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X-Files Ask Game!

If you were a character, who would you be and why?

Which season is your favorite and why?

Any WIPs or fic ideas you want to talk about? Share them here!

Now you’ve been given a pen and a chance to write your own episode. Describe it!

Top 10 best episodes?

Top 10 worst episodes?

One moment you never stop thinking about?

Best 5 (insert character here) moments: go!

Every random character headcanon you can think of (or just some, or whatever you like!)

Loveliest MSR moments (in your book).

If you could change one thing about the show, what would it be? Why would you change it, how would you make it better?

Every fic you’ve written for TXF: list them here so we can find them:)

Very unpopular opinions? Share them here!

Enter any question here you’d like (free space!)

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9 People To Get to Know Better

Thanks so much for tagging me @outeremissary !!!! Getting to this one a little late and idk who has been tagged already but if any of my moots see this and want to do it, pls consider it a tag to do so!

Last Song: Wicked Game by Cris Isaak

Favorite Color: Hmmm I think it’s Maroon or Burgundy! I love any deep, dark shade of red tea

Currently Watching: The X-Files and King of the Hill with my sister

Sweet/Savory/Spicy: I definitely lean more towards Spicy and Savory! In the summer it feels like I’m never hungry for anything but ice cubes and popsicles though because it’s too damn hot lmao

Relationship Status: Single!

Current Obsession: Honestly, I think it’s X-Files!! The show honestly just keeps getting better and better and I’m on season 6! Mulder and Scully are my little guys

Last Thing You Googled: “Manhattan Project budget” I wanted to compare it to the budget of GTA 6 that I just saw lmao

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i know of a lotttt of bad tv finales. like, a lot. and truth be told, i cannot name a good (read: popular and generally liked by fans) one off the top of my head. so, a question…

name a tv finale (or a few) that you liked.

[frostbitepandaaaaa]

😭 💘 msr for the fic ask? <3

omg hello!!! thanks for the msr ask, friend-- nice little change of pace.

😭 A fic that ripped your heart out (but it hurt so good)

there are A LOT of these for msr, but the first one that comes to mind is Aquinnah by Anjou. it's not like... super sad or tragic in terms of how it ends, but there is something so dream-like and ephermeral about it. like what mulder and scully are learning and discovering in this story will not last. that everything must die. i mean, considering the inciting incident of this story, it makes sense. it might be because it's very mulder-centric, and there's something very tragic and yearning and achingly sentimental about mulder. it also doesn't hurt that the writing style is fucking gorgeous. somehow beautiful and tender but also incisive and moving.

any way, here's a snippet:

The cliff at the top of the moor has changed with time and erosion, but he is pleased that his imagination had not enlarged it so that it would now appear diminished by reality. He has not been here for years; even in his dreams, he has denied himself this place. Today, he has earned the right to be here, earned it by honoring his own vows. He turns before walking up the headland path to see her standing at the edge of the snow-covered moor, oblivious to the wind whipping the dried saw-tooth grass against her long overcoat. She seems small and unsure in this place that he knows best above all others, despite time and distance. He smiles and holds his hand out to her, waiting until she joins him before he walks to the cliff edge.

💘 A fic you couldn't stop reading once you started

this sounds cliche, but Iolokus by Mustang Sally and Rivkat. the way that fic is written is quite simply, mesmerizing, and the darkness explored in this fucked up world Chris Carter has created is facinating and they do such a good job rendering it. the opening lines of that fic make me insane:

And that day the hot wind blew down through the burning rocks, and over the ground of sand. The wind, a still breath of Hell, smelling of ovens, smelling of dust. A stray wisp of dust-smoke whipped along the gravel ground and curled at my feet as I stared into the sun. Above me, the sky was the color of molten bronze and a dark bird circled overhead. Behind me I could hear the women weeping. Knotted together beneath the metal sky, the women's faces were torn and wet.

Mybabymybabymybaby. My baby's blood. My baby.

