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[heartequals]

HAY. I am tardy to the party but hopefully this makes up for it. Without further ado:

Some people are Mulderists. Some people are Scullyists. That is all fine and good. I, however, am carrying the flag for someone EVEN BETTER:





For a long time I was like "psh, Skinner" and then my friend called me up one day and she was all "I've been watching X-Files. Skinner really looks like a porn star."

And all of a sudden

it dawned on me

A.D. WALTER SKINNER IS THE BEST PERSON ON THE FACE OF THIS EARTH.

I mean. I love him. I love him so much. I love his shiny head and I love his blatant exhaustion with Mulder/Scully and their shenanigans, I love that he is the one that Scully tells she is pregnant, I love that he is the one that who goes dark side FOR SCULLY, I love that he was first a weasel and then he changed his mind because Skinner ain't nobody's bitch (outside the bedroom), I love that he's part of the cast after Mulder gets abducted, I love it when he says "AS OF RIGHT NOW I AM RE-OPENING THE X-FILES" and I love it every time he yells at his agents the way I yell at them from my living room couch. They are a pain in his ass and he hates them so much and will fight for them to death AND I LOVE THAT.

Now photos.



THIS FACE IS WHY I WATCH THE X-FILES.



HAY SKINMAN WATS UP
NUTHIN JUST TAKIN A BUBBLEBATH
OKAY I WILL BE IN MY BUNK
OKAY FOXX
BYE
BYE

(there are probably other ways to interpret this scene but I am not aware of them.



Confession: I would read the shit out of Frohike/Skinner. No I do not know why do not ask me about the mysterious matters of the human heart.



Avatar is a great episode. I mean not really but we get to watch him having sex which is fine with me.



BROODIN'



BROOD BABY BROOD. Zero Sum is an actually good episode. Check it out:



FREE ADMISSION FOR ALL

Remember the other time Skinner was shirtless? Remember that was the episode where Krycek was chained to Skinner's apartment balcony? I would read the hell out of Krycek/Skinner too.



Here he is wearing a fucking cardigan oh my god.



swagga of a champion.



But Scully we used protection.
Skinner it is an X-File.



WELL DANA AT LEAST THEY GOT ONE PART OF THE MOVIE RIGHT :D? :D? :D?



Mulder, checkin' out Skinner. GET IT GIRL.



I love Mitch Pileggi a lot too. When he was Grandad Winchester on Supernatural I almost forgave Supernatural for everything it chooses to be.*




*do not get me started on Supernatural and it's X-Files influences. I could go one for years about how Kim Manners is the best person in the world.



He's got the best, sweetest smile *_____* They should really make out.

Speaking of making out, let's talk about Triangle. SCULLY KISSES SKINNER OF HER OWN VOLITION. THIS IS THE BEST THING.



He's even sexy in Nazi uniform, what the hell.



Oh my god Mulder Skinner is really sexy in Nazi uniform.
Oh my god I know Scully come let us find a bunk.



As a side note, I love that Arlene Pileggi is Skinner's secretary. I think she's really good at it too, perfectly sassy and fed-up with those annoying creepy agents who live in the basement, I mean don't they realise that Skinner has actual work outside of them? I also love that Arelene Pileggi was Gillian Anderson's stand-in and also played fake Scully in Fight Club. This is a cosmic message: write me Scully/Skinner.



Skinner we should kiss more



I agree Agent Scully same time tomorrow?
Yes indeed Sir.

But hey, let's not neglect the eighth and ninth seasons. Skinner had some good moments in those seasons.



Would read Doggett/Skinner.



Would not read Reyes/Skinner. WOULD HOWEVER READ THOUSANDS OF STORIES ABOUT MY GIRL IN A BAR WITH MY BOY GETTIN TRASHED AND HAVIN' FUN.

Plus, we can't forget about what the eighth and ninth seasons brought us: Sunshine Days. Sunshine Days is sorta amazing. This is the best scene in the entire series.








WAKE UP IN THE MORNING FEELIN LIKE AD SKINNER





In conclusion, let's hear it for





All screencaps are from I Still Believe, all photos from Big Light Productions. gif is from the internet.

Comments

[senmut]

Go SKINNER!

And, umm, thank you. I had lost the bathtub picture ages ago, and now must go play with my manipulator on it for an icon.

ETA:

Thank you again for showing the pic...that icon is snaggable if wanted; I credited you with the screencap.

[heartequals]

AHHHH I KNEW I FORGOT SOMETHING IMPORTANT. I didn't take those screencaps! I gacked them all from I Still Believe and then resized them all because they were huge.

But I am totally stealing that icon. Best scene in the X-Files? I would vote yes.

