#cause we start out with redux which is of course intense and mulder is being very affectionate with scully who thinks she’s dying

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mulder and scully look so sad in season 5. i am diagnosing them as being in need of a good night's sleep and a kiss

#there’s like. several main emotional beats throughout the season and they kind of become more unhappy as the season goes on #cause we start out with redux which is of course intense and mulder is being very affectionate with scully who thinks she’s dying #and then to wrap up the cancer arc we have detour where they’re just happy to be alive and working together again #and scully makes a few attempt at starting a more serious romantic relationship with mulder too but he doesn’t exactly respond in kind #(that’s a whole other post to unpack) #but in the post-modern prometheus they seem pretty happy still AND THEY DANCE #but then the emily arc drops (devastating) and scully pulls away a bit afterwards #then there’s a series of cases where they’re a little bit distant #mulder’s in his own slightly dark headspace during patient x/the red and the black #like. okay #they’re not unfriendly or cold with each other #but there is this sobering realization #this ‘i am in love with you and you are the most important thing to me but you have also cost me everything’ #they know they’re in deep and there’s no going back #but what adds to the angst and underlying sadness is that all this goes unsaid #they’re masters at dancing are the truth (in the words of maisie peters) #which now that i say it is ironic because so much of their mission is to reveal the truth #season 5 is peak repressed feelings #the x files #meta finding tag #msr #belle speaks #txf liveblog #belle liveblogs #txf s5