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Who's your alien baby baby mama? Watch David Duchovny present Gillian her award for her role as Stella Gibson on The Fall.
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We’re taking another walk down X-Files fandom memory lane this week with an author who has been a fan of the show since that fateful day in 1993. Meet ML! She’s a longtime writer with a fantastic body of work. ML writes with a mix of warmth, angst, humor and insight that’s so fitting of our heroes. And with 150 works listed on Gossamer you’ve got a lot of reading to do.
The show didn’t give Mulder much of a chance to rebound after learning about what really happened to Samantha in “Closure” so ML takes that on in “Land of the Living.” Mulder and Scully take some time away to sort things out and maybe, just maybe, finally get the chance to move on.
I have a major soft spot for Scully angst, and the time when Scully was searching for Mulder in Season 8 always hits me right in the gut. “In the Bleak Midwinter” is a perfect example of that. We know Scully doesn’t share her feelings well, and this story set during Christmas with her family makes me want to reach out and hug her. Bonus points for a more human depiction of big brother Bill, as well.
I remember reading this one over and over when it first appeared on Ephemeral in 2001 and it still resonates today. I won’t give away too much but “Age Cannot Wither” is an a/u that deals with “Requiem” and Scully’s immortality in a very moving way.
We talked with ML about writing, fandom, and of course The X-Files.
How long have you been a Phile?
Since the Pilot. I’ve always liked science fiction and the premise was intriguing to me. I was hooked from the beginning by the stories. It took me a little longer to warm up to Mulder; I remember feeling a little sorry for Scully at first.
What was your first episode?
The Pilot
How long have you been writing fic?
Long ago, I wrote little vignettes for TV shows I liked for my own amusement. I had no idea that I was writing fanfic. I think the first thing I wrote was inspired by the soap opera Dark Shadows. I didn’t even discover that there was such a thing as XF fanfic until S5, I think, when I finally had regular access to a computer. I read avidly for about a year, everything I could get my hands on. Then nearly at the end of S6, I started writing a story that ended up taking years to finish. I did manage to post a vignette for “Requiem” right after it aired, and it was promptly lost in the thousands of wonderful post-ep stories also posted. What a great summer for reading and writing that was!
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After Monday’s FOX Upfront we know Season 11 will be held for midseason, airing sometime in 2018. So while we wait, enjoy a few photos of David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson stopping by the FOX party and the Webby Awards. Gillian took home a Webby Best Actress award for her role as Stella Gibson on “The Fall” which was presented to her by David.
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Hallmark has created a special Mulder and Scully keepsake ornament! Note how they captured Scully’s skeptical crossed-arms position, and the fairly realistic height difference is a nice touch too!
And for a special bonus, the ornament plays the show’s theme when you push a button.
The ornament will be available on October 7th and costs $17.95, you can find more details on Hallmark’s website.
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In all the excitement after the announcement of Season 11, we asked series creator Chris Carter if he had anything he'd like to share with the fans and here's what he had to say:
"Though the world has increasingly become stranger than any X-Files episode, we have new scary stories to tell and we so appreciate the fans who continue to tell us they are hungry for more."
More details to come soon!