#xfd

[smaiart]

oops forgot to post this on tumblr, but here are some old XFD sketches i never shared

❎XFIRE DASH! tag

[ame-aster]

【だめだめなのでほごしてください＞＜】

[a-skeeep]

別名義ではありますが高校生の時分に、高校生限定コンピ 2 「3:4:5」のクロスフェード動画を制作させていただいていました。

y: https://youtu.be/ZL2BNHx2taY n: https://nico.ms/sm40239920 購入ページ https://palf-online.booth.pm/items/3755804

[neruzou]

少女作業中

mondorium様の新譜『少女作業中 ～ Magical Astronomy.』にて描かせて頂いたアルバムアートです！

今回は大空魔術ということで、衛星内のテラス風カフェで作業する2人を描きました

XFDはこちら↓

https://x.com/elle_suwawa/status/1902681764331749705?s=46&t=BjuR9qp7pHRxJpmRIJCRxw

[enigmaticxbee]

Tropes & More - Fic Recs

All the tropey-goodness!

Body-Swap:

Underneath Your Skin by crescentmoon222 - Dreamland AU, NSFW

What if Feels Like for a Girl by @mldrgrl - Dreamland AU, NSFW

Dreamland III by @admiralty-xfd - Dreamland sequel

Flea Market Economy by Punk

I’ll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours by Tv_Saved_The_Teenage_Girl

Masters of Time by @sisterspooky1013 - time travel to 1960s Masters of Sex, NSFW

Times Colliding by onlytheinevitable- time travel 1998/2018 body swap, NSFW, WIP

Cubed by Louise Marin - Scully wakes up as an alternate version of herself, NSFW.

Parallel by @sisterspooky1013 - Scully wakes up as an alternate version of herself, NSFW.

Fake-Dating:

Never by Allison Kinney - Undercover, NSFW

Diversion by @sisterspooky1013 - Stakeout, NSFW

Just Another Dinner Party by @somekindofseizure - Undercover at a swingers party during Arcadia

Amish Country by Lolabeegood - Undercover with the Amish, NSFW

We���re Married Now by @skinfull - Undercover in a cult, NSFW

Hallowed by onlytheinevitable - Undercover in a cult, NSFW

More Than a Feeling by @sisterspooky1013 - Undercover at a carnival, NSFW

Undercover Swing by 2momsmakearight - Undercover at a sex party, NSFW

It’s Just Pretend by @storybycorey - Undercover in a motel, fake sex turning into real sex, NSFW

The Marriage Spectacular by @cecilysass - Lost FBI agents. Stormy weather. A marriage retreat in a mountainside inn with one room available.

The Newlywed Game by onlytheinevitable - While going out for dinner, Scully runs into an ex and Mulder valliantly pretends to be her husband. However, that little lie traps them into having to play the Newlywed Game in front of a bunch of strangers and they have to navigate admitting feelings they haven't even admitted to themselves.

Baseball Metaphors by @leiascully - Scully runs into an ex and they pretend to be dating, NSFW

Just Go With It by @skinfull - Mulder runs into old high school classmates and they pretend to be married, NSFW

The Annapolis Grant by @slippinmickeys - AU, Scully pays Mulder to play the role of her boyfriend, NSFW

Wedding/FBI Ball Date:

Plus One by @alienqueequeg - Mulder convinces Scully to let him be her plus one at an old friend's wedding, NSFW

Hardball by Missy Pennington - Scully gets a sexy red dress to wear to the FBI ball when she finds out Phoebe Green will be attending

Five Ballrooms by @admiralty-xfd - Five Christmas parties. Five separate POVs.

The Twelve Tropes of Christmas by @mangokiwitropicalswirl - Christmas ball and all the tropes

Holidays:

far away and to the west by @audries - Thanksgiving with the Gunmen

at the close of the day by @audries - Thanksgiving on the road

Fairies, Skip Hence by @slippinmickeys - Christmas at the Scullys, NSFW

Shades of Winter by @piecesofscully - Christmas at the Scullys, NSFW

Marshmallow World by @agoodwoman - Christmas 1998, set Season 6, our beloved agents are working under AD Kersh. Mulder and Scully get into the holiday spirit. NSFW

Regular People by @chimerical1975 - Thwarted Christmas plans, impulsive decisions, and unexpected visitors make two extraordinary FBI agents into regular people. NSFW

Chicken Dinner by @cecilysass - Dinner at Mrs. Scully’s. Mulder overhears Maggie speaking to her friends about her daughter’s relationship with her partner. What he hears floors him.

