#Pusher Trilogy

[tapeworrmart]

(no) respect

[angelseraphines]

i may have a fic for tonny from pusher coming out tomorrow 💔 apologies i just want to get back into my writing routine before publishing more squid game stuff so the quality is excellent!!

[xhelino]

[dyouknowwhatimean-archive]

thinking about her (the patricide scene in pusher ii 2004) 💘

[lonesomedreamereccentriclover]

Happy Birthday Zlatko Burić!

[zhabe]

Me genuinely tweaking every time someone posts some gd awful hannibal AU content. I DO NOT FUCKING CARE

[josh-hobermans]

nicholas winding refn showing up in death stranding is so fucking funny to me

why does he have a british accent i want a completely deadpan danish man whos clearly just reading from a script

i need that

we've been robbed

where is heartmans blanket to keep all of his energy in

why can't we have this

[prismuffin]

Masterlist 2:

Full Fanfic Masterlist

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Marvel:

How Peter Parker and Steve Rogers react to their crush asking to play with their hair

Hobie Brown helping trans!male!Reader with dysphoria Hobie Brown reminding ftm!Reader not to overbind Hobie Brown turning into a cat and causing chaos in the SpiderSociety

How Miles Morales acts on a rooftop date with another hero Miles Morales reacting to grieving reader Miles Morales being caught wearing his guy crushes hoodie Miles Morales reacting to his crush suddenly asking him out in the middle of a normal conversation Miles Morales with a younger!sister!reader

Platonic!Miguel O'Hara comforting transmale reader after a breakdown Miguel O'Hara reacting to reader coming out as trans (ftm)

Miles Morales and Hobie Brown (separate) reacting to male!Reader with brain issues Miles Morales and Hobie Brown (separate) reacting to male!Reader getting a good grade on an exam

Pavitr Prabhakar and german!male!Reader bonding by learning about each other's cultures

SpiderTeens reacting to gn reader adopting them all

Stranger Things:

Nothing yet!

The Umbrella Academy:

Nothing yet!

Criminal Minds:

Nothing yet!

Hitman Trilogy:

Nothing yet!

Mission: Impossible:

Ethan Hunt reacting to his son being a part of the syndicate

FarCry 5:

Nothing yet!

Valorant:

Nothing yet!

Detroit Become Human:

Connor helping male!trans!reader with testosterone shots Connor helping gn!Reader calm down from a panic attack Connor with a s/o who's a maladaptive daydreamer Connor with an insomniac s/o Connor with a s/o who's a wild/active sleeper

Our Life Beginnings & Always:

Nothing yet!

Error 143:

Nothing yet!

Sally Face:

Nothing yet!

WatchDogs Trilogy:

Nothing yet!

COD: Modern Warfare2:

John Price dealing with being a sleep talker

Konig reacting to short!male!Reader climbing him like a tree to see something Konig reacting to short!male!Reader being on his shoulders^^Part 2

Ghost, Konig, and Price (separate) reacting to male!Reader with dermatillomania Ghost and Konig (separate) reacting to having to cuddle up to male!Reader for warmth Ghost and Konig waking up to cuddling male!Reader ^^Part 2 Ghost and Konig (separate) having M!Reader be their gay awakening

The Imperfects:

Nothing yet!

Encanto:

Nothing yet!

Girl From Nowhere:

Nothing yet!

Metal Lords:

Nothing yet!

