#txf cast

[alexa-crowe]

David Duchovny joking about what Mulder and Scully get up to when we don’t see them (x)

#txfedit #david duchovny #don't worry man i'll make sure you don't look like your simpsons self #mine #i had to gif it as soon as i watched it #txf #the x-files #txf cast

[viikkah]

Behind the scenes of The X-Files

#the x files #txf #xfiles #x files #the x-files #xf #the x files bts #txf bts #txf cast #behind the scenes #david duchovny #gillian anderson #david and gillian #david x gillian #ddga #fox mulder #dana scully #mulder x scully #mitch pileggi #walter skinner #nicholas lea #alex krycek #chris carter #90s tv shows #90s sci fi #90s aesthetic #90s tv #90s #sci fi tv #they’re everything to me

[dailytxf]

DAVID DUCHOVNY & GILLIAN ANDERSON for US WEEKLY (1997)

#* #txfedit #xfilesedit #the x files #txf #david duchovny #gillian anderson #scifiedit #user90s #theninetiesedit #userbbelcher #usermulder #usermills #usercande #tusershay #useralex #linda-darnell #by veronika #edit #cast #photoshoot

[mindibindi]

Hello

I am a new fan and do not know about the ten minute post existence hug. Would love to though. :)

Hello and welcome! So my smooshy lil brain seems to have misremembered/exaggerated this piece of Gillovny lore cos it was a 5-min hug (which is still a long time to embrace someone actually). As I said y'day, people in the vicinity of David and Gillian can and have given insight into them as people and their working relationship. This particular bts story is told by veteran XF director Kim Manners (RIP) on the audio commentary for "Existence." A helpful fan has cut it together (see below) with Manners' finale reflections on "The Truth", the M/S relationship and David and Gillian's relationship. This part is also pertinent to the previous ask I responded to. He too describes David and Gillian's relationship as being like a marriage. But marriage takes work. It has ups and downs that, if negotiated in good faith, yield great rewards. Anyway, I will let him tell it. Enjoy...

Some extra XF lore: as a new fan you may not know that Manners was parodied (affectionately) by Duchovny in "Hollywood AD" (the director of the movie yells "kick it in the ass!" which was Manners' fave phrase. Apparently, despite his last name he was quite sweary. Darin Morgan's Detective "Bleep" Manners is an earlier and more obvy homage). Manners has since passed away and you can see a headstone for him in the graveyard scene in 10.03. Mulder takes a moment to pay his respects. Manners directed the most (or second most ??) XF episodes of any of their regular directors.

*** Edited to say: I found the 10 min source! I knew I'd seen it recently! And it's in print so let's call it the definitive version:

Original post by @welsharcher

#txf #the x files #ask #gillovny #existence #bts #david duchovny #gillian anderson #kim manners #for streaming kiddies an audio commentary was an optional extra on dvds where cast or crew talk you thru the filming process as you watch #it was awesome but i guess they're no longer a thing now... a casualty of streaming services

[whovianderson]

“Oubliette” hit me much harder than I was expecting. Sorry to everyone, but this post is going to get a little bit personal.

So, I have complex post traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). Personally, I found this episode to be such powerful exploration of trauma that it left me reeling.

Firstly, I took the episode symbolically, wherein the whole story was an allegory for Lucy’s trauma. Amy’s situation paralleling hers felt to me like a real depiction of what it’s like to have flashbacks. While I don’t often get visual flashbacks, I do get emotional flashbacks, and that side of it resonated beyond measure with me. I almost cried when Lucy said “I don’t want to do this again”, because that’s exactly what it’s like for me to face my triggers.

Also, Amy’s injuries appearing on Lucy as a physical demonstration of how the past is still mentally hurting her felt very validating.

I related to Mulder’s trauma too. I take responsibility for everyone around me to ensure that nothing like what traumatised me happens again, and I saw that in Mulder’s desperation to change things for fear of a repeat of what happened to his sister, for example, the CPR on Amy.

Mulder’s distress when he realised that Lucy had sacrificed herself for Amy was impactful for me too. I’ve had to learn the hard way that I am ultimately powerless to control what happens to other people, and that upsets me greatly, as it did him. There’s also a sense of inevitability and inescapability from the cycle of trauma when you experience these things again that is deeply harrowing.

I’ve worked a lot on healing my inner child with my therapist. The ending of this episode, with Lucy’s death and Amy’s survival, felt like a message that it’s possible for the trauma in me to recede, and the child I never got to be to be free.

I left this episode emotional, but so grateful that something I could see so much of myself in something I love so much.