Gingersnap by @cecilysass - Holiday baking, NSFW

if the fates allow by @all-these-ghosts - Christmas with Mulder and Scully, 1993-2016

Birthdays by @syntax6 - seasons 1 through 7

One Bed (see Faking Dating above too):

Let’s Play a Game by @danasculllie - Motel room Truth or Dare, NSFW

Truth or Dare by Adrienne - Mulder and Scully have a wicked game of Truth or Dare while sharing that hotel room in Rain King. NSFW

Twenty-Questions and a Winter Storm by @danascully77 - NSFW

Designated Mulder by onlytheinevitable - Mulder had always wanted to see what Scully would be like drunk, but he didn't anticipate it would finally happen on the one night they had to share a bed. NSFW

Sexy Snowed-In by @peacenik0 - Mulder and Scully are snowed-in together, will they find a way to escape their boredom? NSFW

Hot and Sticky by Megan Reilly - One hotel room, two FBI Agents...and it's a hell of a hot night besides. NSFW

One room. One bed. by spooky66 - NSFW

Free Merlot at the Cool View Motor Court by @sarie-fairy - post The Rain King, NSFW

Turn that damned thing off by @sunflowerseedsandscience - The Rain King missing scene.

Time Enough At Last by bayloriffic - The Rain King missing scene.

Conversation in the Dark by Cass - The Rain King missing scene.

Stop Me by Gina Rain - post The Rain King, NSFW

Unbidden by @phillippadgettwrites - NSFW

Bunkmates by @leiascully - There's only one hotel room, and it's got a special surprise.

Expense Report by 13th_blackbird - The Bureau conducts an audit, and Scully considers the costs.

Scully/Other:

Universal Invariants by @syntax6 - set over the course of a canon-parallel version of season 1 and early season 2 where Scully’s boyfriend Ethan who was cut from the pilot sticks around. NSFW

Early On by @sunflowerseedsandscience - Mulder and Scully are drawn to each other from the start but Scully is still with Ethan. NSFW

Homicidal Tendencies by Swikstr - Casefile crossover that pairs Scully with the detective from Homicide: Life on the Street. NSFW

You He Did Not Fail by extraordinarily_ordinary - After Scully leaves the X-Files for a position in LA a case brings them back together. Starts Scully/Other but ultimately MSR. NSFW

Original Sin by @syntax6 - post FTF Scully moves to Utah. Scully/Other but great MSR. NSFW

Arizona Highways by Fialka - Visions of Melissa lead Our Heroes on a case confirming the existence of a series of Emilys. But does Melissa really have a message, or is it all in Scully’s head? Scully/Other but ultimately MSR. NSFW

No Regrets by MystPhile - During Arcadia Scully reconnects with Detective John Kresge. Ultimately MSR but not until the very end. NSFW

Promises to Keep by Prufrock’s Love - post Requiem Scully/Skinner, I really struggled with this one, but still an interesting read. NSFW

Heart’s Desire by @malibusunset - post Two Fathers/One Son Scully reconnects with an old boyfriend during a case. My favorite Scully/Other fic - ends in MSR, but it’s probably the only fic where I’ve thought that Mulder might be the wrong choice. NSFW

La Lacuna by @aloysiavirgata - Scully explores her feelings after Milagro while investigating a murder. Scully/Other but ultimately MSR. NSFW

Mulder/Other:

The Waters of Babylon by @aloysiavirgata - As they prepare to become Rob and Laura Petrie, Mulder thinks back on his life and the paths not taken.

