#but i love the evolution

[deathsbestgirl]

i was reading this again and it just got me thinking about orison and mulder's journey with scully's faith. like. he doesn't understand it but he believes in scully like she believes in him. they love each other so much so quickly. but they had so many missteps. his are often about her faith & belief.

in beyond the sea, the first time he sees her just believe anything, he gets angry (because he's afraid) and he's forceful until he takes a minute, sees how upset she is. he asks if it has to do with her father. she can't bring herself to answer honestly, but mulder knows. he sees her. and they talk about it. he says one of my favorite lines.

dana, open yourself up to extreme possibilities only when it's the truth.

when scully is abducted, he tries to give her cross to maggie but she tells him to hold onto it & give it back to scully. he asked maggie why scully wore it, because they hadn't really talked about it before. and he wears it around his neck, the only part of her he can hold onto. when he gives it back, scully tells him she had the strength of his beliefs. (mulder coming to her mattered.)

in revelations, she's seeing signs and she feels drawn to kevin. at the end, she goes to confession because she can't talk to mulder about it. in beyond the sea scully tells him she's afraid to believe, in revelations she tells the priest she's afraid god is speaking and no one is listening. (and she's afraid when she believes and mulder doesn't. she's afraid to trust herself when it's in something mulder doesn't believe. they fear the "same" thing.)

in all souls, scully is seeing emily in those girls. emily begs scully to let her go, and the last girl dies too. scully was struggling with her faith, she wanted to believe, she saw things she couldn't explain. and it made her believe god took those girls, not the devil. (to me, it feels like it would be a way for god to tell scully she's forgiven, or she did the right thing. because she can't believe letting children die is the right thing, and in a very fucked up way, they are saying it was right. but i think it's more about scully finding peace & a way to move forward. but she never really does.) mulder is concerned the entire time, he's harsh. i think in revelations & all souls, he says it's the work of religious zealots. and it hurts scully, but she called him for help in all souls, because she's afraid of her belief.

but in orison...he's concerned because it's donnie pfaster. he doesn't want her working the case, but they're the best people for the job. again, her religion comes into play. reverend orison tells scully

believe in the lord...he believes in you

he talks about god calling her. and she heard the song. she tells mulder it means something. he doesn't understand, probably doesn't quite believe her beyond the way it's affecting her, holds meaning for her. it may even be what makes him so concerned about scully working this case. and in the end, when he hears the song, he calls scully and when there's no answer, he drives to her immediately. getting there just in time. in revelations, the priest tells her maybe the signs were just for scully. this time, mulder hears the song every time she does and then again when she needs him. he didn't believe in the beginning, he doesn't believe in god. but mulder believes in scully. this episode was a stepping stone to where he is in the revival.

#dana scully #fox mulder #orison #beyond the sea #one breath #revelations #all souls #txf quotes #the x files #literally just wrote this #not a whole lot of thought to it exactly #but i love the evolution

[druid-for-hire]

[image id: a four-page comic. it is titled "immortality” after the poem by clare harner (more popularly known as “do not stand at my grave and weep”). the first page shows paleontologists digging up fossils at a dig. it reads, “do not stand at my grave and weep. i am not there. i do not sleep.” page two features several prehistoric creatures living in the wild. not featured but notable, each have modern descendants: horses, cetaceans, horsetail plants, and crocodilians. it reads, “i am a thousand winds that blow. i am the diamond glints on snow. i am the sunlight on ripened grain. i am the gentle autumn rain.” the third page shows archaeopteryx in the treetops and the skies, then a modern museum-goer reading the placard on a fossil display. it reads, “when you awaken in the morning’s hush, i am the swift uplifting rush, of quiet birds in circled flight. i am the soft stars that shine at night. do not stand at my grave and cry.” the fourth page shows a chicken in a field. it reads, “i am not there. i did not die” / end id]

a comic i made in about 15 hours for my school’s comic anthology. the theme was “evolution”

