#never again

[randomfoggytiger]

Dana Scully: a Fear of Death Rooted in Eternal Judgment

I think Scully's fear of death is rooted in a fear of judgment.

According to her faith, one either gets into Heaven or Hell (with a pit stop here or there to atone for their sins.) One would think that would be a comfort to the morally unbreakable Dana Scully.

But it isn't.

During her atheistic arc (Season 1 through early Season 2), Scully was determined to do her job and do it well. The paranoia of death didn't cling to her as it does in later seasons.... until Beyond the Sea. Her father's ghost visiting her right after his death and being channeled later through Luthor Lee Boggs, twice-- it takes its toll, unwinding the foundational principles of her life: that Death is final; and that there are no ghosts or psychics or even angels or demons, just sick men and women who abuse others through their superstitions. Scully chooses ignorance, reverting away from this new territory because "I'm afraid... I'm afraid to believe." The rest of Season 1, she didn't want to die, panicked in the face of it; but wasn't as paranoid as, again, later seasons.

Then One Breath happens: Scully experienced something she "couldn't find the words" to explain, even when facing death alongside Mulder in Dod Kalm. It's Scully who is fearless as their end approaches, reassuring Mulder he has nothing to fear based on that experience. Thus, One Breath began her agnostic arc-- where she believed, deep down, but was afraid to fully accept that belief (i.e., her shaken projections on Pfaster in Irresistible and her activated voodoo curse in Fresh Bones.) Death is a place of peace, hence why she denies it to Pfaster (we later learn in Orison.)

When we reach Season 3's Revelations, Scully's agnosticism turns to religious terror. "God is speaking, and no one is listening", she confesses to the priest-- what she means is, that God has been speaking to and judging me, and I've been failing. Thus, her paranoia of Death: not because of its finality (Season 1) or promise of peace (Season 2), but because it could find her at fault and deny her a blessed eternal life.

In Season 4, Scully doesn't want to "run back to God" in Gethsemane; but faces her fears once Death is inescapable in Redux II.

In Season 5, she battles with her religious fragility, struggling for peace after her daughter is stolen before her Christian burial (Emily) and after her spirit returns during a case with angels and demons. Scully may be more vulnerable to religious manipulation, but she is also more secure in her beliefs of a peaceful afterlife.

By Season 6, Scully continues to look upon Death as God's judgment: eternal reward or eternal torment. But then Tithonus happens: Fellig shakes Scully's convictions that eternity is a good thing, showing her the soul of an eternally tormented man... making her wonder if she is guaranteed a happy ending, after all.

This brings up to Season 7's Orison, where Scully stands in judgment of Pfaster and the "Reverend" Orison. When she murders Pfaster in cold blood, her doubts and criticisms rise up against her, brandishing her with the same immoral code-- thus, making her fear eternal condemnation from God: the end meted out to both convicts, or an immortal torment ala Alfred Fellig. This was an extremely crucial moment for her development as a character... and would have been given no resolution if not for Gillian's all things.

all things is the resolution to Scully's paranoia: "God talks back", she comes to terms with herself, and makes a final decision out of principle and not panic, out of assuredness and not anguish. Scully is secure; and she finds the stability to embrace her beliefs, religion, and faith as it should be: a source of rest, a refuge from fear.

Thanks for reading~

Enjoy!

#txf #xf meta #meta #xfiles #x-files #the x files #Scully #S1 #S2 #S3 #S4 #S5 #S6 #S7 #Beyond the Sea #One Breath #Irresistible #Fresh Bones #Revelations #Never Again #Gethsemane #Redux II #Emily #All Souls #Tithonus #Orison #all things #Mulder #Bill Scully Sr. #Emily Sims

[lasttarrasque]

#palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #israel #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #free free palestine #current events #gaza strip #jerusalem #germany #german news #jews #jewdaism #jewblr #antisemitism #never again

[odinsblog]

The Israeli army is just shooting anyone they think is Palestinian, much the same way that Israel is indiscriminately bombing all of Gaza, including the “safe zones” where they have directed noncombatant civilians to go right before they bomb them anyway. It’s war crimes, plain and simple.

#politics #palestine #gaza #israel #war crimes #genocide #ilhan omar #collective punishment #ceasefire #ceasefire now #settler violence #settler colonialism #never again #never again to anyone #bds #boycott divest sanction #israel is an apartheid state #hamas ≠ palestine #benjamin netanyahu is a war criminal

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

Rather proud of the post I made for JVP Boston for Holocaust Remembrance Day!

Antizionist Jewish Shoah survivors have always been some of my heroes.

And every one of them has been attacked and discredited by Zionists.

#human rights #palestine #free palestine #Shoah #Holocaust #Holocaust Remembrance Day #never again #never again for anyone #gaza genocide #palestinian genocide #genocide #jews for palestine #jews for ceasefire #jews against israel #jews against genocide #jewish antizionism #antizionist jews #Justice #social justice #tikkun olam #hajo meyer #marek Edelman #Hedy Epstein

[intersexfairy]

can't help but think about the trans palestinians who are excluded by the constant use of phrases like "men and women" and "boys and girls." so here's to remembering them. to every palestinian with neglected gynecological issues who isn't a woman or girl. to every nonbinary person who's fallen. to everyone who's lost access to their hormones, who wasn't able to get their gender affirming surgeries - intersex palestinians, too. to every unidentified trans person and every trans person who never got to be their true selves. to all of them, the martyred, and those still struggling just to survive. free palestine - trans and intersex palestinians included.

