My Encyclopedia of My X-Files Fic Lists, Analyses, Fan Vids, and Fan Fiction Resources
So, I pushed all my little anthills into one dust pile because I got sick and tired of having to manually search through my colonies to find that ONE drone.
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October 13, 1997:
Q: You’ve got one swimming scene in Playing God, but surprisingly, you’re not wearing the swimsuit you made famous on TV. Were you ever tempted to break out the red Speedo for that shot?
DD: You know what’s funny about the swimsuit . . . issue, if I can call it that? That’s pretty clever. The bathing suit I wear in the movie is actually the bathing suit I turned down for the scene in the show. And I used my own bathing suit, the red Speedo, in the show, but I kept the bathing suit that I turned down because I thought it was cool--it was kinda square. And I started to work out with that one, swim with that one. And by the time the movie came around, it was worked in enough to wear.
Q: You don’t want to wear a shiny new one, of course. It has to look like it’s been used, right?
DD: Yeah, that’d look bad. It’s gotta have some rot hanging off of it. It’s got to have those little pills hanging there.
Q: Yech. That isn’t going to be a good image for the people who do those Duchovny/red Speedo poems on the Web.
DD: Really? There are poems? Is that because I did a poem about it in Rolling Stone? Well, I wouldn’t mind seeing that. That sounds okay.
I dislike the second movie, too, for similar reasons. But it’s not an implausible place for the characters to end up, even if we don’t like it. Scully working as a doctor again doesn’t seem out of character. Mulder keeping himself holed up and safe from harm, while supporting Scully’s decision to move on from law enforcement, doesn’t either. On multiple occasions he’d told her to do just that. “Go be a doctor, Scully, while you still can.” He’s a federal fugitive, a wanted man. Maybe he finally decided he’d had enough, and more importantly, had put her through enough. Maybe she put her foot down and said, “I’m not running anymore. I need a home.”
In any case, I think we are unlikely to get a third movie to resolve the myth arc, which is why if you haven’t already read it, I’d recommend Amalnahurriyeh’s wonderful fix-all-the-things post-IWTB novel. It provides a very satisfying post-canon ending for the series, far better than you’d get from Chris Carter.
Machines of Freedom Header Page, with links to all ten chapters and illustrations by Scooly. Give it a try. You will not be sorry. If you like it, she wrote quite a few stories set in the same universe.
Creating a breadcrumb trail with David Duchovny's personal growth.
“A few things I came away with after, uh, talking to Steve Lukather. Which was-- had to stop myself because I’m such a fan of his music, of his expertise that, y’know, I was afraid, ‘Oh, I’m just talking about music, I’m just talking about music!’ Because I want to know! I want to know about this story, that story. The podcast is about failure--” [chuckles] “--and I’m just talking about, ‘Oh... you’re fantastic!’ So, forgive me if there was a little of that. Me just being a fan, or me just wanting to hear inside scoop on, uh, certain, y’know, epochs of music history that I lived through as a fan. Gettin’ the inside scoop is fun from the guy who was in the room, from the guy who was making the music. But in terms of this show, Fail Better, um, couple things I come away with are….
“You know, I felt like I was pressing him a little bit on, ‘What does it feel like to be esteemed a critical failure in your day?’ Because they got sh-t on a lot: "Toto", yacht rock, all that stuff. You can see, you can hear that he has disdain for all the critical term. I don’t know what place musical critics have in the culture, you know? It’s hard to criticize music: you either like it or you don’t. It’s one of the things that I’ve come across when I’m being a musician myself, you know, because people either dismiss me out of hand because I’m an actor making music, and then it’s like, ‘F-k you, actor! Stop making music!’ Same with my novel writing, ‘F-k you, actor! Stay in your lane!’ But with music, I’ve always been very clear-- either you like it or you don’t. That’s the only criticism, right? I mean, there’s nothing else really to it. Your ear likes it, you can dance to it, it makes you feel, it makes you move, it makes you cry, it makes you laugh, whatever, that’s all there is to it.
