

the thing about scully's horror at some of their cases. it's always something that strikes her deeply. either personally, professionally, or as a woman.

in irresistible, it's that pfaster desecrates the dead. the people she autopsies to tell their stories. to help them. it's too late to save them, but she can bring them justice. what she does is sacred. i think of this:

people don't stop mattering, don't stop needing help, just because they stop being alive.

-maura isles in "warm milk" by YoDrDeath

scully cares about the victims in the cases they investigate. they are the people who matter. preventing more deaths is the goal. and donnie pfaster is evil incarnate to her. it's something she can't fathom. then he takes it further, starts murdering to scavenge from women's dead bodies. so much violation. such hatred for women. a level of disrespect that cuts away at her. men take away women's autonomy all the time, that it should continue after death is unthinkable.

in 2shy, the man might have a biological imperative to kill. but he didn't simply kill. he targeted women specifically. preyed not only on their bodies, but their minds. he liked stalking them, softening them to him before brutally murdering them.

(tooms really seemed to kill as a biological imperative, but he did also seek revenge on scully + mulder)

in unruhe, she didn't care what schnauz's reasoning was. the result was still undue violence against women, stealing their minds & lives from them. in the end she "empathized" with him because she had to. she used everything mulder said about him, made the connection to his sister. the way gerry likened all these women to his sister. and the killings started shortly after his father passed, the man who abused his sister but gerry couldn't accept that. violence against women because men could never do anything wrong, or harm women. and he takes up the mantle in a very twisted way. violently, painfully lobotomizing them. as a doctor, she was sickened. medicine is meant to heal & improve quality of life. not steal people's minds & destroy any quality of life they could have.

then within the government/alien conspiracy. her abduction, the abductions of other women. having a chip implanted in them for untold reasons. to track them, to lure them to their deaths. cancer given to these women for reclaiming their autonomy. medical rape, ova stolen to create hybrids for a new race. autonomy & future children stolen. children sentenced to short, painful lives for science. and science is scully's strongest guide. it offers safety & answers, and at the same time, in the world she's entered with mulder, creates so much pain & loss & grief. violation after violation, all of it done against women by small, pathetic ego driven men with power & money they don't deserve and didn't earn. it sickens and terrifies her. it's a grim reality. it makes her distrust skinner. a man who has had their backs, a man she saved, the only one besides mulder who cared about melissa's case. she didn't know, but he also gave his life to csm to get the cure for her cancer. in the end, with mulder abducted, he was right there with her.

[dashalbrundezimmer]

streetart // liège

liège in belgium is always worth a visit. among other things, the city is full of graffiti, murals and other street art. despite long walks through the city and burning soles, we only managed to discover a fraction of it.

as far as i could research the artists, i have named them.

liège in belgien ist immer einen besuch wert, unter anderem ist die stadt voller graffitis, murals und anderer street art. trotz langer durchstreifungen der stadt und brennenden Fußsohlen haben wir gefühlt nur einen bruchteil entdecken können.

soweit ich die künstler*innen recherchieren konnte habe ich diese benannt.

jaba

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willoos

sozyone

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elnino76

soke, michael nicolai

jérémy goffart, olivier sujukowski, michaël nicolai

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pso man

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jaba

kaer, didier gosset

2shy

spray can arts

[x-files-polls]

Holly McClain: I don't know if anyone remembers her—she's only on screen for a minute, mostly dominated by digs at her appearance—but she has always stuck out to me because even though she still ends up murdered, she fought back against her attacker and gets critical dna evidence in the process

Chantara: So iconic for a character who's face we never even saw

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To jog your memory, here are the episodes they're from:

2Shy: Meeting insecure women through an online service, a serial killer seduces his prey with the right words. However, Mulder and Scully determine these killings are far from ordinary by the presence of a strange substance coating the victims, a substance which seems to digest the fatty acids in flesh.

X-Cops: A filming of an episode of COPS gets in the way of the collaborative effort between the FBI and the local police department. Mulder later finds out that the monster feeds on fear. While Mulder embraces the publicity, Scully is not so sure of it. The episode was filmed as if it were an authentic episode of the TV series COPS.

[stars-multifandom-den]

I have been crazy hyped by the 2Shy episode of The X Files. It was so gross and batshit insane. I loved it!!!