Seventeen by @scapegrace74-blog - Explores how Mulder's sexual relationships shaped (and mis-shaped) him as a man. Each chapter represents a different partner. Mulder/Other, ultimately MSR, NSFW

Triptych by @iconicscullyoutfits - married to Diana AU, ultimately MSR

To Love Somebody by Tess and Jacquie LaVa - In the midst of attempting to have a normal romance, Mulder's escalating feelings for Scully, and her deteriorating health due to her advancing cancer, make it impossible for him to commit... Mulder/Other but ultimately MSR. NSFW

The Guts by @wtfmulder - How would Scully react if Mulder dropped an open condom wrapper in front of her? MSR but dealing with Diana.

Dr. Scully's School for Exceptional Boys by Prufrock’s Love - post series, Mulder/Other and MSR, NSFW

One for the Road by @phillippadgettwrites - post breakup, Mulder has a girlfriend but mostly MSR, NSFW

Pregnancy/Baby/Family:

The Family G-Man by Neoxphile and FelineFemme - A double tragedy strikes Mulder the week before Christmas of 2003. What if he could go back and change things, save the son one lost and give the other the family she wanted? Could it keep them safe? NSFW

Five Years and a Lifetime by @monikafilefan @slippinmickeys - One night stand AU. Five years later, Scully and Mulder work at the same pediatric hospital, and Scully's four year old daughter bears a striking resemblance to the picture of a dark haired girl that sits on Mulder's desk... NSFW

In the Best Interest of the Child by @mldrgrl - AU When tragedy strikes, Mulder is forced to take guardianship of his young niece, but the matter is complicated by the arrival of a sister-in-law he's never met.

The Way Things Are by Sukie Tawdry - One night and their whole lives were changed forever. Season 1 AU. NSFW

Right Hand Return by humphreywrites - Scully is returned from her abduction with a baby, no memories of anything prior to her captivity and some PTSD.

All That Is Dark and Bright by @malibusunset - Emily lives AU. NSFW

Five Years and One Night by Shalimar - Scully leaves the X-Files post-Emily but gets drawn back in when Mulder discovers Emily wasn’t the only child created. NSFW

Intimacy Deux by Mojo - The one in five billion happens. NSFW

40 Weeks by @malibusunset - What if the IVF attempt in Per Manum had been successful? NSFW

A Boy and His Fox by 6hoursgirl - What happens when two FBI agents have a platonic relationship based on trust and mutual respect...and an exchange of genetic material. NSFW

The 13th Sign and 7 Days in May by Prufrock’s Love - Post-Deadalive. Mulder saw no reason for life, death, sex, Armageddon, or emotional dysfunction to stand in the way of true love.

Hurricane Season by rah and beduini - Post-Existence week at the beach with the Scully family and baby Wim. NSFW

Terra Firma series by @malibusunset - Post-Existence domestic family drama, a classic comfort read for me. NSFW

Misc:

Partners With Benefits by onlytheinevitable - Friends with benefits, NSFW

Truncated by Lysandra31 - Scully and Mulder find themselves in a tight spot. Spooning ensues.

You Send Me by @spooky-nerd - Portals keep popping up around Mulder. It's rather inconvenient until he realizes it's possible the universe is trying to tell him something.

[calimanc]

POANG Pals Secret Valentines 2025 Fic Recs

Happy Valentine's Day to the wonderful @sagan-starstuff! Here are 14 Valentine's fics from throughout the ages. Some smutty, some fluffy, some to sink your teeth into. I hope you've had an amazing day and that you enjoy these fics!

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Smutty smutty smut. They’re on a case with Skinner and Kersh, keeping their relationship a secret and Mulder can’t stop talking dirty. 

Title: Be my valentine, Scully? 

Author: Katy_KT_Katie, @katy-kt-katie

Summary: Just a short un-beta'ed fic for your Valentine's Day!

Length: 3,671

Classification: MSR, smut

Rating: E

Spoilers: 

Favorite line: “Don’t moan, Scully. No fraternizing . You know the rules,” he said playfully.

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While Mulder is still in hiding, Scully goes to do some training out of state. She’s away over Valentine’s Day.

Title: Heaven Scent

Author: admiralty, @admiralty-xfd

Summary: Scully is away, and missing Mulder. (Also, he smells like heaven, but we all knew that.)

