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Sometimes the ghosts come to visit me. Yeah, I feel you tonight, Paul. This one's for you.

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an exit wound that feels so fucking good, @/megann_lynne on twitter

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Memento Mori

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Because I have been in my cave and losing track of the days...

Happy Juneteenth!

And happy 27th anniversary to this gem!

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Finished S1 of Andor tonight. Kudos to all involved; a banger of a story. And frighteningly prescient of the times we're living in. That should scare you. It does me.

Random thoughts:

~ Diego Luna wears the skin of a reluctant rebel/hero very convincingly. He's a lovely combination of all the tropes that come with that designation. And he gives good and very expressive face.

~ I love Bix. I'm a sucker for tough women who are (mostly) hiding a marshmallow heart.

~ I would like to put in a request for my very own Brasso. He pushes like 95% of my buttons. I do love me a big man who takes care of shit and has a heart of gold.

~ I feel bad for Vel, who loves Cinta so much, even when it's obvious Cinta loves the work of the rebellion more than she does Vel.

~ B2EMO has my heart. ❤️

~ Mon Mothma is fascinating. I haven't seen any of the Star Wars films that are set before A New Hope, and probably won't - except for Rogue One down the line. But I've enjoyed getting to know her in Andor.

P. S. Perrin needs to be bitch slapped. I volunteer! 👋🏼

~ I'm not sure how I feel about Luthen yet. He's supposed to be heading up a major part of the rebellion but comes across almost as a villain. Which I suppose he justified in his monologue in Ep. 12. Or was it 11? I'm not sure, but stay tuned...

~ I'm kinda into Dedra and Syril. Will that be allowed? They're both such wonderfully layered villains. And there is so much chemistry there.

~ All the supporting characters are very well written and acted. No sense of the writers creating people just so they can fill a particular slot in the story. Very organic as a whole.

I'll probably take a few days off before I start S2. Just to absorb everything. Thanks to everyone who peer-pressured me into watching Andor. Y'all were right. 😘

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i’ve started using procreate again and omg i love it i had so much fun with this

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A Clash of Kings, Sansa V by George R. R. Martin, 1998 / Thanatos, Temple of Artemis at Ephesos, c. 325–300 BC / Sandor Clegane by Magdalena Korzeniewska (bubug), 2015 / A Storm of Swords, Arya IX by George R. R. Martin, 2000 / Death on the Pale Horse by Gustave Doré, 1865 / A Feast for Crows, Brienne IV by George R. R. Martin, 2005 / Death and the Maiden by Karl Karger, 1885 / A Storm of Swords, Sansa II by George R. R. Martin, 2000 / night weighs a wreath of dark by katlöwe / A Feast for Crows, Cersei IV by George R. R. Martin, 2005

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Made the mistake of opening TXF on Hulu one day? Picked the wrong channel when it was on television? Did this mistake result in a life-ruining obsession? You too may be entitled to financial compensation from Chris Carter if you join my class action lawsuit by reblogging this post.

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Just remember this: those in power in this country right now want to keep us all dumb, sick, and poor. Sheep to the slaughter. Don't let them do that to you. Don't be sheep. Be lions.

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No 😟 but I'm still up for it. I know it sounds really lazy on my part, but I don't have the mental energy these days to take on creating a SanSan week or perhaps even weekly discussions. But I'd do my best to participate if someone else did.

GOT did a number on me, too. But my love for SanSan never really went away. And when I think about writing these days (if the muse be willing), it's those two that occupy most of my headspace. A love like that never dies. 😉

Then something stirred behind her, and a hand reached out of the dark and grabbed her wrist. Sansa opened her mouth to scream, but another hand clamped down over her face, smothering her. His fingers were rough and callused, and sticky with blood. “Little bird. I knew you’d come.” The voice was a drunken rasp.

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Because the current Christofascist administration is doing this -ending access to specialized suicide prevention services for LGBTQ+ youth, The Trevor Project wants you to be aware that you can contact them directly if you need someone to talk to. You are not alone. 🏳️‍🌈

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alex krycek is the best villain in the x files........the duplicity. the narcissism. the inexplicable sexual tension he has with everyone. the way he's undeniably evil but sometimes you have to root for him. just.....the flavor. he has what cancerman wants

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always a powerful combination

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Spooky Award Winners 1998 - full list!