[all-eyes-lead-to-the-truth]

All Eyes Lead to the Truth | Season Three Master Post

We’ve come to the conclusion of a momentous season! From some of the most iconic episodes to some of the most beloved characters, season three was full of intense chapters!

Check out this thread to see all the characters we got to meet!

3x01 | The Blessing Way - The Well-Manicured Man (@fridaysat9

They were all living on the precipice of the end of the human race, but they were only concerned with jobs, school assignments, and playdates.

Life, as it should be.

3x02 | Paper Clip - Victor Klemper (@monikafilefan)

The offspring of a rebel syndicate member unearthing truths Victor has spent decades trying to bury beneath buttercups and begonias has marked him for certain death.

3x03 | D.P.O. - Darin Peter Oswald (@gaycrouton)

His friend was scared of him, and it made Darin feel powerful.

3x04 | Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose - Clyde Bruckman (@fridaysat9)

A funny thing happens when you see your own death. At first you try to make sense of it– what could it mean, why the tears, why her? Then you try to change it.

3x05 | The List - Dr. Juan Ullrich (@monikafilefan)

Juan fidgets with an evidence bag, trying not to blatantly stare at the agents holding an entire conversation with their eyes while systematically categorizing every sway of their bodies, every touch of her hands.

3x06 | 2Shy - Lauren MacKalvey (@gaycrouton)

2SHY > You have no idea how beautiful I think you are. I must confess… I feel inextricably drawn to you. I can’t stop thinking about what you said the other day… You don’t deserve to feel lonely, Lauren.

3x07 | The Walk - Leonard 'Rappo' Trimble (@admiralty-xfd)

Every night, he walks again. And every morning he wakes in the same bed with the same phantom pain. Every day he wishes he’d just died; that explosion that didn’t quite kill him cost him his life, anyway.

3x08 | Oubliette - Lucy Householder (@monikafilefan)

She has to go. It’s all so clear now. She has to go back. Through the woods, through the house �� into the dark. Maybe she was never meant to leave it at all.

3x09 | Nisei - Penny Northern (@gaycrouton)

It was the strength of these women that got her through those experiences, and it was the strength of these women that would help her embark on this dark path they were all destined to walk.

3x10 | 731 - First Elder (The Well-Fed Man) (@admiralty-xfd)

The one thing that can be manipulated more effectively than any other is her fear of the unknown… of what happened to her last year.

3x11 | Revelations - Owen Lee Jarvis (@fridaysat9)

He gave of himself, abandoning what little life he’d had, to honor God’s words and do as he had been called.

3x12 | War of the Coprohages - Dr. Bambi Berenbaum (@gaycrouton)

Bambi felt a flush spread across her chest as his hypothesis brought a smile to her face. Hearing that he hadn’t been merely indulging her earlier was a refreshing change of pace.

3x13 | Syzygy - Detective Angela White (@admiralty-xfd)

Detective White stops as Agent Scully finally glances over at her, somewhat defensively. And then she gets it. Everything about the way she’s been treated since the agents arrived makes perfect sense.

3x14 | Grotesque - Agent Bill Patterson (@fridaysat9)

Patterson figured that Mulder might have a theory about a potential copycat killer, but no; he’d been researching gargoyles and goblins. Monsters recorded in dusty old tomes pulled from the library shelves.

3x15 | Piper Maru - Kimberly (@monikafilefan)

Kimberly Cook is good at her secretarial job. So when the man she’s been working closely with for two years is troubled, she refuses to let him file the feeling away like some confidential case in his cabinet.

3x16 | Apocrypha - Luis Cardinal (@admiralty-xfd)

The Scully woman is not simply angry, she’s unhinged. And there’s a small part of him that understands; it’s the part of him that, prior to working for the Smoker, had never been asked to shoot an innocent woman before.

3x17 | Pusher - Agent Frank Burst (@fridaysat9)

Frank doesn’t care if he has to tell him his mother’s maiden name and his favorite breakfast cereal if it means getting his location.

3x18 | Teso Dos Bichos - Officer (@monikafilefan)

He doesn’t get paid enough for this shit.

3x19 | Hell Money - Hsin Shuyang (@gaycrouton)

The gods might not be listening, but the devil was waiting for him down the street, ready to play a game with all the men whose American dreams had turned into nightmares.