"I’m sure we could have music historians come in and say, ‘Okay, this is derivative of that, or this is not original because of this.’ But ultimately, as Steve Lukather said, as he feels, it’s just the music at the end of the day. This is a guy that fell in love with music when he was seven year old. Basically, you know, it was like the pick of destiny to this guy: he got a guitar and he could play it! He found where he was supposed to be. How often does that happen? That is, that is the success of a lifetime! So his, you know, kind of 'f-k you' attitude towards critics of, like, um… may seem cavalier, and maybe it is a little cavalier in that there were times when I’m sure it was more painful. But I think what we come away with with Luke is, ‘I lasted. I lived long enough, I played long enough to be appreciated. And for the music to stand the test of time in the sense of, ‘Okay, I weathered the storm, the critical storm, at the moment,’ which can be painful. But over time, music sheds itself of all its momentary or historical nature; and it’s just, like, ‘Is it good? Do I like it?’ And that’s what he’s saying. Like, kids now are discovering for the first time that they like it. And what better revenge is that? And his sense of, you know, 'I don’t let it in, I don’t let musical criticism in….' Well it, it, I’m sure it was, it took some trial and error to get to that Teflon point. And I think some of his funnier, more pointed remarks against that criticism shows that there’s, some, you know, some anger underneath or hurt. But there’s no need to dig it up at this point because that’s all resolved. He knows who he is and he knows where he is and he knows what time it is.
“I had a similar kind of experience once. I may have talked about this. When I was doing The Tonight Show with Leno, and I heard that Richard Roper, the movie critic, was, um, the other guest. And I dug up a review that was really negative, uh, about me, about a movie that I’d done. About the first movie I’d done, House of D, the kind of generative issue of this whole podcast, you know? A failure of a movie, supposedly, by some critics’ estimation. And I was like, ‘Okay.’ I got, I got Xeroxed-- this was before the internet-- somehow got the, uh, in the hour I had before going on, the hour between learning Roper was another guest and that I was gonna be on, I got the Xerox and had it in my pocket. And I go out there and do my segment. Roper comes on. We shake hands-- as you do on Leno’s, you don’t take off like you do on Letterman. You stay on the couch while the second guest talks, you know, throw, throw your two cents in, come, come what may. So yeah-- so, I shake his hand, we’d never met. And he says, ‘I’m a big fan.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, is that so?’ And I pulled the, uh, the review out; I read it. I think I embarrassed him. And I think I meant to. And, um, I regret that, you know? I regret that. Because while I do think critics in their anonymity sometimes get nasty... and they can be lazy, for sure. I’m not saying Roper is lazy. I’m not even saying he was wrong, I don’t remember what he wrote. But it was wrong of me to, uh, ambush him like that, as satisfying as it was. ‘Cause in a way I was bullying him, you know? I was the first guest, I was the more famous. I was in the position of power and I was calling him out. Now, for sure that’s okay to do in private. And even just thinking about doing that in public, I’d like to apologize to, to Richard, wherever he is. I should probably do that in private as well. Why am I--” [breaks off, laughs] “--why am I apologizing in public, too? Well, it just occurred to me. So, there you have it. But I wanted to, to kind of tell that story as a response to critics: the kind of anger that it can engender. Because a movie or an album, it’s like a child. And you give birth to it out into the world; and then some person comes along and says, ‘Your child should be named yacht rock. Your child should be named soft rock. Your child should be named Not-A-Very-Good-Movie.’ And for those parents out there, you know what it’s like when somebody says something nasty about your child. Doesn’t even matter if they’re right! You go after ‘em. And I think, um. You know, as artists, we learn to kind of get over that initial anger response and then take in what’s appropriate, take in what might be constructive. And then if you feel like it’s been excessive, then maybe you can have a word with that person. But probably not when the camera’s rolling.
