The X-Files Illustration

How it feels to find a fanfic where your favorite character is going through literally the worst horrors you can imagine

i really think we don't talk about albert hosteen enough. what he did for mulder, the connection he had with both mulder & scully, that he went to scully while he was in a coma dying of cancer, the way he stayed by melissa's bedside when scully couldn't be there, the way he helped skinner back csm into a corner. he was the freaking best and i can't tell you how much i adore him. he has such a calm & soothing voice. i love his voiceovers. not sure how accurate they are to any native beliefs & myths, but they were always beautiful & interesting.

beastly reminder

Ended up putting some finishing touches on that sketch of AWLB AU Nightmare, still got art block, but at least its something lol

Me, 11pm, stumbling upon a 20k beauty on Ao3 :

It's just a oneshot. I got this. It'll be okay.

Me, 3am, eyes fried, brain melted, 3 hours of sleep left:

Well, fuck

i love how one of the very first things we see scully do in the pilot is spread gossip

ranking the best things I have heard surgeons say mid-surgery:

1. "Five second rule!" while scrubbed, after dropping a sterile scalpel on the floor (no they did NOT pick it up again but I swear everyone's buttholes puckered)

2. (spoken during the closing of a particularly long and difficult case) "Nurse - my tunes." :heavy metal starts blasting:

3. Gently to a fretful patient, pre-anaesthesia: "It's going to be okay. I promise, I've dealt with worse." As soon as the patient is unconscious: "This is literally the worst thing I've ever seen."

4. [okay this one was a med student] "Wowwww, that's so gross!!" Reg: "Please remember that [patient] is awake for this procedure." Student to patient: "Oh my god. I am so sorry, that was really unprofessional - " Patient, cheerfully, also engrossed with what's happening inside them on the screen: "Nah - it's, like, super gross, right?"

5. [another procedure where the patient couldn't be put under GA] Patient: *starts singing country roads midway through the procedure* Surgeon: *shrugs and joins in with surprisingly good harmony*