Rewatch Extra: 4x08 Paper Hearts
There are IWTB spoilers in here. You've been duly warned.
The music in this episode is gorgeous, like a jewelry box being halfway opened, the bent ballerina struggling to turn.
I’m trying to separate myself from the movie to think about just this episode, but Mulder sleeping on his lonely little couch is killing me. I’ll try my best not to type “I ( Read more... )
The music in this episode is gorgeous, like a jewelry box being halfway opened, the bent ballerina struggling to turn.
I’m trying to separate myself from the movie to think about just this episode, but Mulder sleeping on his lonely little couch is killing me. I’ll try my best not to type “I ( Read more... )
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Oh God dammit, here I go! (Snow won an Emmy for this one, didn't he? Deservedly so.) PAPER HEARTS. I warn you now, I will be LONG-WINDED (i.e. multiple comments) RAMBLY about this one, seeing as it's my FAVORITE.
I love the way he touches her arm when he’s telling her how he got to the park, like he’s trying to tether himself to her, or her to him. Afraid she might float away, needing her to understand.
Oh David, David, David. Him and his little touches (physical and otherwise). They KILL me, man. This is Emmy-worthy work, and he wasn't even nominated. For fuck's sake.
He seems surprised that she might remember something he’d said to her, like she might not always be listening to him. I love it when they quote each other, because honestly, one of the hottest things about them really is how they listen to each other and absorb it all.So, so true! It's such a Muldery reaction, too; I think he expects her to tune him ( ... )
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AHAHA, I love you so much. You know that, right?
“Help me, Scully.” And she does. She gets down there, their hands digging through the dirt together.
That moment, to me, is one of the most definitive moments not only for their partnership, but their relationship. It's just so telling.
Compare this to the scene in “Conduit,” where he wants her to do the same thing and she refuses. Four years'll do a lot.
Oh man, yes. I always think back to Conduit in this scene.
Mulder alone with the body. His face is utterly bereft. It’s really well-done that we don’t actually see the remains for quite a bit, they remain under the sheet while he works up his nerve.This entire scene, all by itself, is Emmy-worthy. (I'm sorry, I can't stop myself!) It's filled with silence, but it says SO much. His FACE, Sarah. This scene makes me cry a little, every time. A great article once described how David's face and eyes say much more than his voice ( ... )
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You already know this, but God, do I love Mulder with children. So much.
He sacrifices that, his selfish need for that, for the living girl in front of him. His face...his face.Oh God. I can hardly stand to look, but I must. This is why, to me, Mulder will always be a hero. People love to throw words like "self-absorbed" and "selfish" around when describing Mulder, but I never see it that simply. Yes, he's focused, yes, he knows what he wants and will sacrifice just about anything to get to it or find it, but he's not that one-dimensional. Mulder FEELS, man; so much pain on behalf of so many more than just himself. And when the moment calls for it, he surrenders the rights to that pain to someone else, or conversely takes it all on himself ( ... )
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And it's sad, because he's almost desperate to return that love and protection.
Oh God, my thoughts immediately go to the nosebleeds in "Memento Mori" and "Elegy." "I'm fine, Mulder. Quit staring at me." She doesn't even want him looking at her while she's vulnerable. And god, the power it seems to take him to actually look away from her at that moment. Like...he can't, but if that's what she wants from him right now, that's what he'll give her.
Oh, the sad smiles on BOTH their faces in that scene. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. (Have I mentioned that recently? I was trying to explain it to my friend last night, and I just sounded like a total crazy person who had forgotten how to string words together. I ( ... )
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This certainly isn’t the only time either does this, but here, Scully introduces them both
And have you ever noticed that for every time she says, "Agents Scully and Mulder," there's another time when she'll say, "Agents Mulder and Scully"? Who says the other person's name first when you're introducing yourself?? Oh, right, it's that whole OTP thing. :D
I loved this entry; it made me want to rewatch Paper Hearts, which has always been my favorite from S4 and one of my all-time favorites overall, and it also gave me a little bit of insight into how I can view Scully's actions and emotions in XF2 without getting so upset that she's out of character or acting too whiny and emo and angsty. Really, this makes a lot of sense, and I'm planning to see it again for a second time tonight, so hopefully I'll be able to look at the relationship parts in a better light now after having read this. Thanks for sharing!
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Who says the other person's name first when you're introducing yourself?? Oh, right, it's that whole OTP thing.
Ha, I know! I love it when they do that.
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