emma's diary

[iemmaqueen10]

guys I have a really good x files fic idea. what if instead of fbi agents Mulder and Scully were spies but for different agencies, and one day are tasked to kill each other but something else happens. please someone see my vision and write it

[carollover2000]

👽❤️👽

The chemistry between Scully and Mulder is so good that people treat it like queer baiting…honestly the xfiles deserves it, tho.. they made us wait way to long for that one kiss

[noah-wyles]

I THOUGHT IT WAS AN APRIL FOOLS!

WERE LOSING SAMIRA FOR ELLIS BUT AT WHAT FUCKING COST!

[eymurn]

“i thought i’d weird you out” you weirded me in, twin

[and-the-rest-of-the-universe]

New Melissa Scully headcanon just dropped:

Smoking Man orchestrated her death because if she had lived much longer she would’ve rendered Mulder and Scully too emotionally competent for his liking.

[polkaadotz]

msr college au .·:*¨༺ ༻¨*:·.

╰┈➤ ❝ do you think i'm spooky? ❞

»»----------► pre-med major scully ✰ | psych major mulder ➶

[neunhofferart]

Do you want to believe?

Guess who's been rewatching the X Files~

[bucksangel]

this is immensely funny to me

[roadlesstraveledby]

can we talk about how in episode THREE of the x-files scully is like “you were acting pretty territorial” and then she tries to backtrack bc that sounds insane and mulder is just straight up like “of course i was”

like????????

episode THREE come on now

[veryplausible]

we should also talk about the dialogue that was cut from the first part of scene because I would have personally never recovered:

[flospughsadadad-deactivated2021]

Pilot (1993) dir. Robert Mandel

[kfc-myrder-chickx]

save me ftf hallway outtake… save me…

[juliavaccina-art]

X-Files x Zootopia

[enigmaticxbee]

XF AU - Fic Recs

When the world was unrecognizable and upside down, there was one thing that remained the same. You... were my friend, and you told me the truth. Even when the world was falling apart, you were my constant... my touchstone (or, alternate universe and canon-divergent fics):

Contemporary AUs:

A Companion Unobtrusive by @slippinmickeys - She needed a roommate. He needed a room.

The Annapolis Grant by @slippinmickeys - Fake relationship! Scully hires Mulder to pretend to be her boyfriend.

Aprons and Scrubs by @lokisgame - Scully’s a doctor and Mulder runs a bar.

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...

Skin by Annie Sewell-Jennings - In a world where Mulder and Scully have never met, fate intervenes and brings two worlds colliding in the city of Charleston, as a vicious murderer reigns and a storm approaches.

Sinners Come Down by aster_risk - Six years into her marriage to Daniel, Scully meets Fox Mulder at a bar one night, and they get talking and fucking over alcohol and self-pity.

In the Best Interest of the Child by @mldrgrl - 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.

Historical AUs:

By the Dim and Flaring Lamps by @sunflowerseedsandscience - Civil War AU. Captain Mulder befriends Private Scully who’s hiding a secret…

The Countess and The Earl by @slippinmickeys - Regency Romance!

Old Growth Forest by Andrea - Mulder and Scully travel back to frontier times

Rocky Mountain Interlude Part 1 and Part 2 by Jacquie LaVa and Tess - Mulder and Scully travel back in time to solve the case of a Colorado mining ghost

The Science of Sex by @if-the-seascatchfire - Masters of Sex AU. Mulder and Scully are doctors in the late 1950s who undertake a years-long study about human sexuality, and as part of the research, they also have sex with each other - you know, for the science.

Out of this World:

The Magician by Suzanne Bickerstaffe and Jennifer Lyon - Fantasy series where Mulder and Scully travel to another world full of magic (one of the first fanfics I ever remember reading!)

Out of the Little Grove by @slippinmickeys - Crossover with His Dark Materials (a mashup truly made just for me, my 13 year old self would have been over the moon)

Blinded by White Light by @dashakay - Post-colonization. What are we, but the sum of our memories? A classic.

Julia and Gabriel by Mish - Post-colonization. A new identity, a new, dangerous society, an unchanged heart and soul. Gave me Hunger Games vibes for some reason (although written years before that was published)

Canon-Divergent: Pre or Early Series

Eleventh Hour by Rachel Anton - Mulder travels back in time to find college-aged Scully and change everything.

Belphagor’s Prime by Prufrock’s Love - When Scully disappears Mulder travels back in time to a pre-X-Files Scully for help.

In Another Life by @mldrgrl - What if there was no conspiracy? What if Mulder was just a regular FBI Agent? What if Scully was just a bureau pathologist?

How They Met by @peacenik0 - After an encounter at Scully’s FBI academy graduation party they must determine how to deal with their past and their undeniable attraction to one another when partnered up.

