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I decided to watch the X-Files again recently because I missed Mulder and Scully. God I love them so much. They are my all-time favourite couple and I have A LOT to say about the romantic aspect of the show.

The X-Files never set off to be a romance, and during the show, the producers seemed to try really hard not to make it one for a long time. And that's fair, the X-Files is a show about aliens, conspiracies, and mothmen.

And I can see it: the show doesn't really feature typical romance hallmarks or tropes (or not too many anyway). No obvious behaviours that indicate crushes, no mentions of having butterflies, no chats with third parties who try to push them into bed (or very few), no real attempts at flirting or asking each other out, no Valentine's Day episodes... Even when there is jealousy it toes the line between their professional and personal lives. Did Scully feel more threatened by Diana Fowley on a personal or professional level? I'd argue both. Likewise, a few declarations by Mulder and Scully are kind of related to their professional roles (i.e. Scully saying she wouldn't herself on the line for anyone but Mulder) so there is plausible deniability as to whether they mean it romantically or professionally.

Naturally, later in the series, there are more romantic scenes, but for a long time, there are fewer traditional "indicators" that it's a romance. The show isn't really signaling that it's a romance.

Which, ironically, in my opinion, is why Mulder and Scully are a great romantic story.

All it boils down to is:

- 2 sexy actors with explosive chemistry. That one scene I mentionned where Scully tells Mulder she wouldn't put herself on the line for anyone but Mulder? The way they look at each other conveys a LOT. And it's there throughout the show...Their eye contact, every small touches... there is something there that can't be explained. It's just... there!

- They are two interesting and complex characters while apart, and very compelling when together;

- The Respect. It's there from day 1. Despite Mulder's reputation, she came to work with him with an open-mind. When Scully comes to him with the bites mark on her lower back in her underwear, he is an absolute gentleman and reassures her. Also, they may disagree on fundamental things, but they never say that one thing that's over the line or that is just nasty. You know, the low blow, the one thing that the other is most sensitive about, that makes the other reconsider the very partnership. And they also never talk shit about each other to other people. And with Mulder's reputation, Scully fends off comments more than once. Over the years, they become the one person they trust above all. And there is something really powerful about that.

- They are 2 characters who, despite their differences, fundamentally understand each other and who are always there for each other. They have - literally - gone - to the ends of the Earth for each other.

- From my POV, they just... genuinely seem to like each other and spending time together. On a professional level, they could have gone their separate ways many times. The X-Files were shut down more than once, and yet, they went to great lenghts (sneaking around underground parking lots at night) to keep on seeing each other. On a more personal level, Scully turns down a date to spend some time with Mulder... on episode 5!

Maybe it's just me, but... that's what love is? I don't mean this as a diss towards other types of romances (there are many good ones out there), but I don't think I would have needed to see them getting butterflies, or chatting with a friend about maybe asking them out, or big traditional love gestures. The love shines through. It seems to me like the fundamentals for a profound, lasting relationship are all there.

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never get between a girl and her first ever celebrity crush

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Hey everyone, remember that being sick or healing from injuries is a hard time for your body. You have to eat a lot and lay still and be kind to yourself! [large neon sign that says HYPOCRITE descends from the ceiling and points at me] Hey what the heck what's this who put that there

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HEY!!! friendly reminder to not buy books!! don’t buy books! literally just go to your library!! they have like everything and if they don’t have a book you want, you can ask and 9 times out of 10 they’ll buy it for you! plus it is free!

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a little late on this, but HAPPY SCOLIOSIS AWARENESS MONTH!!!

shoutout to the girls who are struggling with finding clothes that fit over a brace, anyone who had to give up a sport, the people who’ve just found out, the people who have known and are fighting it, the people who have known and are bitterly resigned, the people who had to get surgery, the people who escaped pain free, the people with crippling pain, the people who have their “x-ray stance” committed to memory, the kids who feel robbed of their youth, and anyone else in the whole wide world who has scoliosis of any degree.

i love you and i get you and i know you’re more than a stupid spine and i hope you know that too. big kiss. have a happy scoliosis month and know you’re not alone

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scully is so scientific and no-nonsense that even her mere presence scares away anything extraterrestrial or supernatural, while mulder is such a rascal that he actually attracts the ghosts and aliens

I dropped 911 and have now decided to watch x files I am on season 1 a few eps in and so basically what I am getting is that ghosts and aliens are real but only when Scully is not around?

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how do we know that aliens aren’t just the muppets

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i love having a tumblr blog with no followers because im literally screaming into the void with no recipients. i feel so free

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it’s so unfair of every single person who has some say of what’s included in the mcu to NOT include agents of shield??

i mean come on man, it fits perfectly. aos has not only sculpted themselves around mcu canon events, but also helped to fill in gaps and plot holes from the movies (for example the age of ultron/aos season 2 connection is BEAUTIFULLY done) so it wouldn’t be hard to start including the aos cast in mcu movies.

not to mention anything and everything that’s in agents of shield is better written than anything that is or probably ever will be in the mcu.

i’m honestly kind of an mcu movie hater now, i haven’t really been invested since 2022, but if daisy johnson or fitzsimmons showed up in a movie i would 100% be back on board. PLEASE let it happen

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i know we love taylor swift because so many of her songs are little stories but we need to also show some love to the og storyteller-through-song:

paul simon

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chatgpt (and all forms of generative ai, actually) truly take the joy out of living. what’s the point of creating something if it doesn’t have a little piece of you inside it? if it’s not yours?

chatgpt is the coward's way out. if you have a paper due in 40 minutes you should be chugging six energy drinks, blasting frantic circus music so loud you shatter an eardrum, and typing the most dogshit essay mankind has ever seen with your own carpel tunnel laden hands

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the absolute shock and DISGUST on people’s faces when i tell them ive never used chatgpt, or any ai to do my homework (or for anything else for that matter)

like is it really that hard to do your own work? is it truly that difficult to apply what you’ve been taught? you can think for yourself, i know you can

and the more effort you put into being creative, the easier it will become over time. you can’t learn to paint by asking someone else to create a painting for you, without you being involved at all, just like you can’t improve your essay-writing by getting chatgpt to do the entire thing for you

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a year ago i told myself i’d get tumblr whenever i finished ib exams for good

well gang, here we are and i’m very excited.