The Spooky Awards were the annual awards given to X-Files fan fiction from 1995-2004 (except for, strangely, the year 1997). They were voted on by readers in a process that's a little unclear to me now--I know it must have been occasionally controversial, because there were sometimes concerns about "ballot stuffing." Full disclosure, I'm getting most of my info about this from Fanlore, although as an aged person I do remember the Spookys being a big deal back in the day. I might have even voted for them at some point, but I really don't remember how it worked. I sure af know we didn't have Google Forms. From year to year the categories changed, sometimes drastically, and sometimes they awarded honorable mentions. In the earlier years, from my point of view, it looks like a lot of the same fics and authors won again and again in lots of categories, but by the later years, it seems like it was a much more varied group of winners. I find the Spooky winners really fascinating to look at now because (1) they show what people liked to write and read back when the show was on; (2) they're an interesting documentation of early online fandom / fanfic, including how people liked to categorize fic and pairings; (3) there are a lot of fics and authors on these lists that people still read and recommend; (4) there are some fics that people really don't read and recommend, and I'm always curious why (some might deserve to be remembered more!). I'm going to list the 1998 Spooky winners below and link each fic as best I can so other people can explore them. I chose 1998 because there were a lot of familiar fics to me on this list--honestly, some real bangers--but maybe I'll do another year later. I found every fic but one still online. (Unacceptable by Justin Glasser anyone?) A few random observations about 1998: obviously lots of movie fic. Less of a focus on strictly MSR, and plenty of same sex pairings, including Scully slash. More male fic authors / author names than we typically see nowadays. Also, in googling for a hard-to-find fic, I think I discovered another XF fanfic author who went pro (Saundra Mitchell). Look these over and give me your thoughts!

Outstanding Portrayal of Mulder Angst

First Place - Iolokus series - Mustang Sally and RivkaT

Second Place - The Cry of the Truth - A. I. Irving

Third Place - Eleventh Hour - Rachel Anton

Outstanding Mulder Characterization

First Place - Reach - Khyber

Second Place - Antidote - Karen Rasch and Rachel Howard

Third Place - Tangible - Blueswirl

Outstanding Original Character

First Place - Miranda Scully -- Iolokus IV - MustangSally and RivkaT

Second Place - Audrey--A Show of Strength - Meredith

Outstanding Original Villain

First Place - George Naxos --- Iolokus - MustangSally and Rivka T

Second Place - Mark Dupree --- ELS - Dawson Rambo

Third Place - Mr. Chancy/Simon Moloch -- Kevin Justin Glasser

Outstanding Portrayal of Scully Angst

First Place - Wallpaper - Annie Sewell-Jennings

Second Place - Primal Sympathy - Lydia Bower

Outstanding Scully Characterization

First Place - Reach - Khyber

Second Place - Antidote - Karen Rasch and Rachel Howard

Outstanding Characterization of a Recurring TV Character

First Place - Worth her Weight - Marguerite

Second Place - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Plausible Deniability

Outstanding Vignette

First Place - Fast Hard Screw on the Main Deck - Bidie McCucholl

Second Place - The Shadow of His Wings - Marguerite

Outstanding Humor Story

First Place - Your Platonic Relationship: An Owner's Manual - Lilla Vaughan

Second Place - The Carrot and the Stick - Plausible Deniability

Outstanding Author

First Place - Dawson Rambo

Second Place (tie)- Lydia Bower

Second Place (tie)- Nascent

Outstanding New Author

First Place - Bidie McCucholl

Second Place - Annie Sewell-Jennings

Outstanding Drama

First Place - The Iolokus Series - MustangSally & RivkaT

Second Place - A Show of Strength - Meredith

Outstanding Mulder/Scully Friendship

First Place - Worth Her Weight - Marguerite

Second Place (tie) - The Abyss Looks Back - Kronos

Second Place (tie) - And Chaos Shall Reign - Kronos

Outstanding NC-17 Romance

First Place - Metamorphosis - Annie Sewell-Jennings

Second Place - Momentary Lapses Series - Dasha K. & Plausible Deniability

Outstanding Non-NC-17 Romance

First Place - Reach - Khyber

Second Place - Merry Christmas, Scully - Stephanie Kaiser

Outstanding Other Romance

First Place - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Plausible Deniability

