whatever, world, posting about the x-files in the middle of the night is TOTALLY NORMAL.

[elapses]

So remember how that night the first XF2 promo photo came out EVERY SINGLE PERSON who remotedly loved the show made a post that consisted of little more than !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and the pictures themselves reuploaded to their image host of choice? We were so ridiculously spammy that it almost looped back around to charming again? AND IT WAS GREAT?

I have since been weirdly terrified that any repeat experience would ruin the first one. Indeeeed, I have refrained from bringing up any of the other promo pictures here (except for the Wondercon ones, which, SHUT UP, was totally important, as I had a grainy cell phone photo to show everyone, PLUS GILLIAN PICKED LINT OFF DAVID, ergo -- IMPORTANT EVENT), because after the second or third time it shows up on my friends list, my (wet blanket) reaction is "god, you guys, HOW MANY EXCLAMATION POINTS DO YOU WANT OUT OF ME?"

Well, no more, my friends. This picture (this picture!!!) DOES THINGS TO ME. When I first saw it, it literally took me a full minute to start processing words again. It's unbelivably intimate and intoxicating and perfect, and even though we've all got it set as our desktop background by now, you cannot deny it deserves to be crossposted across the internet as many times as possible.




AND HEY, GUYS: I am genuinely curious as to what the first thought that ran through your head when you saw this was? Was it even a thought?

Somewhat related question: are there other TV shows that have at least once exploited foreheads as a way to express affection? I thought there were -- I think I remember, on more than one occasion, telling someone two fictional people were "pulling a Mulder and Scully", but I cannot for the life of me remember who, when, and where?!

(I swear to god, in most of those intervening years, THEIR FOREHEADS saw more action than they did. Forehead kisses were their bizarro way of saying "I love you! And I want to share this INTIMATE MOMENT with you! But it's not... like that. Which is why we aren't kissing on the lips! [subtextual sexual tension]" I swear to god, no other show has ever put sex on that high of a pedestal. There is no way their first time measured up to the zillions and zillions of fantasties they must've been having about each other since season one, no matter how many fanfiction authors believe the contrary. Unresolved sexual tension as realized by the X-Files is simultaneously the very very best and most excruciating gift television has ever given me.)

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[tenacious-err.livejournal.com]

Lol the first thing I did when I saw the picture was inhaled. And didn't breathe for about a minute afterwards? There was possible brain damage involved.

I don't even understand. They could give us a picture of them having sex and it wouldn't even begin to compare to the intimacy involved in that goddamn forehead intimacy. IT IS SO AMAZING, I CAN'T EVEN DEAL.

Lol and on Stargate: Atlantis one of the characters culture involves showing friendship/thanks or whatever through touching of the forehead. CLEARLY MULDER AND SCULLY HAD THOUGHT ABOUT THEIR OWN LITTLE FOREHEAD!INTIMACY FIRST.

...I love them a lot. In a stalkery way.

[sunspawn.livejournal.com]

THIS DOES THINGS TO ME I CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO EXPLAIN. BUT HOLY.SHIT. THEY ARE SO AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL AND GUH. IDEK.

[lissie-pissie.livejournal.com]

"So remember how that night the first XF2 promo photo came out EVERY SINGLE PERSON who remotedly loved the show made a post that consisted of little more than !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and the pictures themselves reuploaded to their image host of choice?"
YES. AND I TOTALLY SAID THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE- I HAVENT HAD A NIGHT THIS HAPPY SINCE WE GOT THOSE FIRST PICTURES.

AND MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS LITERALLY "*SCREAM*" IN MY OWN HEAD.

[tendre-posion.livejournal.com]

First thought: OMG FOREHEAD SEX IS BACK :DDDDDD


then I died of pretty.

[leucocrystal]

I'm still dead.

I have a lot to say about why I love it so much, but being dead and all, the words will not come!

I am working on a wallpaper and icons though, so once I post those, I hope to be capable of coherent speech again. :D

[thatlldopig.livejournal.com]

this is what I miss out on by living in a different timezone. lol yeah, I see now that my flist has exploded with this photo. and FOR GOOD DAMN REASON. this is probably the best M/S photo of ALL TIMES.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (the obligatory exclamation points!)

