Icon from a picrew by grgikau. Call me Tir or Julian. 37. He/They. Queer. Twitter: @tirlaeyn. ao3: tirlaeyn. 18+ Only. Star Trek. The X-Files. Sandman. IwtV. OMFD. Definitionless in this Strict Atmosphere.
everyone following me: why do u care so much abt that threshold epsiode
me:
(ID - a screencap of the Xfiles, mulder sits in a chair, guestering with one hand and his eyes closed. Captions read “because the lizard baby”. End ID)
- So why didn’t they ask me? - They’re friends of mine from the academy. I’m sure they just felt more comfortable talking to me.
Okay this is so fucking cute because he knows damn well he makes people uncomfortable and that they call him Spooky, he’s just playing dumb because he wants to know how she sees him. He wants to find out if she shares the sentiments but doesn’t want to let on that it might hurt him she was uncomfortable and thought poorly of him so he’s playing dumb. It’s so endearing and so Mulder
oh my god? the x files-fandom was the fandom that invented the word ‘shipping’? JESUS CHRIST I LOVE Y’ALL
Yes, back in the early days, there were two camps of fans: “Relationshippers” (people all about the MSR) and the “NoRomos” (people all about the platonic partnership.) Relationshippers was eventually shortened to “shippers.”
The X-Files popularity just happened to parallel the birth of the internet. Philes took it by storm with the creation of fan forums, chat groups, and hundreds of websites devoted to the show, characters, and the actors. :)
The X-Files fandom also coined the term UST (Unresolved Sexual Tension) as a fanfic descriptor. :D Fandom history is pretty neat.
fruck man
Man X-Files was my intro to fandom and fic and it shaped me so much
You know this post?
It’s true! But the corollary is, “And if not Star Trek, probably X-Files.”
