#thanks to mulder

[windwenn]

The transgenderification beam is back baby

[caitylove]

This was too damn funny not to share.

[rosenkranz-does-things]

the blueprint for girlbosses and malewives everywhere

(Darkness falls and Ice sketches under the cut bc i like the way these turned out)

[sentientsky]

skinner is perpetually walking the tightrope of "get scully and mulder to admit their feelings for one another" and "make sure they don't fuck on the boardroom desk in the middle of a meeting"

[itolerate]

txf textposts part 7

[pookie-mulder]

if you’ve been victimized by Chris Carter’s obsession with the name William, you may be entitled to a venn diagram

[flockdog]

in the furry timeline, watching the x-files pilot

[ID: 2 screenshots of the X files, drawn on top of to make mulder and scully anthros. scully is a red and white spaniel dog with a speckled muzzle, and mulder is a red fox. in the first image, scully is wearing a grey blazer with blue tartan, her cross necklace, and a dark blue shirt underneath. she has her head slightly inclined, with a flat expression, and mulder sits in a chair in front of a lot of photos on a light screen on top of a machine the describer can't identify. he is wearing a collared shirt with faint thick stripes. they are both in mulder's office. in the bottom left "the X-files (bullet) pilot" is written in yellow. end ID]

[consideratesea]

killer line from fox mulder: did you really think you could call up the devil and ask him to behave?

[pdwoozi]

5.04 Detour

[backintimeforstuff]

sometimes i remember that the baseball scene happens in the episode immediately after "agent scully is already in love" and i have to go and lie down

[scullymaxxing]

butch gillian anderson

[mulders-too-large-shirt]

my favorite scully and mulder moments from s1

the evergreen classic mulder reaction to a terrified scully knocking at his door in the very first episode- how he checks over her, holds her close, and brings her into his room

(and then ANOTHER instance of examining each other for aliens in episode 8 which was wild. if i had a nickel for each time they had to look at each other's bodies for evidence of aliens, i'd only have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but its weird that it happened twice)

him playing with scully's necklace in episode 3, while admitting he feels "territorial"

the first time he calls scully "dana", right after her father dies- which surprises her so much she mumbles her name back to herself- and he follows up by grabbing her face and gently running his finger over her cheek

(and the first time she tries to call him "fox", after he had been awake for 3 straight days on a stakeout, and she begs him to go home- he laughs and says he even made his parents call him mulder)

((still, she brought him a sandwich and a drink- “if there’s an iced tea in that bag, could be love” “must be fate- root beer”))

scully in Doctor Mode™ after mulder got stuck in the fire in episode 12, trying to give him water as he lays in bed, while he gets all emo and pushes her hand away

when scully gets kidnapped in episode 15 and mulder calls her "dana" again over the phone, her first name slipping out in his fear, then he tells the kidnapper "listen to me, you lay one hand on scully, and so help me god..."

(and THEN he tells everyone going on her rescue mission that this is a very important mission to him, so please everybody do their best)

the endless banter: "i still don't get it. what does this have to do with us?" "robbing a jewelry store is a federal crime" (flatly) "thank you."

when he is at an autopsy with scully in episode 18 and makes it very clear he does Not Want To Be There (but she still is sad he won't join her on her next one in episode 22!)

"happy birthday scully!" (pause of confusion) "you're two months early!"

when she finally listened to the psychic to get evidence for a case in episode 13, trying to make mulder proud- "i'd thought you'd be pleased i'd opened myself to extreme possibilities"- only for him to yell at her for putting herself in danger

(later in the same episode she screamed at the criminal, saying that if he did anything to mulder, she'd kill him herself)

((AND their conversation at the end of that episode when mulder is laying in a hospital bed: "why can't you believe?" "i'm afraid"))

the very empire strikes back coded fighting in the arctic compound in episode 8

"you think it's remotely plausible that someone might think you're hot?" (stunned silence. scholars are still trying to figure out what was going on here)

oh, this one made me weepy: "i have never met anyone so passionate and dedicated to a belief as you. it's so intense, sometimes it's blinding. but there are others who are watching you, who know what i know, and whereas i can respect and admire your passion, they will use it against you. mulder, the truth is out there, but so are lies" aka the episode 17 monologue… what if i melted into a puddle? how would you react to this news? how about mulder the protector turning into mulder the protected?