[ohvienna.livejournal.com]

I just very very audibly gasped at that.

Holy jesus.

[aliice.livejournal.com]

first though: finalllyyyyy

x)

[an-aviary.livejournal.com]

Yeah, holy god. I'm just beginning to breathe again... It ain't easy.

I can totally read so much in both of their expressions, and I have this whole string of dialogue in my head right now about it.

Scully's pretty upset, almost filled with grief, maybe a little scared of what might happen, and Mulder's all like...sexy and UGH WAIT I lost my train of thought.

Ahem.

Mulder's all like, "Scully...hey..." in that particular way (you know the "hey..." I'm talking about) and kind of moving his face down towards hers and doing the forehead love making and METHINKS after this picture is taken, he kisses her all quickly and then they kiss for a long tiiiiiiiimeeee..

Clearly, I have an issue.

[outintherain.livejournal.com]

I know it's been said many a time.. but this picture DOES things to me...

I'm sad that my flail is dead, but it's still mindblowing and amazing and... *runs out of words*

*stares happily*

*more coherent thoughts later... maybe*

[adinfinitum.livejournal.com]

HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER THIS MANY WORDS AND STILL BE REMOTELY COHERENT? I've gotten a decent night's sleep between first seeing this photo and checking out your post, and I'm still just EXCLAMATION POINTS & CAPS LOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. The first thing that ran through my head was probably !@#@*($)&#@*%)&$*%^$*@)&$#*@)$# (in the best possible way) followed shortly by HOLY SHIT THEY ARE ALL GROWN UP AND SO FUCKING HOT! Look at them! Between Mulder's stubble and Scully's long hair, I'm just beyond saving. The expression on Mulder's face is what really kills me though. Scully's too, OBVS, but moreso the Muld-man.

OKAY, CHECK IT: with respect to UST and XF-- in my book THIS IS THE ONLY SHOW THAT EVER GOT IT RIGHT. I have never watched a single television show or seen a single movie where the main couple is able to maintain their chemistry and charisma and all that wonderful stuff after they got together. But here, as painful as it was, it is PURE GENIUS to never really have them ~*~**~HOOK UP LOLZ~*~*~* over seven years because it keeps that level of electricity running high, you know? Every little glance and touch and intonation is that much more powerful. And even when you know they're doing it at the end of season 7, because we don't actually SEE IT, there's still that level of intrigue and just AMAZINGNESS. It almost makes it wrong for us to even ever see these two be more intimate than touching foreheads (or the occasional kiss) because it's something so private and personal for them and OH MY GOD I'M TALKING ABOUT THESE GUYS AS IF THEY ARE REAL.

THIS SHOW/FILM/DYNASTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[famousdeaths.livejournal.com]

I'm with _theguest, how could you write such a coherent post?!

I keep scrolling up to see the picture and making OHMYGODEEEEEE!!!! faces.

OH MY GOD. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[secondstar.livejournal.com]

MY FIRST THOUGH WAS:



then it was OMG KISS... and then her hair is so long! i love it :D

o hey. did you tell me that there are shuttles from the denver airport to boulder?
ahhhh i am getting all worried about not having a car and not being able to go get groceries and things D:

[getchokedup.livejournal.com]

See, I don't think she picked lint off him.

...I think she pinched him. In that playful way, sort of?

Tbh: Pinch > Lint.

[allibabab.livejournal.com]

I- I- I-

WHAT. WHAT. I HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION WELL ENOUGH UP TILL NOW SO THIS IS THE FIRST PROMO PICTURE I'VE REALLY SEEN AND. WHAT. I THINK I HAVE BEEN KILLED DEAD, MAYBE? I JUST. I. CANNOT. WORDS.

[miri-d.livejournal.com]

My first thought: MSR!

My second thought: "OwO"

My third thought: I can't seem to comment on this because I keep scrolling back to the pretty -- Oh, fuck it *types UM HAI FOREHEAD SECKZ*.

NOW IF THIS CAN PLZ TO BE A SCENE IN THE MOVIE INSTEAD OF JUST A PRETTY PRETTY PROMO SHOT :P.