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[ndscottsummers]

X-Factor v1 #86

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Jagaur XJ220

[fine-nephrit]

🥏 TXF Fic Rec #35: "Joy to You and Me" by OnlyTheInevitable

Today’s fic is a lovely post-ep of ‘Detour’. An injured Mulder and exhausted Scully try to drive back to DC, but end up spending the night at a motel, where they continue to dance around their feelings.

Yes, it’s the classic one-bed trope, with some hurt/comfort, good old UST, and a nice touch of the residual angst from the cancer arc, staying true to the timeline. Despite the familiar setup, it doesn’t feel tropey or overdone. It’s fluff with a heart without being mushy. Reading it feels like the comfort of being at home, wrapped in a blanket on a snowy Sunday morning.

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🥏 on AO3

author: @gaycrouton length: short, 4,000+ words season: season 5, 5x04 Detour pairing(s): M/S UST to RST tags: episode-related, fluff, angst, one bed rating: mature/R

[flatman]

[randomfoggytiger]

Charlie Scully's X-Files Relationship and Mulder/Scully met their romantic partners-- at work-- and their exceptions-- Pheobe Green, Ed Jerse.) have intrigued me, do share!

Also I would love your two cents on DD and GA's friendship even if you aren't caught up! You have such fun insights!

I noticed that Mulder and Scully met their most pivotal relationships (barring high school or noncanonical romances) through their work-- Waterston, Fowley, Willis, Scully, Mulder, (and the "first blush" of romance via Dr. Berenbaum and Sheriff Hartwell), etc. Phoebe Green and Ed Jerse, however, were "off-duty" romances, or romances that bled into on-duty, so to speak. Further, both were alluring and dangerous and ended in fiery catastrophe.

Kristen Killar would actually be a better fit to pit against Ed Jerse, and Eddie van Blundht against Pheobe: Kristen and Ed were burned by their fatal flaws while Phoebe and Eddie almost successfully seduced another victim.

Nay, further: one could contrast the two most significant relationships-- Diana and Daniel-- against each other: emotional appeal, wheedling, and manipulation; turning aside from their "wicked ways" in an act of unexpected selflessness in the finale.

And I acknowledge this has been a tangent, but-- what about Padgett, hm? He and Messa Rydell stand apart as two narrative pieces rather than contrasting characterized elements: they are the living embodiment of suppressed part of Mulder and Scully's psyche.

(I'll stick the DD and GA question in the reblog~)

Thanks for reading~ :DDD

[pwnicholson]

View from Laguardia by Paul Nicholson

[waku-shaexp]

2023　四谷BASE　つぴ

[ruta-veinte]

Soda hour before the city walk por Ines Por Flickr: At Hotel Babula am Augarten in Vienna.

[karingottschalk]

OpticalLimits' Klaus Schroiff Reviews Viltrox AF 27mm f/1.2 XF Pro & Rates it as "Highly Recommended"

[ruscha]

sorry????? huh?????

[chrisubik]

Pianist Hands

X-T4 | 35mm | 1/250sec | f/9 | ISO-160 Rui exudes class and grace does she not?

[ndscottsummers]

X-Factor v1 #86

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Jaguar F-Type R at Waukesha Cars & Coffee (2024) - Meet 3 in Waukesha, WI.

[fine-nephrit]

🥏 TXF Fic Rec #10: "The Common Fate of All Things Rare" by Aloysia Virgata & Scarlet Baldy

Today’s fic has several of my favorite things in fics: the angst from the fallout in Never Again and the looming cancer arc in the background, well-done jealousy and UST, a lovely written and memorable OC, excellent prose, and clever lines.

It also boasts an impressive, meaty case file that has an ass-kicking profiler!Mulder and pathologist!Scully, intricate plotting, red herrings, twists, and turns like a bona fide mystery novel.

The story nestles itself nicely in the gap between the end scene of Never Again and the beginning of Memonto Mori. Oh, don’t miss the hilarious gag reel after the ending.

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🥏 The Common Fate of All Things Rare by Aloysia Virgata (@aloysiavirgata) and Scarlet Baldy (@badforthefish)

Length: Novella, 46,000+ words Season: season 4, episode 4x13 Never Again Relationship(s): M/S UST to RST Tags: Casefile, Episode-related, Cancer arc, Angst, Smut, Jealousy, Torture, Scully-POV, Mulder-POV Rating: Mature/R

[flatman]

[housefreak]

finally representation for people who work on power lines