#xf positivity

[nostalgicphile]

One thing I did love about MSIV? Not the pregnancy, but the way Gillian acted the scene. After she places Mulder’s hand on her stomach, she nods ever so slightly. Not sure if that was scripted or an acting choice, but it was perfect.

Second thing I loved: Mulder rocked her again while hugging Scully. I think it was @myassbrokethefall who first pointed out his tendency in other eps to do this. So tender.

Finally, during the final hug, you can see Mulder rub her a little on the back with his thumb. I mean....David can definitely pull off the loving physical stuff with perfection. I give him that.

[kateyes224]

For the record, I don't want a S12. But if I did, I'd want Glen Morgan and James Wong to be my showrunners. Can we talk about how they *brought it* for Seasons 10 and 11? What a pair of badasses, to write scripts that Gillian and David were able to both play with and dig in to emotionally. They gave us some of the weightiest and some of the most light-hearted moments, and I am...so grateful to them for that.

[thethirstisoutthere]

All this speculation and mood swings of positivity/negativity aside - if you had told me in 2001 the X-Files would be shooting it's 11th season in 2017 I would've laughed in your face. And that... that is worth celebrating.

[skinny-gillian]

I fucking love the new wig. Idc, fight me.

[justaprettycoolkeychain]

Y'know what, call me a fool but I feel like we're going to get everything we deserve with this new season. I really do. It already feels different.

[nostalgicphile]

Don’t you think they should have appointed a loyal fan of the show to help with continuity in the making of seasons 10 and 11? It seems like the creators haven’t watched the show in decades. I enjoyed this episode for what it was, though. So far I haven’t thought any season 11 episode was unwatchable...

You know what? I’ve enjoyed S11 for what it was, too. I know I can be cranky and hypercritical, but I really have had a blast this season.

Here are a few things I’ve liked/found compelling/made me think this season:

1.) Mulder scapelling a dude’s throat to save Scully.

2.) Action!Mulder & Scully in This. Reclining on the sofa. Feeling 100% a team in work and life. Bumming cash off Skinner to buy muffins and beer. Mulder referencing their kinky handcuff sex.

3.) Mulder reassuring Scully the scoot in her boot is intact. Scully asking Mulder to hold her. Oh, right, and they had sex - twice. And look: Mulder in the doorway? NEVER FORGET.

4.) Scully crashing my heart confessing her abandonment guilt to William. Seeing William. William talking to his mother. His mother realising she had conversations with her goddamn son. Mulder clinging to a thin thread as events swirl around him.

5.) Mulder throwing a tantrum on the ground. Skinner asking where Reggie was going. Scully wanting to remember everything…just as it was.

6.) Mulder and Scully getting off their personal drama long enough to appreciate Skinner. Skinner falling in a hole. Mulder and Scully buying more muffins (just kidding).

7.) Mulder and Scully getting off their personal devices long enough to appreciate each other. A starring role by a vibrator. A little dating, a little lean, a little hand-holding.

8.) Receiving confirmation children’s TV characters are evil. Mulder acknowledging his “grown” son. Mulder and Scully investigating an old-school X-File in the woods.

9.) Getting to spend eight more hours with characters I love and appreciate in spite or because of how messed up they are.

10.) Receiving solid reinforcement no show will be like The X-Files for me, ever. Being grateful to have it again, at this stage in my life, for good or for bad. It is a ride I don’t regret and would’ve never missed.

[nostalgicphile]

I was re-watching Ghouli last night and it struck me that for the first time in a really, really time the mytharc (William) took a big, big step forward - and zero steps back. After last season, which addressed the William storyline but really didn’t advance it in any way whatsoever, it was so gratifying to finally give some peace to our two leads. And though I was never a fan of how old the actor playing William was, having Miles Robbins driving off to see the country was at least more comforting than someone who actually, you know, looked 17.

In Plus One, we also had 100% confirmation that Mulder and Scully had sex, have had sex (was never really a question for me, yet still seemed to persist for some), will likely (imo) have sex again. This was critical not only in conveying their physical relationship and its potential, but also was an embrace to fans who have been teased for so, so long. You may hate every word of the dialogue, you may hate the reasoning behind what brought them together or feel uncomfortable about what the future holds, but that bit of teasing regarding their physical relationship...that’s over. Done.

Right now, in spite of loose ends (will Mulder and Scully officially get back together? will they speak to William as William? is Mulder the father? will there be a viral outbreak - as William saw? Will Monica be redeemed? etc. ), I feel oddly at peace with TXF world. It just seems like maybe some of the teasing is coming to a close and we are hitting the final lap. And maybe, maybe....there is hope for a successful conclusion for our long-suffering fandom hearts. I know we deserve it and I do believe maybe, maybe 1013 knows it, too.

[kateyes224]

XF Positivity Post

Reblog with the silliest little headcanons you have about Moose and Squirrel. I'll start.

Mulder doesn't garden for shit, he doesn't have the patience for it. But every February around Scully's birthday, he'll sprinkle a few packets of wildflower seeds in the planter boxes in front of the porch and the resulting riot of color that comes every spring never fails to make Scully smile every time she pulls up to the house.