the once and future tropie

Remember that thing where allchildren, rawles.livejournal.com, and I are rewatching The X-Files? That's still going on! I know that for a lot of people, season two ranks highly when compared to the rest of the seasons. I am not one of those people! Before this rewatch, I would have probably put it on par with season one: somewhat uneven, still getting its bearings, but with a lot of really well executed episodes. At this juncture, I am not so generous!

( Don't let the Fiji mermaids bite. )

So, my rewatch of the first season of The X-Files (and a sizeable chunk of season two) has been accomplished with the excellent company of rawles.livejournal.com and allchildren! I am in the process of writing up a larger reaction post, because if there anything I like better than lists and evaluation, I haven’t yet found it, but one of the things that kept coming up in my opinions was how I have changed in my feelings regarding horror, especially as regards two particular MOTW, and why some things still bother me much more than others.

( Spoilers for 1x03, 1x21, 2x13, and brief mention of 7x07. Also, wow, that was a lot more feelings than I thought I had. )