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- ttrpg & video games like dnd/dimension 20, dragon age, splatoon, legend of zelda

- shows like x-files, star trek (voyager + ds9 especially), x-men 97, bleach, soul eater

- occasional fashion, art, and celebrity photoshoot posts

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ngalitzine

been thinking about the x-files place in media and how the show, and mulder and scully’s relationship influences how tv is created. i think any show that is a police procedural with the skeptic/believer dynamic is genuinely inspired mulder and scully. i’m talking about bones, castle, and lucifer among many others.

i enjoy this dynamic but have been wondering why, aside from lacking david and gillian’s chemistry, these shows and ships cannot capture what the x-files and msr did so effortlessly.

i’ve come to a few conclusions.

first: the msr dynamic is misunderstood. people think that this dynamic is man is an annoying manchild and woman puts up with him. the msr dynamic is not that. not really.

mulder is, at his core, a deeply traumatized person on a mission to find his sister who was abducted by aliens. he becomes blinded by his mission, but he is highly intelligent and accomplished on his own. scully is also highly intelligent and accomplished, and they see that about each other in very first scene that meet. there is immediate respect between the, which is VITAL.

i think a lot of modern media thinks that the man has to be kind of an actual idiot (or overly sexual in his advances) at first and the woman has to help him “grow up” when that is not the case with mulder and scully at all. mulder and scully challenge each other’s world views and beliefs and help each other become the fullest versions of themselves, which is not always easy. but it is always with fundamental respect and true friendship. if mulder becomes a more mature and serious person because of scully it’s because of her influence on him, just how he influenced her to have the courage to open herself up to belief in the unknown.

and mulder and scully’s “slow burn” is so iconic because their moments of flirtation and intimacy early on is subtle. but it is there. mulder doesn’t have to ask to see scully’s tits for us to know he wants to. (but it’s a hell of a long time til he does.)

and, unlike instances with caskett and deckerstar - they are not “forced” or tricked to work together, they choose to. they actually refuse to be pulled apart because together, they will find what they’re looking for

which brings me to my next point! i think something a lot of shows don’t do if give a real reason for the copaganda other than it just being copaganda, especially a fantasy show like lucifer. on the x-files, mulder and scully are fbi agents- but them working for the fbi serves for the plot as a way for them to gain access to government secrets and lies by working from within. in a lot of ways, it is a criticism of the fbi and the government at large. mulder and scully are fbi agents because of their mission, their mission is NOT to be fbi agents.

waffleelrond

gifs of my top ten favorite movies!! ty for the tag, @ferdieylisse :)

tagging uhhhh @alonelylimes @mycurrentobsessionis @mekammin @artist-assassin @lavenderlevetan but no pressure :)

#oooo what a great lineup of movies i cant wait to do this later #thank you for the tag <3

kuviraissues

EMERGENCY COMMISSIONS

hi everyone. one of my worst nightmares has happened to me — my pc, which is essential for my work, has broken down and seems to be irreparable. the only option is to buy a new one, but my financial situation has been very difficult in the country that's going through the war.

commissions are one of the very few sources of income i have as a disabled person, so if you're interested/have additional questions, feel free to contact me here, on twitter or through [email protected].

in case you can't afford commissioning me but still want to show support, i have ko-fi (there's a goal to help my partner out, too).

every repost means a lot. thank you!

kuviraissues

2 free slots left!

scullee

random x-files studies on infinite painter and clip studio paint

#STUNNINGGGG WOW

aphrostiel

janeway and seven

#WORLD’S LONGEST HELL YEAH #cutie pies <3

aphrostiel

missing msr so i drew them

#the colors the designs oughhhh this is sooooooo pretty

katebeckets

how to say "I love you" in x-files [485/?] ⤷ 1.02 — “Deep Throat”

#her smile in the last gif i cant stop watching

blasesaint

neomachine

I regenerate in my alcove, I study the Starfleet database, and I contemplate my existence.

That's a lot of time by yourself.

paksthestoic

currently thinking about how appalled voyager’s crew is every time an alien culture perceives them as terrifying

Like, yes, Voyager is peaceful but hardly defenseless. Their very first appearance in the delta quadrant destabilized power balances for multiple dominant societies (Kazon, trabe, vidiians) and they CONTINUE to do this (Borg, Devore, those weird aliens that took over ships by teleporting onto them)

Voyager may choose diplomacy, but wars in the show are won and lost by who Voyager sides with like a proper choose-your-own adventure

The captain and first officer have, multiple times, done the equivalent of “we are so peaceful. But alas, you have harmed/taken crewmember x. And thus, you will pay.”

The captain, on at least two definable occasions, has told the equivalents of gods “rip to y’all but we’re built different” (the Q continuum and the aliens who zapped Kes), and in later seasons actively raids the Borg for parts, to the point where the Borg Queen herself has a big poster of Janeway in her Borg bedroom with a whole bunch of darts in her face.

And then the few times in the show that it is made clear that certain cultures fear them, they are GENUINELY baffled like “:( but we would only use our incredible weapons systems and our penchant for surviving impossible situations if you MADE us do that :(“

Love that Voyager can and will open a can of whoop-ass, even if it’s not a full frontal assault. Love even more that Voyager’s crew is confused.

You tell the eldritch being that shows up at your doorstep that she’s scary, and she is just viscerally shattered by the very idea and tries to make it up to you by offering impossible deals and resources. Which is scarier.