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Published: 2013-11-07 14:51:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 3304; Favourites: 48; Downloads: 20
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Another The X-files fan art Though I doubt many of my watchers remember this episode >.<
Honestly, I hate WHAT some people think about Krycek after this scene 
YES! It's just an old Russian tradition! Maybe not very popular at present, but still
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This was one of the best-crafted ambiguous scenes in a deliberately ambiguous series. Along with the Russian tradition, and the slashy overtones to make some fangirls happy, others unhappy, and lots of straight guys grossed out, it could also be seen as a Judas kiss, a deliberate humiliation, a last salute to a guy Krycek didn't expect to see survive, and any number of other things.
For some reason, I've _always_ thought in meta, so the one thing that always baffled me about X-Files fandom was why my friends would argue about ambiguous episodes as if there were a REAL answer to whether something was actually, you know, an alien or lake monster or whatever, or what Kryck's REAL intent/loyalty was, when it seemed clear to me that it was REALLY intended to be ambiguous. (I'm still surprised nobody strangled me for, y'know, sounding like an annoying hipster before it was "cool".)
I don't like pointless mysteries that writers put in just to drive us nuts, but to me the show was _about_ mysteries, about wanting to believe; living in a world of possibilities and nameless threats where our heroes band together BECAUSE they're the only ones who can count on each other in a world of shifting dangers, untrustworthy allies, and enemies like CSM who would turn out NOT to be anything as simple as evil.
Doesn't mean I didn't enjoy fic that chose one reading--THIS is what Skinner is like; THIS is what Scully thinks; THIS is who Krycek really is and why he's done these things. But the ambiguity of the source meant that every writer could have a different answer; the material was always alive and never stagnant, because you never saw it the same way twice.
Your fan,
--Nonie
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I've never thought about Judas kiss 
I tried to be a part of The X-files fandom, but I could not. The main reason: I realized that most of fans don't care about aliens, conspiracy, paranormal activity etc. They only want to see Mulder and Scully are kissing 
Don't know, maybe it sounds mean, or I just take things too seriously.
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Bahahahaha "Why do you refuse to BELIEVE?!" I can't quit laughing...
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"Scully, why do you refuse to believe?!"...wow, I love this!
Dear, you make an amazing fanart here! very funny heheh
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Heeey, nice. xD
But - what exactly does he say/think after that "smooch"? ^^"
I'm unable to read it.
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It's Russian version of "Good luck, my friend" (with awfully cute american accent 
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uhhh, yay. xD
Seems like I've got a new language to learn now. ^___^
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Товарьищу Малдеру, наверное, понравилась наша традиция...
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Ага, до такой степени, что он даже забыл врезать товарищу Крайчеку по морде, как обычно
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