Primrose19 - The Storm Is On Her Way. - Tumblr Blog

darkness in the early seasons was soo delicious, especially when Rob Bowman was responsible for it. I agree with the criticism of the poor lighting in s6-9 but I will take no slander of the first few seasons' lack of proper light. sometimes less is more, y'know? (a slightly different version of that last art is under the cut)

so uh about this. someone edited that screenshot to put the bi in fbi and I, having not watched that episode in awhile, thought the scene really did look like that. I then opened the screen grab archive for a VHS look reference, only to find out that the colors were edited 😔 I didn't want to post the art without crediting whoever colored the screenshot so I had to redo it. if you're the one who made that edit, please let me know so I could credit you!

Sometimes people accuse my chickens of being generated images and sometimes I think they are too

🥏 Where to find good XF fanfics

👽 On Tumblr

@lilydalexf has an encyclopedic knowledge of fics and continues to be an invaluable resource. You'll find a boatload of themed fic lists, individual rec posts and helpful answers to anon asks.

@txf-fic-chicks-blog seven years of almost daily recs, with well-written blurbs and a lot of fun, run by @kateyes224 and @piecesofscully. Look out for their themed days: "Casefile Monday", "Tumblr Tuesday", "Editor's Pick Wednesday", "Post-Ep/Missing Scene Thursday", "Novel Length Friday", "Smut Sunday", and the very cool "Because You Watched"

@msrlibrary a well-tagged library of MSR fics; each entry includes a short excerpt and a nicely chosen image from the show.

@201daysofxfiles a rewatch blog by fandom veteran @wendelah. Each episode in season 1-7 is paired with its own fic rec post.

@enigmaticxbee an aesthetically pleasing and neatly organized rewatch blog that is packed with great content, including excellent fic rec lists categorized by season, story type, trope, and more. Each episode guide sometimes features related fic recs.

@thatfragilecapricorn30 posts one fic rec every Friday, accompanied by a nice writeup.

@randomfoggytiger curates many fic rec lists sorted by often fun and creative categories.

@cecilysass has a google doc titled "fics I love", which is a fantastic fic list categorized by story type, complete with thoughtful blurbs. She's also shared two episode-related fic rec lists on Tumblr: here and here.

@pookie-mulder writes a monthly fic journal with good recs.

**self-promo plug** I post fic recs on my Tumblr blog @fine-nephrit under #nephrit's fic rec. Plus, I reblog others' fic recs that I come across!

👽 Rec Communities

XF Book Club: the best thing ever, an absolute gem that deserves to be preserved for posterity. During its run, 270 fics were recced and discussed in depth here. The community's intelligent and insightful comments on this blog are sometimes even more enjoyable to read than the fics themselves.

The Fic Filter (xf tag): well-curated selections with short blurbs.

Multifandom Het Recs (xf tag): a major rec site's xf section that offers nice "why this must be read" writeups. @het-reccers

Crack Van (xf tag): another major rec site with a big xf section, featuring endless recs and blurbs

Fancake (xf tag): another major rec community's xf section boasting an extensive thematic tagging system

👽 Personal Blogs

Emily Shore aka Naraht: meta essays, fanvid recs, fic recs—great stuff aplenty

Bad for the Fish aka Scarlet Baldy: fantastic fic list paired with highly enjoyable reviews and analyses of the fics she's read. @badforthefish

Ramblings of a Mind Untamed: reviews of a dozen or so classic fics

xxSKSxx XF Fanfic Recs: still active in 2024! @xxsksxxx

X-Libris: more of a fic library, this is the best place to download nicely-formatted ebooks of pre-AO3 oldies. What I love most is the incredibly detailed and extensive tagging system.

👽 Individual Rec Lists with good writeup

Character Manifesto - Dana Scully: a character analysis and 10 Scully-centric fic recs, categorized by "best of .." selections. Amazing format and choices!

Character Manifesto - Fox Mulder: same format as above for Spooky

bachlava's awesome fic rec essays, covering classic fics and slash fics

ShipRecced blog's classic MSR fics and newer MSR fics recs

luminary's 16-fic rec post

RivkaT recs fics and writers @rivkat

Anna Otto's favorite stories

Syntax6's rec list @syntax6

👽 90s Old School Rec Sites

The Basement Office - Musea: a treasure trove of extensive fic lists with lovely written blurbs, recced by a group of talented writers from back in the day

The Other Side - Fanfic Recs from Beyond the Grave: a large collection of 'scary' or 'spooky' story recs with nice blurbs. Beautiful web design.

the Rookery - Favorite Authors: nice commentary on a list of classic fic writers

X-Files Fanfiction 101: an intro guide to fic categories and what to read for each

The Primal Screamers: a fun site run by a mailing list that hosts fic recs with blurbs, and a 'Coffee Talk' section full of delightful discussions of canon

Idealists Haven - Elemental Fanfic Archive: an archive with rec blurbs

Chronicle X: a large, well-organized archive with blurbs, plus a 'Can We Talk' discussion section of novel-length fics, plus a total of 46 author interviews. Simply incredible!

