#ddga

[thatfragilecapricorn30]

maybe someone else can zoom in on these better but those last three!! from the x-files museum twitter

[viikkah]

David Duchovny & Gillian Anderson behind the scenes of The X-Files

[theysteponyou]

Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny at the premiere of The X Files: Fight The Future in Mann Village Theater - Westwood, California (June 1998)

[deathsbestgirl]

okay i know i said it's the friendship between m+s that makes me love their romantic relationship. but it's also just because of ga & dd lmao like. if it was acted differently and they didn't look at each *like that* i probably would not ship them like this either. there's really something about the gazing & body language & closeness & touches. it's always so loaded and that's all them

[spookysexy]

“The field where I died” was a good episode, but one thing bugged me . Which was that it eluded to Mulder and Melissa (not Scully’s sister) being eternal soulmates and that Scully always was there to but as other people.

Now maybe it’s the romantic in me but I just think Scully and Mulder are the real soulmates and that if there was really such thing as past lives, they would be together forever.

Did anybody else have this issue? Just curious.

[frogsmulder]

You know, all I'm hearing is David and Gillian wanted to write episodes for the x files so they could get to flirt, go on dates, and have sex because Chris Carter wasn't giving them enough action

[scllymlder]

[fernsehn]

Yes of course my whole life passed before my mind's eye during certain Ken scenes in the Barbie movie but the "let me show you" scene in particular..... there's only one place my mind went:

[Disclaimer for the age of the internet binary: this is a cute and stupid male fantasy and only because we're catching David in the act doesn't mean I or you cannot appreciate it.]

[alexa-crowe]

my dad watched an old interview of gillian and david from the 90s (early, i think) and he specifically reported to me that they were very handsy, gillian was laughing a lot, and they were cute. gillovny is anna’s dad approved ✅

[machotezin]

[thatfragilecapricorn30]

just thinking of all the bts/bloopers/interviews where gillian laughs like david is the funniest person in the world and then we have david saying in an interview that “she has a nice laugh” and that he’ll try to make sure she laughs in any episodes he writes 🥹

[viikkah]

David Duchovny & Gillian Anderson behind the scenes of The X-Files

[theysteponyou]

The X Files - Behind The Scenes and Backstage (season 1-8)

[figureofdismay]

watching moonlighting makes me sure that whatever the hell else went on back then, dd and ga never really hated each other. there are times when 'maddie and david' have a bantery or flirty scene and yet cs and bw look ready to straight up murder each other they're that fed up. there is simply none of that stiff misery and other assorted body language of 'you're annoying get away from me' on txf, even when mulder and scully the characters are arguing furiously

[spookysexy]

To me the fact that DD cares so much about the Mulder /Scully relationship, so much that he refuses to act in another role with her, yet anyone else he works with he’s fine with working with again says ALOT!

For those that say it’s because they supposedly dislike each other, then why is he always fine with doing more xfiles with her.

Frankly I think it’s kinda adorable how he thinks of Mulder and Scully.

[deathsbestgirl]

@calimanc okay the william part. i know this won't be popular but i also love it lol (surprise, surprise)

i completely understand why people hate that scully gave william up, but i just don't see any other choice. if mulder didn't leave (because dd sucked lol) it may have worked for them to keep him. but children on a show like this really change things.

it's so freaking bittersweet seeing scully & mulder with william. it's something they both wanted more than they ever let on, than they ever dared to voice.

mulder is william's father, i really don't think there's any doubt about it. they were sleeping together, they were in a romantic relationship, they love each other beyond what anyone can understand. they're two people filled with miracles and this time, they got one they wanted most. it's fucking beautiful. it may undermine her struggle with infertility, like so many other shows do, but this show is built on the impossible & the fantastic, the paranormal & miracles & magic & science. imo, it's perfectly in line with everything else. mulder & scully are the light in dark places, and they desperately needed some light themselves at this time. it's so painful once they're back together and they don't have william, but the logistics would have been so much harder with a baby on the run.

and the truth is, i think it was the only way it could really go. i don't think there was another option. scully would never give up her baby, except when she thinks it's the only way to keep him safe & ensure he lives a full life, a normal life, the possibility of a happy life. it's something she never recovers from. it's the only thing, besides losing mulder, that would break her. it takes scully two decades to face it, and not until she's forced to when they find william. scully is so avoidant of her trauma and she can only face it when she has mulder to put her back up against. mulder lived in his trauma for most of his life. by the revival, i think he's finally started to move "past" it. but william is a deep wound for them both. they lost their chance to be parents, to be a family. to experience their version of normal with a child they always wanted. i can't even comprehend the pain & grief & loss & trauma of this. but somehow, i think this made mulder more stable. he had to live with consequences of it, and grief & some guilt, but not the same way scully had to. if there's one thing these two are good at, it's putting the other first when they need it. mulder sets aside his own because scully can't be rational, can't be strong the way she's always been. this is her weakest spot, her mother mentioning william is what made her absolutely lose it when maggie died. it's sooooo painful, literally beyond comprehension (for me) but i've always been a sucker for pain & grief & angst. it's one of the most human experiences and ddga are just. so good at portraying it.

(csm is a LIAR — it's possible he had a hand in it, given en ami. but he did not impregnate scully. i know people go on about the medicine & science, but like. it's sci-fi. the science doesn't need to be real or accurate. like how many medical dramas are out there with inaccurate medicine lolllll anyway, i do think it's a possibility he gave her some kind of medication to reverse the effects of what they did to her before OR the chip finally healed her. the chip caused her to go into remission, and it's a possibility the technology of the chip is what that guy was trying to give scully. the cure to all disease. anyway. that's just my two cents on that.)