Dc Universe:

Batfam being jealous of the readers pet/animal Batboys reacting to Tim Drake's "bad-boy" boyfriend Taking care of Batboys (seperately) after they got their wisdom teeth removed Batboys reacting to boyfriend!Reader smacking their ass and running away Batboys + Conner & Wally being caught wearing masc!Readers hoodie Batfam reacting to Tim Drakes boyfriend who is the Jokers son ^^Batfam reacting to Tim Drakes boyfriend who is the Jokers son pt2^^ Batboys reacting to getting hard during training with M!Reader Anthro!Batboys having their ears and tail expose their romantic feelings for male!reader Batfam reacting to Tim Drake making a contract with a demon!male!reader BatBoys reacting to them thinking male!reader called them a goodboy

Sugar Daddy!Bruce Wayne accidentally falling for male!sugar-baby!reader Bruce Wayne with an energetic anti-hero husband

Conner Kent accidentally using X-ray vision on trans!male reader

Male!Justice League members reacting to rogue!reader moving out of Gotham and into their city

Jason Todd reacting to male reader falling asleep on him Jason Todd reacting to a gn reader who can't swim Injured!Jason Todd waking up to Reader in his hospital room

Damian Wayne with a child!brother!Reader Damian Wayne being caught wearing his guy crushes hoodie

Dick Grayson reacting to a very cuddly male reader Dick Grayson waking up his cuddly guy crush Dick Grayson reacting to a sad!male!Reader needing cuddles

Hal Jordan's (Green Lantern) reaction to reader having a lot of lantern rings Hal Jordan (Green Lantern) x recovering!male!Readers Hal Jordan reacting to being bitten by masc!alien!Reader

John Constantine reacting to a food-pusher Reader John Constantine with a werewolf s/o (gn reader) Hungover!John Constantine waking up in a caring Readers bed John Constantine reacting to a male!Reader that reminds him of his younger self ^part 2. John Constantine reacting to similar!male!Reader reading his soul John Constantine being bullied by a cat in a pub John Constantine reacting to a Reader that smokes John Constantine having a demon!Reader be attached to him John Constantine reacting to reader being turned into a baby John Constantine reacting to male!Rader lighting his cigarette with John's

Kid Flash (Wally West) reacting to accidentally courting alien!reader Kid Flash (Wally West) with a night owl boyfriend Kid Flash (Wally West) accidentally petting one of winged!male!Readers arousal zones Kid Flash (Wally West) and winged!male!Reader finally getting together Kid Flash (Wally West) cudding male!naga!Reader Kid Flash (Wally West) with a partner who's part of the BatFamily

Tim Drake reacting to guy crush reader accidentally cuddling him Tim Drake reacting to Rogue!Reader flustering him Tim Drake with a caring and patient boyfriend Tim Drake with a boyfriend who's very physically affectionate

How Superman, Batman, Hal Jordan, The Flash, and John Constantine react to someone handing them the unconscious reader out of the blue How Batman and Superman reacting to their long-term partner being their worst enemy How Batman, Superman, Hal Jordan, and The Flash would react to gn magic user reader using a gun out of nowhere

How Wally West, John Constantine, Hal Jordan, Dick Grayson, and Conner Kent react to falling asleep on their crush (male reader) How Wally West, Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, and Conner Kent taking care of their drunk guy crush How Dick Grayson, Wally West, Tim Drake and Conner Kent react to playing seven minutes in heaven with their guy crush How Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, and John Constantine react to their crush asking to play with their hair How Tim Drake and Damian Wayne react to their crush randomly asking them out in the middle of a conversation (seperate) How Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Wally West and Conner Kent (sperately) react to Alien!Panther!Male!Reader cuddling up to them randomly

How Justice League boys react to empathic color!alien reader turning pink around them How Justice League boys react to male!Reader being turned into a cat How the Young Justice League reacts to a male!Reader with an Eating Disorder

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XF rewatch with my husband

We finally made it through the end of the original series. I haven't seen most of these episodes in years–and Seasons 8 & 9 only once at their original airing–so I am surprised to find my opinions really haven't changed. Episodes I loved, I still love. The final three seasons don't do a lot for me, with rare exceptions.

I asked my husband for the episodes he liked best. He named checked the Flukeworm, Squeeze, Pusher, and everything by Darin Morgan. There's a reason we're married. He favors to the MOTW eps over the mytharc, which he never really warmed to. I defended it mutliple times because I still think the early mytharc is pretty fabulous. The Anasazi trilogy is amazing. Scully's abduction. The Samantha clones. Anytime the characters are having to make agonzing choices about their love for each other or the pursuit of the truth, it's story-telling gold.