“The last thing I want to talk about, with Luke, the Luke conversation, is: I really want to emphasize this notion of pride being a session man. In the Jimmy Page story he told, where Jimmy Page said, ‘Hey man, you’re a real musician. You’re a session man. This rock-’n-roll stardom stuff, that’s luck or timing or fleeting or whatever it is; but it’s you and your guitar. You put your hardhat on and your work in.’ And I, as I responded to during the conversation, I really related to that as a tv actor. And, y’know, tv actor can be kind of a… it’s not badge of honor. It can be a badge of dishonor. Tv actor versus movie actor. I’ve done both, there’s no difference to me. There’s good tv and bad tv, there’s good movies and bad movies. I’d rather do good tv than bad movies. Sometimes--” [breaks off, trying to talk through chuckles] “--sometimes, we don’t succeed, right? But I have prided myself on, um, showing up to work, never missing a day of work. Never missing a day of work. One time I had a very bad stomach virus and I missed a day on Evolution; but only because the doctor said I was so contagious that it would have been irresponsible of me to show up on set. So, I’ve never-- aside from that-- I’ve never missed a day of work when I was scheduled to work. And I’ve taken an inordinate amount of pride in that: which is not a pride in artistry, not pride of acting, not pride of anything but the will and the respect to show up and do my work when I said I was going to do my work. When everybody else had the will and respect to show up on set and do their work. Because there is artistry but there is also humanity and decency. And if I, if I can be, if I have a part of myself that is equivalent of a session man, then I’m f-ing proud of that. And, I’m proud of that in Steve Lukather, too. And I, I see that pride in himself as that, as a session man, is justified.”
Vidshow Playlist: Space* Looks a lot like Vancouver
I spoke (at length) about how I curated the @vidukon vidshow Space* looks a lot like Vancouver here. Below the cut is the running order with links to each vid. For more notes including my conbook notes for each vid you can check out my post on AO3, which will be up in a few days. I tried to put it all here but it just wasn't a comfortable reading experience.
When I know the vidder's tumblr I've included it but I don't have all of them, so sorry about that. If you do know their tumblr let me know!
If you enjoy a vid, please let the vidder know!
Spring Break Anthem @emotionallyits2009. Supernatural
Feeing Gold and Cold Se42/ @sol-se. The Flash
Potential Break Up Song, Sisabet. Smallville
Walk Outside @randomfoggytiger .The X-Files
You Belong With Me by @dancefloors. Riverdale
Jive Talkin' by Zeneypirate. The Sentinel
Bohemian like you by @astolat. Stargate Atlantis
The Temptation of John Sheppard by Isagel. Stargate Atlantis
Etheric Messages by @thuviaptarth. Fringe
Is it Over Now by @bripops. The Magicians
Glitter and Gold by @brittanashollstein. Legends of Tomorrow
Gone Tech by blithesea Almost Human
Stimmin' by @Chillinglikeashilling Percy Jackson and the Olympians
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At first, I was like “that is the stupidest nickname I’ve ever heard and I’d never let anyone call my child that” but it grew on me and I love it and I just love Dad!Mulder in general, dammit…
AH, MOOSELET HAS A TRUE STORY BEHIND IT. IN 1980, I BABYSAT A NEIGHBOR’S INFANT. SAID INFANT WAS EXTREMELY UNDERSIZED BUT HER FATHER IRONICALLY NICKNAMED HER ‘MOOSE’. FLASHFORWARD TO IOLOKUS MOOSELET IS AN OXYMORON MOOSE = BIG AND -LET= SMALL. AND A PRIME EXAMPLE OF BAD DAD HUMOR. KIND OF LIKE THE WAY MY DAD TELLS PEOPLE HIS BABY GIRL (ME) IS 580 MONTHS OLD.
October 13, 1997:
Q: You’ve got one swimming scene in Playing God, but surprisingly, you’re not wearing the swimsuit you made famous on TV. Were you ever tempted to break out the red Speedo for that shot?
DD: You know what’s funny about the swimsuit . . . issue, if I can call it that? That’s pretty clever. The bathing suit I wear in the movie is actually the bathing suit I turned down for the scene in the show. And I used my own bathing suit, the red Speedo, in the show, but I kept the bathing suit that I turned down because I thought it was cool--it was kinda square. And I started to work out with that one, swim with that one. And by the time the movie came around, it was worked in enough to wear.
Q: You don’t want to wear a shiny new one, of course. It has to look like it’s been used, right?
DD: Yeah, that’d look bad. It’s gotta have some rot hanging off of it. It’s got to have those little pills hanging there.
Q: Yech. That isn’t going to be a good image for the people who do those Duchovny/red Speedo poems on the Web.
DD: Really? There are poems? Is that because I did a poem about it in Rolling Stone? Well, I wouldn’t mind seeing that. That sounds okay.
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I've been thinking about Mulder and clutter, how he hangs on to things, and the psychology behind that. Perhaps he's prone to hoarding because of the loss he's experienced in life? Or is he just an ADHD trash panda?
tl;dr: Mulder isn't hoarding, he's trying to fit.