3x20 | Jose Chung's From Outer Space - Detective Manners (@fridaysat9)

That's a bleepin' dead alien body, if I ever bleepin' saw one.

3x21 | Avatar - Carina Sayles (@monikafilefan)

She can tell he doesn’t do this. Doesn’t drink alone in a bar, letting a stranger slowly seduce him.

3x22 | Quagmire - Queequeg (@gaycrouton)

Queequeg was loved.

3x23 | Wetwired - 'Doctor' Stroman (@admiralty-xfd)

Another town, another test, another shitty motel room… but always the same boss.

3x24 | Talitha Cumi - Teena Mulder (@monikafilefan)

If only Bill had known back then that the untrustworthy person he was referring to would sleep with his wife and father his son.

Stay tuned for more perspectives coming in Season Four!

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[x-files-scripts]

The X-Files - “2Shy”

Written by Jeffrey Vlaming

September 1, 1995 (BLUE)

In this early draft, Detective Cross’ sexism was a little more on-the-nose...

The case had a more challenging affect on Scully in these cut lines...

Scully defeats Virgil single-handedly...

Alternate ending:

[california-112]

Back at the Erlenmeyer Flask dockyard, love me a good location reuse

[agirlonastring]

3 years ago

[renegadesstuff]

SHE'S STRONGER THAN I AM 🙃

[stylearche]

[randomfoggytiger]

sorry to keep bothering you. 2shy anon here.

How many times did Xfiles repeat a similar disgust factor. The use of gastric acid, bile, dissolving of the body as mode of kill?

There were 3 to my recollection.

Squeeze (bile covered Tooms cocoon)

2shy. The killer used the slimy solution equivalent to stomach acid to dissolve the flesh but not the bones.

Field Trip. The yellow substance had similar stomach acid secretions to dissolve the flesh but not the bones.

In both 2 Shy and Fieldtrip, the secretion ate at the flesh very quickly. One secretion came from a man while the other came from a plant?cave? Was the killer from 2 Shy somehow connected to the origins of the cave or mushroom in Fieldtrip? I would love to see some connections other than a reused idea in a different method as if the writers were losing inspiration.

Did Tooms, the secretion, and 2shy have anything in common? Were the episodes written by the same person so maybe there is some subconscious relation or trauma that could connect the stories?

(2-3)

Thank you for answering my bone to pick with 2 shy.

I appreciate your analysis because it helped resolve some of my issues. The one resolution that I can see is the misogynist's turn around toward Scully.

How many times has Mulder left Scully at a scene to go off to do his own thing? This is the one that bothers me. Perhaps it's because I hate it when I am working with someone and all of a sudden the teamwork becomes focused on the other person and I'm left doing busy work. This might be a personal projection on the show. Still! Doggone it. Respect Scully. Do you generally assume that they go to scenes together or separately? Is Mulder that inconsiderate of her?

(3-3)

2shy anon again...maybe Mulder's inconsiderate behavior is what drove her into Jerse's arms. She needed to feel some sort of warmth, to feel desired, and to feel seen. She needed to feel like a whole person and a woman while being around Mulder she felt like she was just there. He kept taking pieces of her and not replenishing them because he keeps all of hisbthoughts and emotions in his head. How many times does he forget her birthday and not engage in REAL conversation with her? Another reason why someone like fake Mulder can make his way into her heart. All of this can makes some feel like an accessory or a piece of furniture.

She wanted to be SEEN , appreciated, and loved since "Beyond The Sea". It's only when she's near death that people look at her. In my head, she might subconsciously get a thrill when she's in danger because that's when people show that they care for her. She wouldn't get that thrill if she left the XFiles so she stayed. It wasn't all about Mulder:)

Some of your asks are out-of-order, oops. But I'll still answer them to the best of my ability. >:DDD

You have a point: the stomach acid monsters really do have a lot in common. I'll bet Tooms and 2Shy are adaptations of each other. They could have a connection to the Field Trip mushroom-- which is a cool idea-- but there are plants and scorpions in the wild that have similar offensive/defensive strategies without being directly related. My personal theory? Both are connected to the pituitary monster in Teliko-- all three are required to feast on human organs or etc. in order to survive. And perhaps all are derivatives from the aliens in Gender Bender. ...Hm, that might be an interesting meta idea....

According to Wikipedia, Tooms and 2Shy were written by different people, but LOOK at this lore I dug up: "2Shy" was written by Jeff Vlaming, who had previously worked for the series Weird Science. Vlaming's only other writing credit for the series was the later third-season episode "Hell Money". He had initially pitched the idea of a mutant who fed on body oils, which was eventually changed to body fats. The presentation of the character Virgil Incanto also went through several permutations, initially conceived as a creepy Phantom of the Opera-like recluse, and as a butcher who would be able to cut the fat from his victims, before the final "fairly normal-looking" version was decided upon. Philes, we almost had a Phantom of the Opera-esque villain in the show. Wow.

It's easy to say Mulder didn't respect Scully by running off without giving her a heads-up, but in this case it was necessary. And overall, Mulder's character and personal journey is all about him dealing with his thoughtlessness-- he's not trying to be exclusionary, but he's like a scent dog: on the trail NOW, without thought or care for his safety. That frustrates Scully: not because he didn't think about her-- though that does bother her at times, though she doesn't want to admit it (hence, Never Again)-- but because he always, always gets into trouble; and sometimes she's not there to save him or bail him out (731, for example.) She shuts him out and he runs off; and they both have to work on their personal flaws to make the partnership (and relationship) work.

I think their arrival on scenes depends on their different methods of departure. Mulder would probably be more willing to take a rushed, possibly cramped flight than Scully; so I can see her waiting for more respectable hours before joining him sometimes. However, those are rare because she's a trooper (and really doesn't like missing out on any action. >:DDD)

And we know Mulder isn't inconsiderate of her because he always asks her what her opinions are, and gives her space to disagree (unless the situation slips into one that's emotionally charged-- but then usually, they're both at fault in those instances.) Despite his personal flaws, he will always listen to and respect her advice and wisdom.

Yes, that's why Scully fled into Jerse's arms-- amongst many other reasons. I have a few posts on the topic (here and here and here), but the gist was that Scully felt her contribution, her presence, didn't make a dent in the work (i.e. Mulder.) She was struggling against "other fathers", but by the end of the episode had to realize (and admit to herself) that it wasn't Mulder who'd kicked off Never Again-- it was herself, battling with her own insecurities and doubts and "endless lines". The same doubts she faced before joining the FBI, the same doubts with her and her father's relationship, the same doubts that build up and plague her when she slips further from her own instincts (the beginning of Memento Mori, the plot of Milagro, the resolution of all things.)

Those are my thoughts, anyway! :DDDDD

[deathsbestgirl]

okay so on twitter i decided to play a game. tell me your least favorite episode and i'll tell you what i love about it.

jump the shark

3

fearful symmetry

2shy

sanguinarium

the field where i died

arcadia

pine bluff variant

i'll add more if i keep going <3

[mararhodus]

X-Files Rewatch Twitter Thoughts Megapost

-In the first Tooms episode, Tom, Scully’s douchebag friend from the academy, calls her Mrs. Spooky and… y’know, I’m surprised calling Mulder and her Mr. & Mrs. Spooky isn’t more common in the fandom

-This rewatch has brought forth Space as a potential candidate for worst episode of the show, because Jesus Christ it's like if you made the most boring version of Apollo 13, added a ghost, and had Mulder and Scully stand around giving color commentary

-Genuinely so funny watching Baywatching Nights in the middle of an X-Files rewatch cuz like X-Files has some absolute dogshit episodes, but it’s still built around some of the most talented actors, writers, and sfx artists ever on TV, but Baywatch is Baywatch

-I love that by season 3, basically half the dialogue between Mulder and Scully is Mulder asking to be pegged and Scully going “Not right now, we’ve got work to do.”

-Teso Dos Bichos is a truly godawful episode, but it’s still a better 90’s horror story about cats than Sleepwalkers. I mean, I’d only really make this choice with a gun to my head, but at least I can say that it doesn’t involve incest.

-Gender Bender is an absolute fucking yikes all the way around. Even setting aside the thick layer of 90’s transphobia that coats it, it is *very* casual about Scully almost getting raped.

-Watching an episode where the killer is targeting fat women and the first victim of the episode doesn’t even weigh 200 pounds… I swear to god, the 90’s were fucked

-So I know that the ending of Paper Hearts seems to discount it, but like being one of Roche‘s victims is the only explanation The X-Files gives for Samantha Mulder’s death that makes remotely any sense, right?