[ofcrowsanddragons]

18 or 34 for the Rook story time asks!

Rook trying to impress someone / on an undercover mission for "Mags" de Riva. (More prompts here.)

To do:

Swap out the contact poisons on the pens on Viago’s desk (that he lends out to people that he doesn’t like) for euphorics. This will keep him out of danger by ensuring that he’s able to incapacitate enemies as expected, but will undermine any attempts to “teach them a lesson” until he realizes what’s wrong.

Write a letter to Viago asking him to warn me the next time he’s lending me out on a mission to the object of his pathetic crush, because it is apparently catching.

Don’t tell Andarateia “Call me Teia” Cantori that she is any of the following: enchanting, charming, devastating, incredibly pretty, gorgeous, amazing, delightful… [this continues on for several lines]. If necessary, limit to one (1) adjective and pair with either terrifying, devious or brilliant.

Next time Viago wants to send me out on a mission with this woman, please let it be related to her actual business dealings. See: terrifying, devious and brilliant.

Successfully draw the target into the trap so that I can tear his throat out.

Prepare a change of clothing.

Ask Teia out for coffee so that I can ask her more about her plans to create trade monopolies across the continent.

Gloat to Viago.

[sporco-filth]

Om a different note, has your tumblr banner been changing? Every now and then I look at the picture of the amazingly filthy room, and I swear it got messier/dirtier the last time I looked at it

No, the image has not been changed since this blog was made (I mean the file on my computer, and so the image in the banner can't be different either).

BUT... this actually alludes to something and I will reward your question with a sneak peak. Because, you see, this picture is from my still-in-development slob game (it's fallen to the wayside over the holidays but I'm planning to start work again soon). And in that game, the room actually does in fact start out neat and becomes messier. The version shown is the end result.

The image though is based off this shot from this episode of Portlandia:

In the game, everything starts out clean:

And then if you lower the cleanliness points to 0 it looks like this:

I'm still working on the in-between stages though.

There are other rooms (lounge, bedroom, bathroom) but those I started from a clean room and am building up to a messy room, so they're relatively cleaner currently:

(this is the messiest one so far, but it's still got a long way to go. It's not even halfway yet)

I know I said I wouldn't spoil things by showing my work in progress but eh... you lot have been waiting too long for me to draw these things so at least you can see I've made some progress.

[faunandfloraas]

hihi jess can i request a moodboard if ur willing 🛸🐞🌙🐾🌸 <if these make no sense ill always take a jess' vibecheck 🩷🩷 all the ones you have made till now are so pretty!!!

🛸🐞🌙🐾🌸moodboard for Juni (this is accidentally just ksm as fox mulder moodboard)

[neloangelo]

The X-Files: Resist or Serve (2004) dev. by Black Ops Entertainment

[unremarkablehouse]

For the WIPs: 4! :DDDD

Thanks for the ask. The IVF AU is in the outline phase so I’ll have to just give you a run down. What if Scully asked Mulder to be her baby daddy in Season 5 and the implantation worked in Season 6?

Their relationship would have shifted into a romantic one sooner, and Mulder would have told her about his past relationships, so when Diana comes back it doesn’t blindside Scully. Gibson never gets kidnapped, they don’t go to Huston for the terrorism assignment due to personal leave for IVF treatments, Mulder and Scully never go to Antarctica, Diana befriends Scully but Mulder is wary of her motives and distrusts her…

It’s a fun timeline to play with, but a long fic.

[fuctacles]

?xfiles for the WIP Ask game please?