It's interesting because Mulder lives a very simple life: by necessity, on the couch, in the basement. Even Scully agrees he chooses a Spartan existence in pursuit of his aims.
However, I'd make the case that he's also a very nostalgic man-- celebrating a launch at NASA (a childhood dream), pouring memories of happier times into Scully's ear (ala Aubrey, Home, etc.), watching old movies (preferably in black and white), struggling with modern technology and preferring to live off the grid (even in the original series), the list goes on.
Yet when his apartment was hollowed out and renovated (and his boxed and boarded pieces probably dumped somewhere) in Dreamland II, Mulder just... moved on. In a way, his bedroom was cluttered up by an existence he didn't live-- papers and gear and a four-poster bed-- and, once emptied, provided him another habitable (if still simple) space to exist in. A proper pillow, a proper sink. And he chose to live there, which is interesting.
Season 6 in general was Mulder's year of domestication: forcing him to ground, pair bond tighter with Scully, confess his love to her, sneak case files or hack emails or drag her to Florida or invite her on a date-- in short, to reinforce how important she was, not just their partnership. And while some cosmic force, fate, or freewill gave him this choice, bam!, along came a bedroom. One he simply moved into.
This post has escaped your original question, so I'll reel it back: why is Mulder prone to hoarding?
The one place we see Mulder's true hoarding tendency manifest is where he actually lives: the basement. Mounds and stacks and pockets and spaces and jammed crannies and crammed histories.
There is his passion.
And in a way-- I suspect-- Mulder's not really a hoarder so much as a man who's forced a lifetime, with all its incumbents, into a small office tucked away in the bowels of a basement. Same with his study in I Want to Believe. Same, if I recall, with their house in the Revival (or S10, at least.) What we're witnessing is a man boxing himself into the safest, most intimate corner he can-- away from prying eyes-- and filling that space to the brim and overflowing. Until Scully expands him, frankly.
That, and he's messy.
My analysis is that Mulder isn't hoarding: he's trying to fit into (and slipping out of) constraints placed by himself, for himself.
Not dissimilar to Scully, in her own way.
Mulder's clutter in canon is often research for his work. For example, the items stuffed into his bedroom weren't nostalgic because he neither complained nor commented on their disappearance. A clear, intentional parallel was drawn between his advantaged surprise in Dreamland II - Monday and his devastation in The End.
We know Mulder's a nostalgic man (Samantha fuels his quest and is passed on to Scully in stories.) He watches and tapes old media.
We also know he's a messy man, spending more time away from home than in it (i.e. compare his crammed office to his tidy kitchen and dusty living room.) Mulder keeps his video tapes in the basement, for heaven's sake-- along with some trophies, a picture or two, a basketball-- while at home he has a photo album (as seen in Fight the Future), his fish (probably by necessity), and a place to lay his head. And that's it.
In canon, Mulder rarely acquires new items (other than, again, research); but if he does, it's usually light and easy to carry (Max Fenig's hat, Scully's keychain.) Even then, he generally doesn't engage in acquisition (of anything other than evidence.)
The pattern repeats for IWTB and S10: the house mostly uninhabited, the study crammed with research for work. You could make the case that S11 changes this slightly, since his mess begins pouring into the main areas-- but again, they're mainly items he hasn't put away properly, with a glimpse of nostalgic iconography here and there.
If I were to take a guess, I'd say Mulder fits everything in his head, but what can't be contained spills over into manageable piles. (He's nostalgic, certainly; but, again, his nostalgic items are few-- the rest is research). The piles created then compound because he's messy and doesn't organize.
Everyone is welcome to contribute their own opinion, though!
Please do-- the floor is open!
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- ain't no one else is doing it like mulder and scully. i am obsessed
- love the storyline. love the cases. well balanced diet of serious and silly, sincere and funny. well paced too, on the episodic and seasonal level. love the blend of sci fi and fantasy
- I am loving the authentic 90s setting and effects. I can't describe all of why I like it, but it scratches some sort of itch very well
- for a show that's over thirty years old, there's bits in there that are. hmmm. applicable. even today
- man, they just don't make tv like this these days. and not just the delightful, full length 24 episode seasons, or that it wasn't cancelled eight episodes. If the x files was pitched today, it'd never get made