Finally, if this is relatable and you want to talk to someone who understands, please feel free to message me. It sounds hollow to say, but it really does get better, even if you don’t think that applies to you. I had gotten so used to living with trauma that I never thought I’d exist without it, and yet here I am, doing better than I ever thought possible!

#thank you to the cast and crew for delivering this #/gen #also mulder crying over lucy because that’s who his sister would be… #I had some more lighthearted reactions to the episode too #scully: that’s spooky #mulder: that’s my name isn’t it? #I DIED #and scully asking the others to follow mulder’s theory bc even though she’s unconvinced she trusts him #pip watches txf for the first time and goes insane #the x-files #3x08 #oubliette #personal #cptsd #living with cptsd #I feel like I’m going to be rewatching this a lot #I’m so lucky to have discovered this episode now when I have this perspective #I’m overflowing with feelings

[subarulesbian]

very much forgot that bryan cranston was in an episode of the x files where he played an antisemitic conspiracy theorist whose head exploded

#funny thing is him being cast in that role is like 1 million percent why he ended up playing mr breaking bad #txf #ep: drive #personal

[iowiymiw]

“will guillermo ever become a vampire” is kinda like the question “will scully ever believe in aliens” because i’m not saying it will never happen, but it would involve changing likely one of the biggest dynamics, even the core of the show, and so obviously the writers are going to draw that out as long as humanly possible

#okay maybe not THEE core of the show since wwdits is obviously an ensemble cast while txf is not. but you get it #.txt #until they wanna end the show or their plug is getting pulled i don’t see them doing it #wwdits

[cock-holliday]

Swallowing my pride to thank Chris Carter for indirectly introducing me to my girlfriend

#*thanks the entire cast and crew then grumbles a thanks to chris* #txf

[sassmill]

Oh I recognize him from The Gift

#is he only cast as one type of character? unassuming and violent? #d.p.o. #txf

[autumnsup]

#txf #podcast #coming soon #I am SO looking forward to this #if you haven't listened to their prev episodes on btvs #I highly recommend #they interview a bunch of cast and crew members and their analysis is flawless #Spotify #Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure

[figureofdismay]

anyone know of any txf fics touching on the idea of Ahab/Bill Scully having also been tangentially linked to...... conspiracy things? or coverups? I feel like that old friend and neighbor from the base having information in piper maru/apocrypha took a step in that direction. as did the implication that Ahab advanced through the ranks with some alacrity if he was already a Captain in Scully's youth/adolescence -- i mean yes it could just be an extension of the Ahab nickname and/or the writer's room getting confused naval promotions, which. fair. the only reason i know anything about that is due to research i did in a past fandom, but I'm choosing to view it with this lens if you see what i mean. Also the fact that Scully is in those 'vaccination' records they found since before her abduction. I'm always unclear if that was meant to imply that 'everyone' was being indexed and filtered at that point or if it was meant to imply that Scully and possibly her family had been marked for the inclusion in the plot/conspiracy from well before her being linked to Mulder on the X-files assignment.

I just think it would be interesting to play with the idea that Bill Sr. did things or knew things or was actually in naval intelligence or something -- I remember from my time in aforementioned previous fandom with an ex naval intelligence officer turned criminal rogue character that they have their hands in more pies than most people think... at least in TV land. Obviously he's not directly involved the way the other father named Bill was but it would be interesting if he were wittingly or unwittingly involved in operations for the benefit of the syndicate people.

And it would be interesting if CSM/CGB put Scully onto the X-files with Mulder not to simply be an obstruction in his path and spy on him/take him down like they assume but because Ahab's service somehow put Scully in the net they cast for potential subjects/colonization survivors. That after CSM decided to move Diana under his personal control (take his son's girlfriend for himself) he offset that by pushing Scully at him in hopes that he'd be distracted and settle down with another intelligent, 'conspiracy-approved' woman/genetic line. (not bargaining on them both being obsessive workaholics.) And that maybe her abduction wasn't punishment for continuing to work on the files but was part of something that was already in motion whether or not she continued working with Mulder.

Plus, frankly, it would be really interesting to know what Bill Jr. was up to. To explore the idea that he was also involved in some tertiary way via his own service. In a thought experiment where Ahab was useful to the conspiracy and his 3rd child got selected for further use in early screening, what would be the chances that his 1st born son was totally passed over? Not high, right?

I don't believe this is literally canon or that the intention was really there, but you could definitely make a plot like this out of some of the pieces they gave us and I feel like it would be an interesting perspective on Scully's relationship to her family, and the maybe-inevitability of her involvement in all this, and her ability to establish agency in spite of it. And it's a way to sidestep the 'mulder was being punished with scully's abduction' baggage that the show does and doesn't believe.