As a GenXer, my husband likes "Sunshine Days," and I agree it's one of the better episodes from the post-Mulder days. One of the lessons of the XF is indeed about the importance of found family. But this is why it really didn't work very well without Mulder, whose quest for family really drove the series. I liked Doggett and Reyes, but they didn't have the same skin in the game that Mulder and Scully did. Fox kept GA around for Season Nine, but 1013 didn't seem to know what to do with her. The better MOTW eps from this season pretty much ignored her entirely. And I still can't believe they brought Mulder back for the finale only to have a boring two-hour recitation of the series. WTH???

My husband is a completionist, so we'll probably move onto the reunion episodes, most of which I have never seen. To me, though, the XF still ends at "Je Souhaite," with Mulder and Scully having a beer on the couch, the alien invasion still waiting in the wings, but for the moment, both of them fairly happy.

[mattydemise]

Pusher Trilogy, 1996-2005.

[scullysflannel]

helllooo! may i ask for your recommendations on x files episodes to watch for fall/spooky season? 🙂‍↕️

yes!! (I'm assuming you're rewatching, but if you're asking as someone who's never watched the x-files before, please let me know because that changes everything.)

every x-files episode is seasonally appropriate in my opinion, but some that really feel like fall and/or halloween to me are (in airing order): 

pilot, ice, beyond the sea, duane barry/ascension/one breath (if you want a trilogy), irresistible, colony/end game, humbug, grotesque, pusher, jose chung's from outer space, quagmire, home, post-modern prometheus, kill switch, bad blood, triangle (I'm assigning it halloween because it's like a costume party to me), roadrunners (hello roadrunners gang).

if a favorite isn't on here, it's because I assigned it a different season just now <3 it's about the vibes.

[spooky-jordan]

i heard you're bored at work.

what's your favorite txf episode and why?

I love this question, but damn it’s a hard one to answer 🥲 I have so many favourites that I really struggle to pick JUST ONE, so I’m gonna bend the rules and give you my favs in each “category”, the categories being MOTW, Mytharc and comedy 🫡

My favourite MOTW, right now, is Pusher. I think Modell is one of the show’s best villains, the episode is really well written and performed, plus it’s a turning point in Mulder and Scully’s relationship. And that final scene! Chills every damn time. This may but the single episode I’ve watched the most.

In terms of the Mytharc eps, I’m gonna bend the rules even more and offer a 3-parter 🥲😅 the season 2 finale/season 3 opener trilogy of Anasazi/The Blessing Way/Paper Clip. This run of eps, for me, is one of the most exciting runs in the show’s history, and was the point during my first watch when I was all in on the mythology stuff. Obviously it falls apart in later seasons, but at this point it was just so damn exciting. These three eps back to back play like a movie and I love them - we get all the hits, Mulder getting his ass handed to him, CSM, Skinner getting involved, Scully being a badass, etc etc. Just so good!

And finally, my favourite comedic episode, and the episode I’ve shown to my non X-Phile friends to get them involved - Bad Blood. Not much to say, it’s just great, so funny, a great little insight into Mulder and Scully’s relationship and how they see each other, and you can tell David and Gillian were having a blast. Love it!

[mytop100films]

40. Pusher II A heartbreaking study of a fuck up of a man, a loser and a nobody, who it would be so easy, as it is for everyone else, to toss aside, and forget and hate. This man, who isn't a good man, is someone we come to realise is the most honest and pure out of all of those in his miserable world. This man is at his core, hidden behind everything, looking only for love and approval and acceptance and peace. The best of the trilogy.

