Fan Art By Ami Thompson

My recent Mulder Walk-In headcanon - copypasta'd below - got a good response, so here's a tribute to the 90s X-Files comics showing a Walk-In replace Mulder to save him from his brain condition.

Details: season 8 of The X-Files reveals Mulder hid terminal illness from Scully (dumb). And somehow Scully the doctor missed it (dumber). And in season 9 he abandoned Scully and his baby child to hide like a coward (dumbest).

So what if Mulder was switched out by a Walk-In after the Samantha reunion in Season 7's Closure? This possession was to save Mulder from an even worse fate, but left him doing out of character things. When he returned from death (minus an autopsy, somehow - dumb!), he was still in place between both the physical and spiritual worlds, hence his running away after William's birth.

The Mulder we saw in the latter half of season 7 wasn't quite our Mulder. It could hide Mulder's physical status as a mirage. And this Walk-In Mulder even left a will asking not to be autopsied. Perhaps claiming to do so out of Jewish tradition or to keep his hybrid DNA out of official documents.

But really it was to ensure Scully didn't butcher his chances of resurrection. The Walk-In spirits knew the fate of the alien abductees, and had to 'replace' Mulder to ultimately keep him alive. Ultimately, after season 9, both versions of Mulder converged into one.

This would also explain David Duchovny's bored acting in season 7.

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“F.B.I’m just gonna snuggle in real close to my coworker whilst we talk crime and try to debunk each other’s theories”

Side characters appreciation

Fanfiction is so silly. I am playing with my dolls and people are coming over to watch. Some of them even clap and give me compliments. And when I'm done playing, I can go and watch other people play with their dolls.

"Why'd you come here if you'd already made up your mind?" // "Because i knew you'd talk me out of it if i was making a mistake." // "I'll keep you in my prayers." // "Have the father say a few hail mulders for me, okay?"

I stumbled upon the deleted fight the future kiss in my files and couldn't resist the urge to try my usual editing tricks on it. Yet another scene (and not even a canon one!!) that fell victim to Chris Carter and his hatred of good lighting. Now we can finally observe the exact amount of tongue that was used.

You can find the masterpost for all the edits I have done as part of this series right here.

Anything you want to see? Feel free to suggest it and I'll do my best.

Lastly, a little before/after comparison. Most scenes are so much darker than one tends to remember, and this is probably the best lit one I've done so far.