Quoth the Rodent Queen, "Squeak."

One of the better parts of The X-Files keeping its monster-of-the-week episodes and mythology episodes completely separate is that several of the monster-of-the-week episodes just have other aliens in them and it's never addressed. Like in the mytharc it's said that only the colonists and humans are left & the colonists have killed every other species but no. There's genderfluid Amish sex-murderer aliens, once. There's aliens who abduct animals to save their DNA from extinction and/or make them invisible, once. There's a ghost alien on Mars, once

happy fourth of july to the philippines ONLY

happy june 12 to you

remember to bury the dead with a phone, everyone. these days the ferry terminal at the river styx wants you to download a fucking app

One thing I really like and find personally resonant about Julian Bashir is the fact that he's filled with passion and curiosity and enthusiasm but is also a judgmental hater. Responding to the new Defiant with "I hate the carpet." Responding to Jadzia saying "What I want is Worf" with "Why?" It's a pettiness distinct from his righteous anger over genuine injustice and it really speaks to me.