#txf pusher

[cristinaricci]

THE X-FILES Pusher 3.17 (1996) | The Truth 9.20 (2002)

[rosenkranz-does-things]

a couple of Pusher studies. the top one was done on a plane in a little under an hour. I've found that doing these sorts of studies during flight is actually great because you don't get distracted by, say, checking tumblr, it helps pass the time and calm down if you're nervous, and you don't get lost in the details/portrait likeness, you only focus on the big picture (color combinations, shapes, light and shadow contract etc)

[samanthamulder]

THE X-FILES (1993-2018)

SEASON THREE — Don’t you see, Mulder? You’re doing their work for them. You’re chasing aliens that aren’t there, helping them to create a story to cover the shameful truth. And what they can’t cover, they apologize for. Apology has become policy.

[alexa-crowe]

I think you drooled on me.

[bisexualfbiagents]

THE X FILES | Pusher (3.17)

[cutemothman]

The X-Files 30th Anniversary Celebration // Day 1: Favorite Episode

5.12 Bad Blood

[bakedbakermom]

txf + text posts (2/?)

[ragnarockz]

Got some new art cards in those VHS! 👽💚

[benoitblanc]

a thousand violins

she knew this was a bad idea from the start, from when mulder knelt down before her, his gun and her heart in her hands, and tried to make her laugh. that was the real sign of trouble, scully thinks. he’s always used humor to cope, but usually his attempts are satire, not sincere. “smile, scully,” was a confession, an I’m-not-sure-if-I’m-coming-back. “smile, scully,” was a goodbye.

(they're misty and so much in love...)

read a thousand violins on the ao3

(tagging @today-in-fic)

[thexfilesbracket]

Ice - Mulder and Scully are sent to investigate when a team of geophysicists stationed at a remote Alaskan outpost are killed by a parasitic alien life form.

Pusher - A seemingly unmotivated murderer, who can apparently talk his victims into killing themselves is on the loose and it is up to Mulder and Scully to study the clues left to them by the person and capture him.

[cristinaricci]

THE X-FILES | Pusher (3.17)

[randomfoggytiger]

Developed Psychic Ability and Death

Psychics in The X-Files aren't born with their ability-- they develop it:

Luther Lee Boggs, Beyond the Sea

Meeting the souls of his victims before his near death.

Clyde Bruckman, Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose

Obsessing over the chance death of a celebrity.

Robert Modell, Pusher

Dying from a sudden, aggressive brain tumor.

Gerald Schnauz, Unruhe

Cracking under the pain of his sister's (and father's) death.

John Lee Roche, Paper Hearts

Creating a connection with Mulder through his dead victims.

Harold Spuller and his boss, Elegy

Impending death allows them to see the spirits of their bowling customers.

Linda Bowman, Kitsunegari

Her dying brother's abilities connecting to and awakening her own.

Philip Padgett, Milagro

Hyperfixating on Dr. Naciamento's death (ala Clyde Bruckman) and his confusion and displacement (ala Bruckman's psychotic foe.)

Mulder, The Sixth Extinction

Breaking down and dying because of the over acceleration of his brain via an alien "source of life" artifact (though not technically caused by death, it's tied into the mytharc which is tied to Gibson Praise which is tied to psychic ability. To be explored in the future.)

And lest she be forgotten:

Scully, Beyond the Sea/The Blessing Way/Elegy/A Christmas Carol/All Souls/Orison/Within/This Is Not Happening/etc.

Being faced with her father's posthumous spirit; and being visited by dying, dead, or returning souls.

The principle applies for Maggie and Melissa Scully as well, though we are not privy to the inciting incidents behind both of their abilities.

This pattern remains the same throughout the series... with the glaring exceptions of Gibson Praise and William. Those exceptions, however, are the lynchpins ("the key to everything", if you will) that illustrate the connection between psychic ability in human beings and their shared but repressed alien DNA.

(Meta coming soon.)

Thank you for reading~

Enjoy!

[agent-troi]

so i just rewatched kitsunegari and made a connection i hasn’t realized before: scully said in the episode that modell “simply woke up” about six months ago, and then later she tells skinner that linda bowman only found out about modell’s existence six months ago.

it always bothered me that pusher ended with everyone being absolutely convinced that modell would never regain consciousness, and then when he miraculously does, there’s no explanation. but there is an explanation; it’s just very subtle, and i think that what happened was when linda came to visit him the first time, she used her abilities to “push” him to wake up, just like she later pushes him to die.

[alexa-crowe]

THE X-FILES 3.17 | “Pusher”

[bisexualfbiagents]

THE X FILES | Kitsunegari (5.08)

[t4t-msr]

the things season 3 episode 17 "Pusher" do to a man... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA