Ice And Humbug Are The First Two Episodes That Come To Mind Always

Ice and Humbug are the first two episodes that come to mind always

okay but the way mulder closes his eyes when scully's fingers touch his skin while she's checking him for alien worms in 01x08??? and her little gasp when he yanks her back from the door and then the way he cups the back of her head before he checks her too??? the size of his hand on the back of her neck??? oh man. oh god. oh fuck they were really out here doing something huh. I'm never gonna come back from this one huh. oh boy. oh no

vegans making honey a bee labour issue is the funniest thing imaginable because like, you picked the one animal that has already unionised

One time we came across a llama just chilling on the street in downtown Vancouver, it was maybe the second day of our trip and I was like 'that's it, we're done, we've peaked, we could go home' because I was so excited to see this beautiful random llama just hanging out.

So I can only imagine how excited I'd be to see a llama *and* Charlie Cox at the same time 😆

Llama. That is all.

THE X-FILES | 1.01

I had you big time...

Happy Anniversary to the show that made me the lore-loving, slowburn-savouring nerd I am today!

I'm from a very nerdy family and we all loved The X Files. I remember reading the companion books for a few series and becoming obsessed with how much detail went into things like the episode titles and every tiny reference. We'd get *so* excited anytime the title card changed. One of the creepiest episodes inspired me to write a poem I love. My big fluffy Maine Coon cat, affectionately known as just Kit, is actually named Kitsunegari as one of a whole litter of X-File episode-honouring kittens 😄

I try to make sure everyone knows about Bree Sharp's glorious pun-filled homage to David Duchuvny. I love figuring out just how many movie stars got their first break on the show (hello Ryan Reynolds, Jack Black etc...). I've hiked round Lynn Canyon Park where so much of it was filmed and felt like I could have literally been in 'Darkness Falls'. My first ever celebrity meet & greet was with Mitch Pileggi and Nicholas Lea and I've since met Smoking Man himself (an absolute delight) and eventually our beloved duo too, a few years apart - Gillian Anderson gave me chilli chocolate and David insisted on signing next to Gillian's autograph. They were both sweethearts (and he especially still lit up at the mention of her name 🥰).

I *love* virtually everything about The X Files (definitely some exceptions 😄) but as someone who values friendship so very highly and whose connection to deeper relationships is rooted completely in this, Mulder and Scully were so much more than a cliché slowburn friends-to-lovers for me, they beautifully exemplified the fact that line can be a little blurred from the start, and that deep genuine mutual respect, trust, care and admiration can be as powerful as, or indistinguishable from, more traditionally depicted romantic love. Their journey and that gorgeous message is one I've subconsciously sought out in so many fictional pairings since and in my own life too.

My little probably demi-of-some-description heart identified with them so much and the wait for what was so adorably inevitable between them was so, so worth it and earned and magical. They were *the* ship, the og sweet, sweet slowburn-but-they-kinda-already-got-there-years-before-the-kiss kinda pairing 😄 (I truly have a pattern of loving this exact scenario!!!)

So yeah, happy anniversary you crazy little show. I laugh, I cry, I'm very grateful and if I could only pick a single show, I want to believe you'll always be the one 👽

et boum i tried joining the new art trend on twitter and did gambie :]c alternate versions down below!