This is one of the ancient ones, probably from over a year ago, idk why I'm still holding onto it. I put some of the vibe/ideas from this one into this one-shot, which I don't like much, ngl. (the ? in the doc name is a mix of "is it still x files" and "do I still want to write it")

But here's what I wrote back in my X-files marathon phase (its old so if its hard to read, im sorry):

The doors to the office opened with force, bouncing off the wall. The detective that went through them looked ready to explode, his movements erratic as he ran his hands through his hair. "We're this close. This close!" He growled, his teeth grinding clean through a cigarette filter. A scrawny temp walking after him picked up the pieces that fell. The man's colleagues looked up from their work, some sympathetic, some frowning. Steve, his desk buddy, rolled away from his desk. "He won't talk?" He saw a few strands of hair fall to the ground as Tommy dropped his hands away from his scalp. "Of course not. These fucking homos are useless." He seethed. Steve frowned, but before he could say anything, Tommy started pacing around him. "They all think their stupid reputation is more important than catching a fucking murderer! Maybe they shouldn't be sucking dick when they're worried about their kids finding out? He doesn't even have a kid! Stupid fags-!" Steve stood up. "I'll talk to him," he offered instead of saying 'It's guys like you that make them silent.' "Good luck with that. Try sucking his dick, maybe that'll make him talk," Tommy snickered, finally brightening up at a chance to make a homophobic quip at his own coworker. Steve clenched his jaw, tense all the way to the investigation room. He pressed a hand to the door and took a deep breath. As he pushed them open, the smell of smoke filled his nostrils. He raised his eyebrow. "I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to smoke in here." "Oh no," the metalhead sitting behind the desk rolled his eyes so hard it made Steve's head hurt. "What you gonna do, officer? Cuff me?" Both of his eyebrows shot up now. If he was flirting with Tommy before no surprise the guy was that agitated. Steve didn't react though, instead, he sat down in the second chair and pulled out his own pack of cigarettes. "My-" Steve hesitated for a tiny millisecond because the word started tasting sourly in his mouth recently. "Friend, said you don't want to testify." The guy puffed a cloud of smoke, lip crooked in a half smile as he watched him lit his own cigarette. "Are all your friends dicks?" Yes. "Are all gay men uncooperative?" The man shrugged. "Nah, we're pretty flexible. Sue us for not wanting a target on our back." "Isn't there one on yours already anyway?" The man leaned back, waggling his finger at Steve. "Indeed, but there's a huge difference between a scary-Satanist target and a weak-pansy target." Steve took a pointed glance at the guy - the bandana holding his long hair, leather jacket, studded bracelets, and chains. The full metalhead look. "You don't look weak to me." "Doesn't matter in a five-on-one situation." Steve took a contemplative drag. "Has this happened before?" The man shrugged. "Once or twice." "Have you-" Steve bit his tongue. He had a feeling his colleagues wouldn't take a case like this too seriously. “Tried reporting?” The man, Munson, as read the file left on the desk, guessed anyway. “What for? So I can hear how I could defend myself if I was a real man? No thanks.”

[azure-firecracker]

I want to know 2 and 4 of your ask game. :DD

Thank you so much for asking! You’re such a well-known blog that I fangirl whenever you interact with my posts:)

The game is here.

I’ll put it under the cut bc I know it’ll get long again.

2: Which season is your favorite and why?

This may surprise some of y’all because this is definitely the season I complain about the most, but my favorite season is Season 2! Of course, I’m only midway through Season 4 as of answering this, so that could very well change. But Season 2 just has a special place in my heart. I’m a sucker for angst, hurt/comfort, high stakes and higher emotions, and Season 2 just has that in spades. The abduction arc really marked a turning point both for Mulder and Scully’s relationship (and both of them individually), and for the show as a whole. Everything after that felt more high-drama, more emotionally weighty, everything was tinged with pain in a bittersweet way. This season gave us rescues (my favorite trope!) in spades, and though I complained about the excess of Scully kidnappings in this post, some of those rescues (as well as all of the times where the roles are reversed) are near and dear to my heart. My top 10 list is always evolving, but there’s at least 3 episodes from this season in there, and my top 2 are from this season. This is my favorite season to set fanfic in, because Mulder and Scully are so new to each other but so raw and vulnerable and they’re terrified but the world is more terrifying and they have no choice but to lean into one another for support and it’s just so wonderful.

