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Inspired by @phantomarine 's short comic, Iconoclasm, where we get a little look at the canary :)

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Jordan Fisher, Rachel Zegler, Darren Criss, Lizzy McAlpine, Joy Woods - "Defying Gravity" (Wicked)

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Collector's Edition: Bill Scully, MSR, and Pain (Part I)

How to melt the Abominable SnowBilly, Season 2 through Season 7 (IVF arc not included.)

**Note**: I had to eliminate fics not specifically related to an illness or injury because the word capacity on Tumblr is uncharitably short.

Loose chronological order below~

SammyLovesASOIAF's I Don't Want You Like A Best Friend

He chuckled to himself. The Scully siblings were a weird juxtaposition of different traits. Bill Jr. was strict, Melissa was carefree, Scully was careful, and Charles—well, he was always in absentia. 

AU-- Post One Breath Mulder is almost creamed by a firework before Bill Scully saves him.

@living-in-unreality/@television-overload/ContentsPriceless's beautiful (Ao3)

The pieces slowly come together in his mind, everything he knows about Fox Mulder. His mother must have seen it long ago, hence her willingness to help him this morning. And he would have stood in the way.

Bill Scully can see the love in Mulder's attempts to paint on Scully's makeup for her.

MldrItsMe's A Favor

“Should Dana be out of bed?” Bill grumbled.

Mulder involuntarily squeezed Scully a little closer to himself. “She asked me to,” he said. He thought better of adding “hold her” and just let the situation speak for itself.

AU-- Redux II Scully is suffering on her deathbed: 96 pounds and swiftly losing independence.

@scully-loves-ruthie's cancer arc: mulder sneaks a dying scully out

Bill will storm into her hospital room after, a firecracker beneath a teacup ready to explode sending the fine shards of his rage into the newlyweds.  He’ll find himself frozen his fuse stamped out at the sight of his sister’s frail and fading body wrapped like a puzzle piece inside Mulder’s arms, the couple sound asleep.

AU-- Redux II Bill doesn't rip Mulder's head off after finding out he and Scully were quickly married.

intrepidment's Bill and me

"You had talent for medicine, Dana, everyone admitted that. You would've had every right to be haughty, but you never flaunted your talent then. Then you changed your mind, you became an investigator, and suddenly you're this overconfident professional."

I opened my mouth to rebuke him, but I had to admit he was right. Somewhat. 

Post Redux II Bill and Scully have a siblings' semantics fight over Mulder's napping body.

amorfati3215/Amorfati32’s (FFN) Number 9 for the dialogue prompt.

Mulder hasn’t got very far when he hears Bill call out, stopping him in his tracks. “You’re in love with her, aren’t you?”

Post Redux II Bill gives Mulder his version of a blessing.

@lotsoforangesoutside/@lotzzoforangezoutside‘s (Ao3) Seven Pound and Six Ounces (Ao3)

He’s never held a day-old baby before this one.

And now, Fox Mulder can proudly say that he has held one, changed his diaper, and napped with the tiny thing like a log in the cradle of his arm.

With his other arm held by one Dana Scully, his hand holding hers. On the sofa in her big brother’s living room.

Post Emily Bill lets Mulder and Scully be.

soverysesual's The Truth Not Considered

He frowned as he observed the scene in front of him: his sister was sitting up, her head resting in an awkward position as she dozed, the mug of tea precariously balanced in one of her hands, while Mulder held her other hand grasped between both of his, as if he was clinging to her for dear life.

Post Emily Bill (reluctantly) helps Scully get comfy next to Mulder.

Marguerite's (Ao3) When the Bough Broke

Bill is standing between us and the embers of last night's fire. Scully has not stirred; I still keep her within the circle of my arms. Her brother's face is unreadable. I make a helpless gesture with my hand, but he stops me and points to my face. It's still wet with tears.

Post Emily Bill finally understands and becomes comrade-in-arms.

pen-paper-aliens/theficisoutthere/aka PPA's 95 ❤️

She’s still holding that hand when we walk in, nobody notices, or if they do, they don’t care. Bill notices too, but even he doesn’t say anything. What do you say to a mother who lost a child she never knew? 

AU-- Post Emily Bill lets his sister find comfort in her partner.