I've been really thinking about this lately, but I can't offhand remember any fics or meta tackling mytharcy things from this direction....?

#the x files #character theory: scully #txf #dana scully #AUs i need in my life

[viikkah]

The X-Files behind the scenes

#the x files #txf #the x-files #xfiles #x files #xf #the x files bts #txf bts #behind the scenes #txf cast #david duchovny #gillian anderson #david and gillian #david x gillian #ddga #fox mulder #dana scully #mulder x scully #chris carter #kim manners #90s tv shows #90s sci fi #90s #sci fi tv #they’re everything to me #mitch pileggi #walter skinner #nicholas lea #alex krycek #x-files

[fine-nephrit]

🥏 TXF Fic Rec #25: "Overnight Sensation" by Syntax6

Today’s fic is an “X Files meets police procedure” whodunit with some of the best Diana-induced angst ever written. Set after episodes 6x11-12, “Two Fathers/One Son,” Scully ditches Mulder to join the investigation of a high-profile serial killer case in Boston. Her partner and Diana Fowley soon follow suits, complicating things.

This is one of those holy grail fics that combine a top-notch casefile with great MSR, the type @syntax6 excels at. The fast-paced, action-packed casefile goes all out on elaborate plot puzzles and has a blockbuster scale to it. Syntax6 creates a cast of original characters for the local police force, and portrays Mulder as a brilliant, heroic, and ass-kicking investigator, bringing to life that “golden boy of VCU”, known mainly through hearsay not often seen in action. A must-read.

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🥏 on author's site 🥏 audio version on @audiofanficpod read by @darkesttimelinestuff

length: novel, 88,000+ words season: season 6, 6x11 Two Fathers/One Son pairing(s): M/S UST o RST tags: Casefile, angst, jealousy, rift, holiday, pretend couple, good OCs, Diana Fowley rating: explicit/NC-17

#x files #txf #x files fanfic #msr #nephrit's fic rec #favorite #len: novel #season: 6 #6x11-12 two fathers/one son #ship: m/s ust to rst #genre: casefile #genre: angst #jealousy #rift #holiday #pretend couple #good oc(s) #diana fowley #rating: nc17 #by: syntax6

[thatfragilecapricorn30]

I like The X-Files, should I watch Fringe?

I decided to watch Fringe because it was frequently recommended as a show for fans of TXF. I was really curious how similar it would be and would I actually enjoy it? I'm only on S2 E5, so this post will be my impressions of the first season. I'll probably write another post after watching more of the show. I'll also try to make this as spoiler free as possible so anyone can read it!

What is Fringe about? The main character is FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham. We meet her when she's assigned to a case in which everyone on board a plane dies from a mysterious illness. The plane lands successfully at Boston Logan (due to some auto-landing feature - not sure if this is even real) and this is where we find out that Boston (aka Vancouver) is our setting for the show. Dunham traces the mysterious illness back to the research of a former Harvard professor (Dr. Walter Bishop), who is currently in a psychiatric institution, and she needs his son (Peter Bishop) to get him out. By the end of the episode, the three of them form the core of the Fringe division, a cohort of agents and consultants working on unexplained cases (sound familiar??).

How are Fringe and TXF similar?

Both shows center on a special division within the FBI that involve unexplained phenonomen.

Both are filmed in Vancouver.

Both feature monster of the week and mythology episodes.

Both have a strong female lead.

Both have the potential for romance between the two leads (Olivia and Peter).

How are the two shows different?

Fringe features an ensemble cast, whereas TXF was really only Mulder and Scully. I enjoy the relationships between the characters (like Peter and his father, and Walter and Astrid), but the show hasn't done a great job of fleshing out characters aside from the core three. Poor Astrid has pretty much no personality aside from performing lab work with Walter.

The show does not have the same atmosphere as TXF seasons 1-5, even though they're both filmed in the same locale. It might be because of film vs. digital, but the cinematography on Fringe is lacking compared to the beautiful forests we're used to seeing on TXF.

Fringe does a great job of tying a majority of their monster of the week episodes back to the main mythology. The problem with this is that it's hard to watch these episodes independently as they don't have a truly self-contained story.

The mythology storyline is well-developed and I heard that there's actually a plan for the plot (unlike TXF).

Fringe is sci-fi. There are no paranormal, supernatural, or horror elements.

Other impressions:

It took me about halfway through season 1 to start getting into the show, and it seems like that might be some others' experience (and why they may have stopped).

