The X-Files Love Month

Title: “The future looks just like him”: Mulder and the (fe)male gaze
Author: memories_child
Word count: 2,197
A/N: First of all I'm so sorry this is late. I was due to post on Friday but I've had a virus for a week and that, along with work being ridiculously busy at the moment, wiped me out. Mods, I hope it's okay for me to post this today.


( “The future looks just like him”: Mulder and the (fe)male gaze )

Title: Christ, Hamlet and Ralph Nader: Symbolism and Sacrifice in The X Files
Author: memories_child
Word count: 1816
A/N: I'm writing this much later than I'd have liked to, and it's therefore shorter (and possibly less coherent) than I'd like it to be. There's so much I could say about The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati. Religion, philosophy, reality, fiction, sacrifice and resurrection are just some of the themes covered in this episode, and if you take a look online (or at the bibliography) you'll find just some of the articles out there covering these. I hope that you enjoy this essay though, that it gives you something to think about, and that I haven't offended anyone with what I've written (that definitely isn't my intention).



( Ask anyone about religion in The X Files and I'm sure Scully would spring to mind. )

Title: Seeing is Believing: Reality, Truth and Fiction in Jose Chung’s From Outer Space
Author: memories_child
Word count: 4362
A/N: This essay is something I've wanted to write for a long time - since writing my 3rd year dissertation on reality and fiction, in fact, and referencing Jose Chung's in that. Writing it was something I really enjoyed, though cutting the first draft down from 15000 odd words was pretty tough; I could have covered so much more on the subject, but I think it works as it is and I hope you all enjoy reading it. Thanks to cadiliniel for the encouragment, and huge thanks to truemyth for the incredibly insightful beta, the encouragement, the early morning emails getting excited over what else from the series fitted into the essay and the absolutely gorgeous cover.



( Truth is as subjective as reality. So, it can be argued, is love. )