full of silly thoughts

And I’m floating in a most peculiar way

Well I don't like how it feels. I don't feel cleaner without body hair. I don't prefer not having body hair. But who will advocate for women like me, but me? For women who do like hair removal, they are advocated for every time they step out of the house and see 99% of the female population also conforming to that standard, or when they watch a movie and see all the shaved actresses, or view an advertisment, or open a magazine, or watch a music video, or scroll through social media, or walk down the streets without receiving insults and glares for having a completely normal bodily feature.

Cute Things from Stephen King’s original script for “Chinga (Before Chris Carter’s re-write):

1. Scully herself is a victim of the grocery store frenzy caused by the doll; she ends up hitting herself in the head, but later lies to Mulder over the phone, saying she’s fine, because she doesn’t want him to worry. 

2. Mulder is NOT completely helpless in this version of the script; in fact, he is preparing to go make a speech at a university, but bails to go see Scully when an officer faxes him a picture of Scully hurting herself in the grocery store (more on this below).

3. Actual lines from the original script:

*After Scully suggests ergot poisoning may have caused the grocery store attack, Mulder goes into graphic detail about the effects it has on people, and Scully responds, “I love it when you talk dirty.”

*A minute later, Scully declines Mulder’s offer to come help her, and when he then wonders why she called him, she responds, “I guess I just missed the sound of your voice.”

4. The ending scene, as written by King, is amazing. (One final note before you read it: in the original script it is even more obvious that Sheriff Jack Bonsaint has a crush on Scully. And at the end of the episode he asks for her number, implying that he would maybe come to see her in Washington D.C. Then, this happens):

BONSAINT: Maybe we could— He stops, realizing that she’s stopped paying attention to him. He sees where she’s looking, over at a man in a topcoat who is sitting on the bench outside. There’s a briefcase between his knees. It’s MULDER. Scully is out of the car almost before it stops, and hurrying over to him, her face amazed and intense. Behind them, Bonsaint gets out and stands watching. Maybe he won’t find any business to do in Washington, after all. Maybe there wouldn’t be much point. SCULLY: What are you doing here, Mulder? How did you get here? MULDER: Hitched a ride from Andrews to Portsmouth Naval Air Station in an F-111. Those Navy kids drive fast. You okay, Scully? SCULLY: Fine. Why did you come? MULDER: (shrugs; smiles) I thought you needed help. Call it woman’s intuition. SCULLY: What about your speech? Weren’t you supposed to give a speech at George Washington University tonight? MULDER: The world’s not short of speeches, Scully. It’ll get along without mine. They reach the top of the steps and face each other. This is a classic lovers’ shot, profiles like you’d see on a Valentine’s heart, lit by one radiant overhead globe. SCULLY: This is the second time I’ve seen you tonight, Mulder. MULDER: Really? Want to tell me about it? SCULLY: It might hurt my credibility. MULDER: (identical delivery) Really? Want to tell me about it? CAMERA moves in on Scully as she thinks.  SCULLY: I might. I believe I just might.

FADE TO BLACK

'Driving in the snow' Xfiles fanart 👽 👽 Pencil and chalk pencil on moleskine sketchbook.

She Comes First

It has been literally years since I've done a collaboration project with a fellow X-Phile creator, and so I'm grateful I had the opportunity to do so with fan-writer @xfnessy for one of her stories.

Nessy, thank you for the opportunity to work with you and thank you for the endless patience over the many months it took for me to complete this project.

[ Full drawing on AO3 ]

Oh, good question! I feel like I've seen something like that before. I don't remember who made it, though, or where to find it.

This is why Mulder is very lonely until he meets Scully, who operates on a similar basis to him in a way no one else does or even tries. The same goes for Scully, though she has an easier time performing socially than he does.

This is also why their sexual tension comes through best when they’re debating their work and theories and philosophies. They’re constantly having intellectual intercourse.

This intellectual intercourse puts Mulder at ease because he’s comfortable with the separation of the body and the mind (shown in how he believes in astral projection and ghosts and the like). He engages often in sexuality from an intellectual standpoint (who’s to say he touches himself while watching porn or calling those hotlines? it’s just as likely that he studies it the same way he studies criminal psychology). It’s one of his favorite hobbies.

Scully on the other hand freaks out a little bit when it comes to this intellectual intercourse of theirs. She struggles to separate mind and body. As a woman and as a Catholic, she’s taught that her body is sinful. So as a young girl she packs up and sets up shop in her mind and barricades the door behind her.

When she has sex with people she can wave it off on the needs of her body. It’s no different than eating or drinking or breathing. It’s medical anatomy to her.