[attn-all-pickpockets]

top 5 txf episodes

I loved this prompt but also it was very hardddd, I mostly chose ones that I never shut up about lmao

"Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"

This is my girl, this is my ride or die. I was in the Northeast when the first category 1 hurricane hit in like 50 years and I had to drive through the outer bands in a rental car with a spare tire on it and when we got home I made everyone watch this because it's my comfort episode that accompanies me through moments of triumph as well as crisis. Scully befriending the depressed old man psychic is such a great storyline for Scully and this whole ep really lets her shine. Scully has such a kindness and playfulness that she typically only shows with Mulder, but her fondness for the deadpan comedy stylings of Bruckman made her fond of him and her heartbreak when he dies is such a perfect scene. Also I just think of her smile and "there are hits and there are misses, and then there are misses :)" a lot.

2. "Leonard Betts"

If someone asked me what is the episode of The X Files that feels like the quintessential episode, I would say "Leonard Betts", which I think some would think as a weird choice. But this episode is what this show was at the height of its popularity to me. It aired after the Superbowl and the cold open is one of its best with a beheading, followed by the corpse waltzing right out of the morgue. The banter between Mulder and Scully is top notch and full of perfect Mulder quips ("blinked or winked?") and incredulous Scully deliveries ("Mulder, they're worms") and even if the scientific explanation of "evolutionary cancer" is deeply ludicrous from a scientific perspective, it is a great x-file. And the ENDING of finding out Scully has cancer is such a gut punch, just a phenomenal hour of tv.

3. "Paper Clip"

This is on here because I love the Anasazi/The Blessing Way/Paper Clip trilogy so much and I have to shout it out. I will always cape for early mythology because I think the fact that became a muddled mess makes people forget how damn good it was to begin with. So much of the early character work was done in these episodes and they're so compelling. Bringing in real history with Operation Paper Clip and connecting Mulder's father to the people Mulder is trying to investigate was a great move (that they didn't totally deliver on imo, but "sins of the father" is a great idea at the very least) and expanding the scope and complicity in the conspiracy really put what Mulder and Scully were up against in perspective. Mulder relenting and choosing to go out of hiding for Scully so she could see her sister and their conversation in the hospital room after Melissa died are some of my favorite moments of the show.

4. "Folie a Deux"

It's hard to pick a Vince episode and this could just as easily be "Pusher" (which was the episode that got me to seriously ship msr) or "Bad Blood" or almost any other episode he wrote, but "Folie a Deux" is special to me. Mulder's mental wellness and people's belief that he's crazy has been an angle that has always been present and Vince framing this as a joint delusion on Mulder and Scully's part is so fascinating and a fantastic bit or writing to me. Mulder is so discredited and dismissed in this episode and the only person who listens to him is Scully and that's a perfect distillation of their dynamic and the show itself. Also the episode is Marxist to me.

5. "Jose Chung's From Outer Space"

I thought to myself "well I can't have two Darin episodes on here" but…of course I can! This is one of the greatest episodes of TV of all time. Not just of sci-fi or network or pre-00s TV, of all TV ever made. This is one of the episodes that sets The X Files apart from its clones or other cop procedural shows and it's that it can switch genres and tones and bring this post-modern, storyline hopping masterpiece out and no one thinks twice about its place in the show or season. A lot gets said about how funny it is and the melancholic tone Darin brings to his writing, but I find myself so impressed by they way the writing and directing work to make the timeline jumping work and not end up confusing the viewer. I'll eventually talk about this more, but the shot construction to create anchor points between a re-enactment and the scene of the narrator telling this story to Mulder and Scully is so great.

[lord-squiggletits]

Also another reason I think Coptimus > archivist/librarian/etc Orion Pax is because the latter is so fucking boring and passive. Every story with that kind of OP feels so privileged, like yeah I was just some paper pusher ignorant of the outside world content with my life until I looked outside and noticed people are rioting, aren't I so enlightened for deciding to step outside my tower and talk to some gladiator guy? Or like that fucking Orion Pax toy that said he studied history and the works of great intellectuals, like okay then if he's such an academic then why is Megatron the only social writer between them? Why isn't archivist-librarian-historian Orion Pax super enlightened and able to have discussions on equal ground? It COULD be interesting but as far as Hasbro is concerned (and most of the fandom tbh), making Orion Pax a librarian is basically just giving him the most inoffensive job possible that makes him a good guy (he reads books! he's smart! he's an intellectual!) without actually committing to making him involved in society or having any culpability whatsoever for what's going on.