Second Place - Loners - Anne Haynes

Outstanding Mulder/Other Romance

First Place - Banging Your Head Against a Red-Haired Brick Wall - Blair Provence

Second Place - Venture Forth - Punk Maneuverability

Outstanding Scully/Other Romance

First Place - Half a World Away - Jane St. Clair

Second Place - Wheels of Iscariot - Emilie Renee Karr

Third Place - Homicidal Tendencies - Swikstr

Outstanding Skinner/Mulder Romance

First Place - Baton Rouge - Frogdoggie

Second Place (tie) - Challenges - Te

Second Place (tie) - Lasting Consequences - Debra Fran Baker

Second Place (tie) - Rarest Man Series (Body of Evidence, Duty Before Pleasure, Feast and Famine, Resolution, Test of Endurance, Wet Dream) - Sergeeva

Second Place (tie) - Unacceptable - Justin Glasser

Second Place (tie) - Wakened by Silence - JiM Page

Outstanding Skinner/Scully Romance

First Place - A Cold Angel Eye - Jordan

Second Place - Red Valerian Series - Dasha K.

Outstanding Platonic Mulder/Scully Romance

First Place (tie) - The Shadow of His Wings - Marguerite

First Place (tie) - Theory and Practice - Nascent

Outstanding Mulder/Scully UST

First Place - Your Platonic Relationship: An Owner's Manual - Lilla Vaughan

Second Place - Ninth Circle - Tim Scott

Outstanding Slash Story

First Place - Nightclub Girls - Dasha K

Second Place - Nightclub Jitters - Dasha K

Most Chris Carter

First Place - Kevin - Justin Glasser

Second Place (tie) - Antidote - Karen Rasch and Rachel Howard

Second Place (tie) - ELS - Dawson Rambo

Outstanding Series

First Place (tie) - The Iolokus Series - MustangSally and RivkaT

First Place (tie) - Momentary Lapses Series - Dasha K and Plausible Deniability

Outstanding Short Story

First Place - Day 17 - Khyber

Second Place - Fast Hard Screw on the Main Deck - Bidie McCucholl

Third Place (tie) - Camp - Shalimar

Third Place (tie) - All the Children are Insane - MustangSally

Outstanding Long Story

First Place - Antidote - Karen Rasch and Rachel Howard

Second Place (tie) - Reach - Khyber

Second Place (tie) - ELS - Dawson Rambo

Outstanding Story in a Series

First Place - Said the Spider to the Fly - Dark Nascent

Second Place - The Ghost at Her Side - Joyce McKibben

Third Place - Iolokus IV - MustangSally and Rivka T

Outstanding Unfinished Work

First Place - Paper Saints - Jill Selby

Second Place - Above Rubies - Rachel Howard

Outstanding Post-Episode Story

First Place - Camp - Shalimar

Second Place - All the Children are Insane - MustangSally

Outstanding Movie Fic

First Place - Worth her Weight - Marguerite

Second Place - A Makeshift Kiss - Jill Selby

Outstanding Action/Adventure Story

First Place (tie) - Antidote - Karen Rasch and Rachel Howard

First Place (tie) - Iolokus - MustangSally and RivkaT

Outstanding X-File

First Place - ELS - Dawson Rambo

Second Place - Antidote - Karen Rasch and Rachel Howard

Outstanding Crossover

First Place - Homicidal Tendencies - Swikstr

Second Place - The Flash Forward Series/ Slash Evidence Series (Young Blooded, Signature, Worst Case Scenario, Segue: Litany and Requiem) - Saundra Mitchell

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This one too. Unplug the brain and just float on waves of aural goodness.

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might fuck around and drink the daily recommended amount of water