Length: 4,888

Classification: MSR, pining

Rating: PG

Spoilers: pre-IWTB

Favorite line: She lifted the shirt to her face, breathing him in, remembering another night when she did the same and felt only hopelessness and loss. This time, she knew exactly where he was. He was only a thousand miles away, here on earth, thinking about her, too.

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We hate Diana, but we love seeing her thwarted.

Title: Cancelled Plans

Author: ScullyLovesQueequeg, @suitablyaggrieved

Summary: Diana Fowley asks Mulder out on a date.

Length: 4,597

Classification: MSR, Jealous Scully

Rating: PG

Spoilers: Post FTF, Diana is there

Favorite line: Mulder turned partway to face her and gave Scully one of his wry smiles. Since Antarctica, the smiles came so easy.

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Short and sweet fluff, Mulder embracing celebrating the holiday more than Scully.

Title: Love is in the Air

Author: mldrgrl, @mldrgrl

Summary: Just a bit of Valentine's Day fluff set in season 7

Length: 771

Classification: MSR, fluff

Rating: G

Spoilers: 

Favorite line: “But, it’s got Snoopy on it and everything.  I think he’s holding up a little sign that says ‘Be Mine’ or something like that.”

“Shut up and kiss me, you idiot.”

“No, that’s not what it says.”

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A pair of fics that are very hot and very satisfying, each in their own way.

Title: Impatient and Intent

Author: Beduini

Summary: Impatient: Sometimes you just can't wait. Season 6 Valentine’s day smut. Intent: A companion piece to Intent. What constitutes a fantasy?

Length: 1,621 and 1,515

Classification: MSR

Rating: E

Spoilers: 

Favorite line: Impatient: Her blue eyes flashed and a smile of pleasure broke out across her face as she ducked her head, trying to hide behind the wave of hair that was now too short to cover her face.

Intent: "Scully..." spoken as if all of the secrets of the universe could be housed in one name.

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This is one to sit with and enjoy, like a glass of good wine. Lying together in bed, Mulder thinks about his life and his relationship with Scully. It’s not fluff but that good MSR is present and correct.  

Title: Sedimentation

Author: Maria Nicole

Summary: Musings on the edge of sleep

Length: 2,302

Classification: MSR

Rating: PG

Spoilers: Orison, Fire

Favorite line: He and Scully will have to muddle through this on their own; maybe every so often she can deliver a State of the Partnership address, Scully in her glasses standing behind a podium telling him that their teamwork skills are good but their communication skills need work and Jesus, Mulder, she'd come to his room with wine and cheese and what had he thought she'd meant? 

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We are truly indebted to @lilydalexf for her rec of this otherwise impossible (?) to find fic. It is short and sweet and it is also tremendous. I love everything about it and somehow the thing I love the most is him calling her disgusting at the very end (to be fair, she is being disgusting).  

Title: it could be sweet

Author: wen

Summary: MSR valentines day no redeeming value fluff fluff fluff.

Length: 1,541

Classification: MSR, fluff

Rating: Not rated

Spoilers: 

Favorite line: She adored this gentleness about him and let him kiss her, very long and very soft, his mouth and tongue tasting of very rich dark chocolate and marshmallows.

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Sweet little fic from the olden days with a guest star.

Title: My Funny Valentine

Author: Britt Mulder

Summary: Scully has a secret admirer.

Length: 1,646

Classification: MSR

Rating: PG

Spoilers: 

Favorite line: She began to pepper kisses below his ear. Mulder didn't know why he was getting all this attention, but liked it.

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A more recent entry, there’s misunderstanding, there’s jealousy, there’s dopey adoration.

Title: Stupid Cupid

Author: mulderwearingglasses, @mulderwearingglasses

Summary: When a work emergency prompts the FBI to call in their best and brightest on Valentine's Day evening, Mulder shows up in a tuxedo, prompting Scully to wonder what kind of hot date he had just abandoned.

Scully must quiet the jealous storm brewing within as the two work together to search for a little boy.

Scully soon finds all is not as it seems, and maybe this won't be the worst Valentine's Day, after all.

