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[icepixie]

You know, using X-Files episodes as the proverbial carrot to enjoy once I finish working on the paper for the night is not the best idea, because it leads to me watching creepifying TV at 1 o'clock in the morning. GAH.

(On the upside: I'm done with a draft of the Virginia Woolf section of the paper! It is now...26 pages. And I still have the Astaire/Rogers section to go, plus when I start revising I'll probably need to add a few paragraphs to the Woolf section which put the dance chapter in the context of the rest of the novel. This paper will never end...)

Anyway, I just watched "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas," and...I did not realize that Chris Carter actually understood how MESSED UP Mulder and Scully and their relationship are. Because my god, yes, the ghosts were spot on in their critiques: codependency, narcissism, need to prove the other wrong...yep, it's all there.*

And yet, the moment Scully said, "Maybe I did want to be out there with you," it all flew out of my mind and I collapsed in a puddle of AWWWWWWWW. Oh, god, they are so screwed up, and yet so perfect together in spite of the codependency and everything else. I just...I... *squishes them*


* My secret joy is fanfic where we get into Scully's head and get to hear the constant barrage of "Mulder, you BASTARD!"s you know she must be thinking every time he ditches her or condescends or otherwise does something jerkish. I've started filling in for her when I watch the episodes. It gets said a lot.

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[mylittleredgirl.livejournal.com]

I make everyone watch that episode every Christmas. Love to it!! Mulder is such a bastard. But Scully doesn't want to leave, because someone normal would bore the crap out of her, and because then she would be the messed up one. THOSE TWO.

[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

Oh, god, they are so screwed up, and yet so perfect together in spite of the codependency and everything else. I just...I... *squishes them*

SQUISHSQUISHSQUISH!