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how to say “I love you” in x-files [14/?] ⤷ 1.01 — “Pilot”
#definitely not gazing at scully
This look basically says, "Oh, I am definitely going to enjoy quietly yearning for you for the next 7 years until we finally have such ferociously hot sex that it contributes to climate change."
literally how are they not constantly falling over each other. who walks like this. it's fuck o'clock in the morning and the entire hallway is empty but they're not just walking NEXT to each other, oh no. she's literally half in front of him and he's glued to her back.
they're still twisting their necks to have sexually charged eye contact instead of putting an inch of space between them. his hand could be on her ass and we wouldn't even know.
you could handcuff them together and they probably wouldn't even notice for several hours.
DANA SCULLY & FOX MULDER — the x files
you were my friend and you told me the truth. even when the world was falling apart, you were my constant. my touchstone.
“If The X-Files was a 90s anime.”
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#she wasn't subtle #at all
GILLIAN ANDERSON and DAVID DUCHOVNY in THE X-FILES (1993-2018)
THE X-FILES | 4.03
“Are you hurt? [Mmm.] Are you okay?”
You're the only one I trust.
Mulder and Scully show how much they trust each other through the seasons.
The X Files 1x17 // 2x01 // 2x13 // 3x23
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Detour is actually so so sweet. i feel like it gets heart-break-ified what with Mulder being oblivious to Scully's little wine hangout overture, but instead of it feeling like Scully's One Semi Overt Overture and he Missed It and she decided he's Not Interested, it actually reads to me that Scully is disappointed but also amused and charmed like, "right, I forgot who I was dealing with for a second there, of course he's serious about the cryptids," but in a grudgingly endeared way. That's her Mulder, alright!
And they're so comfortable together! they're tromping around in their anoraks and they're shouting each other's names in the forest, they're relaxed and chatting about cartoons and sleeping bags even when lost in the woods, none of the fear and recrimination like in Darkness Falls, or the quiet dread of Firewalker. Mulder even chats animal tracks with Michelle the beautiful forest ranger and Scully does not bat an eye, does not feel at all threatened for once. And Scully is so much more relaxed in the woods, you can tell she'd much rather be out there alone with Mulder than in a Best Western conference hall playing word games or whatever, where she'd have to keep up her Agent Scully pretenses.
Honestly, Detour is the episode is the episode that makes me think maybe the affair did begin post Momento Mori, or in the wake of her remission, and things had already shifted and somewhat begun to settle in by then. Making the wine and cheese tray not a Momentous first move but a semi established couple casual date offer that Mulder missed because he was in work mode and generally oblivious, which is why it didn't tank the mood between them when he accidentally turned her down. Seriously, Michelle would have been a huge point of contention and Scully would have been very snippy about her if she thought Mulder was ducking her tentative initial romantic move to go chase monsters with the tall, pretty forest ranger lady if she didn't feel like her place and priority with Mulder was already secure and happy.
Of course Diana and season 6 writing generally does contradict this theory, but the X Files's unofficial subtitle is "Continuity, hey who needs it right," so I do think that's strong support for the 'they got together at some point in the Cancer Arc' believers out there 👀
scully: maybe it's a conspiracy mulder, assessing her ring size (again): what are your thoughts on a spring wedding or we could elope like right now
can't say he didn't try
He's telling her about the squishy rock conspiracy
THE X-FILES (1993-2018) | S06E08 ‘The Rain King’
