Everything else. Thereās also other Marvel movies that donāt involve the original Avengers. Some DC Comic movies posts. Here you'll find articles & subjects that are important to me as well. For Star Wars stuff, follow @md-2020-pp for The Mandalorian, & @sw-2020-1 for Star Wars: The Bad Batch. & @star-wars-stuff-1 for all other Star Wars stuff. My latest fixation has been the X-Files series. Iāve been binge-watching it. Icon credit: https://www.tumblr.com/reasonandfaithinharmony/183935401450/promo-shoot-season-5 Header Credit: https://www.tumblr.com/x-fave/793643447335763968 , https://www.tumblr.com/x-fave/800438114227208192, https://www.tumblr.com/x-fave/800437299647266816, & https://www.xfilesarchive.com/the-post-modern-prometheus.html, https://www.tumblr.com/x-fave/802703964824027136, https://www.tumblr.com/x-fave/805487898094895104/%EF%BD%98
now on season five. my favorite thing about sculder is that everyone in scullyās life advises her against devoting herself to mulder and the narrative punishes her for doing it anyway. her family is supportive of scullyās career to start, but the instant her codependency with mulder starts bleeding beyond the professional realm - impacting her health, her ability to be present in the lives of her family, and resulting in the death of her own sister - they understandably turn hostile towards him. but even after getting cancer and coming to near death, scully still trusts him. she believes in him. she chooses him. and we as the audience get it! because weāve seen that mulder usually is correct, and always prioritizes scullyās wellbeing. we know exactly why scully would trust him more than even her own flesh and blood. but we also empathize with scullyās family because theyāre not privy to that. all they know is scullyās life took a turn for the worse when mulder entered. of course they hate him.
for the first five seasons we are watching someone loose themselves to another person, without the easy explanations of āwell they are datingā or āthey did get marriedā. they are coworkers. coworkers who also lay down their lives for one another. by episode two, scully is negotiating a hostage release of this man she barely knows but would risk everything for. they are beyond dating or marriage, so intimate with each other that itās got people worried. thatās codependency baby!!! thatās the shit I live for!!!
Scully was in the kitchen, putting away dishes from dinner, and talking to her mother on the phone.
"Don't forget about brunch this Sunday," Maggie reminded her.
Scully winced. She had definitely forgotten about the plans they made a few weeks ago. Luckily, there was no out-of-town case she was working on, so she wouldn't have to cancel. Scully always felt guilty cancelling plans, especially with her mom.
"And bring Fox with you," Maggie requested.
Scully sighed, "Mom, I don't know if he'd want to come." She wouldn't mind spending time with him outside of work, but Mulder was not the type to sit at Sunday brunch when he could be chasing cryptids in the woods.
"Dana, tell him I insist. He'll come."
She rolled her eyes at her mom's confidence. "Okay, Mother."
Scully hung up with Maggie and immediately phoned Mulder. "My mother requests your presence at brunch this Sunday," she said without introduction.
"Oh, she does?" Mulder answered. "What about Miss Dana Scully? Does she request my presence as well?"
"IĀ supposeĀ I'llĀ tolerateĀ your presence," Scully said exaggeratedly, with a smile that Mulder wasn't able to see.
"Okay, I'll leave my dance card with the butler and hope that you fill one of the boxes. What time should I pick you up?"
"10:30 please, since brunch is at 11."
"It's a date," Mulder confirmed, and ended the call before Scully could argue.
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For brunch, Maggie made a spinach and mushroom quiche and had fresh fruit, juice, and coffee laid out on the table. It was quite the spread for three people, but Scully appreciated the effort her mom had put in. Mulder seemed to appreciate it, too, as he complimented Maggie many times throughout the meal. Scully remembered Mulderās upbringing on Marthaās Vineyard and how that most likely contributed to his good manners (when he wanted to display them, that is).
Ā After brunch, Maggie shooed Mulder and Scully into the living room so she could clean up but quickly returned with old photo albums that she clearly wanted to show Mulder.
"Mom, we don't need to look at these," Scully protested. She didnāt need Mulder to see her frizzy hair and terrible fashion sense in her younger years.
"Fox, doesn't mind, do you?" Maggie asked Mulder directly.
"Not at all! In fact, I insist you find me a picture of Dana with braces,ā he implored.
Scully groaned ā she was outnumbered.
She suffered through baby pictures, school portraits, and graduation photos, until Maggie stopped on a picture of Scully and Melissa, at a wedding about ten years earlier.
Maggie put her hand on the photo and got misty eyed. "I have the two most beautiful daughters in the world."
Scully rolled her eyes. "Every mother says that."
"Well, it's true!ā Maggie insisted. āFox, don't you agree?"
Scully swung her head to Mulder. She wanted to tell him that he did not have to answer, but he spoke too quickly. "I think Dana is the most beautiful woman in the world,ā he said confidently.
"Mulder!" Scully exclaimed, covering her face in embarrassment. What would possess him to say something like that?
Maggie smiled smugly. "See, Dana. I'm right!ā
"Can we please stop talking about my appearance?" Scully asked, feeling her face redden even more. Luckily, Mulder and Maggie acquiesced, and they moved on to the rest of the album.
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When Mulder and Scully departed, heading towards the car, Scully felt she had to comment on Mulder's proclamation from earlier once they were in the car. "You don't have to humor her, you know. She already likes you."