Jen's (mulderscreek)

Christmas Eve & Airports and Christmas & Mrs. Scully's House

"He's upstairs," Dana said and could swear she heard Bill mutter something under his breath. 

AU-- S6 Scully convinces Mulder to join her and her family for Christmas and ends up nursing his unexpected strep throat.

@baronessblixen‘s (Ao3) 

Christmas With The Scullys (Tumblr)

“My bed,” she says, just to clarify. She hears a clatter from behind her and doesn’t need to turn around to know that Bill is there and listening.

S7 Bill and Scully battle it out after she brings an injured Mulder to the Scully family Christmas party.

O Holy No - Chapter 7 (Tumblr)

“Where’s the guy?” he asks, chewing with his mouth open.

“Do you mean Mulder?” Her brother nods, stuffing more chips into his mouth. It reminds her of when they were teenagers and Bill, towering over her and Melissa, would steal their snacks and interrogate them, claiming it was his duty when their father wasn’t home.

AU-- Mulder and Scully, newly minted couple that they are, both fly out to Bill's house for Christmas... and are greeted with unexpected shenanigans.

Shoshana's

Almost Home (4/4)

"Hey, wife," he said, approaching her from behind.

Mulder wrapped his arms around her, resting his head on her shoulder.

"I don't think Bill suspects a thing," she told him gravely.

AU-- Post Requiem Mulder is returned with ongoing medical complications; but that doesn't stop the leftover Conspiracy or Bill Scully's lingering concerns.

And salliejohns's

Mr. Mulder, Mother Maggie, and Empty Place Settings

It was a big risk, but it paid off well. We were able to establish contact with our old boss and he came through for us, sending Bill Scully, Jr. a cryptic message about his dry cleaning.

AU-- S9 Bill is happy to find his sister and her partner alive in California; but that doesn't erase the pain of losing touch with his mother while Maggie raises baby William in hiding.

Hestia01‘s (Ao3) The Next Great Adventure Chapter 1 and Chapter 5

"Bill, they're here!"

Bill looks around, now looking concerned for his mother's grip on reality. "Who's here?"

"Dana's here! She brought Fox along, too! You can't see them, but they stayed!"

Giving his mother a pitying look, he nods indulgently. "Sure, Mom, whatever helps."

AU-- The crack adventures of Mulder and Scully after death (Skinner hoarding their poster and Bill getting his comeuppance included.)

@incidental-ao3/incidental's

Keep It All the Year

“Where’d he go?” she asked. He shrugged.

“Got in a cab,” he said. “I don’t know where to.” Scully groaned.

“Maybe one of you should stay put so the other can find them,” he said, but she wasn’t listening at all.

“He left his phone at the hotel, I bet he went back to get it,” she said, barreling passing Bill down the stairs and grabbing the keys.

AU-- S6 Mulder is dragged out to Scully's torturous family Christmas in San Diego, where the franchise becomes a complete disaster all the way 'round (Diana included.)

bluesamutra's una via - Chapter 4, Chapter 5 and Chapter 6

Dana had been at death’s door before he showed up at the hospital with a computer chip and a story straight out of a Michael Crichton book.  Bill had stood by in disbelief when she, a woman of science, trusted him enough to put it in her neck.

And yet.

And yet, he had watched from the shadows of her room, unseen, when Mulder crept into her room that same night and wept silently into her hand. 

AU-- Post Amor Fati Bill Scully's family reunion takes a serious turn when Matthew almost drowns and Mulder injures his shoulder during the rescue.

@scully-eats-sushi/ijustknew's

You're Not Alone and You're Not Alone II

She’d barely stepped inside their mother’s home before Bill had started inspecting her injuries, making her instantly regret not wearing a turtleneck. He went so far as to grasp her chin and tilt her head up to get a better look at them. Irritated, she’d shoved his hand away and declared “I’m fine” before stepping past him to embrace her mother.

Post Millennium Mulder and Scully are navigating their relationship post episode, with their own personal complications as well as her family, profiling, and on-the-job demands.

Red0313's Nothing Breaks Like a Heart

We make eye contact. He knows I am awake. I can’t even fake it. This should be good. Kick a man while he’s down, literally.

“Mister Mulder, I see you’re going to be just fine. That seems to make my sister very happy,” he huffs. Something’s eating him up.