4: Now you’ve been given a pen and a chance to write your own episode. Describe it!

I already answered this one here, but I’ll happily write another one! The last one was angsty and high-stakes, so we’ll write a lighter one this time around.

We’ll place this mid Season 3-ish. Cast members at a Renaissance Faire have been dying violent deaths, and Mulder and Scully are sent undercover to investigate. Mulder gets cast as a prince and mostly he sits and knights children which he loves. Scully gets cast as a fortune teller which is as hilarious as you’d expect, but she trades it for knight’s armor the second she can, and the whole episode she’s hiding from the people who run the Faire so they don’t know she’s switched costumes.

Anyway, everyone at the Renaissance Faire seems to think they’re actually being targeted by a dragon. Scully thinks it’s ridiculous, Mulder thinks it’s real, y’all know the drill. Mulder enlists the help of a witchy type to do a shielding-curse. It just results in things exploding and Mulder looking like Seamus Finnegan from Harry Potter.

While this is happening, Scully is having an actually emotional moment because she meets someone who reminds her of Melissa. It’s just a tender scene.

Anyway, Scully does some more investigating and finds some weird drugs on the torches they’re using. She realizes it’s a hallucinogenic drug, which would explain the delusions of the dragons, so she heads out into the woods to clean all of the lamps and fix the problem (yes she tells Mulder where she’s going. He still thinks the dragon is real so he doesn’t pay it much mind but he does tell her to be careful).

Anyway, we see Scully walking into the woods, cleaning lamps, when a big shadow looms behind her , we hear a roar, and the screen cuts to black.

Mulder sends Scully’s lamp drug results to the Gunmen, and they say it’s a hallucinogenic but it mostly makes you weak and it wouldn’t make you make up a dragon, so just as Mulder’s about to go warn Scully, the witch they asked for help earlier appears and OH NO SHE’S A TWIST VILLAIN! AND SHE SUMMONED THE DRAGON!

Anyway Mulder fights her and they basically battle through the whole Faire as Irish folk-y music plays and there’s some sword fighting moments, some jousting, some torch waving, and at one point Mulder does throw a turkey leg at her. They make their way into the fortune tent when she gets the better of him, and just when it seems like all is lost…

Scully BURSTS in, albeit very messed up and covered in dragon blood and strange goop! But she’s wearing armor! And she gets to point a sword at the witch’s neck!

Cut to them walking through the Faire, this time as visitors. Scully thinks the witch was delusional and had a big lizard, Mulder swears it was magic, same old, same old. But there is at least one knight in shining armor joke in this section, because Mulder kept one knighting necklace from when he was playing a prince, and he puts it around Scully’s neck, and they stare at each other in that way that they do.

The end!

Would you watch this? Let me know in the comments!

[tangents-within-tangents]

Sigh I swear the bar is so low with writing sometimes.

I’ve just been remembering how much it bothers me when there’s no lasting consequences or acknowledgement for things. When everything resets like nothing ever happened at the start of the next episode, or even the next scene sometimes. How cool and rare it was that Wally’s arm was in a cast for a whole 5 episodes of Young Justice. How relieved/excited I was when Mulder actually still had bandages on his fingers the episode after he broke them because FINALLY something carried over! Or when Hook was leaning on someone for support in the background after the fight scene in Pan. How impressed I was to see Katniss still crying hysterically for Rue a few scenes after her death. How surprised I was to actually see a hint of the effect of Echo’s extremely traumatic experience when he panicked in the medbay. How my heart soared when he insisted on rescuing Gregor because omg he’s acting in a way that makes sense for his character! Clinging to every small scrap we get to see of clones showing real emotion when so often they seemingly never bat an eye at their losses and never mention their fallen brothers again.