One Week at Quantico by CrossedBeams - What if Mulder had been teaching at the Academy when Scully was training…

Paging Dr. Scully by @mangokiwitropicalswirl - Mulder keeps ending up in Dr Scully’s ER.

Only One Choice by @sisterspooky1013 - Scully was never assigned to The X Files.

The Way Things Are by Sukie Tawdry - A season 1 one night stand changes everything. Baby-fic.

Departures & Arrivals by anarchybeauty - After the X Files are closed in 1994, Scully moves on. Two years later, she runs into Mulder in an airport.

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.

12 Rites of Passage and 12 Degrees of Separation by Anne Hayes - mytharc story written very early in the series run.

parent_1 by @markwatneyandenesemble - It’s 1996, Mulder’s been off the X-Files for three years, and not speaking to Scully. They’ve almost moved on with their lives. Almost.

Canon-Divergent: Mid Series

A Different Place by @myownsuperintendent - When Mulder successfully brings one of the Samantha clones back from the farm with him in Herrenvolk, she must learn to adapt to a different life.

Once More With Feeling by skinfull - While on a stakeout Mulder is shot in the head and loses his memory.

Iolokus by rivkat and MustangSally - Mytharc AU. Painted across the barren and desolate reaches of Texas, the shadows of the Project put additional pressure on Scully and Mulder's already fragile relationship. After a hostage crisis raises more questions about the Project's breeding program, Scully begins her own investigation, leaving Mulder to choose between saving her and saving himself. Pretty disturbing but fascinating, a classic.

Arizona Highways by Fialka - Mytharc AU. 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? Another classic.

Heuvelmans' On the Track by @mashnotesofthemythopoeic - post-FTF mytharc AU, truly a ride you’ll never forget.

The Leap and Landfall by Ambress - Scully has a one time opportunity for motherhood, given to her by the Kurt Crawfords.

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

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.

Cubed by Louise Marin - Mid-season 6 Scully does a little body-swapping of her own. Can she and Mulder make it back to each other? Do they want to?

The Boy on the Beach and Tonight We're Gonna Party Like It's 1999 by @cecilysass - One moment she was sitting in the chair. Her chin up, her expression ice. And the next moment she was gone. Fantastic exploration of the Samantha storyline.

Canon-Divergent: Late or Post Series

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

Mobius by L.A. Ward - Post-Requiem while investigating the disappearance of a physicist, Scully finds someone she didn't expect - Mulder. But is it her Mulder?

By the Wind Grieved by Karen Rasch - Mulder is returned several months post Requiem but he doesn't know who he is or what Scully and he are to each other. Together they must reclaim the past before their enemies take away their future.

Deadalive AU by @markwatneyandenesemble - Mulder is returned but is missing several years of memory.

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.

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

2008 by MystPhile - With the quest at an end, the X-Files closed in the year 2000. Our heroes went their separate ways. In 2008, they meet in Bloomingdale's and the past, present, and future are explored.

Dr. Scully's School for Exceptional Boys by Prufrock’s Love - More than a decade had passed. Mulder had no reason to hole up in his apartment alone, wearing a Three Dog Night T-shirt with dried mustard on the hem and blue jeans that had seen better days. He wasn't "saving himself" for anyone. Especially not Her. Though she remained epically, beautifully, brilliantly kick-A-S-S.

Machines of Freedom by Amal Nahurriyeh - post-IWTB. The end of the world is coming. And they're doing everything in their power to stop it.

North of Zero by @slippinmickeys - Post-IWTB, post-colonization. The bombs have fallen. The aliens have come. What’s next?

Canon Parallel AUs:

I've got you under my skin by cuits - In a universe where soulmate identifying marks exist and affect a part of the population, would Mulder and Scully's relationship evolve any different? Unfinished but complete through Existence so it still ends in a satisfying place.

Half-light by skuls - Mulder and Scully get a second chance.

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?

[do-you-think-im-pookie]

I absolutely love this part of the recap from "The Blessing Way" because they make it seem like Scully shot Mulder for accusing her of being a spy and taking notes on him

[remedialpotions42]

This is it, this is the show

[rarilee33]

dana in 'beyond the sea'

[cecilysass]

You and your pretty partner seem awfully close: happy 30th to Pusher (plus fic recs!)

Let’s all celebrate 30 years of Pusher, which aired originally on February 23, 1996, which is of course also Scully's birthday. (Kind of fun that during season 3, Clyde Bruckman aired on Mulder's birthday, and Pusher aired on Scully's, right?)

