#xf fanvid

[randomfoggytiger]

Mulder Becomes a Father

When the fatherhood hits

the hums come quick.

[txcb1013]

So I made an MSR vid for the first time in forever! I would love for y’all to check it out and let me know what you think ❤️

[kateyes224]

Cause of death: A broken heart, courtesy of this fanvid. (x)

[agentelmo]

The X-Files - Scully's Pregnancy

Just watch it.  I’m not saying anything.

[fabulouspatsystone]

Damn

[fluke--woman]

Here’s a fanvid Youtube just recommended to me and I’m not crying you’re crying

[alittlemissfit]

a truth so loud you can’t ignore // x-files | MSR

song: youth by troye sivan

@contrivedcoincidences6  @sunflowerseedsandscience @kateyes224 @blackcoffeeandteardrops  @2momsmakearight  @how-i-met-your-mulder 

[mulderina]

Ed Sheeran - Perfect || MSR

Just as I was thinking that we need a msr video with this song, I happened to find this already exists. Wow you never fail to surprise me philes. I love this song and I love my msr.

Fanvid by @invisiGoth 

[the-truth-is-in-tahiti]

The X-mas Files Creative Challenge

#12 Secret Santa

@thexmasfileschallenge @megdoesart

[mldrgrl]

Hi, I've always come to you for prompts and have been very lucky so far. If you're looking for inspo, I'd love to read Mulder's thoughts as he finds and revives Scully in FTF. Probably a scenario where it's touch and go for a minute. Thank you for all the amazing fic you've written over the years. You've been extremely generous and not to mention, absolutely brilliant.

Thank you, Anon!  That’s so sweet.

Technically, I have already explored this in Quantum Leap.  But, if you want, I’ll put the story of why I wrote it the way I did and how that scene inspired me to write a 26K word fic when I hadn’t really been writing anything at all at that time.

So, I went to see the movie Interstellar when it came out and though I can’t remember what my exact thoughts were, I remember that I walked out of the movie feeling extremely frustrated and annoyed.  There was some sticking point that I know really bothered me, and I wish I could remember what it was, but I can say that I know that I felt like I didn’t like the way all the puzzle pieces of the plot were presented and the way they formed the total picture.

I also remember that it compelled me to go re-watch the XF episode Synchrony (an episode I don’t even like very much) for some detail I felt like was in conflict with my perception of the movie.

At this point in time, I hadn’t been writing anything and hadn’t written XF fanfic for a very looooooooooooong time.  Not since the early 2000s, I believe.  I don’t even think I wrote fic by the time the show ended because I’d discovered making fanvids and thought those were way more fun than writing.

But...

My indignation at the time also made me start looking into some low-level physics information and of course I ran into Einstein’s Twin Paradox.  Though my XF obsession has always been there, it’s dimmed at times, and it really started to reignite itself again.  So then I re-watched FTF.

Let me pause here and also say that when I first saw FTF, the spaceship rescue scene reminded me a lot of a scene in the movie The Abyss.  From what I recall (and I haven’t seen this movie since I was probably 8) there’s an incident that causes the female lead to drown and the male lead is fighting to resuscitate her.  There is no other threat or danger in that scene aside from the fact that she’s not breathing, and so the focus is allowed to remain completely on reviving her.  The male lead is both angry and desperate and there’s a great amount of emotional tension in that moment.  I remember seeing FTF and thinking that I wanted more desperation and anger from Mulder in that moment, like in The Abyss.  I wanted him to behave with more of the desperate irrationality like he did in Oubliette when trying to save Amy Jacobs.  Not that FTF isn’t awesome and tense, but with other imminent danger happening during the resuscitation, it doesn’t really allow for much more than urgency to be the focal point, both for the audience and for Mulder.

I had always wanted to write that scene, but to really pull Mulder out of his urgency.  And I always felt like in order to get him to that point in that moment, because of what’s going on, Scully would just have to die.  But, obviously, I DO NOT want Scully to die.  So, I would let those thoughts just die on the vine.

Now let’s cut back to all the Interstellar and physics thoughts that are swirling in my brain.  Watching FTF while that was in the back of my mind I suddenly thought, what if the way Scully dies, but also doesn’t die, is because Mulder can get pulled back in time or into a parallel universe from the ship?  But then I was like, and how do you explain that?  And I was like, yeah, I can’t possibly explain that...

What happened is that I ended up writing the scene anyway with no intention of doing anything with it because I didn’t feel like I could do anything to fix it.  I’m not a physicist, I barely understood the things I’d read when trying to come to terms with my indignation at Interstellar.