#dinosaur #evolution #comic #prehistoric #animal #wildlife #paleontology #biology #poetry #comics #original #my art #archaeopteryx has no direct living descendants i know #but i wanted something aerial and the dinosaur to bird connection is classic and well known anyway #also the chicken over any other bird is very on purpose #its the mix of truth and comedy and genuineness and the fantastic in the mundane #its me asking you to see something so wonderful in something taken so un-seriously #and to love it both ways #also the jurassic park thing #where someone saw the reconstructed gait of a dino #and said. hey hang on. i know that walk. #and pulled up footage of a chicken walking #which jumpstarted the entire study into the link between dinosaurs and birds #in the end take whatever you want from it i just thought id provide some insight #i always like it when other artists do #the point is that i enjoy when people laugh at the end and when they dont #and i like it when they cry. i like it best when they both laugh and cry. eeaao intent #anyway mourn your losses but to live is to change #also hi guys i finally figured out tipping after 5 months so no more annoying ko-fi link

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

zany to me how these um actually nihilists like to pretend that "um actually love/friendship/cooperation/kindness isn't real bc we evolved that way to benefit ourselves as a species..." um YES? that's also where tool use comes from? that's where cooking comes from? am i supposed to think social bonds & tool use & cooking aren't "real" because they evolved over time instead of appearing fully formed from the ether?

sorry u can't enjoy things. im a superior being twirling a fork in my bowl of delicious noodles whilst staring in adoration at the world

#'love isn't real it's a chemical reaction' #hon i got news for u about chemical reactions and the nature of existence #'we evolved social bonds to benefit ourselves' so you agree? #you agree that social bonds are helpful and important enough that they literally shaped the history of human evolution? #i do not think u are saying. what u think u are saying.

[lovl3igh]

sir, that's your future wife you're talking about, you're gonna hit the wall with a car bc you'll be too busy looking in her pretty eyes, don't make me laugh at you

#if he only knew #boy's gonna think about their possible children in 5 years #ahhh I love the evolution of their relationship #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #pjo tv show #percy jackson spoilers #annabeth chase #percabeth #pjo

[elbiotipo]

Other posts go into more detail on this, but if you ever find a meme-like claim that a certain taxon has "never evolved" since so and so millions of years, it's most likely that, just a meme.

Crocodiles? Land crocodiles were, at many points of history, as common as amphibious crocodiles. In South America when it was a island-continent, they were among the main predators.

Horseshoe crabs? They have a rather well documented evolutionary history.

Sharks? Buddy you aren't even ready to know how fucking weird prehistoric sharks were:

(in order: Helicoprion (ONE reconstruction, we still don't have any idea how it worked), Stethacanthus, Aquilolamna)

Yes, for sure, some life forms have been very successful, I won't pretend the amphibious crocodile body plan hasn't been very succesful and conservative since the mesozoic. Plants are also remarkably conservative (not as much as you'd think, though). But every time you see the "X hasn't changed at all for millions of years, it's the perfect creature!" it's just a meme that obscures real life evolution and diversity.

#like that annoying meme that says chickens are the most related to T-rex (no they aren't) #cosas mias #evolution #biology #paleontology #this is mostly an excuse to show you weird sharks I love sharks

[slutpoppers]

#digimon #patamon #angemon #aesthetic #gif #gifset #digimon the movie #mega angemon #seraphimon #holydramon #magnadramon #i love this evolution line so much i am obsessed #salamon #tailmon #gatomon #anime #art #my own post

[kylemaclachlanfanatic]

Kyle MacLachlan recreates Willem Dafoe photos. (May 16th 2024). I love this 🤭💖

#kyle maclachlan #willem dafoe #ilovehim #kylemaclachlan #bbg #cutie #dale cooper #twin peaks #funny #hes so bbg #photoshoot #i love this #evolution #the best

[fawfulydoo]

do you see the vision

#fawfuldraws #dib membrane #invader zim #iz #pokemon #blipbug #i havent played a pokemon game in years but i love this thing #and its evolutions tbh

[umeji-imeji]

So.......... I might have become obsessed with MDZS too I redrew my favorite book illustration, and added the color (original artwork by Marina Privalova)

#seriously all the book artwork was so good #and i simply loved the story #this scene #these two #my heart #lan wangji instant favorite #every time i finish the fifth book i want to start back from the first #to experience the evolution of wangxian again and again #so hello mdzs tumblr #i am new among you #how do you go back to normal life tho #mdzs #mdzs fanart #digital art #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #wangxian #lwj x wwx #wei wuxian #lan wangji #lan zhan #wei ying

[kazmaniandevii]

now you call it madness

but i call it love

#malevolent #arthur lester #john malevolent #king in yellow #the evolution! the progression! #i have a lot of thoughts on this but all i have is this silly post #jarthur #idk all their ship names #but the association with madness and love… which i explained to a friend of mine #this is a distilled version of my rant more or less

[omaano]

A wild Ahsoka appears. Pocket Mando remains very confused about anything and everything Jedi magic.