S7 Bill observes his sister's pain and penance after Mulder takes a bullet for her.

Susan Proto’s Barbecue Series 14, The - Labor of Love

She must have picked up Matty, because all I hear from him now are soft whimpers instead of hysterical crying. And then I hear her ask, "What happened, Bill?"

"He got hit by the Harley. He ran into the street and got hit by the Harley."

A Harley?

AU-- Mulder has been bullied by Bill for years, and finally sets his foot down after the other throws away his engagement ring.

@tatooedlaura-blog/tatooedlaura/Laura Sprys​’s Always Been Yours

Mulder was out of the shower and in the kitchen helping Scully with a makeshift dinner when Charlie and Bill walked through the door. Scully's eyes swam again when she saw her older brother. Hugging her tightly, he looked over toward Mulder and nodded his head.

In shocked surprise, he walked over a shook Bill's hand, "hello again."

AU-- S7 Maggie is unexpectedly killed in a car accident; and Bill keeps to himself while Mulder prevents Scully from falling apart.

Thank you for reading~

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Tiny Review: Shoshana 2023. Jewish Terrorists.

This got me thinking, is this why Western governments seem so cozy with Israel? Not that they are in bed together but that they are actually terrified... 😅

Shoshana is a 2023 British biographical thriller film directed by Michael Winterbottom. It stars Irina Starshenbaum, Douglas Booth, Harry Melling, Aury Alby, and Ian Hart.

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My girl. I am blessed by her presence.

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there is a detail in the Iconoclasm comic that was not anywhere near my bingo. can you tell what it was?

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Ceramic Pig by Shoshana Kneubühl 

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New animation!

Based on the webcomic @phantomarine, this animatic uses the song "Who Is She" by I Monsters to draw parallel between Cheth and Phaedra, and their respective devotion >:)

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See you at the SHO!

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I love Shoshana! What's her story?

glad u asked..

she was originally from a small colony in the twolegplace out by leveeclan. their colony consisted just of their family, most of which being her older siblings + their mates/kits and one surprise kitten born after her. most of her siblings actually didnt survive past kithood, so there are large age gaps between the surviving siblings.

the colony was lead by her father, with her oldest brother as his right hand man. while it wasn't maliciously suppressive under them, they were insanely overprotective of the mollies in the colony due to the hereditary issues surrounding pregnancy and kitting. every tom the girls wanted to be with had to be vetted by the patriarchs and most of the time they were rejected until a suitable tom was found. this was not the case for the son's mates, something shoshana saw as unfair.

growing up she was the baby for most of her life and was often treated as such. it frustrated her because she wanted to be treated fairly like her brothers were and wasn't allowed to wander very far, much less on her own. she resorted to sneaking away often, and unfortunately got caught most times due to her clumsy nature at the time.

she met ermine and jackrabbit when they were all young adults (just shy of 13-15 moons old) when the boys came all the way from the valley to trade some resources with leveeclan (ermine had chicken eggs, wool, and chicken feathers from the farm, jackrabbit had herbs that leveeclan couldn't find much of where they lived)

she clicked with them instantly, getting along with fellow-extrovert jackrabbit like a house on fire while shy, awkward ermine was immediately enraptured by her pretty face and followed the two of them around like a dog. the toms would make routine visits, sometimes to get away from home and other times for trading business, and ermine especially would go out of his way to find shoshana.

they fell in love quick and she eventually introduced him to her family - they were not pleased since he lived so far away and smelled weird. shoshana wouldn't cave in, though, and soon eloped with her new lover to the farm. (also side note theyre polyam - ermine is currently partners with both shoshana and jackrabbit but the latter two are not romantically involved since jackrabbit is gay lol)

the pair struggled to have kits for a good few moons until they finally conceived. the pregnancy was rough on her and she got sick numerous times, but thankfully jackrabbit wasnt too far away and would sometimes stay a few days at a time.

while she made it through kitting, one of the kits was stillborn which devastated her greatly. still, she and ermine did their best to make sure the remaining 2 would survive. unfortunately, only sable made it past the winter.