#ifairy #free palestine #trans #transgender #transmasc #trans man #feminism #intersectional feminism #trans feminism #transfeminism #palestine #occupied palestine #palestine genocide #gaza #palestinian genocide #never again #never again is now #nonbinary #enby #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtq+ #lgbt+ #queer #queer community #trans community #reproductive rights #reproductive justice #transmasculine #intersex

[girlactionfigure]

Never Again. Never Forget.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Tomorrow, January 27.

#Holocaust Remembrance Day #WW2 #Shoah #Never Again

[i-am-aprl]

“I saw In Auschwitz that if a dominant group wants to dehumanise others, as the Nazis dehumanise me, the dominant group must first dehumanise themselves, the same holds nowadays for Israel.

I am appalled about how hateful, how dehumanised, that they do not see any human aspect in any Palestinian anymore.

The Zionists have no right whatsoever to use the Holocaust for any purpose, they have given up everything which has to do with humanity and with empathy”

Rest in Power Hajo Meyer

#palestine #jerusalem #فلسطين #free gaza #israel #israeli war crimes #tree #Israeli Holocaust #never again #gaza #free palestine #i stand with palestine #israel is a terrorist state #Holocaust #holocauste #Hajo meyer

[jemima--robinsonv2]

#jemima robinson #stomach #the look #blank #favourites #never again #denim

[johndonneswife]

#I CANT DO THIS…………… #yuri on ice #i hate them so much. HOMOPHOBIA….LIKE. DO YOU GUYS HATE GAY PPL MORE THAN YOU HATE MONEY?????? #having the worst day of my life? #anyway this is a lesson for me not to watch a 1 season long anime 8 years after it airs and not get emotionally invested lmao #FAIIIIIILED #never again #gonna frow up

[taeiris]

and the connection worsens

Flash warning!!!

still and closeups:

i tried making it a gif but it absolutely DESTROYED the quality so thats sad

#i used procreate dreams #never again #worst hour of my life #anyways #can you guess where they are? #radio station YUPPP #theres a lot of st5 spoiler easter eggs here #ahem #will not being shown bc his appearance is a spoiler #ahemm #byler #will byers #mike wheeler #byler fanart #stranger things #stranger things fanart #will byers fanart #fanart #mike wheeler fanart #joyce byers #joyce byers fanart #stranger things 5 #st5 spoilers #st5 #irisart!!!

[lonely--seeker]

#the holy trinity... #of the wawa emoji #even if they're all the same actually nvm #i tried doing reigen y'all he was so ugly #never again #my art #serizawa katsuya #mob psycho 100 #pixel art #gif #aseprite

[another-goblin]

A little self indulgent Wriolette

(made before 4.1 so I've got no idea what's Wrio's personality or what's their actual relationship haha)

#genshin impact #my stuff #neuvillette #wriothesley #i hereby rename you two to Risly and Nuvi btw #paimon #lumine #wriolette #every time I make a comic #especially in color #i swear to myself #never again #they take ungodly amount of time #they always look much batter in my head then the final result #and they usually get 2-3 likes max lol #but here we are #at least i've learned how to simplify their clothes #lifehack: you don't have to draw their clothes at all if they are not wearing it

[disgustinggf]

being on tumblr is like yeah u will have crushes on all of ur mutuals yeah they will all live across the world from u

#not me tho stay safe guys #never again #txt

[odinsblog]

BREAKING NEWS: The International Court of Justice finds that there is sufficient basis for South Africa’s case against Israel and will not dismiss the case as Israel requested.

This is truly an historic moment.

Very well done, South Africa 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

#politics #palestine #gaza #south africa #israel #war crimes #genocide #icj hearing #icj case #international court of justice #collective punishment #ethnic cleansing #never again #never again to anyone #israel is a terrorist state #israel is an apartheid state #benjamin netanyahu is a war criminal #ceasefire #ceasefire now #bds #boycott divest sanction #🇵🇸

[fromchaostocosmos]

I should not be surprised that goyim both fundamental do not understand what the phrase "Never Again" means and that they have co-opted it.

Never Again never meant there shall never be genocides or ethnic cleansing in the world. The sad reality is that as long as hatred exists these things will continue.

As Cambodia, Rwanda, and Darfur showed the Holocaust did not Genocides.

Jews we are not foolish enough to think that we never shall be under risk of mass death for being Jews. The Holocaust was not the first Genocide we have faced in our very long history.

I know myself and other Jews on here have shared the many ways we all have the same or similar ways of knowing this, even from very young, and are always somewhat prepared for this happen.

Never Again is a statement amongst Jews that Never Again will we be taken so largely unaware, Never Again shall we suffer so much and lose so much Never Again shall we be unprepared, Never Again shall we fully give all our trust, Never Again shall something on this scale and this magnitude happen, Never Again shall we let them make our murder an industry, Never Again shall they profit from our death

But it is also a warning, a warning to you that Never Again shall you get away with this, Never Again will be able to murder us so freely and so easily, Never Again will you have to chance to something like while the world watches and does nothing

Never Again is a promise we have made to each other and it is a warning to you.

It is not a term that about all things and for all people, it is about our very specific trauma and history.

#antisemitism #jumblr #never again

[socksnsoups]

Oh my lanta I forgot I made this one

#fanart #red dead redemption 2 #rdr2 #john marston #arthur morgan #javier escuella #charles smith #i am so sorry #never again #i dont know what came over me