Ahsoka Not a Jedi "I cannot take Grogu as my Padawan. But maybe I can help you find someone who will teach him how to control his powers. He will like you too, I imagine."

The rest of the Mandalorian Star Wars meets Hades AU project is here

#ahsoka #ahsoka tano #hades au #the mandalorian fanart #star wars fanart #ahsoka fanart #TCW fanart #the evolution of the ahsoka portait icons tho #I'm so glad I squished her some more to settle for the top middle design. She's so baby! #star wars #my art #I really really love how she turned out!!

[valsyngur]

Will's first vs last kill

aka Will's becoming/evolution appreciation post

#hannigram #murder husbands #will graham #hannibal #nbc hannibal #i love will graham sm u have no idea #look at this evolution like fr #scared chihuahua to feral dog transformation

[aonik]

The recent movie was so cool I had to draw something!

#digimon #digimon 02 #digimon 02 the beginning #rui #veemon #gatomon #patamon #armadillomon #wormmon #hawkmon #ukkomon #art #i know i said i'd write more about the movie and i did but i felt too self aware to share #just know i loved this movie to bits #kizuna was the best so far but this one dethroned it so quickly #it has almost everything i wanted from a digimon movie #(by that i mean a lovable new character and just enough focus on the main cast and also no new made up evolutions and no depressing ending)

[aimasup]

and I don't mean things like roombas and space rovers

#my post #memes #literally love the intrinsic plots that stem from the link between flesh and machine and the parallels between #evolution and innovation #but when i search for something and the results include mid-journey art I am filled with a visceral rage #🫠 #like it was cool at first but then

[drmedusagrey]

#grey's anatomy #greys anatomy #meredith grey #lexie grey #7x04 #scene set #greysedit #gaedit #greysanatomyedit #tvedit #tvarchive #useroptional #cinemapix #you're a grey #iconic scene methinks #i just loved their evolution #and wish we had more of it #meredith did learn how to be a sister from her and I just wish lexie was around to see it

[goldensunset]

i looooove pokémon npcs whose team members subtly imply something about them that's never touched upon in the story or at least never outright said. i love villains having friendship evos. i love trainers who commit hard to one aesthetic or vibe with their team (beyond simply sharing a type) and i love it even better when there's one random exception especially if that's their ace. i love when later down the line someone boxes the cute fun soft baby pokémon they used to have in favor of a seemingly stronger or scarier one to show that they're getting serious. i love when they have a pokémon that's difficult to get and raises lots of questions about them. i love it when the lore behind a pokémon fits the character to a T and i love it even better when it appears to contradict them. give me the story-gameplay harmony but better yet give me what appears to be story-gameplay dissonance but might actually have implications if we're willing to dive deep into it

#to me this is more important than actually making the team hard to beat #but it's amazing if it is #as a new fan i only know so many examples of this myself but i would love to hear more from people who know more #volo and cyrus having friendship evos... #in particular volo having a rare togekiss which apparently only reveals itself in times of peace... lol #also volo/cynthia having spiritomb. i firmly believe cynthia inherited that same pokémon from him #but like volo where did YOU get that #i've heard oleana's team is mostly glamorous ladylike pokémon but her ace is her beloved garbodor #yessss that's what i'm talking about!!! #kieran boxes his furret and suddenly pulls out a scary freak like shiftry #also the evolution of polywag into poliwrath #i've heard hop does something similar with getting rid of his wooloo but i can't verify #as another small note: love when the type of pokéball they have their team in matters #like all of team star having a different type of ball that suits them #or sada/turo exclusively having master balls #y'all what is up... #pokémon