i’m watching the x-files for the first time. thirty years too late but hey…
mulder casually remembering exactly what scully wrote her graduate thesis on is, unfortunately, one of the hottest things i’ve ever seen a fictional man do
the bar is simultaneously in hell and somehow incredibly specific
GA Addresses Rumors, Once and For All
2007: On Journalist Bias (and DD)
This is, perhaps, my favorite Gillian response of all time.
TL;DR
"I know that no matter how nicely I request the end, it will, especially in this situation, be contorted to fit the snippy mood of the journalist."
"Did David and I hate each other? At times yes. [...] Do we hate each other now? Not in the least. [...] Do I imagine that when we do the film together we won't hate each other for a few hours during the filming? [...] But we will also love each other and laugh with each other and pull pranks on each other and bug each other like we did for nine years."
April 26, 2007:
THIS IS A BLOG - IT IS THE FIRST AND THE LAST
I want to address the recent confusion around whether or not I enjoyed working on the X-Files which seems to have stemmed from out-takes of interviews past present and future as far as I can work out. I don't even know where to begin but I need to keep it short and with my claws in.
My experience is that whether I am asked about the X-Files or not in an interview, details about the series and my previous comments about the series are included in the text.
If I am asked about the series, and I ask to not stay too long on the subject due to the fact that I am promoting something else, I am frequently made out to be moody/abrupt/rude/dismissive you name it. If I do talk about the series, which I recently did as it was blatantly clear that the interviewer did not like the film I was promoting, I try to make it light and fun and not repeat myself as even I am sick of hearing the same old yarn.
What usually happens is that they ask about the long hours - I say yes they were long - they say, but you have said that at times it was a living hell and I say, yes at times it was... it was insane and long and wet and all that but there were good times too - and then the interviewer says provocatively - as if I'm either an idiot for staying in the series under such conditions or an idiot for saying it was so challenging when clearly it wasn't because I stayed - why didn't you get out? And my response which is as much incredulity that someone who has written for years about the television industry has either never heard of a contract or has the shallowness to pretend he has never heard of a contract - I say, "are you kidding me?! when you go to network you sign a contract even before your last audition".....
So the dilemma, do I go on explaining the X-F contract/salary details - as if he really cares - all the while injecting positive quips about the show and how grateful I am, or do I cut it short because I really don't want to be in this conversation yet again even though I know that no matter how nicely I request the end, it will, especially in this situation, be contorted to fit the snippy mood of the journalist. None of this has much of anything to do with my experience on the series let alone me as a person.
The series went on for a long time - longer than any of us had anticipated or some of us had wished. It was the hardest work I will ever do in my life. I hope for the sake of my children and my sanity that I never have to work that hard again.
Did I hate it? At times yes.
Did I love it? At times yes.
Did I regret it or do I regret it now? Not for a second.
Did David and I hate each other? At times yes like any brother and sister, husband and wife, co-worker and co-worker forced to spend that much time together under such strenuous circumstances.
Do we hate each other now? Not in the least.
Do I imagine that when we do the film together we won't hate each other for a few hours during the filming? No. We will. Vehemently. As David waits patiently, again and again for the hair dryer to calm my frizzy hair between takes so it matches the beginning of the scene... he will undoubtedly be thinking "what... was I thinking agreeing to shoot with her f-ing frizzy hair again?"
But we will also love each other and laugh with each other and pull pranks on each other and bug each other like we did for nine years.
And that's that.
BONUS
And she was correct.
April 16, 2008:
Shock: What’s that like with David now that you’re not with each other 16 hours a day on a series?
Anderson: It’s great, but it was great then, too. This is like a sibling relationship and I never had siblings. I had brothers and sisters that started when I was 13, so I was out of the house and didn’t have that experience. There was always this love/hate – hate is too big of a word – but there was always something. It was a natural relationship over a period of time. Now we’ve grown up and we’re older, we’re more appreciative of the relationship period and the unique experience we had together and have an opportunity to continue that and foster it. We’ve always loved each other and we’re always going to be a battle sometimes.
Who woulda thought that shorter hours and a personal life away from work would engender better friendships?
I've always really, really loved this moment, ever since I watched it live in 1998. It's small, and maybe it's silly, but there's something endearing about the Scullycentrism of it. This episode is extremely Mulder-focused—in both the 1933 timeline, which is in Mulder's POV, and the 1998 timeline, which is in Scully's POV but is completely about Mulder—and the question that hangs over the episode (at least for me) is about their bond; a kind of "Will she recognize him?" (Not literally, but in a spiritual sense.) And ultimately, we get the answer to that question: "Yes, she will. Not completely, but enough to believe him and do as he asks, thus saving him and herself and the whole world."
But this moment is A Scully Moment. She senses something at that spot in the hallway, and she doesn't know what it is, but she feels that recognition that we've been yearning for. "I know you. You're dear to me." And for My Girl to have that overt, absolute recognition not for Her Man but rather for herself is... I don't know. There's something healing, and beautiful, and proud, and self-loving about it.
It’s interesting, I don’t really picture Mulder and Scully yearning for each other the way I do with most other ships. They don’t really need to yearn, right? They get to see each other every day. They’re already the center of each other’s worlds, and I think on some level, they’re aware of their importance to the other person. So I don’t really think of them as yearning. Instead I think they’re just more excited to go to work than they used to be. They miss each other when they go home for the night. They find themselves collecting anecdotes to tell each other; when they see something funny or beautiful or fascinating, they’re the first person the other wants to tell. Maybe that is yearning, I don’t know. But yearning hurts, and I don’t think the way they love each other hurts. I think loving each other is the easiest part of their lives.
The 2026 MSR Bingo Challenge is officially complete!
A big thank you to all of the wonderful, talented writers who participated as well as to everyone who’s read, commented, and left kudos. The collection is still open for those who want to contribute.
Without further ado, here’s what y’all created:
The entire Bingo Challenge Collection on AO3
Stats:
Total Fics: 21
Most popular square: “Is that what I think it is?”
Total Words: 74,901
The Fics:
I love you, Doctor Scully by abubblewithdinos
prelude to the petries by catharsisxf
the way to a man’s heart by catharsisxf
being alone is better with you by catharsisxf
destiny, fate, (how to throw a curveball) by catharsisxf
Ready to Drink by dancinqueen
The Aftermath of a Dream by Defnotmeyo
An Interrupted Moment by future_fangirl
Nine Missing Minutes by future_fangirl
Is the Monster in the Room? by future_fangirl
Smoke and mirrors by Jaquescully
Indiscretos by Jaquescully (in Portuguese)
The Ship Masters by Jaquescully
Lights, Camera, Orgasm by k (observeroftheuniverse) & peacenikO
Clearing the air by Little_Grey_Girl
when it all comes down to dust by plausiblestateoforegon (shuuuliet)
hilarious to me when even fox mulder is disgusted by something alien happening in front of him. What The Fuck Is That says man in charge of the What The Fuck Is That Department
vaporwave
germansingergirl
romaincrisis
tangentwithtanner
janainaart
gummygunk
turnnoffyourmind
