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coming out of hiding to say i am severely disappointed with the lack of mateo diaz material on this app

anyway taking requests if anyone needs anything 🫰

but if you call yourselves politicized (and left‑leaning) and you want to stay coherent with your blog’s editorial line, you’ve gotta realize that characters like robby (or whitaker or langdon) or what they stand for, aren’t politically urgent causes that need defending. mental health topic or not, especially since he's not the only one it concerns.

yeah, men’s mental health can be an issue. but robby isn’t the one in a precarious position. robby isn’t the one already facing multiple structural discriminations. robby isn’t the one who has to think through every single thing he does or says just to be taken seriously.

i get why people love him, why they get attached, why they relate. i like robby’s character for several reasons too BUT he’s not the hill you should be dying on in your political fights. i used to think he was, back when i thought the show was still gonna deliver sharp, relevant critiques. that didn’t happen.

the end result of S2 is that the white man got prioritized, narratively and even outside the narrative.

#snowstormweek2026 ¦Parallels

"Even with Ygritte sleeping beside him, he felt alone."

Her date in episode 5 (Jersey devil) is so interesting. Her friend does give her one of those rare comments ("you need to get yourself a man") and she goes on a date with one of the dads from the birthday party, but even then, it doesn't feel too much like she was coerced - it looks to me like she saw the man and thought "why not?" She dresses up for and prioritizes their date. Ultimately, he's not her type so when he calls to take her out again, she puts an end to things. "No interest at this time." (And goes to the museum with Mulder). And she's moving on. That is all. She's still herself, we don't see her questioning that choice and agonizing over it. Absolutely loved that for her.

I think that, in other shows, an event like that could trigger a character's to spiral and question themselves and their worth. And maybe she does - off camera. After all, the X-Files was definitely a show that didn't want to be too romantic so lack of attention on Mulder and Scully's romantic lives is a byproduct of that.

Mulder also doesn't get hassled much about his love life. As far as we know, he's not dating, but he's also not bitter about that at all. I think it would be easy to make a character like him bitter and for him to resent woman over not getting laid, but that is not Mulder. Sure he has his magazines and his porn, but I don't think we ever see him being a dick to woman in a possibly romantic context (and even in general) - I see him as mostly a gentleman the whole way through. I bet if you asked him why he's single, he'd be super self aware too.

I'm a shipper so I do see Mulder and Scully together ultimately. Maybe Mulder and Scully don't feel a need to date because they are fulfilled with each other's presence. I'm also okay with the Ed Jerse and the vampire girl existing and Mulder and Scullg getting laid when they do.