That latter statement was quite evident, as Maggie had given Mulder leftovers and a hug on their way out.
"Humor her?" Mulder questioned.
"You know, when she was talking about having the most beautiful daughters? I hope you didnāt feel like you were put on the spot."
"Scully, I wasn't humoring her because I was telling the truth.ā
"Mulder, you cannot possibly think I'm the most beautiful woman in the world. While very flattering, it's a ridiculous statement."
"I don't think so."
"Really? Well, what about Marilyn Monroe?"
"She doesn't do it for me."
"Naomi Campbell?"
"She's pretty, but..." he shrugged and opened the passenger door for Scully to get in.
"Pamela Anderson?"
"Scully, you could list every woman featured in People magazine and itās not going to change what I think. Why can't you take a compliment?"
Scully paused to buckle her seatbelt, not sure how she wanted to respond. She decided to be honest. "Well, no one's ever said anything like that to me before," she admitted quietly.
"I guess I need to say it more often," Mulder said with a wink, then pulled the car away from the curb.
They were quiet for most of the drive, mostly because Scully was ruminating on Mulder's comment. Could he really believe she was that beautiful? It was really sweet if he did. Mulder had this peculiar habit of driving her absolutely crazy, and then being so kind and gentle the next moment.
When Mulder pulled up to Scully's apartment, he put the car in park and unlocked the doors so she could exit.
Scully leaned over to kiss him on the cheek. "Thanks, Mulder." She quickly unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car before he could comment on her out-of-character behavior.
Mulder rolled the window down. "Thanks for the ride?" he asked.
Scully rolled her eyes. "Thanks for being so nice to me. And for the compliment..." she trailed off, still slightly embarrassed by Mulder's earlier pronouncement.
"You're not so bad looking yourself," she said, almost unwillingly. Scully tried to keep her feelings about Mulder (appearance and otherwise) buried deep, but since he made the first move, she thought it would be okay to let him know that the sentiment was reciprocated.
Mulder grinned through the open window. "Most handsome man in the world?"
Journey to the Truth - tangent: Dreamland Fic Recs (S6 E04 - E05)
So, I was hit with a migraine during these episodes, which means I read a LOT of fic. That means more for you. Fortunately, the arc is primed for msr. As for the pics, this is one of my all-time favorite scenes.
Pre-Dreamland
"Vespers" by Penumbra (gossamer) - @volpeantica gave me the heads up that this is the same author as "Heuvelmans' On the Track" that I gushed over. Thanks to them and happenstance, I decided to check this particular fic out at the perfect moment. The language is lush.
During Dreamland
"Out of the Damn Car" by ATTHS_TWICE - what was Mulder dreaming about while mumbling Scully's name?
Post-Dreamland
"The X Between Us/Season 6, Chapter 4" by Atths2 - Scully won't remember any of this...
Begins During Dreamland II (AU)
"if you weren't so" by seek_its_opposite - differences in the ending & M&S remember what happened
Post-Dreamland II
"Who did it better?" by kantigone - some of the event memories are bleeding through, and M&S want answers. obviously
"Confusion Sets In" by RocketMan (gossamer) - Mulder finds his apartment 'altered'
"The X Between Us/Season 6, Chapter 5" by Atths2 - Mulder has an unusual dream (Have I mentioned how much I'm enjoying this series yet? Deceptively simple, but right on target time after time.)
Dreamland AU
"the best happens on long car drives" by patheticpineapple - the car conversation without the whole body swap/pesky episode nonsense
"Underneath Your Skin" by crescentmoon223 - M&S body swap, a shorter one
"Swap" by Soronia - M&S body swap, a longer one
My favorite part of Dreamland may now be the fic. I always felt like there was so much left untapped. So thank you writers for building on that well-seeded but under- developed territory. You make my heart happy! Thanks so much for reading!
I'm finally reading cecily_sass's (no tag because they probably don't want to be bothered š ) The Boy on the Beach, and I'm only 5 chapters in, but I understand now why it shows up on all best-of-all-time TXF rec lists.
I know that this is very classic Chris Carter but I cannot understand how heā¦ missed the central conflict of IWTB? It is actually about their relationship and the āscaresā that he is so fond of is just the inciting event that forces them to examine their relationship and eventually conclude that they have to return to fighting for both sides. Mulder cannot dedicate himself solely to the darkness, and Scully is limited if she only treads amongst the known world, and to give up on that interplay on either side would be a fatal mistake. Theyāre tested for this over and over. āThis stubbornness of yours? Itās why I fell in love with you.ā āAnd itās why we canāt be together.ā <This is the central conflict, actually
Chris Carter proving once again that he just doesn't understand how stories work. He's one of those sci-fi guys that's convinced their Cool Idea is so cool that it will summon an audience that values the Idea as much as they do. But the reality is that no idea is cool and original enough to circumvent the need for story structure. And for as long as humanity has been telling stories, they've been about people and relationships. Mulder and Scully are the Plot and the aliens serve their character journeys. In much the same way that the plot of Star Wars is not the lightsabers and the spaceships and funky aliens, they're all set dressing for a story about standing up against a tyrannical government. In both cases the aliens add interest and texture to the world, but the core stories and the reasons they resonate and people care about them still are far more universal. And while I'm very picky about horror movies, the best ones inevitably make you care about the characters they're putting in danger. It's not scary without emotional investment, and Mulder and Scully (and their relationship) Are the emotional investment for the X-Files
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