👽 Special Mention

The X-Files Lost and Found: a fic finder message board that is miraculously still very active today—How wonderful! Its FAQ page hosts a huge collection of well-categorized themed fic lists (not recs), including "Classics (or, Your Fanfic Education is Not Complete Until You've Read ...)".

Where do you find your next read? What did I miss? Reblog and share your favorites!

"*they get to scully's headshot and immediately make eye contact with each other*"

The "they" in question

*fbi higher ups, circa 1992ish, sifting through headshots of various agents in the bureau*

"what about agent stevenson from violent crimes?"

"nah, his wife collects crystals and shit, she'll be in his ear casting doubts"

"agent johansen from the piracy department?"

"nope, remember? he's got that one story about spotting a ufo in texas that he tells at every bureau office party"

"oh right. ummm, agent collins?"

"put her in the maybe pile, but i think i heard her tell a.d. skinner's secretary that she wanted to be a vampire hunter as a kid"

*they get to scully's headshot and immediately make eye contact with each other*

"oh this is gonna be fucking HILARIOUS"

*eightish years later*

"yeah, so i know we thought we were finally in the clear, but turns out scully helped bring mulder back from the dead, and also she's about to have his love child"

-head in his hands- "we should have gone with agent stevenson"

reblog this and tag the first vine that comes to ur mind. mine is the one of the people yelling at cabbage

A thing of sun, with teeth and eyes.

@carloabay

A thing of sun, with teeth and eyes.

@carloabay

Is the celebrity au plot coherent yet? Somewhat! Is it more fun to IGNORE plot and just write random non chronological scenes? Hell yes

African wild dog???

Anyone???

Nature really knew what it was doing when it decided that orange and black was a good colour combo for animals

...I'm from Athens, Greece 😐

reblog for larger sample size :)

From what I know from spending a few hours in the wiki, Saera had at least three bastard sons who attended the Great Council. So, it very well could be plausible

holy shit are they alluding that Hugh Hammer’s mom is Saera Targaryen?!

Bob Radlinski

It's the same picture

Seymour = big fan of the new bed

Would you like to find out what you would be the god of? Take my new uqiz to find out

I think I may have gotten somewhere?

Reverse image gave me this

Unfortunately I do not have a Twitter account so I cannot check it out. Do you want me to link it?

excuse me do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior beebo the god of war

🤭🤭🤭

you ever get a comment that makes you want to reread your fic ?? it’s like ‘dang u liked it that much?? lemme go look’

This is so funny but fucking hell, is he absolutely right

The Unnatural || s. 6 ep. 19

Best language learning tips & masterlists from other bloggers I’ve come across

(these posts are not my own!)

THE HOLY GRAIL of language learning (-> seriously tho, this is the BEST thing I’ve ever come across)

Tips:

Some language learning exercises and tips

20 Favorite Language Learning Tips

what should you be reading to maximize your language learning?

tips for learning a language (things i wish i knew before i started)

language learning and langblr tips

Tips on how to read in your target language for longer periods of time

Tips and inspiration from Fluent in 3 months by Benny Lewis

Tips for learning a sign language

Tips for relearning your second first language

How to:

how to self teach a new language

learning a language: how to

learning languages and how to make it fun

how to study languages

how to practice speaking in a foreign language

how to learn a language when you don’t know where to start

how to make a schedule for language learning

How to keep track of learning more than one language at the same time

Masterposts:

Language Study Master Post

Swedish Resources Masterpost

French Resouces Masterpost

Italian Resources Masterpost

Resource List for Learning German

Challenges:

Language-Sanctuary Langblr Challenge

language learning checkerboard challenge

Word lists:

2+ months of language learning prompts

list of words you need to know in your target language, in 3 levels

Other stuff:

bullet journal dedicated to language learning

over 400 language related youtube channels in 50+ languages

TED talks about language (learning)

Learning the Alien Languages of Star Trek

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Feel free to reblog and add your own lists / masterlists!

I want to cradle it like a baby and give it little tiny smooches on its little tiny nose 😭😭

A young Eurasian red squirrel/ekorre. Värmland, Sweden (June 17, 2019).

I need more of these like a cat needs to off a bird 💀💀💀

01x07 || "Ghost in the Machine" also known as "Idiot in our office"

maybe god IS listening. to her, at least.

bonus under the cut

Here it finally is, the full cetacean eye colour info sheet! A long time coming, and an even longer time in the making. I hope that all you cetacean eye curious people will find this one as fascinating as the killer whale eye colour post. It’s a wild world out there! 

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