bruh the way mulder is standing omg i’m fucking crying
I feel like there were no like stage directions or whatever that said to pose like that during the scene but David duchovny just went and did it anyways
“I want to believe” is actually my favourite catchphrase to come out of The X-Files because it’s simultaneously optimistic and skeptical. “Wanting to believe” is different from blind faith – it implies that you’re holding out for a burden of proof, even when the belief itself is desirable. There’s a level of restraint in that phrase that is so beautiful and pure; it feels wondrous and curious but also totally sane and grounded in reality. I think that’s why it continues to resonate.
It’s the yearning that gets me. Wanting a reason to believe in something, wanting the chance to put your faith in something more, something amazing, someone incredible. The waiting and hoping and keeping your heart just barely inside your sleeve. Damn.
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