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"Why would she change her living will without talking to me? And what's this? I've never seen her wear it. ... I don't care about the big questions right now, Mulder. I just want one more chance to ask my mom a few little ones."

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how to say "I love you" in x-files [187/?] ⤷ 3.22 — “Quagmire”

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Why are you using chatgpt to get through college. Why are you spending so much time and money on something just to be functionally illiterate and have zero new skills at the end of it all. Literally shooting yourself in the foot. If you want to waste thirty grand you can always just buy a sportscar.

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Whump community Reblog if you hate AI

it ruins the whole point of art

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In 2x14 when Rich and Kurt are undercover why did I think Kurt was going to kiss Rich to maintain their cover when they were about to be caught?? Like I could just feel it was going to happen. The trope was right there and it would have been great

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Okay so Shepherd ISN'T subtle and honestly I don't believe she loves Roman or Jane, or ever did.

Start with their names. Renaming children you adopt is a red flag in itself, essentially stripping them of one of the only gifts their original parents were able to give them. But renaming children as old as Roman and Remi were, who lost their parents due to violence the way they did, is downright cruel. It's an excision of their life with their parents, and the start of her molding them into what she wanted. Shepherd adopted them for herself, not for them. She raised them from childhood to be soldiers, not loving or happy people. And the names she chose for her "family" are also very telling.

First, her own name. Shepherd. Someone who guides the herd. Then Roman and Remi...it's giving Romulus and Remus, the twins who founded Rome. They were the children of Mars, god of War. They were abandoned at birth and adopted by...a shepherd. At one point in their story, Remus is captured by the enemy and rescued by Romulus. But ultimately they fought over where to establish their great city, and Romulus murdered Remus and became the sole founder of what would eventually become the Roman Empire.

Not only was Shepherd setting up her "children" to be her generals in the war she wanted to start, I believe losing Remi was not just a possibility but part of her plan. Roman is volatile but malleable, a follower for both Remi and Shepherd. But the Remi we see in flashbacks was a natural leader in ways that would be threatening to someone as manipulative and controlling as Shepherd, who claims to want an end to corruption and tyranny...but does she?

In the flashback with a young Kurt, I'd argue she lets her true desires slip. What she truly seeks is power. She doesn't want to take boots off necks, she just wants to be the one wearing the boots. And she doesn't want to be the face of power, but she does want to be the one pulling the strings. If her plant succeeds, she'll be the face of a revolution and can "cede" power to her handpicked leaders...but she'll still have the firepower and leverage.

But Remi is a staunch idealist and true believer in the cause who still does care deeply about other people. She was always going to see Shepherd for what she is eventually. Hell, maybe she did, and we just don't have that piece of the puzzle yet in season 2.

The point is that Sandstorm could have gotten those clues to Weller and his team in other ways, arguably ways that would be less messy and full of unexpected problems and variables. Erasing Remi's memory mainly serves one key purpose: it eliminates a threat to Shepherd's power. Either Remi becomes someone vulnerable who can be more easily manipulated, or she dies in the course of the mission.

Either way, Shepherd wins.

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watching a movie at home circa like, 2001 was like

put your TV on channel 2 so the VCR will work

open up the clamp shell case that held the VHS that has that satisfying crrlikkkkkk

put in the movie

gdi it has to be rewound

press STOP and then rewind because its so much faster that way

start the movie and it takes a few seconds for the movie to actually start cause you rewound to the VERY beginning

FBI will get you if you illegally distribute or exhibit this movie

and then. because you forgot that movies are always so much louder than TV

COMING SOON TO OWN ON VIDEO AND DVD

QUICK LOWER THE VOLUME LOWER THE VOLUME LOWER THE VOLUME OH FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay crisis averted.

although. these ads are kind of quiet. a little hard to hear.....

better turn up the volume...

THX

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i really like looking at google image searches for “firemen rescuing cats” or something because you get super cute pictures like

AND THEN THERE’S THIS ONE

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"Back in the day, did we ever come across the ability to just wish someone back to life?" // "I invented it. When you were in the hospital, like this." // "You're a dark wizard, Mulder." // "What else is new?"

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how to say "I love you" in x-files [156/?] ⤷ 2.25 — “Anasazi”

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how to say "I love you" in x-files [143/?] ⤷ 2.13 — “Irresistible”

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Imagine not hearing it in your head

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Hello to those who have followed my editing journey! I’d like to ask a favor.

I entered the Film Supply Editing Competition this year. If I win (which is a long shot), it would be a really big deal for my career. It’s been incredibly hard for me to break into the industry, and this could possibly give me more of a leg up as people from the industry will be watching the submissions.

It’s been a dream of mine to edit trailers for movies and tv and eventually see one on the big screen. The fan art I’ve made over the years has been a small way I’ve tried to quench that dream while working toward something bigger.

If you have a moment, I’d really appreciate your vote. You can vote once a day until the 9th. 🙂

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