THE X-FILES | 5.12

THE X-FILES | 3.22

Or maybe... there's a secret lovers' pact.

THE X-FILES | 6.06

THE X FILES | Fox Mulder's Standup Comedy Demo Reel (part 2/?)

fucked up and evil that

• Ted Raimi was never in the X-Files
• Brad Dourif was never in Twin Peaks

[It's a -] Dead cow! Exactly. Or more specifically, a dead 900 pound Holstein. It's body completely drained of blood.
THE X-FILES, 'Bad Blood'

So.... All this, because I've ... because I didn't get you a desk?

Not everything is about you, Mulder. This is my life.

THE X-FILES — 04x13

The X-Files: on Chris Carter and Ellipses

David Duchovny recounts a misinterpretation of CC's writing:

Forever, uh, doing The X-Files, I would read Chris Carter's dialogue; and, um, he used a lot of ellipses: dot, dot, dot. And, uh, I would think, "Oh, it must be a, uh, y'know, something I'm not saying. Something the character Mulder is not saying." And so, I would think about what I'm not saying. And I would, y'know-- if I wasn't too overwhelmed in the moment-- bring that into the performance. Or, or, the intimation of the line.

Anyway ... when we were doing the reboot-- six or seven years ago, or whatever it was-- there was one of these dot dots, dot. And I didn't know... I didn't know what might have not been said. And so, I called Chris.

"Where's he [Mulder] going with this? Where's he not going with this? What's he not saying here?"

And [Carter says], "No, no, that's just 'no widows, no orphans.'"

And I go, "What? What are you talking about?"

And he's like, "No, I don't allow any widows or orphans in my writing; so, I always use ellipses or em dashes to make it a perfect square or rectangle."

And I said, "You mean, I've been working with you for ten years trying to fill in those ellipses; and it's just because you don't like the way it looks on a page?"

And he goes, "Yeah."

assigning Scully to the X-files was the funniest thing the US government ever did because imagine you send this logical, rule-following scientist to spy on the Basement Weirdo but instead they fall in love and soul-bond so intensely that it’s actually a legitimate threat to national security. all the super-important super-evil government conspiracies are at risk because you (the US government) accidentally pulled the best matchmaking job in history and now they’re so in love and oh shit they’re breaking into another top-secret facility, they’re discovering evidence of another war crime and they’re gazing longingly into each other’s eyes next to a crashed ufo and it’s all your fucking fault

ALT

ALT

my first art of 2025 was butchfemme msr, I figured it'd be a good way to start this year too