It's not like IDW OP is immune to being ignorant of social issues, but at least he like, is actually out in the city seeing how bad things are, telling Ratchet to open a free clinic in the Dead End, listening to Megatron and Shockwave and so on, foiling attempted terrorist attacks, the works. The idea of an agent of the state questioning the system he's a part of has so much more dramatic potential and gives him a lot more initiative from a storytelling/conflict perspective. If "conflict = story" and the conflict established is "there's a lot of political unrest" then why would you have one of your flagship characters (Orion/Optimus) be some librarian that does nothing but read books and talk to his friend(s) without actually doing anything about it?

Like fuck at least Coptimus actually DID THINGS before the war and wasn't just "yeah I'm a librarian I sort books and have a gladiator friend then one day some Council made me Prime aren't I a good morally flawless definitely not passive or ignorant good guy?" At least being part of the system and thus culpable for some of the pre-war oppression makes Coptimus more involved in the social fabric of the society he lives in. And it makes characters have impressions/opinions of him immediately upon meeting him due to the social weight of being a cop, which is a hell of a lot more interesting than just "everyone respects and listens to Optimus because he's just that good of a leader." A significant part of the Autocracy trilogy is occupied exactly by that, people questioning OP's leadership and saying that they think he won't do anything because he was literally Zeta's right hand man. That's so much more fucking interesting how many times can I say the same thing over and over again. A character who's flawlessly good is boring (and improbable in a world so rife with conflict and suffering), a character who's done bad things and has to deal with the consequences of that is so much more interesting. IF YOU MAKE OPTIMUS UNPROBLEMATIC YOU JUST MAKE HIM BORING BECAUSE IT MEANS HE HAS NO AGENCY BECAUSE NOTHING IS EVER HIS FAULT.

[agent-troi]

Some fic title suggestions:

Head Games

Un-X-pected

Head Games:

oooh this could mean so many things i gotta think about it for a second

the Enterprise-D encounters a planet where they have no spoken or written language only telepathy and deanna troi is their only hope of communicating with them (interchangeable with TOS and Spock or Voyager and Tuvok i guess- actually now that i come to think of it voyager could've avoided so many problems if they had a decent telepath or empath like deanna troi on board lol)

x-files sequel to pusher/kitsunegari (that would make it a trilogy i guess? lol) where it turns out either pusher or linda bowman had a child and when they find out what happened to their parent they make it their mission in life to exact revenge on mulder and scully

i don't have any more specific ideas atm but i'm gonna keep this one in my back pocket bc i like it and it could apply to any number of ideas i might come up with in the future so thanks🫶🫶

Un-X-pected:

hey this would actually be a great title for the star trek/txf crossover(s) i've been meaning to write (keep in mind it's late and i'm drunk so i copy and pasted these from my notes lmao)

Circa season 6 (or season 7 after she’s pregnant but before she finds out), Mulder and Scully go looking for a cave rumored to have mythical properties like immortality and healing and whatever (like the Timetrap cave) and while exploring it they pop out into the 24th century and run into Riker and Troi going camping/hiking on shore leave, they get taken to the office of displaced persons (or is it called the temporal displacement office) and Mulder convinces them to assign him and Scully to the enterprise as a doctor and a noncom, msr gets a tour of the enterprise and riker and troi explain to them what imzadi means, mulder starts calling her that in his head and he says it out loud by accident one day

X-Files/Star Trek crossover where Mulder and Scully visit their old office after being stranded in the 24th century to see what became of it, and the FBI building has probably been converted to either a Starfleet Intelligence building or a museum, but when they go down to the basement they find their office exactly the way they left it because everyone forgot it existed, and they just get a major nostalgia punch to the gut