as a result she became rather protective and fussy over her son, repeating the same thing her own parents did to her. though with ermine's more hands-off-but-watchful approach and the rest of the farm colony there to help raise him, she managed to reel herself in and stop before she ends up smothering him. she's still rather neurotic, though, and sometimes has moments where she fusses too much or gets in fights over curfew.

she and ermine tried to have kits again multiple times to no avail. all it did was make her depressed and she lost steam, giving up entirely. at some point after this she was TNR'd by the farmers on the property. it was certainly a shock to her at first but she resigned herself to it since she'd given up on having kits again anyway.

motherhood wouldn't end with sable, though, as she helped the other mollies of the farm colony raise their kittens. later, a young, expecting tom from hootclan named driftwood approached her and ermine and asked if they would raise his and stoathawk's kits after they were born. ermine was hesitant to the idea and pushed back, claiming it was stoathawk's responsibility to be a father and that hootclan could help care for them as well. shoshana's desperation to have kits of her own again made her accept the offer immediately but ermine and driftwood (and later stoathawk, as he is ermine's half brother) would go back and forth on it.

(aside: it wasn't about not wanting to raise someone else's kits but instead ermine's trauma of being abandoned by his bio father rearing its ugly head for the first time in a long time. he expected stoathawk, someone whose father had been present, to understand the consequences and make sure those kits were taken care of and being responsible. it blinded him for a while and he wasn't able to see that stoat and drift genuinely were not prepared to be parents. more on that later tho lol!!!)

ultimately ermine conceded and it was arranged that driftwood would stay at the barn once he got closer to delivery. shoshana was fretting and pacing as if she were the one pregnant and was there to help driftwood in those last few weeks.

when the immediate postpartum phase became life threatening for driftwood, shoshana thought quickly enough to bring the twolegs over to help him, even climbing into the truck with them on the way to the vet.

luckily driftwood would be saved, but shoshana was brought home to the farm while he stayed to recover. once home she immediately assumed position as a queen for the newborns junebug and beachbug. it took some outside help for her to produce milk again but they got it to work and she fed them with no problem. she and ermine raised those two as their own.

of course, she felt some jealousy and possessiveness when driftwood would come back and try to bond with them, but he would reassure her that he trusts her to raise them more than he does himself and appreciates her greatly for what shes done for him. shoshana likes driftwood a lot despite the bitter feelings that creep up every now and then.

currently the twins are in the apprentice-age-range but with every passing day she cant help but feel pride and love for all her kittens regardless of blood.

shoshana is a quick witted, independent molly with a lot of love to give, though sometimes it may come off as too much and smothering at times. she's always aspired to be a mother and caretaker and does her part to help other queens with their kits, having done so for her sisters' and brothers' kits while growing up. she, ermine, and jackrabbit are happy together and she's deeply proud of sable, beachbug, and junebug even if they are a bit rowdy and break the curfew rules more often than not - they remind her of herself when she was young and she has to tell herself to let them make their own choices. she's overall a very powerful and loyal ally to have.

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Mystery Ladies Bingo template for those who want!

We should make a hot mess bingo so we can play a game on what ways Shoshi is a mess

Do as you will~

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X-Files Collector's Edition: Diana Fowl(ey) Play-- Part IV: S6-S7

These are Diana Fowley's crazy adventures through the remainder of S6, her rapey actions of S7, and a little post-death effects on the remaining living.

Loose chronological order below~

@fashionbooksboozefeminism's Hunter's Moon

""Since Christmas, you’d found it increasingly hard to get Mulder’s attention, but your suggestion you’d uncovered some new information had secured you a weekend lunch date. You sensed early on that Fox’s heart wasn’t quite in it but you strung out the work talk as long as you could, sprinkled in references to articles you’d read in the hope you’d have chance to share what you’d learned. Once he began to look impatient you requested a chaperone home and you knew New England manners would guarantee you an escort.""

Post The Ghosts That Stole Christmas Diana and Mulder see a pretty sweater as he walks her home. He coldly shuts down any romantic overtures, buying it for Scully.

pauraque's (DW) Blood Orange

""She dug her long, already-sticky thumbnail into the waxy, dimpled surface, and felt the damp white interior of the peel bunching up and getting jammed into the tender borderline of the nail bed. She pulled, and felt the strangely satisfying almost-pain of that tug against her fingernail.""

Krycek morbidly watches Diana splice open an orange.