Pusher, you’re truly the episode that has it all. Captivating MOTW concept? Check. All-too-plausible middle-aged white guy villain with vague incel vibes? Check. Subtle shippy moments peppered throughout? Check. Super suspenseful climax that also draws out intense emotional beats between Mulder and Scully? Check. 

One of the things that is so genius about Pusher, I think, is the relatively banal antagonist. Robert Patrick Modell isn’t an evil mastermind. He isn’t even a monster per se. He’s just an ordinary man who hasn’t been as successful as he wants in life. He’s been told he has limited time left. And he’s been granted power, which he promptly abuses for his own purposes. It’s perhaps worth observing that Pusher was written by Vince Gilligan, and that this is really not so far off from what Breaking Bad was about, too. (You could possibly even dig into Carol of Pluribus being a more sympathetic female protagonist variation of this type, as her struggle seems at least partly about how much power she has and what to do with it. But I’m not completely convinced of that, and I will write that essay when there is more of Pluribus to analyze.)

There are lots of little moments in Pusher that I consider gems. Scully telling Mulder: “Please explain to me the scientific nature of the whammy.” Mulder playing a corny “made you look” joke on Modell. The horrific Cerulean blue brainwashing.  Scully falling asleep on the stakeout. Modell commenting on the closeness of their partnership. 

But the real showstopper is the finale, of course. Even the lead up to the final scenes is so good— @actual-changeling’s post here makes me appreciate the little detail of how visibly scared Scully is as she watches Mulder prepare to walk into the hospital.

But then there is the nail-biting game of Russian roulette, which apparently made standards and practices nervous back in the day since, as apparently the logic went, you don’t want young people trying Russian roulette at home. (I don’t think that’s the big takeaway message from that scene, but yeah, it does leave an impact.) I'm sure everyone remembers the details: Mulder straining against Modell’s control. Mulder not hesitating when Modell tells him to shoot himself. His look of sweaty, jaw-clenching struggle when fighting the direction to turn the gun and fire on Scully. Scully’s single tear, her wide eyes, her perfectly tousled hair. IT’S ALL SO GOOD.

Even though Pusher is season 3, which usually is not as popular with the fic authors, she's a pretty busy girl, fic wise. I have some recs for you to celebrate her 30th! Some of these are pretty angsty; some are smutty; there are a few that are more sweet hurt-comfort; some are a pleasant combo. Pusher Fic Recs

C’mon Mulder - defnotmeyo A sweet and gentle—but also angsty— moment: Scully helps Mulder get it back together after the climactic events of Pusher. Short but moving.

Anchored - Lydia Bower / @amplifyme This fic digs deeper into the question of why it was easier for Mulder to pull the trigger on himself than on Scully. It’s psychologically interesting and beautiful. CW for suicidal ideation.

First / Second - Amal Nahurriyeh Mulder is exhausted and traumatized post-episode, and Scully tries to give him what he needs, even when that is putting her own needs aside. This is about the first time they have sex (post-Pusher) and the second (post-Detour). CW for dubcon? or consensual but uncomfortable sex had during an anxiety attack? Not sure how I'd put it, but avoid if sensitive to this.

I’ll pull the trigger with my eyes closed - when_it_is_complicated A sad, beautiful fic about the frustrations and longings of early MSR. Scully has a nightmare about Modell when the case ends, and it introduces a more emotionally intimate interlude in her relationship with Mulder.

Pushed Too Far - OnlytheInevitable Modell chooses to play Russian roulette with Scully rather than Mulder. This author digs into Modell’s apparent fascination with the partnership. Pushed - Donna A good old school Gossamer fic. After the events of the ep, both agents are kind of needy and misunderstanding one another.

Pushed - smolderyummy Mulder is shaken and guilty post-episode, and Scully gives him a message he seems to need to hear: you deserve to be loved. Smutty, sweet. 

Pushed - ATTHS_TWICE / @atths--twice Lovely, tender hurt-comfort after the episode. At first they try to recover separately, but of course that doesn’t work. 

This is Us - Frangipanidownunder This is very dark, dubcon (really noncon). I don’t usually rec fic with this CW in my rec lists, but this one is so interesting and moving, it fits with the episode so well, and really it’s about the partnership. I personally really like this fic. But definitely CW, an iteration of fuck or die trope, really.

The Tethers Loose - me me (cecilysass) In the tradition of me always including my own work on fic lists, I wrote this very recently (last Christmas) for the PoangPals Secret Santa. It's a Pusher sequel in a canon divergent universe in which Kitsunegari never happens, and it takes place directly after Elegy during season 4. There are some allusions to noncon (inspired by This is Us) but this isn’t actually in the fic. CW for cancer arc.

What did I miss? Give me more! And happy birthday to Scully, too; sorry I brought up such a potentially stressful case, girl.