I love these shows I swear, but it just gets so frustrating! Like I’ll literally be so nervous no one will be affected realistically, or react like a human, or behave in-character and then I get so excited on the rare occasions they do. And then I realize wow the bar is so low, shouldn't that just be, you know, writing 101?

Like I remember some episode of some show (the Seeker? Or something idk) where a character was captured and tortured and not ten minutes after being rescued his friend was like “hmm you sure are quiet today” like YEAH I SURE HOPE HE IS?!

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26, 35, 37

26. List some season 7 MSR headcanons

Season of secret sex began after Millennium (I think their first time could've been earlier but for sure they started doing it regularly here)

Mulder's dream sequence in Amor Fati was influenced by his telepathy; CSM and Diana were there in the beginning because they were close by, but Scully didn't show up in the dream until she was close enough for his mind to pick up on, and CSM and Diana were out of range by then so that's why they were gone by the end

Not sure if this technically counts as a headcanon but Sein Und Zeit and Closure just did not happen, that was such a stupid and underwhelming ending to Samantha's story (brilliant acting by DD though especially in the last scene where he gets to say goodbye to her, frankly carried the whole thing on his shoulders)

Oh yeah and Mulder and Scully definitely fucked when she stayed over after telling him the results of his mother's autopsy

After En Ami Mulder and Scully backed off their sexual relationship for a while, the tension between them laying the groundwork for Scully's soul-searching in All Things when she ultimately decided Mulder is who she's meant to be with

35. Give us your MSR sexy time headcanons

First time was after Milagro, the tonal shift between Milagro and The Unnatural is insane and clearly indicates a significant change in their relationship

They definitely had sex after The Unnatural

I know this contradicts the first one but I also have a headcanon that their first time was after the IVF failed, and sometimes I like to place that right before Milagro, so they have comfort sex but don't have a chance to talk about it before the Padgett case starts and the rest of the episode happens in that context

37. Do you have any fic recs?

This is by no means an exhaustive list but there are three season 8 and/or 9 AU series currently in progress that I'm following and absolutely adore:

Amor Fati: The Fated Love by touchstoneaf

Let's Face the Music and Dance by @virtie333

A Second Chance by @mollybecameanengineer

Some of my other favorite fics include:

Vox Mulder by @darwin-xf

My Silver Lining by AngelsFallFirst

Joy to the World by Emily_M1013

Three Part Harmony and The Mesas of Deuteronilus Mensae by @slippinmickeys

Some of my favorite authors because I can't possibly narrow down just one or two favorite fics: @atths--twice, @baronessblixen, @spookyshipperfics

And obviously anything by my friends incidental, IStanYouStan5676, @tofuttim, and @katy-kt-katie, love you girls🫶��

I tried to tag everyone who I know is on tumblr, but if I missed anyone let me know!!

[ofcrowsanddragons]

For Mags! 3. A time Rook got incredibly drunk.

For the ask game

"Become a de Riva, they said," Rook grumbled. "Survive to adulthood, they said."

Lucanis carefully took the bottle out of Rook's hands. "Did anyone actually say that?"

Rook grabbed for it, but the other Crow was a hair slower than Lucanis at the best of times. Rook glowered at him. "It was more of an 'Urk, I'm dying. Good one, kiddo.'"

"Ah," said Lucanis. "That kind of recruitment mission."

Lucanis sent a warning look at Bellara, who had entered the kitchen and was staring at the Crows with a kind of intense fascination.

[television-overload]

word is "eyes" 👁👁👁👁👁👁👁 for the guess game

From the as-yet-untitled sequel to "of our own making" (X-Files)...

Eyes:

Tears prick at Mulder’s eyes too, and he bows toward her to press a kiss to her forehead.

But for you, Sofia, I will throw in one from the Paris fic I am procrastinating on for the @tiva-fic-challenges September prompt 😂

“She is old enough to hear this story, yes?” she said, her eyes imploring him to agree with her.

WIP Guessing Game!