Shoshana's Rivalry

""Diana," was all Scully said, angry at the presumptuousness of this woman.

"I'm really sorry to disturb you. I know you're probably curious where I've been, Dana."

"Actually, I haven't given it much thought, Diana. We knew you were still alive, and that was sufficient knowledge for me at the time.""

Post Arcadia Scully extends her claws when Diana drops in, amusing Mulder (and herself.) They discuss nicknames over lunch.

CultureisDarkB 's When Two Women Collide

""Special Agent Diana Fowley. I’ve heard quite a bit about you and your abilities to apply behavioural models to criminal cases.”

“I’ve heard of your unique background as well.” Mulder placed his hands on his hips and stared back at the wall. “So, where do we begin?”

 “We start with a brain scan and psych evaluation.” Diana glanced at her watch. "It’s too late to head to the lab. I think we’ve done all we could do tonight.” She looked up at Mulder and smiled. “Want to go to dinner?”

Mulder fidgeted, biting at his bottom lip, combing his hair with his hand. “Are you asking me out on a date?”

“What if I am?” she flirted back.""

An epic sweep of Mulder's relationship with Diana in the past, building up to the present and navigating his relationship with Scully through these rough waters. It culminates in Milagro. HIGHLY recommend.  

@xfmaweezy/XFMaweezy/kishamaweezy's

Ninety Seconds

""Diana!” Fox quietly greeted her as he opened the door wider and stepped aside, motioning for her to enter. “Everything okay?”

Fox looked as though he had been preparing for bed, an observation that confused Diana. It was still early by Fox Mulder standards. Her Fox had slept very little, dropping off wherever he was; usually on the  couch in front of the television. 

This Fox had showered and brushed his teeth. The scent of soap and toothpaste wafted toward Diana on the warm night air that was blowing in through the open windows. This Fox wore loose shorts and a clean T-shirt; his feet bare and his hair damp."" 

Pre-One Son Scully-- high on drugs and clad in pretty pajamas-- shocks a more sympathetic Diana during her impromptu late-night meeting at Mulder's.

Ninety Minutes (Ao3)

""By some cruel twist of fate, Diana had found herself on yet another task force working closely with Fox and his tiny partner, who was still wearing a cast on her broken left wrist. But it wasn’t the case that had her all out of sorts, it was her visit to Fox’s apartment after the apprehension of the convicts—a visit she’d convinced herself was only about the X-Files—that set her mind and her heart adrift. She hadn’t been able to function properly since, a dangerous state of mind to be in given her line of work. But she couldn’t get the image of a half naked Dana Scully out of her mind, nor the syrupy sweet affection Fox lavished upon her as she clung to him, unaware of Diana’s presence."" 

Diana is sinking at a work function; but leaves early when Mulder sings a love ballad to Scully.

MulderScullyShipper's After the Fact

""Hello?”

“Fox, I… oh, it’s you. Is Fox there?”

Scully rolled her eyes at the familiar voice and glanced at Mulder as he came back into view, holding the beer bottles in his grip. “Agent Fowley.” Mulder stopped in his tracks and watched her as she spoke on the phone. “No, he’s a little busy right now.""

Post Milagro Scully and Mulder navigate the aftermath as a united team, clearing up Diana's lies and ignoring her whenever she tries to barge into their lives.

@admiralty-xfd’s (Ao3) the whole truth

""Scully...” he was moaning, and every time the name escaped his lips it pained her. “I need Scully.”

“Fox, it’s me, it’s Diana,” she said. She bent down and touched his shoulder.

“Scully…”

She didn’t know what to say. She wasn’t Scully, she couldn’t be Scully. But she could tell he was in pain and she wanted to help him.

“We should get you to see a doctor,” she suggested. She realized as the words came out how stupid they sounded, considering the only thing he’d asked for since she’d arrived had been, in fact, a doctor. But she couldn’t bring herself to call the woman she knew he was in love with.""

Biogenesis Diana is in love with Mulder, empathizing with his pain and out of depth in this strange, twisted mytharc development.

JourneyToX's Dirty, Dirty

""He is miserable, and sick. But that's good. His weakness makes it easier.

He trusts me like no other, and of all his follies, that is his greatest. Good, this will be simple, with his trust.

