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Spooky Con gave us what it promised, happy fans, naughty T-shirts, chairs squeezed together and one great panel with Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny!
I can’t link it all but the fantastic @skullsmuldon has the best videos with Annabeth Gish from the panel on Sunday ❤️️ Whale sounds, love for Scully, fanfic and justice for Reyes, all in one place!
Thanks for all of you Beautifuls who were there and shared your pictures and stories so we could be part of this day, too, no matter how far we were! ❤️️👽
– Gillian was a boss. She, as always, had no filter, and it’s refreshing. I liked a lot of season 11, but the ending was BS. She honored us and Scully by admitting we and the character deserved better. Scully would not have suddenly not cared about William. Scully is more than making babies.
– I find it was interesting that DD would not answer a question about their relationship. Saying something is too personal means there is something to refer to.
– While David did seem to shut down to the audience after awhile, he did not shut down to Gillian. He can’t. When they look at each other (especially when you are there in person) you feel the electricity. When she focuses her smile and gaze on him, it’s everything. It’s what I was there for.
– David seemed a little annoyed by the fans, which rubbed me the wrong way. Gillian on the other hand was thoughtful, playful and really there for the fans. She was funny “Top that muthafucka,” leaning in to David across the couch to whisper “Suck my dick,” and actually engaged in the “who was the top” question (saying she’s answer for them, meaning she is.“ Granted, I met her and not him one on one, so maybe it was just some of the questions that caused his attitude. I like the theory he knows he’s coming home to a pissed MP. That question may have been a bit much, but she knew fans loved ATTHS and went along. Hearing her describe sex as flipping around was hilarious. At least we have confirmation our girl likes to mix it up in bed.
– Gillian calling David “weird” was great. Honestly, was he high? He was very slow on the uptake there.
Conclusion: Gillian is our queen, breathtakingly beautiful in person, and we don’t deserve her. Even grumpy, David loves her. For a famous person (whose life is really out there for the world) you want to keep what’s most important just for you. For him, that’s their relationship. Gillovny is real.
I’m not gonna lie, this morning when the episode was over, I didn’t really have a lot of positive feelings…but evidently, I just needed a bit of time to think…And I’M sorry but it is one looooooong answer 🙈😊
So here is the thing. Chris Carter is a moron. Always has been, always will be. CSM is everything that is wrong with humanity. He is one horrible character with a GOD complex who never had an honest moment in the last 25 years. *Remind you of someone?CC? No?* BUT
I really loved watching Gillian and David play Mulder and Scully. It felt natural, nostalgic, and it just made me happy. This episode was not about CC or his mythology. Not for me, anyway. For me, it is painted with feelings, framed by gentleness. It is not about the actual dialogues – of course, written by CC – but the way Gillian and David are playing all their scenes. In the last couple of years, we heard both of them fondly talking about the relationship between these two people. How much they love each other, how much they can’t live without each other and I think they can’t/won’t play them any other way. Not this time.
David once said; “Without the other, they fall as people, as entities, as investigators.” And for me, this is what this episode is all about. We open with an episode where Mulder needs realism, facts; “Scully, I’m on it but first let’s talk to the doctors.” and Scully has the visions. Visions from their son who needs them and whom they need to find. Scully is the irrational and Mulder is rational… You know, how it’s always Scully telling Mulder to not jump on trains, nor board strange ghost ships…not this time. This time it’s Mulder telling Scully to not do the things she ends up doing anyway. Reversed dynamics but they easily slip into the other character’s role.They are one, only together, always in balance, there is no other way around it.
The episode is full of MSR moments proving this. Mulder’s monologues, all of his actions have one concern, Scully. This is a man who snapped and who is fighting harder than ever for what’s important to him. DANA SCULLY. The way they gaze at each other, how they talk to each other, the touches… I mean…for years we were asking for these moments. These conversations. And here they are. We will get them in this season! This is gonna be the season of not-secret sex and I can’t wait to die with all of you when this happens.
Also, do you remember, the COTL? ‘I believe that you will find all of your answers. You will find the answers to the biggest mysteries, and I will be there when you do…But my mysteries… I’ll never have answered.’ I believe that these were the big questions which we will get the answers for in Season 11. The conversation in the hospital, after MULDER SLIT THE THROAT OF A PERSON BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO HURT HIS MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN THE WORLD… “The truth still lies in The X-files, Mulder. Our son Mulder, they won’t find him, but he will find us” And when he does, Mulder will get the answers he always sought, Scully will be there with him and their answers will save the world, will save us, will save them. And that answer is their son, William.