Length: 5,325

Classification: MSR, UST, URT, hurt/comfort

Rating: G

Spoilers: 

Favorite line: Well, they were quite literally always together, but they weren’t together together. They simply called each other in the middle of the night when one or the other had a nightmare and knew each other’s coffee order depending on coffee chain and had spare clothes at each other’s places and nursed each other back from the brink of death on countless occasions and had broken down in each other’s arms and spent too many a tension-filled evening falling in love in clandestine seclusion on a shitty motel bed over styrofoam boxes of lukewarm takeout.

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This is a fun Mulder spiralling fic with a nice, fluffy ending.

Title: Suck it, Superman

Author: RationalCashew, @rationalcashew

Summary: Very early relationship. Season 7.

Their relationship is new. Things are going great. And, then, Mulder realizes that it's Valentine's Day and he's planned absolutely nothing.

Length: 2,433

Classification: MSR

Rating: PG

Spoilers: 

Favorite line: He’d gone through a million buzzing thoughts from the coffee table to the door. Including, but not limited to: the night was already ruined and she was going to dump him before they really had a chance to see what happened with this thing; his shirt was terrible and he should’ve changed it; if she dumped him, would she still work with him?

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A misunderstanding leads to some forward movement for our lovable idiots.

Title: Mixed Signals

Author: OnlyTheInevitable, @gaycrouton

Summary: Scully gets flowers from a secret admirer and that, combined with the way Mulder's been acting, prompts her to be honest with herself.

Length: 3,170

Classification: MSR, fluff

Rating: PG

Spoilers: 

Favorite line: “Her secret admirer. He’s been pining after her for years and she’s finally decided to take pity on him,” he told him seriously.

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Short and sweet old school Valentine’s fic from Donna. Scully’s down and Mulder figures out why. 

Title: February 14

Author: Donna

Summary: Valentine’s Day Ditty

Length: 717

Classification: MSR

Rating: G

Spoilers: 

Favorite line: "Well, you may not realize it but it is Valentine’s Day. You give pretty girls things on Valentine’s Day." Her eyebrow rose, but she didn’t comment, just picking up the box and heading toward the kitchen.

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Annika’s story of their first (belated) Valentine’s Day as a couple. Absolutely adorable.

Title: Valentine’s Day is a State of Mind

Author: Baroness_Blixen, @baronessblixen

Summary: Scully thinks Mulder has a case for them but as it turns out, Mulder has planned something else entirely.

Length: 1,251

Classification: MSR, Fluff

Rating: PG

Spoilers: 

Favorite line: “Okay fine, it was three weeks ago. Anyway, you were talking about going to a restaurant and how you haven’t been to a fancy place in ages and I thought, hey, as your bo- your partner?” He sighs before he goes on, “as your Mulder, I should do this. Remember when I asked you about having dinner the other day?”

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There’s the language of flowers, there’s an FBI ball, there’s Diana, there’s declarations of love and there’s smut. What more could you ask for on Valentine’s Day?

Title: ‘Til Stars Align

Author: MonikaFileFan, @monikafilefan

Summary: Mulder and Scully are currently stuck under Kersh’s thumb and banned to the bullpen. It’s the week of Valentine’s Day and Scully also finds herself under romantic admiration from another.

Length: 21,806

Classification: MSR, fluff and smut

Rating: E

Spoilers: 

Favorite line: “You can do this. You’re Fox freaking Mulder and you’re in love with your partner.

[hell-raven]

GENSOKYO WILL NEVER DIE!

album release date: December 20th, 2024

im excited to finally have this album finished :] heres a crossfade preview

tracklist under the cut

01 - hakurei macchiato 02 - shuusou strawberry 03 - high altitude 04 - string puller 05 - jaded hell 665 06 - metamorphose 07 - fires of hijiri 08 - in 120 seconds 09 - DENSETSU NO MAKAI 10 - Not A Single Drop 11 - unmelting sub zero 12 - GENSOKYO WILL NEVER DIE! ft. Kasane Teto

+2 bonus tracks: black market motif [piano], a shower of strange occurrences [short chiptune]

[lilydalexf]

Hey looking for an xcops MSR fic - any recs?

