Love how Scully’s reaction to hearing that Mulder want’s to quit after the two are forcefully split up is “do you want me to do the autopsy on your current case? Would that make you feel better? 🥺”
Scully, the woman who has already “lost” a lot in S1– branded as Mrs. Spooky, almost died a handful of times, was personally involved in secret government shenanigans, broke onto a military base, and had her own paranormal experience with her father and ex-boyfriend– wheedled MULDER into not quitting the FBI.
She was willing to follow his work, whatever form, as his partner (or at least backup) even if it included his mind-numbing tasks sent as punishment by Skinner.
And also: she’s incredibly optimistic compared to Mulder’s doom and gloom. The only time Scully ever quit when the going got tough was in FTF, and only because she thought Mulder never needed her. At every stage of their journey, it was Scully who pulled him back from the brink– be it to tug his hand away from Modell in Pusher or give him a moving speech about “only in contradiction to what we know of it” at his mother’s bedside in Herrenvolk or even from suicide in Demons– and Mulder who continually gave up hope without her (Little Green Men, Ascension-3-One Breath, FTF, One Son, etc.) Scully kept their heads on straight and her conviction and hope kept their souls from shriveling into dust.
Favorite thing about renaissance faires is that they have fuck all to to with the renaissance. This thang is not about historical anything this is about dressing up like a fairy and watching a joust
This might be harsh but I think those who equate “good character design” to “character I would fuck” and express outright disgust at designs who dared to fall outside their conventional beauty norms should be trapped in the amulet for a thousand years. minimum
Also being a scientist pretty much gives you a free pass to be as eccentric as you want like you’ll be at a conference and it’s like “is that guy wearing socks and sandals and plaid pants???” “Ya but he was on the team that discovered gravitational waves let him be”
I once saw a highly-respected mineralogist take a slice of watermelon, put it between the two halves of a bagel, and eat it like a sandwich.
I’m so tired of hot actors with no actual talent or magnetism. we need more ugly little cuntservers giving performances that fuck so hard you leave the theatre with road rash. willem dafoe if you’re out there