So, long story short I can’t wait for the next 8 stand-alone episodes with these two sexy FBI agents searching for their long-lost son while running around in the woods with their flashlights, solving bat-crap crazy theories, and searching for monsters.
Ain’t no moron CC will take that away from me with 30seconds of nonsense lies…I really think we will get more MSR in this 10 episodes than we’ve ever gotten. Yepp, I said that. Also, CSM who?*
I wrote this long ass post last night. I couldn’t sleep because I got sick to my stomach after seeing the wave of hatred flooding in-it was about -it doesn’t make sense anymore this morning because it is everywhere. So no matter what…all that is left to say: I will stand here supporting my favorite tv show ever. And while I have not been literally in the mud and rain next to them- I was still there…and I will stand there with them for the next 24(you get my point)! They gave us far more than I expected from filming s11 and I hope this Joy will not have been spoiled by despicable hate spreading people!
2/2 in the eyes in the mirror; letting him know that this is how they’ll stay forever. Madly in love and addicted to each other. Shit sorry I got carried away there 😂
A series of drabbles based on the request: Can you write something for Gillian’s and David’s birthday with Eaden and her siblings, please? Maybe in the Vancouver house.
It was long after midnight, almost three hours into his 57th birthday, when David tentatively knocked on Piper’s bedroom door and waited for her reply before slowly pushing it open.
The only light in the room came from the lamp on the nightstand, which was turned around so it wouldn’t illuminate the bed, and bother the sleep of the little three year old who was sprawled out on it.
Her older sister was lying beside her over the covers with her legs crossed and a book on her lap. She was smiling tiredly at him, and he reciprocated it with an apologetic one. From what she’d texted him, and knowing his little daughter, it must’ve been one hell of an evening for Gillian’s eldest daughter.
“Hey,” David whispered and came closer.
Around midnight, Gillian had received a message letting them know that Eaden had woken up from a nightmare and was standing in front of their bedroom, crying heartbreakingly. Because of their birthday presents, apparently. During recess, Gillian had called Piper, who was still busy soothing a very upset Eaden, who’d apparently dreamed that she’d broken her promise by telling Mommy what Daddy had gotten her for her birthday. But what was really upsetting her was her thinking that Gillian didn’t have anything for David’s birthday. Which would obviously make Daddy very, very sad.
Oh this little girl with her big heart and the over-active, beautiful mind – she was keeping them all on their toes, that was for sure.
“Hey, David,” Piper replied and put her book aside. “How was the evening? Did you have a good time after all?” she asked quietly.
“It was fantastic. I just hope she didn’t give you that much of a hard time, even though I know she did.”
Piper chuckled and slowly pulled the covers from Eaden’s tiny form. She was lying on her back, sucking on her thumb while holding Ruben, the green bunny, close to her chest.
“It was okay. She cried a little more after we talked on the phone, but basically fell asleep once I lay her down. She just didn’t want to be alone. She’s out for a good two hours, though. I think you’re safe.”
“Okay, thank you very much, Piper.”
“I’m sorry the night ended like this. Bet you had a different outcome in mind,” she said with a rueful smile as David gently lifted Eaden off the bed.
“It wouldn’t be a proper date-night without such an incident, would it?” he quipped and kissed Eaden’s temple as her head came to a rest on his shoulder
“I guess not, no.”
“Good night, P. Sleep well,” he said and was about to turn around when she suddenly called out for him to wait and got up.
“Happy birthday, David.” She held out her arms and as he opened one of his’, embraced him and Eaden in a bear hug. “I hope it’s a good one! I love you,” she whispered against his chest and squeezed his back.
“Thank you, sweetie. I couldn’t have imagined a better start into my 57th year of life than being with you guys.”
“I’m glad to hear that. Good night,” Piper said and released him. “And don’t sleep in too long, there might be a special breakfast waiting for you tomorrow morning,” she winked and grinned up at him.
The times when Eaden didn’t wake up when putting her to bed were long gone, so David wasn’t surprised when a pair of crystal blue eyes were looking up at him when he pulled her colorful blanket up and tucked it under her arms, just the way she liked it.
“Hey, little slugger. How are you doing?” he asked softly and set down beside her.
“Good,” Eaden said sleepily and rubbed her eyes. “Where have you been, Daddy?”
“Mommy and I went out together for my birthday. Do you remember?” he asked and put the bunny right beside her on the cushion.