(also, episode 17 had a moment where he grabbed her shoulder and leaned in and i had to restrain myself)

them having hand signals to indicate watch what you say, we’re being listened to

in episode 18, the preacher’s kid tries to taunt mulder with information about his sister and scully tries to shut him down Immediately

they’re looking for each other in the dark in episode 19 while a wild beast is on the loose and mulder finally kicks open the door and finds scully while she whispers “it’s okay, it’s me, it’s okay”

episode 20, when he shows her a bunch of lumberjacks, which he describes as “rugged manly men in the full bloom of their manhood” and he says she should look for anything unusual or a boyfriend among them... and she laughs

scully losing her mind when the evil cocoon bugs get on her, screaming at mulder to get them off of her, while he holds her still and explains it’s okay as long as they're in the light

(and then they sit on the bed, side by side, talking through the night)

when mulder’s friend dies and she kneels and says to him, “you’ve been through a lot… more than I think you realize” and encourages him to take some time for himself

any episode where they both wear big coats (for the snow in episode 8, or the rain in 20) is an instant classic to me

“mulder, you’re rushing me out of the room… is there a girl coming over?” from episode 11... yeah I laughed. and then laughed even more when he was just hanging out with deep throat in the next scene!

episode 23’s “how was the wedding? Did you catch the bouquet?” “maaaaybe 😊”

and who can forget the finale! she apologizes for doubting his alien leads; “I should know by now to trust your instincts” “why? no one else does” (both smile and i, once again, collapse)

there's so much to unpack here and i could spend a lifetime doing it, but before i watch s2 for the first time i needed to make note of the things that especially made me happy or brought great angst to the forefront; i am studying their dynamic and putting it in a bottle <3

[bisexualfbiagents]

SO WHO'S GONNA WATCH YOU DIE?

@pscentral event 23: arcs ↳ MSR in Cancer Arc | What Sarah Said, Death Cab for Cutie

in/sp

[gingerteaonthetardis]

[samanthamulder]

THE X-FILES (1993-2018)

SEASON FOUR — The truth will save you, Scully. I think it'll save both of us.

[thursdayinspace]

Tasting raindrops

I'm awful with titles 🤣

well. this is a really fun one to write!

tagging @today-in-fic

There's no time to run for shelter. The sky turns dark and minutes later it's coming down in torrents; the rain jackets they put on after wisely checking the forecast this morning about as much use as umbrellas made of lace curtains. Drenched to the skin she looks at him and he's laughing, hair plastered flat to his forehead, a vibrant happiness crinkling the corners of his eyes.

"What?" she calls to him over the rushing of wind and rain, his laugh tugging at the corners of her mouth.

He shakes his head. "These were my last clean clothes. I'm going to have to solve the rest of this case in pajamas."

She laughs with him and can't look away, raindrops clinging to his lashes, water dripping from his nose -- not kissing him in this moment would defy every law of the universe.

He brushes a wet strand of hair from her face before his rain-cold hands cup her cheeks; she takes a step towards him and he leans down as she leans up, meeting her halfway. They've become good at meeting somewhere in the middle.

There is no way she will ever get used to this, to the way his lips feel on hers, soft when she needs them to be soft, firm when she needs something else. He knows all the ways she likes to be kissed, and she's learning his too, like a new language: The grammar of how the pressure of his fingers against her temples changes when her teeth tug gently at the swell of his bottom lip. The vocabulary to tell him all the ways that he is needed and loved, vital to her like the blood pumping through her veins, wanted by her exactly the way he is.

She's dreamed sometimes of kissing him in the rain, since the baptism of their partnership in a graveyard in Oregon, when they weren't ready, when the thought was born from the dizzy excitement of a crush on a handsome man with a brilliant mind and gentle eyes.

He kisses the raindrops from a weeping sky right off her lips and holds her close and she loves him, feels him love her back, and that's a truth they never doubt, no matter how hard the rain is coming down on them.