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It’s okay to enjoy MSIII

I really enjoyed this opener. Probably more than I have enjoyed any mythology episode since Amor Fati, and easily one of the most exciting dramatic rides since Redux II.

No, it wasn’t a perfect episode. Mulderlogues used in a way we have never seen before and felt extraneous. The Mulder-Skinner tussle was dumb and even Mitch thought so. Also ¿¿dafuq Monica??

None of that overshadowed my ability to enjoy the episode as a whole. You know what did? You people. You were rude to Chris in the AMA yesterday, and spent all day trashing him here and on Twitter. You were chomping at the bit by the time the episode aired. I was ashamed of this fandom last night, and it ruined my enjoyment of this show. Both the run-up and the thing itself.

I blame myself, mostly. I should have just ignored it all and let myself ride out the afterglow of an episode I really enjoyed. And despite the fact that I think everyone is being dramatic and hypocritical about the big reveal at the end, telling people how they should feel about rape and misogyny is something I cannot and will not do. The only kind of instance I feel it’s okay to tell people what they should think about rape and abuse is when they glorify it, such as by shipping Rey and Kylo Ren which is 100% fucked up. I won’t stand in the way of people who are basically just saying “rape is bad.”

So I am ending my negative experience of this episode, right here, right now. This will be my last whiney post about it, and I’ll just ignore the negativity from here on out and try to refocus on why I loved this ep. Later maybe I will write a review, which will be mostly positive. Which those of you who hated it are free to ignore.

In the meantime, if you want some positivity now, Sunshinetoday had lots of nice things to say about the episode this morning. I also found this thread to be very therapeutic last night, and @therewillcomesoftrain reminded us that it’s just pretend.