[senmut]

I will go amend the icon with cap credit then. But still! YAY!

[heartequals]

YAY! indeed :D :D I have such massive embarrassing love for Skinner, it is sort of unsound.

[idella]

I, uh, don't even really dig Skinner, but this was still awesome.

[heartequals]

That is okay! I am glad you appreciated anyway!!

[littlegreen42]

I love this picspam. I may be a Mulderist but I still love the Skinman!

[heartequals]

SKINMAN \o/

[ml_griffonnage]

I love Skinner but if I didn't, what you did would make me love him. Wonderful!

[heartequals]

YAY! Thanks!!

[red_eft]

and I love it every time he yells at his agents the way I yell at them from my living room couch. They are a pain in his ass and he hates them so much and will fight for them to death AND I LOVE THAT.

ahaha, *yes*.
ALSO what season/episode is the bath scene from so that I may anticipate it greatly? Because what.

[heartequals]

Hyperbole and excessive fangirling aside, that is really why I love him so much. He puts up with SO MUCH.

It is from Hollywood A.D., from S7! It is a most excellent episode. There are lots of puns.

Skinner!!

[iadorespike]

Yes, yes!! It is all about Skinner! It always has been, and it always will be. Yes. :) Seriously, I don't know how anyone could not see the glory that is Skinner. I love your wavy banner, too, btw. ;)

This post is just what I needed tonight, and my smile is so big it's hurting my face. Hee!

Thank you so much. :) I don't even know you and I think I love you a little. <333

Re: Skinner!!

[heartequals]

He is so great, I don't even. I loved the LGM, but I would have loved a spin-off involving Skinner. Even if it was just about his boring life outside of the agents: talking to other agents, doin' paperwork, dreaming about his agents etc etc. I love him so much it is absurd.

I found the wavy banner on the internets and I laughed so hard I choked. Thanks internets! You have accurately depicted my love in gif form!!

I am glad this post made you feel better!! \o/ \o/ \o/

[rhi]

I can't help you with Skinner and Frohike slash, but I do know where there's a Skinner & Frohike friends/fellow 'Nam veterans series. (http://joyce.moonlit-eyrie.com/index.html if you're interested; scroll down to the Wall series.)

ETA: Gah! ::facepalm:: I hate it when I hit enter before my brain is done... Thank you for the great squee post!

[heartequals]

One of the things about being a baby about a fandom but not a baby about the canon is that I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING and thus talk about these things like they don't even exist. And then kind people such as yourself link me to things and it's like Christmas.

Thank you!!!

[rhi]

You're very welcome. And Skinner/Krycek was a relatively popular slash pairing for a while. I can recommend JiM over at http://jim.moonlit-eyrie.com/ and you might check out http://www.archiveofourown.org/ and search for Skinner/Krycek -- they should have some. Do you know about Crack_Van yet?

[heartequals]

I do know about crack_van! I lurk there on occassion but I have not yet attempted their x-files tag out of sheer reverence for the amount of fic they must have rec'd. But I will get on that. Thank you for the recs!!

[yvi]

Skinner!

*waves Scully/Skinner flag*

[heartequals]

Scully/Skinner Scully/Skinner!! Would you happen to have any recs? :D? :D?

[yvi]

Unfortunately, no :/ I only came to Scully/Skinner during my rewatch last year and I didn't find much when I looked.

[amalnahurriyeh]

I know that Dasha K wrote a reasonable bit of Scully/Skinner for her friend Red Valerian, who also was a S/S shipper. Someplace to start on Gossamer, at least?

[heartequals]

I am so there, thank you!!

[ellia]

Remember the other time Skinner was shirtless? Remember that was the episode where Krycek was chained to Skinner's apartment balcony? I would read the hell out of Krycek/Skinner too. Oh the fics that scene inspired, practically a fandom all by itself.

So much lovely Skinner goodness, totally making my crappy day a little better.

[heartequals]

. . .RECS?! I want to be a part of that fandom like a teenager wants to be 21.

I am glad it made your day a little better! Skinman is magical.

[ellia]

Sorry, i wasn't really bookmarking fic back then. But i'm pretty sure you can find most of those stories at the basement or it's sister sites all things rat and the red light district. The search engine at the basement isn't perfect, because a lot of the sub categories were added long after some of the stories were uploaded, so they don't have all the right tags. But if you search by pairing i'm pretty sure i remember a bunch of Skinner/Krycek that started with that ep.

[heartequals]

I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT EXPLORING THIS. Thank you!!

[amalnahurriyeh]

This is epic. I am particularly a fan of the flag.

[heartequals]

I am not going to lie, the discovery of the flag was one of my more triumphant moments on the internet. Everything just felt right!