Xanthe
by Chad Van Wagner
I like The X-Files. I don’t really watch TV, as the discipline necessary to actually turn on the set at a specific time each week is pretty much beyond me, but I do like The X-Files. I also like Mitch Pileggi, the guy who plays Skinner, Mulder and Skully’s boss on the show. I hadn’t really thought too much about him, though.
Apparently, someone out there has been taking up my slack. Xanthe is a fan fiction site, the kind of place that answers the question “what would Dr. Who do?” Harmless, if a little socially challenged. And by “a little socially challenged,” I mean “completely out there.”
…it does. Big time. I’m always fascinated by how some people need to exaggerate a perfectly good situation. There are one or two (real) pictures of Mr. Pileggi without a shirt on, and while he might not be Mr. Olympia, the guy certainly looks like he could kick my reasonably fit ass without breaking a sweat. Why take his face and put it on a ‘roided-out underwear model?
The site is enormous, so I can’t pretend to give a complete view of the craziness going on, but before visiting Xanthe’s site, I was completely unaware that there was enough interest in X-Files footage set to music to warrant its own webring community. There’s also a bunch of West Wing stuff, but since I know even less about the West Wing than I do about Dr. Who, I’ll withhold commentary on that one.
(www.xanthe.org)