Women have done this before. Soft flesh and hard hearts, pillow talk and power. I must focus my mind, as well, and think only of him. How often I have thought only of him, dreaming of his handsome face stretched in ecstacy, as ashy breath washed over me and nicotine stained hands pawed me. This time it will be real, and a pleasure.""

Biogenesis Diana thinks she has Mulder wrapped around her fingers, ignoring his weak pleas for Scully. He ends up dampening her moves.

Jori's

Undone

""Fox Mulder is mine now. In his current condition, I can have him. Again. He is confused, doesn't know what is happening to him. And the person he relies on most is over a thousand miles away.""

Biogenesis Diana seduces Mulder; but stops mid-effort when he snaps out of his fog and screams bloody murder for Scully's help.

Invisible Bond

""Hello, Diana. What are you doing here? Come to pick up whatever you didn't take the first time around?" I ask, glaring at her.

I hardly knew her, all those years ago, but I never liked her. Perhaps because I saw her eventually turning into me. If she stayed with Fox long enough, they would dominate her life, too. She seemed the type that would easily follow along with the 'plan,' the type that wouldn't fight them. Just like me. She would know it was wrong, but she'd have no power to pull herself free.""

Amor Fati Diana adds legitimacy to CSM's demands of Tena, reassuring her that Mulder would be in safe hands.

Namarie/namarie24's (MuldersCreek) Splitting at the Seams

""She looked at him coolly. "What are you talking about?"

"Spender. Scully was right. How long have you been working for him?" Mulder realized that he was yelling. He pushed himself to his feet. "How long, Diana?"

"You're confused," she said, her face revealing nothing. Her thoughts, however, revealed shock and some fear. "You need to calm down."

Biogenesis Diana gets her mind read; and ends up stun-gunning Mulder into submission. Scully helps him heal after rescuing him.

Trixie 's (Whisper of X, Alt. page) Lies I Told Myself

""I am a liar.

Those words freeze in my throat; I would never speak them aloud, not in a million years. To admit to what I am, what I have become, would assure my certain downfall.""

Biogenesis Diana sneers at Scully, envies Krycek, and lies to herself about Mulder's loyalties. She subdues him and tucks him into a ward.

KatyBlue's (@lilydalexf's reccs) Taking Flight (Gossamer)

""...My fingers run over the curved glass, the faint crackles of static electricity and dust impeding their progress. I trace Mulder's left leg down to his foot and stop there, watching his face. Feeling almost as if he can see me there and is looking back, a silent plea in his eyes.

Get me out of here, Scully, it says.

I feel something soften inside me at his image. Hidden from the two people behind me. For a moment, I forget where I am, lost in a strange, bemused melancholy. Then I remember, but the words inside my head slip out anyway. "Have you ever played baseball, Agent Fowley?""

Biogenesis Diana venomously tries to prevent Scully from seeing Mulder. Skinner avoids eye contact; but takes up for his agent.

dee_ayy's The Watchman

""People come to see him, if that's what you call it. But not while I'm here--though once it happened. A woman, all haughty with authority. Swinging that long brown hair of hers, flashing that badge to get them to let her in long after visiting hours were over. But there are no visitors on this ward anyway. No one should see a loved one like this.

Yet she came. When she walked in I immediately paged the doctor.""

A nurse orderly understands Mulder, gaining his trust through compassion and pity. He's brushes off Diana on Mulder's behalf.

Nynaeve's Reason Does Not Know

""Seven years ago I did not know her for the actress she is. She spoke to me the words I had longed to hear. She won the trust I was too willing to bestow. A child shattered by events over which he had no control, the son of parents withdrawn, unable after that night to unwrap themselves from the tatters of their lives, she found me an easy target, a man who easily mistook her affectation of love for the emotion itself.""

Amor Fati Mulder sees into Diana's soul, realizing how deeply she believes in her lies.

BoneTree/Todesfuge's (@lilydalexf reccs)

Elegy with the Sound of the Ocean Inside It

""He clenched his hand on his temples, the voice lilting like a song in his head. It was so familiar. Velvet. Soft as a snake.

Diana.

He could hear the Captain coming closer, but it was too late. A few steps and he staggered toward the railing on the ship's starboard side. An instant later, William Scully calling his name, Mulder was flailing in cold air toward the water, right before his world turned to ice.""

