❀ shifting templates !
btw all of my templates are on notion. requests are open!
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guardians of the galaxy
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everything sucks!
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i am not okay with this
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In defense of late-canon x files (including the revivals)
I was thinking about this poll after I commented on it, and I kinda want to be brave and say more.
Short answer to the poll's question before I go any further: If you're a new fan and a sensitive sort who thinks you'll struggle with your blorbos Really Going Through It and you really need a happy ending, I suggest you stop at the end of season 8. Do not pass go, do not look at spoilers. Disregard this post entirely, close the internet, and go look at something that makes you happy. (Also fuck every part of society that characterizes sensitivity as inherently weak and bad and some kind of personal failing, you are valid.)
That said, "quality" as a concept is entirely subjective, and the question of whether or not there's a decline in quality for any story is wholly subjective, too. In the case of x files? I'm not convinced there is a decline. I am going to be upfront that I haven't yet watched past season 8, though I am almost completely spoiled on events after that - and the reason I haven't watched yet is not because of how I know events are going to unfold, but simply because I don't want it to end!!! Ohh, the tension between "I CAN'T WAIT!!!" and "Nooo don't be over D:"
When I first came to txf fandom on tumblr and gradually became spoiled about what happens in late canon though, I was often left uncomfortable and tbh kinda queasy about it. As I said in my comment on the poll, the hate for especially the revival and IWTB, or to a lesser extent even seasons 8 & 9, is very well documented. But! There are other takes to be found here on tumblr if you figure out where to look, and my feelings have changed!
The thing is, I have yet to find myself in any fandom where there isn't a vocal subset of fans who dislike the story after a certain point. I am not joking when I say that no one hates the things they love as passionately as sci-fi and fantasy fans. In my experience, it often hinges on the extent to which a viewer has strong notions on where they would like the characters to end up. In particular with series where shipping is a dominant component for the bulk of a fandom, I have almost universally found that there comes some turning point in the story where "let them be happy you cowards" is the dominant view, and things that compromise the attainment of a degree of romantic stability and/or domesticity are, to many fans, annoying at best and despicable at worst. But! As one tagset on the linked poll said:
and I think for any fandom, that last tag especially is so so so important. (I think that's harder for people watching a weekly series live, bc you have so much time to analyze and speculate and dream before the next breadcrumb drops, but I digress.)
So why am I saying this and how do I apply it to x files? Well, I eventually found that there are also a subset of fans who find redeeming things right up to the very end and actually quite like the whole thing! The things that I had seen people rage and ventpost so much about honestly never quite sounded to me as "out of character" or "untrue to the story" etc as those same ventposts made them sound. And I've discovered I'm not the only one who felt that way. Do I love that the spooky squad had to go through all of those things? No, those poor guys D: Life is hard and they have been through so much trauma. But do those events and their choices make sense to me in light of everything that came before? Yes! And I honestly can't wait to see them fight to overcome those things, breaking, healing, always learning, always growing, always getting better.
So if you're wondering "where does it go wrong"... well, I'm a completionist, as many people who've answered that post are, but also my personal opinion is that I don't think it does go wrong. If you're new and interested in exploring why I've gone from "vaguely queasy" to "excited" about the whole thing, or want to maybe balance out the impressions you're getting about the later seasons before deciding whether or not you want to see the whole thing, I'll put a few blog names in the comments.
Final admission: even once I started feeling a little more confident in the possibility that "actually ok maybe I'm not crazy, maybe this all kind of is in character and does make sense", there was one big plot point that I was NOT looking forward to and I thought I would never be comfortable about. In hindsight, I think my discomfort came from the negative responses being SO seemingly universal that I hadn't stopped to let myself truly consider other possible interpretations on that point. (I mean my initial instinct when I first read about it was, why are we mad about this?? CSM is literally the most unreliable narrator in history???? it's obviously fake news?????? this must be either a fever dream someone's having or it's a misdirection ploy against whatever shadowy forces might still be lurking?????????????? but for whatever reason I guess I had halfway written that off.) Happily, just last month there's a new post-s11 novel out, and although reviews for the book as a whole are mixed, it seems to have laid the groundwork for resolving that plot issue in a way I think most fans would be broadly happy with. If you're interested in being spoiled about that and seeing how, I recommend searching #perihelion on @agent-troi who liveblogged reading it with receipts, scroll back chronological-style to the first post on the subject and see how it unfolded. (And never forget that Dana Katherine Scully is the queen of denial as a coping mechanism lol)
Everyone's mileage will vary. Each person can feel however they want! But for anyone new, I wanted you to know that the very many ventposts you might be seeing are not all there is to this show or its fandom. Some of us love it despite - or even because of - all the things that went "wrong". I think we just don't talk about it as much.
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𝐇𝐎𝐆𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐖!!
Here is the temple for Hogwarts.
Here is how it's look. Just duplicate the template.
Hogwarts template!
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!! sneak peek of my lifa / scripting template ^_^
so far ive just got the homepage and self / persona page templates done, but im planning on adding (n u can seeeee here) :
templates for new desired realities scripts
a cute page for realities w/ info on each :)
a "manifesting" page for scenarios and affirmations !
rules might be there as well? i havent decided where to put them yet :(
journaling page for notes on your shifting sessions ! the journal database includes ways to link what method you used, chart how well it went, write about it, etc.
and a resource page ! its probably gonna be pretty bare, but its meant for you to put your Own resources (fave audios, visuals, methods, etc.)
super excited with how its going, i'll keep nyall posted on the progress !!
(im using a custom theme in this screenshot so notion's colors are a little different- if anyone is interested id be glad to share / explain how you do that !)
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Monath módaes lust mith meriflóda
forth ti foeran thaet ic feorr hionan
obaer gaarseggaes grimmae holmas
aelbuuina eard uut gisoecae.
Nis me ti hearpun hygi ni ti hringthegi
ni ti wíbae wyn ni ti weoruldi hyct
ni ymb oowict ellaes nebnae ymb ýtha giwalc.
My soul’s desire over the sea-torrents
forth bids me fare, that I afar should seek
over the ancient water’s awful mountains
Elf-friends’ island in the Outer-world.
For no harp have I heart, no hand for gold,
in no wife delight, in the world no hope:
one wish only, for the waves’ tumult.
From The Notion Club Papers, SD:243
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𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐠𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞!!
ᴵ ᵃᵐ ᶜᵘʳʳᵉⁿᵗˡʸ ʷᵒʳᵏⁱⁿᵍ ᵒⁿ ᶜᵒᵐᵖˡᵉᵗⁱⁿᵍ ᵗʰᵉ ᵗᵉᵐᵖˡᵃᵗᵉ ⁱᶠ ʸᵒᵘ ᵃˡˡ ʷᵃⁿᵗ ⁱᵗ ʲᵘˢᵗ ᶜᵒᵐᵐᵉⁿᵗ ˢᵒ ᴵ ʷⁱˡˡ ᵐᵃᵏᵉ ⁱᵗ ᵃᵛᵃⁱˡᵃᵇˡᵉ ᶠᵒʳ ᵃˡˡ ᵒᶠ ʸᵒᵘ
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