I find it hard to follow the cases sometimes, because they involve technology that is extremely advanced or currently doesn't exist at all, and it seems like the writers don't really understand it either.

I have a feeling we'll be seeing a romantic relationship between Olivia and Peter at some point and I think the show is doing a good job of slowly developing their bond. I've also heard that Anna Torv and Joshua Jackson did not get along on set (sound familiar??) but they have decent chemistry - not as good as David and Gillian but as we all know, there's not a fair comparison.

There's random things that rub me the wrong way, like Walter performing autopsies (someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think he's an MD, just has several PhDs), how every single case relates back to Walter's research (this man is like 10 Einsteins because he was conducting experiments in every field and all of it beyond the realm of known science), Walter touching dead bodies at crime scenes without gloves (I know this happens in TXF but it's so egregious in Fringe). Despite all this, I do like Walter's character and I think John Noble gives an excellent performance.

Olivia Dunham is a well-rounded character and Anna Torv is great. I really enjoy the relationship she has with her sister and niece.

So far, I enjoy the mythology episodes more than the monster of the week, which is the opposite of my opinion for TXF.

It's funny that there are 15 years between the premiere of TXF (1993) and Fringe (2008) and about another 15 years to present day (2024). But Fringe seems so modern compared to TXF. You can barely tell it's 15 years old, except for the lack of iPhones and I'm sure even that will change in the next few seasons.

Should I watch it??

If you really enjoy sci-fi, I would say definitely check it out. If you're on the fence, or don't like sci-fi at all, I would skip this one.

It probably sounds like I don't enjoy Fringe based on my above points. I think part of it is that I am comparing it to TXF, even while watching, and TXF is definitely better (imo). I also enjoy horror more than sci fi. But, Fringe is holding my interest for now and I've heard that it improves throughout the seasons, so I'm going to keep watching.

I'll definitely write an update post at some point - if I finish the show or stop watching it.

I'm so curious to hear the thoughts of others who have watched Fringe! Do you agree with my assessments so far? What are your opinions and how does it compare to The X-Files for you?

#fringe #the x-files #txf #my.txf

[carefulfears]

rain king!

this episode has such a special place in my heart because i was taking “intro to weather and climate” when i watched it and i was exhausted after like 7 hours of doing weather lab homework and came home to watch txf and the episode was about weather lol. and it makes me laugh so much

the rain king is such a classic classic x files episode in that the setting and the case and mulder’s theories are all very silly but it just has such an enjoyable energy to it, and it has a cast of supporting characters who are so memorable.

season six is talked about a lot as being the season of the “fanfic tropes”, and the rain king is one of the more prominent examples, making it also an example of what makes season six stand out to me so much. season six is a twisted romcom, with every trope warped by the overarching narrative of the season.

this episode follows a man whose unexpressed feelings towards the woman he loves have built up so much over the years that it’s spilling over into rain. it's spinning around them in tornadoes. it's freezing into hail.

mulder and scully are mistaken for a couple by everyone they meet in this little town. they have to share a motel room. there was only one bed. the climax of the story is at a dance in a high school.

and mulder spends the night in her motel room doing nothing but talking about cows, then gives dating advice to a meteorologist the next day. scully gives a speech in a bathroom about falling in love with your best friend. about how those are the best relationships, about how a switch just flips, and suddenly they're the only person that you could ever imagine yourself with. and then goes out and stands awkwardly next to hers.

these are the most delusional people in the world, you truly can throw every trope at them and it won't make a dent.

they'll stand under the downpour of repressed love, feel the consequences of harbored feelings, and hop back in the car to the airport. it's so delicious.

and don’t ever forget the added context of s6, that through all of this, scully wants to have his babies SOOOOO BADDDDDD

#my favorite scene in rain king #is when scully hears that he's giving dating advice to holman #and she just squints and goes DEAD quiet #her life flashed before her eyes #truly the beginning of scully's 'my life is psychological torture' s6 era #thank you for the ask!! #sorry people are in your inbox lol #asks #the rain king #msr #kae meta

[koschei-the-ginger]

listen, I know that the "duch" in duchovny means (holy) spirit but i can't help but giggle whenever there's a txf episode about ghosts. yeah, that's the kind of job you're supposed to be doing, mr david mcghost. someone give the casting manager a milion dollars

#me at 9 years old: omG his name is DUCHovny?👈😆 #the x files #txf #david duchovny #my own #i hadnt watched txf until i was 2020 but i knew him for the name and the 2h head&shoulders commercial called evolution (2001) (affectionate #it was one of the movies that i remember watching at least 4 times in elementary school