Amor Fati Mulder dreams about meeting Will, not wanting Tena's forgiveness, seeing Albert Hosteen again, and trying to escape Diana's suburban dream life.

Agent L's (MuldersCreek) Willing Sacrifice

""Diana..."

His voice, rusty from disuse, is nonetheless loud in the quiet room, the word clearly spoken. I fight an unreasonable jealousy of this woman who betrayed him, who nearly killed him and yet still claims his loyalty, feeling small and selfish to resent him for not calling out for *my* name.

"Please. Don't let him..." His voice sinks to a whisper, a plea, and I realize he is back in the operating room, begging for her help. If she walked into the room at that moment, I would kill her for the anguish she put him through...still puts him through.""

Amor Fati Scully rescues a barely cognizant Mulder, patching him back up. As he slowly recovers, she becomes enraged at Diana's harsh, pitiless actions.

DM's

My Touchstone

""I would be lying if I said I did not feel threatened by Diana. I was, although I knew in my heart that the feeling was irrational. Mulder and I had been together too long, and traveled too far for someone, such as Diana, to come between us. I had faith in Mulder, and that faith is what carried me through and kept me from giving up. And, giving up was one thing I knew I would never, could never do.""

Post Amor Fati Scully struggles more with Diana's death than Mulder.

My Constant

""I was a little bit more than surprised to see Diana Fowley when I walked into the boardroom that morning. I was so preoccupied with getting under Agent Spender's skin that I didn't bother to scan the room to see who all was in attendance, an act that normally keeps me busy during such meetings. I can honestly say that the thought of replacing Scully with Diana, now that she had returned, never entered my mind. Although it has now come to my attention that it indeed did cross my partner's mind. When I realized how she felt, I was floored. Diana was my friend; I still cared for her but would never dream of giving her the space in my heart that belonged to Scully.""

Post Amor Fati Mulder had a pleasant relationship with Diana; but is shocked how affected Scully is by her death.

Philiater's Unattainable

""He closed the lid on her designer coffin with its designer contents. All gloss and superficial trappings made plain. It was a sad ending really.""

Post Amor Fati Mulder witnesses Diana's cremation in her wedding dress (AU to me), pondering on her relationship with CSM.

Elanor G.'s In Medias Res

""By contrast, Mulder could barely sense his own mother's thoughts - elusive, faint, not much more than a thin disquiet stream of worry. And the gray man who leaned over him...he must have been part of that consuming dream, because Mulder could sense nothing. His mouth twisted in a bitter grin.

"I got the clearest picture from Diana, probably because she was deliberately trying to open herself up to me. It was...bad." And it had been bad to see the way Diana pictured herself, the many layers of self- justification and self-delusion.

It was worse to see the madness hidden beneath her crisp exterior.""

Requiem Mulder explains how crushing Amor Fati was to him-- telling Scully about how twisted and sick Diana was. Scully wishes she could have heard his thoughts.

 Pattie's Scully, Hands Down

""Granted, Diana was once of interest to me. However, I soon found that her type of beauty was only skin deep, and the other stuff went straight to the bone.

There was no way I was going to ask Gibson what he read, and he was mature enough, even at his age, to leave the subject alone.""

S9 Mulder ruminates on Scully's jealousy towards Diana, intending for Gibson to send it to Scully when he goes on a solo mission.

Mssilverwoods 's Amalgam

""Fox Mulder seems to never get past this tribute to those mawkish Lone Gunmen. He still looks puzzled, as if uncertain of what those who are cremated there might make of it. It's somewhat galling to see their names bathed in the pale morning sun.

Beside him, Scully comments as if she can read his mind. They smile in that bittersweet way, wishing they could ask, seek clarity from the dead, and check they know them well after all the years apart.

As if.""

Post S11 Mulder and Scully visit Diana's gave. Her ghost observes them.

Enjoy!

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Former Elphabas nominated at the 2024 Tony Awards Eden Espinosa, Lindsay Mendez, and Shoshana Bean

[balkanradfem]

I'm reading the 'Age of Surveillance Capitalism' book by Shoshana Zuboff, and it is haunting me, making me feel uncomfortable and making me want to move offline.