I have lots of X-Cops fic recs! All of them are not strictly MSR, but they are all very good and related to that episode. Enjoy! Big Debut by Kelly Moreland It's show time! Fancy by @lotsoforangesoutside Mulder and Scully get some friendly advice... Feedback by Sheryl Martin So what DID the FBI think of the COPS show? In Other Context: And the Winner Is… by Mary Greten A Cameraman's worse nightmare. In Other Context: Trust Me, Baldy by Mary Greten After the dawn... Inevitable by Flynn He knew it was inevitable. They both did. They'd known since New Years .... since that day in his apartment doorway last autumn .... maybe even since before Africa. Sooner or later, they were going to end up in bed. For real. Inversion Layer by Blackwood Agent Scully has an admirer, or two. A Nice Hot Breakfast by ScullyGolightly Mulder and Scully try to decompress after their action-filled night on the streets of Los Angeles nothing to hide by seek_its_opposite @seek-its-opposite This, for once, isn’t their usual dialogue. (post "x-cops") Raw Footage by Scullysfan Finally someone has proof Mulder and Scully are doing it during commercials. Remotely Controlled by Marguerite Be careful what you think is a good idea, A.D. Skinner. Follows "X-Cops." (This is NOT MSR. People think I need to mention that.) Shoot Out the Lights by David Hearne X-Cops post-episode Stargazing in L.A. by TeaGirl42 Now that Mulder has found some closure regarding his family history is he ready to move on with the rest of his life? A short story based on Mulder and Scully's visit to L.A - what will they do with their evening off following their starring role in 'Cops'. Angst-free happiness. The Thing With Feathers by Diana Battis A hope starved eventually dies. Traffic Jam by Trixie A discussion about fear. Untitled by @mldrgrl Prompt: "Delete that. Now." Untitled by @purrykat After the X-Cops episode airs, Scully is getting a lot of attention. Insert: Jealous!Mulder. Up in your arms by admiralty @admiralty-xfd Mulder's search for his long-lost sister has finally come to an end. What does this mean for his relationship with Scully? And where do they go from here? We're Not Here To Get Involved in Personal Problems by cecily_sass @cecilysass Forty minutes after the end of the events of X-Cops, Mulder and Scully are still in Willow Park. Scully wants food, sleep, and resolution of her (entirely professional) problems. What happens in the weary early morning hours of February 21, 2000. Willow Park: Aftermath by Kelly Moreland Scully gets ticked at the way Mulder acted in Willow Park. Xenia by @aloysiavirgata Brunch in Willow Park

[usafphantom5]

80 years ago today, the XFD-1—the prototype for the McDonnell FH-1 Phantom—made its first flight. It was a major technological achievement that helped transform US aircraft at sea from piston power to jet propulsion. Seen here is the McDonnell FH-1 Phantom in our collection.

@airandspace via X

[roarkeve]

I have a little separate X-Files area on my phone making it easier to access the authors I read- and there’s nothing better than seeing an author you love dropping new works. Especially after they said they wouldn’t or potentially wouldn’t write fic. @slippinmickeys keeps dropping gems and I’m here for it! Love finding new worlds created to delve into.

There’s a whole second screen of other authors- but anyone feel free to share any authors I need to check out.

@cultureisdarkbeer @aloysiavirgata @admiralty-xfd @sisterspooky1013

[smaiart]

goofin' around

❎XFIRE DASH! tag

[ame-aster]

隙間産業大学「Coloration」XFD

[cracksinthedark]

Gift art for admiralty-xfd featuring a scene from her incredible mcwexler fic Voir Dire. The illustration is for Chapter 34, which takes place during the episode "Something Beautiful" and features a missing scene of Jimmy and Kim the morning before Jimmy goes to meet with Mike at Loyola’s. Everyone should go read it right now. :)

Read Voir Dire on AO3. (Artwork is also on AO3 here.)

[agent-troi]

great points on Diana. I can't quite figure out what I think about her narrative yet. I didn't like when she first appeared because she came across and part of a suspicious character, and her appeal was very unappealing. When Gibson is ready to disclose who Mulder is thinking about, oh boy does she want to know to stop up the pot. She's aggressive but in a frozen manner. What I mean by that is her facial expressions seem frozen, her voice is almost stilted, and her eyes lack the dance that we see in Scully' and Mulder's. I also don't know what to think about her because she didn't get a real conclusion. We are told that she is killed, but was she? Maybe she is just reassigned to do something else. I wanted to see the closure or some actual redemption of her alliance with CSM.

