Is scully a mary-sue because she's a medical doctor slash fbi agent? Perhaps. Is mulder even more of a mary-sue because he's a genius-level graduate of oxford? Oh definitely.
Brb gonna have a lil breakdown about how the world perceives me differently than i see myself and i may never feel like my true self is known. Might get ice cream after.
The thing about the x files is it's not about aliens and cryptids and such. It's about wanting to believe. That's the famous phrase. Not 'i believe'. Just 'i want to believe'. It's about hoping there's something out there we don't know. Hoping there are new things to discover. It's about wanting to let go of whatever is making you afraid and letting yourself be seen as crazy, weird, strange if it means that you believe in something.
That scene in beyond the sea when scully yells at boggs that if mulder dies because of him, then she'll happily be the one to throw the switch. But then by the end he asks her to be a witness to his death and she declines ughhhh god this show is killing me softly.
underrated moment: scully tells luther lee boggs that while the afterlife may be a cold, dark place for him, it won’t be for mulder. halfway through season 1 and she already knows mulder’s heart.
X files scratches that specific part of my brain that loves 90s sci fi. X files also scratches that specific part of my brain that falls for every woman that intimidates me a little and every man that doesnt intimidate me at all.
Gillian Anderson gives off such bde (obv) but also short girl energy but also somehow tall girl energy? Idk i'm just shocked she's only an inch taller than me.
I know scullys a doctor and all that but it is so funny how comfortable mulder is being shirtless around her when theyve only known each other a few months.