What that scene did though, was start me off in writing again.  Actually, first it started me off in reading again, and then I started writing again.  But, I’ve never left anything unfinished and in my mind, that scene I’d re-written of FTF was unfinished.  I’d return to it every so often, and also return to researching physics with no intention of trying to understand it, but trying to understand it enough that I could come up with something that would at least make sense.

It took me nearly a year to write Quantum Leap and that’s the longest I’ve ever spent on anything.  It’s 26K words and at that point, I also think it was the longest thing I’d ever written.  I ended that story feeling an immense sense of pride and accomplishment.  I don’t think it’s the greatest thing I’ve ever written, but certainly not the worst.  It was also both the easiest time I’ve had writing and the hardest.  I had such a complete vision of how I wanted things to be, but logically connecting those things felt near impossible.  

In conclusion, get yourself a movie that irrationally pisses you off and maybe you’ll start writing fanfic again for a fandom that has nothing to do with that movie.

[piecesofscully]

So I saw an XF/Halloween crossover fanvid on Twitter, and I think I’m inspired to write this crossover.

[slippinmickeys]

Hey there, I just checked my old X-Files backup files and I found an old XF fanvid dating from Oct. 1998. It's set to "Livin' on the Edge" so it might be the one you're looking for. It's really bad quality though (real media file, but I could open it with my media player). If you're interested anyway, I could upload it and send you the link.

Am I?!?! Yes PLEASE!!! Amazing. Thank you so much. Hope it holds up to the 20 year pedestal I’ve got it on. 😅

[kateyes224]

XFyellowbee, making it hurt real good.

[agentelmo]

Hmm... it hadn’t occurred to me how perfect that song is for their situation at the beginning of the revival until now.  Wow.

[xfilesfanficexchange]

Author Appreciation, Meet Cate!

How would you describe your fanfiction? 

C:  All over the place? Lol I try to keep the characters as in-character as possible and as close to canon compliant as I can get. Although, I am unashamedly aboard the SoSS train so my s7ish stuff keeps that in mind. 

When did you start writing fanfiction? Has it always been TXF? 

C: October 2018, maybe? It hasn’t been that long at all. So far, all I’ve done is XF. I’m confident in my ability to portray these characters properly. I may branch out into other franchises but I’m not committing to anything. 

What inspired you to start writing? 

C:  I got talked into it, honestly. I had this headcanon for a scene in s7 and I was convinced to put it in story form and post it. I’ve been hooked ever since. 

What fanfic are you most proud of? Why? 

C:  I have super semi-secret project that I’m working on. I’m pretty proud of it because there’s not one like it on the Internet (that I’ve found after a pathetic amount of hours spent scouring, anyway). So, unless someone beats me to it between now and when I start posting, mine will be the first. 

Of what I have posted: “Blessed Be Our Ever After” (BBOEA) because it’s my only multi-chap one. Lol I also have one called “Arafax Deep” that was based off of an incredibly vague HC that I have which I attempted to flesh out and put in story form. It went over a LOT better than I thought it would. 

Blessed Be Our Ever After Link

Arafax Deep Link

Who's easier for you to write? Mulder or Scully? 

C:  It depends on what’s happening, honestly. Introspectively, Mulder. Definitely. Outwardly, Scully.

What is hardest for you as an author? Your weakness or something you just struggle with? 

C:  Probably smut. I’ve never tried my hand at it so I’m pretty apprehensive about writing it. 

What are you currently working on? 

C:  So many things. I’m currently editing and uploading (it’s already completely written) “Blessed Be Our Ever After.” I’m working on a prelude to BBOEA (currently untitled) which I’ll be posting once BBOEA is all uploaded. My super secret project. The summer exchange fic, if that counts, too. Plus, I do a lot of beta work. That’s fun to me. 

-Message from the Author-

C: You guys are the freakin’ bomb dot com! Thank you so much for reading my stuff and, for those going through BBOEA, sticking with me! I’m such a junkie for your DMs and comments! 

WHERE TO FIND MORE CATE

Twitter: @catebatman 

YouTube: YouTube.com/catebatman (for fanvids, vlogs, and gaming stuff) 

Twitch: twitch.tv/ (for a variety of different live streams) 

Instagram: @RationalCashew 

Tumblr: @rationalcashew

AO3: RationalCashew 

[fluke--woman]

Hey fam can someone hook me up with that snakey973 video that they posted maybe 2 years ago that was set to Florence & the Machines Cosmic Love? I don’t see it on their YT channel so I’m afraid it was deleted :( that was my favorite fanvid ever and I want to watch it.