#I love the x files

[unremarkablehouse]

When you realize that The Ghost That Stole Christmas is the first year after Emily died it takes on a new meaning as to why Mulder pushes her to go to the house with him. He knows Scully is going to be surrounded by family who don’t understand and have to put on a front while she’s hurting. He also knows that Scully deals with grief by working so he concocts a fake X file to distract her. I think the ghosts are wrong that he was doing it for selfish reasons and to avoid being alone. While he can be self centered and myopic, Mulder has spent 30+ Christmas eves alone, the only one he tricks Scully into spending it with him is the anniversary of her daughter’s death. I will concede that I’m sure he is also grieving the death of the little girl too and wants to be with Scully, who understands what it’s like to miss someone you barely got to know.

[frnkiebby]

pretty boy prettying hard~🎃

[just-trying-my-best-everyday]

The X-Files did many things right, but by far, the one I appreciate the most is how it handled platonic relationships. They were as common as romantic relationships in side characters. The one example that comes to mind right away is Mx Fenig and Sharon, but I'm sure there are plenty of others, and a lot of them are between men and women. Just two people caring so much about each other. The show didn't bother classifying a love that intense.

And of course, the OG, Scully and Mulder, who were originally written to never be in a romantic relationship at all. Their arc hits so much better simply because they were written as friends first, deliberately avoiding romance.

[livyamel]

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THE X-FILES | 1.01

Are you familiar with the so-called X-Files?

[abigails-ear]

my extremely hot take is that mulder and scully never should've gotten together as a couple in the traditional sense. they should've been weirdly codependent but ultimately platonic friends until the end of the series. I could see them sharing a mortgage and maybe custody of a cat like queerplatonic partners but they have no romantic or sexual chemistry. to me.

[housesalad]

dana scully may be the girl of all time

[trashy-greyjoy]

sometimes, it's not so much about the romance as it is about the devotion. the adoration.

[egophiliac]

still ruminating over Lost In the Book With Spooky Skeletons Part 1, so here's a selection of some of my favorite little bits! (...some more loosely paraphrased than others) (I just feel like Idia has no room to criticize in general, okay)

anyway, I'm sure we're just going to have a fun time celebrating Halloween and nothing bad is going to happen whatsoever! :)

[cinderduck]

Get this mirror OUT OF MY HEAD

[daynascullys]

how to say "I love you" in x-files [74/?] ⤷ 10.03 — “Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster”

Yeah, this is how I like my Mulder.

[zeraphias]

this has been my experience with the xfiles so far

[youhavethesun]

Agent MULDER - I am standing out here in the rain and the mud and the rain !!

(please click for better quality!)

[mulderscully]

THE X-FILES | 6.06

[corvidayyy]

had to get this out of my head

[peachlybeloved]

(self) discovery 🎆

[lemon-lyman]

DANA SCULLY → THE X-FILES ⤷ 5.12 'Bad Blood'