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Headcanon that Scully's huge coat phase was really just her wearing her father's old overcoats :')
The X-Files ✺ 1✗17 - E.B.E.
THEY CUT THIS? WHY WOULD THEY CUT THIS? ARE THEY TRYING TO TORTURE US?!
Scully: Well, never let it be said that you wouldn’t walk through fire for a woman, Mulder. Mulder: And never let it be said that I wouldn’t do it for you again, Scully.
There is nothing better then being sent to debunk someone’s work, just for you to fall into their trap and become friends while you slowly, but eventually, believe in the exact same things as them, but also managing to fall madly in love over the course of it all.
It’s truly the dream…
Fuck dating apps, I want to meet someone the old fashioned way (being assigned to work on the X-Files together and spending the next decade proving the existence of extraterrestrials and also falling in love)
All I’m saying is that, if everyone found their Mulder to their Scully, the world would be a much happier, possibly alien filled, place!
i want what mulder and scully have.
LOOK AT THEM
god they're so in love
“Rich and layered, deep and alternatively light and tragic, it’s the show that changed, well, everything really, about how television drama was executed. It lives on even today, as we see how the protagonists of Fox Mulder the Believer and Dana Scully the Skeptic continue to influence how characters are shaped, and the way the mythology of the show allowed for primetime television to explore new roads of storytelling. It was beautiful and asked the most human of questions regarding our existence and our beliefs, but more than anything, it was a love story in every possible regard— the love for life, the love for truth, and of course, the love for each other.”
I made a little comic out of the quote that inspired me to watch The X-Files. If anyone knows who wrote it, please let me know so I can thank them.
What if Mulder and Scully’s kid(s) ever asked how they met.
Would it literally be Mulder just saying, “Well, your mom was sent to destroy my life’s work on hunting down the truth about aliens and the other freaky unknowns of this world, but I somehow convinced her to join me instead.”
Fox Mulder, Season 1: I only care about the x files and finding the truth
Fox Mulder, Season 2: Scully is the most important thing in my life, I love her- I cherish her. She’s a goddess.
S3 Rewatch - Fic Recs
Need something to distract you between calls from your partner who’s off hunting killer cockroaches with someone else - someone named Bambi?? I often assume, unless it’s clearly indicated otherwise, that fics are set in season 3, so I’m actually surprised I don’t have more fic from this era bookmarked. It’s the quintessential partnership era for me, and it’s fun both to live in that, and to see what might be the catalyst for their relationship to change:
This House Is Burning by Tesla - three part casefile about the fallout of an undercover assignment tracking a serial killer
We’re Married Now by Skinfull- undercover married casefile goodness, NSFW
Baseball Metaphors by @leiascully - fake dating, an all time fave, NSFW
12 Rites of Passage / 12 Degrees of Separation by Anne Haynes - not set during season 3, but a really interesting mytharc story written during the very early seasons
The Magician Series by Suzanne Bickerstaffe and Jennifer Lyon - fantasy AU, Mulder and Scully travel to another universe. One of the first fics I remember reading as a young X-phile.
Option 3 by Khyber - Halloween stakeout, NSFW. "Ish Hallowee' nigh', you're 'itting there 'ressed like 'Hadonna," Mulder chomped down on the candy muffling his speech, "we're going out to talk to a woman who claims she can control ghosts, and you're talking to me about professionalism?"
The Longest Way Around Is The Shortest Way Home by Apostrophic - a lovely little fic about Scully moving apartments within her building
Gold and Silver by @dreamingofscully - Scully does something spontaneous to honor her sister’s memory.
Fortune Cookie by Minuete - Mulder and Scully discuss a potential X-file case over Chinese takeout. Queequeg just wants Mulder’s food.
Like Mother, Like Son and Birthday Dinner with Boy Mulder by @lotzzoforangezoutside - a birthday dinner for Mrs Scully
Love and Bearclaws by @edierone - a verbal slip reveals a deeper truth, so sweet
Episode-related fics:
Things That Can Never Be by @scullysexual - mid-Paper Clip missing scene
Extension Line by @wtfmulder - post Paper Clip hurt/comfort, NSFW
Resolute by @agirlcallednarelle - post Paper Clip, Scully and her mother grieve together
Lovers by @kittenscully - post Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose, they discuss tarot
No Place for an Entomologist by @agirlcallednarelle - post War of the Coprophages, Scully wonders why she involved herself in the case and they banter about Bambi
Kinda’ I Want To by ScarletteStarlett - post War of the Coprophages, NSFW
When Stars Align by Katherinexx1 - mid-Syzygy sex and the aftermath, NSFW
Horned Beasts by @danascully77 - mid-Syzygy sex, NSFW
The Chocolate Sound by @somekindofseizure - post-Syzygy kiss
The Game by Megan Reilly - post Syzygy Mulder and Scully play a little game
Cosmic Interferences by @baronessblixen - post-Syzygy banter
Listening to Mountains Grow by cucumber spy - Pusher aftermath (On Gossamer so if link doesn’t work you can search for it there.)