With that being said, when do you think Mulder figured out that Diana was lying to him and couldn't be trusted? Was it the night that he went to her apartment or when he was in his mind-reading, psychosis state? AND, do you think that during the Diana period, after work or on the weekends, Mulder and Diana had some flings or some sort of relationship?

Did Mulder choose Scully or did he get Scully by default because Diana was removed from the equation?

diana was soooo underutilized. i had vaguely heard of her before i reached her part of the story and i was expecting this big, huge, MSR-shattering deal, and then she was hardly ever on screen. i get that the actress wasn't available very often, but then don't try to make a love triangle if she's only going to be in five episodes and the rest of the time it's like she doesn't even exist.

frozen is a perfect word to describe her. she's just so insincere so much of the time. everything is a performance, tailored specifically to get mulder on her side. she's basically a more subtle version of phoebe imo; manipulative, but in a way that can slide under the radar if you're not looking for it (which mulder isn't; he wants to believe she wants the best for him).

i'm so annoyed that she was killed off-screen lmao. this show brought back jeffrey spender after we saw him get shot, brought back csm after he was literally blown up in a fiery explosion, but we don't even see diana die and she never comes back?? i'm suspicious...

(btw if you're looking for fics where she wasn't actually killed in amor fati, Gaslight by @sisterspooky1013 and Pause by @cecilysass are two of the best imo, and if you're looking for a redemption story/something that actually fleshes out her character a bit more, I recommend The Whole Truth by @admiralty-xfd and The Only Answer by me lmao)

as for when mulder finally figured out he couldn't trust her, he absolutely knew it when she went to see him in the hospital and he could read her mind. there's no way he doesn't know at that point. when he went to her apartment, he was at the very least open to the possibility that she had betrayed him. he wouldn't have gone in the first place if he really thought there couldn't be anything to it. but then csm shows up and somehow that doesn't raise a big red flag so i don't think he really got it then. it's not clear at the end of one son if mulder and the others believe that diana was among those killed at the air force base, and since she never appears or is mentioned between one son and biogenesis, we don't know at what point mulder finds out she somehow survived. depending on the circumstances of his finding out, it might have raised suspicions in his mind, which were then confirmed by the mind-reading.

my answer to the question of whether mulder and diana had any flings during this period is abso-fucking-lutely not, and not just because i personally can't stand the idea. the only time i can really see it happening is when she first shows up in the season 5 finale, but there's just no time for anything like that to happen during that episode. beyond that point, mulder starts off season 6 annoyed at diana for taking over the x-files behind his back, but then scully pulls the rug out from under him at the opr hearing after he pretty much made a fool of himself declaring confidently that she was about to prove the virus was alien, so he takes diana's side in that episode out of sheer petulance. after that he's too busy chasing "vicious, long-clawed spacelings" to be bothered to have any flings, but then at the end of the episode, scully finally comes through with evidence of alien dna in the human genome. it's too late to take back the way he embarrassed himself at the opr hearing, but it begins to put them back on the same page. and then during the period when they're off the x-files, mulder's digging through the trash in their old office to find x-files for him and scully to investigate instead of just asking diana to sneak some files out of the office for him, which i can't imagine him not doing if they're having any kind of relationship. also he’s clearly never been to diana’s apartment before one son.

this whole season is about mulder and scully dancing around the idea of being together, which is something mulder wants but is afraid to express directly, not knowing that's precisely what scully needs to hear. i just can't see him choosing to be with diana except maybe for when he's still disoriented by her sudden reappearance, and there wasn't room in the timeline of the episode for that to happen.

@randomfoggytiger broke down the progression of mulder and scully's relationship during season 6 very well, and i have nothing to add except that yes, mulder chose scully, this whole season is about mulder choosing scully, learning to appreciate her and to express that appreciation the way she wants him to. diana really is irrelevant in the end.

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mondorium様の新譜『少女作業中 ～ Phantasmagoria of Flower View.』にて描かせて頂いたアルバムアートです。

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