“Did you get a pwesent from Mommy?” she asked, and suddenly, there was that familiar sparkle of curiosity in her eyes he knew all too well. He smiled.
“I did get a present from her, yes! She took me out to dinner to a very, very nice restaurant and surprised me with concert tickets,” he said quietly, stroking over her soft, blonde hair as she relaxed back into her pillow. “So we had a wonderful evening listening to some great music.”
“Did you dance?”
“Yes, we danced, honey.”
“Did you give her a kiss?”
“Yes, I promise I gave her a lot of kisses to show her how grateful I was for that wonderful present. Were you scared Mommy didn’t get me one?” he asked cautiously, not wanting to upset her again, but to make sure she was fine again. He felt guilty, very much so, for not realizing how much the whole thing had bothered her that she ended up being so overwhelmed by her emotions.
“No,” she stated, shaking her head confidently, and David had to bite on his bottom lip to hold back a laugh. “Mommy loves you, Daddy. I know that.”
“Oh?” he raised his eyebrow as in surprise.
“Yeah,” she nodded slowly, and David could tell that her eyes grew heavier by the second. “I’m sleepy now. We can talk tomorrow,” she murmured, turned to the side and buried her face into her bunny’s belly.
“Alright, I’m looking forward to it. Good night, sweetheart,” he said and leaned down to kiss her cheek.
Sometimes, David wondered what they had done right to deserve this little girl, but when in the last seconds of consciousness she whispered, “Happy birthday, Daddy and Mommy,” before she finally drifting off to sleep, he said a silent thank you to whoever, or whatever, had blessed them beyond measure.
oh god, oh god, oh god, you think as you close your eyes and the distance between your and her
lips. you feel them and it’s kind of familiar but also brand new feeling. the
kiss won’t last long, so you don’t want to think about anything else. just this
kiss. just you and her trapped in this moment.
you almost don’t hear when they yell “cut!”. you don’t
want to stop kissing her, ever. you’ve missed those lips so much. and you’ve
missed calling those lips yours. they’d always been yours and it feels weird
not to have them now.
you don’t hear the voices, you’re lost in her eyes
again, watching her every move. she smiles at you, but it isn’t the smile you
remember – she used to smile with her eyes that were sparkling with joy. now
she’s smiling only with her lips, which is sad to witness. beautiful but so
damn sad.
i need to make her
truly smile, you think as you watch her step back. you want to fall
down, make an idiot out of yourself, anything really to make those eyes smile
again. you want to hear her laughter. but as you see her standing next to him,
you know that it’s gone. maybe not forever but for as long as he’s here.
you leave as quickly as possible, you can’t stand them
together. it never hit you so hard, it was never this impossible to bear.
she comes to your trailer tonight. you want to throw
her out, make her go, come back to her bed. you wish you didn’t want her here. you wish you could tell her no, say that you can’t, that she shouldn’t. that
her place is there and you’re not the same anymore. but as you watch her
climbing on your bed, the words just don’t come out of your mouth. you can just
keep watching her and you fall in love with her eyes and face and body. again.
“why are you here?” you finally ask when she lays next
to you and puts her arm on your chest. your heart’s never beaten so fast and
loud. your whole body is trembling and sweating and waiting for her next move. “please…”
she looks at you and smiles. still, the smile doesn’t
reach her eyes. she’s sad.
“please” she whispers, not caring about your question. she kisses your chest and then lays her head there.
“please what?”
she looks at you one last time before falling asleep.
then you should consider yourself lucky. I mean, the amount of entertainment we’ve managed to get from this very niche fandom is unreal.
For example, The Cutting Room? I remember waking up in the morning at 4:30am for work and casually checking Twitter. All I saw was mass chaos. I still wasn’t able to find any video at that time, but do you guys remember the chaos over the kisses? How fun was that?! And then the video came out and I remember my second-hand embarrassment for Gillian until she really got into it. David looked like he was loving every second. We thought for sure Gillovny was confirmed right there. We never thought we’d experience such a golden nugget! How exciting was that?! Then David goes on the radio to say how special it was for him to have her there. Total fandom freakout! Not to mention his interview where he said, “I don’t see it happening but I’ve been wrong before” in regards to if he’d ever see him and Gillian dating.
Then we had the excitement of all of the photos they tweeted that summer during filming? It seemed like they were thoroughly enjoying every day together and we were all confident that eventually bits and pieces would spill to us in the form of stories, first-hand accounts and photos. And they did.
