The Cheesecake Factory (OT) #74: Because X-Philes are excited about the return of The X-Files
 

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thanks for opening - and yes we are :sigh:

Tftnt! :D

TFTNT! I'm enjoying the title, even though I don't particularly care about the X-Files. :gone:

TFTNT
Same for me
I remember when the series was first aired, everybody was talking about it and it was everywhere, but I hadn't watched it. And I have to admit, I still didn't do it

Yeah, there was a huge buzz about it, but it was ages before I actually watched it to see what all the fuss was about. It was alright, but I never really got into it.

Good to see everyone here so excited about it, though.

TFTNT! I approve of the OP. :lol:

I just started watching The X Files three months ago or so...the reason I started was because obviously I'm so involved in fandom, and my degree is in history. So considering this show did so much for fandom and shipping and establishing internet concepts that are so normalized to us today, I felt like I wasn't living up to my degree and one of my biggest passions having not seen it. :lol: That may be a very weird reason to start a show, but that's me. :lol:

I literally learned just today that the term "Shipping" originated with the X-Files.

:lol: I wonder who came up with the term though :look:

From TXF Board:

Heidi said this:
And then Susanne linked to the wikipedia page that had this to say:

The X files fandom was the first fandom who met online and they created the whole wording :nod:


Source

Heidi can probably tell you more about it because if I remember correctly she was a member of the first Usenet groups. :D

Edit
lol, Rae posted the same :lol:

Haha! Jinx Susanne!

TFTNT!

Usenet - those were the days! :lol: Y'all are making me feel ancient.

By the time I got into the fandom, which was Season 5, the term Shipper was pretty well established. So was slash - although that goes even further back to the original Star Trek, and fanzines that were published on mimeograph machines or Xerox copiers and sold in dealer rooms at Sci-Fi conventions.

We also pretty much had the first shipper wars - mostly between the shippers and the no-romos. There were sites that were pretty much restricted to just one or the other, although the group I belonged to managed to mix without coming to blows. There were some X-Philes that were big supporters of ships other than M&S. Mulder/Krycek was a big slash ship, and a lot of folks liked the idea of M&M - Mulder/Marita (Marita Covarrubias).

Oh wow! :eek: Behold the power of internet fans :D

Mulder/Krycek :rotfl: :lmao:

I actually just recently explained both the noun(s) and verb forms of "Ship" to a friend.