We've all been aware that google, facebook, and all other digital tech companies are taking our data and selling it to advertisers, but according to the book, that is not the end goal.

The book goes into the rise of google, and how it made itself better by constantly studying the searches people were inputting, and learning how to offer better information faster. Then, they were able to develop ways to target adverts, without even selling the data, but by making their own decisions of what adds should be targeted at what audience. But they kept collecting more and more data, and basically studying human behaviour the way scientists study animals, without their knowledge or consent. Then they bought youtube, precisely because youtube had such vast amounts of human behaviour that could be stored and studied.

But they're not only using that data to target adds at us. They've been collecting data in ways that feel unexpected and startling to me. And whenever they're challenged or confronted with it, they pretend it was a mistake, or unintentional, and it's scary how far they've been able to get away with it.

For example, during their street-view data collecting, the google car had been connecting to every wifi available and taking encrypted, personal data from households. When they got found out, they've explained it was not intentional, and a fault of a lone researcher who had gone rouge, and they evaded getting sued or being held accountable for it at all. Countries have created new laws and regulations and google kept evading it and in the end they claimed 'you know if you keep trying to regulate us, we'll just do things secretly'. Which is a wild thing to say and expect to get away with!

Another thing that struck me was that governments, which at first wanted to restrict data collection, later asked tech companies to monitor and prevent content connected to terrorism, and the companies didn't like the idea of being a tool of the government, so they claimed the terrorism data is being banned for 'being against their policy'. Which makes me believe they didn't want to remove that content at all, after all, they could have done it beforehand, they didn't feel any natural incentives to do so.

The entire story is filled with researchers who don't seem to experience the human population as other human beings. They don't believe we deserve privacy, or dignity, or any say in what is being collected or done to us. Hearing their quotes and how they describe the people they're researching shows clearly they consider us all stupid, and our desires for privacy, self-harming. They insist we'd be better off if we just accepted their authority and gave them any data they wanted without complaining or being upset it's being collected without our knowledge.

Even though companies claim at all times that the data is non-identifiable, the book explains just how data is handled and how easy it is to identify anyone whose private conversations are recorded; people say their names, their addresses, places they're going, friends they're meeting, they say names of their family members, their devices record their location and their habits, it is extremely easy to identify anyone whose information has been collected. It can be identified and sold to information agencies.

I believed when it was explained to me that most of the data collection was just for add targeting, and that it would be used only for advertisement purposes, but they're not only collecting data anymore, they're deciding what data is being fed to us, and recording our reactions, learning how they can affect and manipulate our behaviour. We know all algorithms feed us controversial, enraging and highly-emotional content in order to drive engagement, but it's more than that. They've discovered how they can influence more or less people to vote. The mere idea of that makes me go cold, but they talk about it like it's just another thing they can do, so why not? Companies who have experimented and learned so much about influencing human behaviour give themselves the right to influence it as they see fit, because why wouldn't they? Since they have the power to do it, and all lawsuits and regulations can't stop them, why wouldn't they make a game out of it?

I can't imagine how many experiments they did before feeling so confident and blase about this and casually influencing the elections, again, seemingly just for the sake of an experiment.

The book compares this type of behaviour manipulation to totalitarianism and surveillance state, and it shows how the population is slowly losing parts of their freedoms without realizing it is even happening. Human behaviour has changed due to online influence, and it keeps changing rapidly, with every new popular website that is influencing human behaviour. They've learned that humans are influenced mostly by behaviour of other humans, and they can decide what kind of content or influence to send our way to get desired results.

I love how the author of the book talks about humanity. She uses the term 'human future', as something we all have the right to, as opposed to future controlled by companies and influences. She describes how regular people were affected by the data collected against their will, and how they fought for their 'right to be forgotten', when google kept displaying their past struggles, damaging their dignity. She also explains the questions people should ask about how society is led: First question is, who knows? Second question, who decides? Third question, who decides who decides? She goes in detail about how the answers are held away from us, and what it does to us. She also touches very deeply on the idea of human freedom!

I recommend this book, even though it will make you feel far less secure and carefree to be online, and using anything google, facebook, twitter or any of their owned services. They are not free, and it's also incorrect to say that we're the product of them, but we are the source of the raw materials they collect in order to gain results.