Then NYCC. I mean, everyone remembers where they were when her tweet came out: “Miss you guys. Especially one of you.” I know I lost my shit. I mean, if you really think about that, it seemed so sincere. So private. Again, we thought she was confirming them. And in a lot of people’s minds still, that’s why they believe Gillovny was real – that single tweet. We’re so lucky to have that, you guys. Sure, she could’ve been trolling but to so many of us something about it just rang different than so many of her other tweets.
But the best was still yet to come.
Press week? Like seriously. I lost a full 10lbs of my baby weight that week. I forgot to eat, ffs. There were so many gems. We were a complete mess. Who remembers staying up ALL NIGHT because of her appearance on James Corden? I mean. I remember getting up to nurse my baby and checking my phone to a complete MELTDOWN in the fandom because she had shown her phone and all of those photos of her and David on the bed! That was unbelievable. We all turned into super spies, trying to analyze what the fresh hell was going on in them. Then there was, “be still my heart”, the golden globe photo on the hotel bed with David’s feet in the photo, “wear something nice for me” and “I’ll take it any way I can get it!”, the bed photos, Mr. & Mrs. Petrie 15 years later, “thanks for a fun ride david duchovny. Till next time xxx”. Jimmy Kimmel…nothing compares. Making out on the table, ass grabbing, and not to mention the couch hand-holding and eye-fucking. Then the red carpet. I mean. Pantsuits being “so cute”, “tiny waist”, asking in front of the cameras if he ever got with any of the girls in the hallway. The week was epic. We’re so lucky.
Then we got the behind the scenes nuggets. How excited David was to see her sex scene, “Cute on the bed there”, “mmmm” while she watches him display his masculine skill, “I’m also looking at your tight pants”.
What about WWHL? I managed to get that to stream SECONDS before it started. I watched it with earphones in while my husband sat beside me watching TV. I literally LOST MY FUCKING SHIT when Andy asked her if a relationship with David is ever a possibility. LOST IT. Her lack of an answer, I mean, that to me was HUGE. Her rating his kiss an 8. God. I loved that interview as awkward as it was.
Then he shows up at Streetcar. I was putting my kids to bed and my phone started blowing up with messages. When I checked it I had a message from a twitter friend, “stop mothering! David is at Streetcar!” LOL. I’ll never forget how much fun we had all night sitting around waiting for tidbits about his every reaction to her performance. That was so much fun.
Another was after David’s concert when he said, “Nate’s the single guy”, and passed the underwear to his bandmate. Guys. Do you even remember the amount of posts where the only line was, “Nate’s the single guy” sprawled across your dash?! It was a fucking celebration.
The Mann photoshoot getting leaked? Yeah, sucked for the guy, but holy good fuckers did we have a good day with those photos at first! It was like we’d come across a goldmine, and I guess, in a way we did. That kind of thing doesn’t happen often for us…but guys, that day it did. We were never supposed to see those photos. We were lucky.
Of course, there was so much more, but I mean, let’s be thankful because we were so lucky to have these amazing moments in our very peculiar fandom. One thing that remains the same each time something “gillovny happens” is the excitement and the crazy when we lose our collective shit. It’s what I enjoy the most about this group of people. And I even though we’re going through the worst-case scenario, I still feel very lucky that I was able to get so much excitement and entertainment from all of those moments, and from all of you.
His eyes aren’t even open before he feels the rush of adrenaline through his body as he remembers she’s there.
Finally, after so many months. After he was sure they’d seen the end of the blissful chaos that was purely them, he’s again immersed in it. And so deeply now, it’s as if it is the first time it’s been affirmed and reaffirmed to him that they belong together. How much more does she need, he wonders as he opens his eyes and doesn’t fight the smile that spreads across his face. Good Lord, how is it possible that he’s right back here, fighting for this moment to stay once again? Her blonde mess splayed along his sheets so delicately. He moves one strand blocking his view of her cheek and moves in to kiss the skin underneath. She hums, her eyes fluttering under her lids.
He almost shudders as he considers what’s next. Will she come back? He’s not sure he can stand to lose her now. Not again. Not after last night. Not after decades of feeling like this.
He tickles his fingertip along her pinky finger peeking out beneath her cheek. A slow small smile forms on her face and his bedroom is lit with it.
His nerves are fuel for his words. This needs to be done. It’s not the time for holding back.
“Gillian, you belong here,” he whispers, his soft breath blowing stray strands of her hair. Her eyes open and meet his and his world stops as he waits for her response. “I hope you realize that. I want you here with me.”