Holding Back by @mangokiwitropicalswirl - post Pusher angst
timelapse of this painting ✨
AO3 Top Relationships Bracket - FINALS
This poll is a celebration of fandom history; we're aware that there are certain issues with many of the listed pairings and sources, but they are a part of that history. Please do not take this as an endorsement, and refrain from harassment.
the year is 2024. I am watching The X Files 1x08 with my blissfully offline boyfriend. We reach the scene where, in confinement, Mulder and Scully examine each other's backs for alien marks. My boyfriend, who has never seen the show before, makes an amused noise and utters a strong contender for understatement of the year:
"I'm guessing there's fanfiction about these two"
watching s9 is like well u know if mulder were here he would be playing with that baby every day. Scully makes the big bucks at her quantico teaching gig and comes home to her househusband whose whole world revolves around tummy time now . The apartment is a fucking mess. Mulder spent the whole day building a baby obstacle course to teach william to crawl. He seems to think if he doesn’t kiss baby on forehead every 5 minutes that baby might die. Mulder and scully’s mom develop a friendship that really freaks Scully out . He thinks there’s a conspiracy happening at the mommy and me class he takes William to (he’s right). He gets very obsessed with sesame street. Every baby book he buys is about aliens. Mulder at the Internet cafe googling “how early is too early to show infant son E.T.” He’s like we have to introduce him to the concept of aliens early Scully . What ever happened to family traditions . She’s like mulder we will teach him about aliens when he’s good and ready. He spends 3 days gathering scholarly materials about how introducing difficult subject matter early to children is Good Actually <333 I miss him so much
ها يا اخواتنا الصوت بكام انهارده!!
رواية الخيميائي PDF تأليف باولو كويلو .. الخيميائي هي الرواية الثانية التي كتبها باولو كويليو، والتي حققت نجاحاً عالمياً باهراً، جعل كاتبها من أشهر الكتاب العالميين. تتحدث الرواية عن راع أندلسي شاب يدعى سانتياغو. مضى للبحث عن حلمه المتمثل بكنزٍ مدفون قرب أهرامات مصر، بدأت رحلته من أسبانيا عندما إلتقى الملك "ملكي صادق" الذي أخبره عن الكنز. 👈👈👈 ربيط تحميل رواية
my favorite scully and mulder moments from s2
when they aren’t supposed to talk to each other anymore in the first episode because the x files were disbanded, so they came up with a code to know when to meet up
(and mulder at first is very annoyed that she wants to risk being seen with him because she’s deeply concerned about how distant he’s acting… “so what did you want?” “to see if you’re alright”. him trying to grapple with being cared for vs her trying to figure out why he won’t let her in. yeah.)
((and she runs her fingers through his hair at this covert meeting, after he confesses he’s lost all faith))
when she finds him, in the same episode, passed out on the floor of a random puerto rican jungle compound, and he grabs her by the shoulders, saying he saw the same aliens that took his sister
another covert meeting in episode 2, after moody mulder thinks he was moved to a case just to keep him busy: “is this seat taken?” she asks. “no, but I should warn you I am experiencing violent impulses” “well, i’m armed, so I’ll take my chances”
(and right after, when he said he wants to leave the FBI, but working with her is his only reason to stay)
“i’d consider it more than a professional loss if you decided to leave” <- sobbing. for ten thousand years.
episode 3, when she flew 300 miles in the middle of the night to draw his blood. couldn’t anyone else have done that? no. it needed to be Her.
(there’s another, very brief scene towards the end of episode 3, where she peeks over his shoulder and the height difference is incredible)
scully stopping her class because she gets a call from him, then flying up to New York to do an autopsy for him. and when they see each other they both smile SO big it’s adorable, even as she is holding a human stomach. krychek seems confused. he wouldn't understand, would he?
and then flying in AGAIN to try and help mulder during his hostage negotiation with duane barry in episode 5, getting furious when she is told to “calm down” while he is in danger
when she finally wakes up from her coma in episode 8- how she yells at her mom for calling him “fox”, how he brings her a VHS tape of superbowl highlights and she deadpans “i knew there was a reason to live”
(and he finally gives her necklace back- but then he leaves, despite wanting nothing more than to stay by her side, to let her be with family)
in episode 9, when they are finally back together, mulder tries to get her to stay home from this investigation to keep her safe, because he's terrified of her getting hurt again: “scully, i don’t think it’s a good idea for you to go”, he says, but she’s too stubborn to be stopped, and he realizes it’s an impossible fight
(later, they engage in an intense scientific argument over the existence of silicon based life forms, and it feels deeply charged)
another reassurance in episode 9 that she is okay despite what she has gone through: “i’m back and I’m not going anywhere” (shoulder grab!!!!) “i'm counting on you” (lingering eye contact!!!!)
when he returns from his mission to find scully handcuffed, having just saved herself with some quick thinking, and she has to comfort HIM at the sight of her in distress: “i'm okay, i’m okay”, she repeats, while he gently grabs her face, and seems to ignore everything she is saying to ask if she’s alright
(and the month long quarantine that ensued, which we saw none of, but the fact that it happened at all is lovely to me)
sharing an umbrella in episode 10!!!!! it’s really the simple things in life you know!!!
