See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

After somehow managing to avoid it for decades, I have begun my ventures into The X-Files (aka I’ve been following the season 10 revival.)

Please send help. Or, you know, just recommendations for S1-9 essential episodes and education about your fandom (what tags do I use?? I’m too old for this!!) Obviously, I am already loving the Mulder/Scully relationship. As I told @geek-selforum, all I know so far is that there’s a lovechild and a red Speedo… I can’t wait to learn more.

Work/life is very busy, so I can’t go full-throttle on an obsessive rampage of binge watching (probably for the best in terms of mental health), but I’m excited to rekindle and expand my love of 90s sci-fi.

Tagged by @kateyes224. Thanks, Kristin!

1.  Who’s your favorite secondary X-Files character(s) and why? Is “Dagoo because he’s adorable” an acceptable answer? If not, I think I’m going to have to take a rain check on this one; I’m only on Season 4 so I have yet to be properly introduced to a lot of secondary characters.

2.  When did you start watching the X-Files?  What episode hooked you? January 2016. MASMTWM hooked me, Home Again reeled me in.

3.  What’s your usual order at Starbucks? I’m cheap so just a regular coffee (I like their blonde roasts) and then I throw in some vanilla powder and milk to make a thrifty imitation latte.

4.  What was your favorite episode of the X-Files revival? MASMTWM (see #2.)

5.  Cats or dogs? Dogs.

6.  What’s the most important thing you look for in a significant other? Thoughtfulness.

7.  What’s your favorite MSR moment? Again, not sure if I’m qualified to answer yet because I haven’t seen them all in full context (”Savor it!!” I hear you veterans shouting, and I intend to!) But their interaction during Scully’s questions/answers monologue in Home Again is at the top so far: “I believe that you will find all of your answers. You will find the answers to the biggest mysteries, and I will be there when you do.” (Yes, I’m a sucker for angst.)

8.  What other fandoms are you a part of, if any? I consider myself an active participant (more so in the past than now, but still) in the Star Trek and Muppets fandoms. I’m more of an observer in a lot of other fandoms: Battlestar Galactica, Firefly/Serenity, Harry Potter, comedy (Craig Ferguson, Tig Notaro, Comedy Bang Bang, Parks & Recreation, Mitchell & Webb, Arrested Development, Strangers with Candy, Scrubs, Futurama, etc.)

9.  What show is next for you to binge watch? Still making my way through TXF :) After that, Jessica Jones, Love, Master of None, Broadchurch, The Fall, and way too many more are on my Netflix list.

10.  Dark chocolate, milk chocolate, or white chocolate? Dark chocolate.

11.  If you could change one thing for Mulder and Scully and have that be canon, what would it be? An “I love you” exchange would be nice, but again, check back with me when I finish watching the original run!

Tagging @mylittleredgirl, @concreteangel1221, @trappedinthis-castle, @mulaneysbutt, @frontier001, @allamaraine, @tinsnip, @oparu, @spookyfbi, @summerinohio, @im-inthemiddle, @geek-selforum, @alexmuninn, @mulderfiles, and seriously anyone else inspired! – answer any and all that you want! Questions under the cut because this is getting long!

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Something I was not prepared for in The X-Files (original run): So much creepy rubber band music. Good thing I didn’t watch it when it originally aired; I would have been terrified. Even now I have to listen to a comedy podcast last thing before I go to sleep so that I don’t have nightmares.

Binge update: Currently through 1x15 Lazarus.
Skipped: The Jersey Devil, Gender Bender.
Favorite eps: Ghost in the Machine, Ice, Pilot.
Cheated ahead to: Bad Blood.
Emotional status: Compromised but stable.

Watching the X-Files while my Dad watches the Republican debate. Can’t decide which is spookier.

Do you think I have a type or nah?