going out on a rib date… he wipes the sauce off of her face, then goes into explaining how a new spirit can take over a body
when mulder’s sense of injustice is going off that episode, so he leaves the restaurant to defend a kid being bullied, and when scully follows the mean kid taunts him by saying “why don’t you run along with the little wife?” and neither of them react (except for a few moments later when he’s staring intently at her, and it looks like he is considering the possibility)
(bursting into her motel room) “scully? you’re not gonna believe this” <- he said the line!!!! (and she could believe it, because she had figured it out on her own)
exchanging theories on murders and repression of memories: “i seem to recall you having some pretty extreme hunches”, she says, and he replies “i never have”. they both smile in the quiet of driving along a small town road.
when mulder narrowly escapes having his throat slit, and after scully nearly shot the woman holding him hostage, she runs to him and carefully cradles his head while he’s still on the floor…. oh the tenderness. i actually might fall apart.
thinking they will have free time on their trip to Minnesota in episode 13, he bought them tickets to a football game <3 and they didn’t get to go but it was SUCH a nice thought
mulder noticing that scully is in extreme distress while looking at the victims of the killings in episode 13, but trying to give her space to admit that she is terrified; “scully, if you’re having trouble with this case, I want you to tell me” “I’m not having trouble”, she lies, and he answers “i just don’t want you to think you have to hide anything from me” oughhh.... </3
and when the killer who terrified her so awfully kidnaps her, and mulder arrives to find her, she insists that she’s okay despite shaking like a leaf, until he lifts her chin up. only then does she start sobbing into his chest, while he mumbles “it’s alright, it’s alright” to her. ohhh, the vulnerability hits hard here, especially because she had just said she didn’t want him to feel like he had to protect her! as if there was ever going to be any other option; he is the protector and he will protect what he loves, it’s all he knows
taking the little kid they meet at the refugee camp in episode 15 to get lunch, because one thing these two are gonna do is get any youth they encounter some food. and mulder gives him money for extra fries because he WILL spoil any random child.
she cuts her hand on a thorny branch left in their car, and when mulder says “let me see that”, she replies that it is nothing, trying to deny him any chance to be concerned. then when she starts feeling very ill, she keeps telling him its fine, because for some reason the doctor cannot doctor herself.
(he goes off to get the bad guy, and she is in the car hallucinating. when she finally breaks free from the clutches of evil, he’s lying on the ground, having been… like, psychically stabbed? and still. his first question when he sees her is. “you’re okay?” aughhhhhhhhh)
that time mulder was actively dying of alien poison in episode 17, so she barged in and started yelling at the doctor to get his shit together, because she knew what to do and he didn’t. and she manages to save him.
mulder agreeing to trade who he thought was his sister for scully in a hostage deal, then saying he couldn’t have told her it was his sister because he knew scully would never have let him go through with it... the terrible pain of knowing somebody so well, you know they'd endanger themselves for you...
after scully saves his life by figuring out how to treat his alien poison, she stays by his bed and gently strokes his hair. and when he opens his eyes, she was holding his arm. she smiles and says “thanks for ditching me”, to which he replies that he found his faith again (<3)
seasick mulder fumbling for words in episode 19, while she tries to see if he's feeling any better: “you’re lucky you inherited your father’s legs” “what?” “his SEA legs” (scully laughs while he is in ocean-induced misery)
when they take shifts watching the suspicious guy on the boat that makes you old, his alarm goes off to indicate his shift was over. he goes to wake scully up and switch off, she mumbles something about having just fallen asleep, and he offers to give her a little bit longer to rest. so sweet.
exchanging magic tricks while investigating the sideshow performers in florida in episode 20- her making it look like the cricket came from behind his ear, him pretending to make the nail suddenly appear
“we’re exhuming your potato” “may i ask why?” (she goes into a convincing explanation on searching for evidence, he ruins it by interrupting to say “we found out you used to be a dog-faced boy”)
episode 21: “see, this is a helium balloon, and the one thing i did learn in kindergarten is that when you let them go, they float up, up, and away” “did you learn about wind in kindergarten?” (she is funny and she doesn’t get enough credit for that!)
and episode 24: iI just came up with a sick theory, mulder” “ooh, I’m listening”
mulder brushing her hair back, asking if she is okay after nearly getting decapitated
and who can forget episode 25, the season finale, when mulder is collapsing into her arms, delirious with fever and covered in his father’s blood; she lays him down in her bed, placing a cold compress on his forehead. “we’ve got to find out who killed my father” “right now you need to rest. it’s okay” what if i started yelling
him waking up after she had to put him in a coma for damage control: “you shot me >:(” “yes, i did” (patiently explains how she saved his life about 3 times in 72 hours, including by shooting him)
him thanking her for taking care of him; her asking him to find out what the files he's determined to understand say about her disappearance