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Gillian Anderson/David Duchovny

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Name(s): Gillovny, DAGS, David x Gillian, Anderchovny,[1] Davillian, Gillian/David
Scope/Focus:
Date(s): 1994 to present
See also: Gillian Anderson/David Duchovny, Snogger, Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, X-Files RPF
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Gillian Anderson/David Duchovny, also known by the Portmanteau Gillovny, is the RPF pairing of actors and writers Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. For some fans, it revolves about shipping the two actors together while for others the term represents the deep rooted, 25+ year friendship of the two The X-Files actors.

History

First wave (1994 to 2007)

During the original run of the X-Files original series in the 1990s discussions in X-Files Usenet groups about rumors about an relationship between the two actors could be found. Posts about this topic can be found in entries reaching as far as back as 1996 on the archived Alt.tv.x-files usenet group entries in Google Groups [1].

Some fics from 1994-2000: see Some Examples of Early X-Files RPF.

Controversy and fandom war

As the shipper discussions moved from usenet groups to shipper friendly message boards, it became a policy that discussion about this topic was deemed unwanted, like for example on the Idealists Haven board. Until this day a user will be fandom policed on the Haven board of even dares to imply that Duchovny and Anderson could be more than friends.

This lead to the fact that the often derogatory so called snoggers moved their discussion to message boards like the now defunct Shipper Sanctum, especially to avoid bullying from other X-Philes. This became especially apparent after Duchovny married actress Téa Leoni in May 1997.

Around the release of the first X-Files movie in 1998 the press started pit Duchovny and Anderson against each other which lead to the rumors that the two stars would hate each other. Around the some fans of the actors started to praise their favorite by posting negative opinions and rumors about the other actor.

Second wave (2008 to 2012)

After the end of the show's original run in 2002, all fandom activity calmed down until the shooting release of the second feature film I Want To Believe. The actors appearances lead to an increase of former and still active philes that claimed to ship them. Closeted shippers sometimes used the euphemism to "got to hell in a hand basket" to avoid fandom policing. In September 2010 the X-Files Universe message board was set up and became one of the most popular X-Files messages boards around whose most active thread with over 30462 hits as of 2017 was GA & DD: Did something happen between them in the past? until the discussion was fandom policed by a member of the board in 2012 [2] Some Real Person Fan Fiction was written and publicized on LiveJournal and on HTML based websites hosted on Geocities and Angelfire.

Third wave (2012 to today)

In 2015, during the promotion of the show's 25th anniversary another huge increase of the Duchovny and Anderson shippers could be noticed on social media platforms like tumblr, twitter and Youtube. Several tumblr blogs started posting pictures, gif sets, quotes and videos about Anderson and Duchovny together and the term Gillovny was coined and used to tagged posts of such content. Even mainstream media such as the washingtonpost.com or Huffington Post[2] reported/joined speculations (see Links).

The Gorgan controversy and resulting rift in the Gillian Anderson fandom and ship war

In late 2016 Anderson started to publicly appear with writer/producer Peter Morgan at public events, causing a significant upset to some hardcore Gillovny shippers. Although Anderson did not comment or release a statement, many in the fandom assumed the presence of Anderson at Morgans events, and vice versa implied a relationship. The backlash was immediate, with some going so far as to attack Morgan on the grounds of his looks/personality and others claiming they had lost respect for Anderson and her work, especially on twitter and tumblr. For more information, see The X-Files Revival RPF War.

Gillovny perception outside of fandom

Now, fans of films and shows casually “ship” characters—Harry Potter and Hermione, Captain Kirk and Spock. They even ship real humans: Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio; Tessa Thompson and Janelle Monáe.

And inevitably, plenty of X-Philes ship David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, posting speculation about the two actors, and hoping that their on-screen chemistry carries over into real life. (We want to believe.)

“Shipping,” and other cultural concepts we can trace back to the X-Files by Jane C. Hu, September 10, 2018

::female host : "I wanna bring back Red Shoe Diaries."
Everone: Oh!
host 2: My god, David Duchovny.
female host: And then. But now, since there is speculation that David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are together...
host 3: ..That's not speculation... not speculation
host1: ...they're the host of it as well....
host 3:...that is a fact.
host 4: I thought they hate each other.
host 2: No, they love each other. They love each other.
female host: No, they love each other,.
host 3: we saw things happen at the Webbys. That's pretty much all we can say.
host 2: And did you see the photo shoot recently?
host 3: No?!
host 2: Oh my god! I mean, my goodness.
female host: and that's I mean have them do it together because then you get all the nerds really "Oh god!"
host 2: Did they do them at the Webbys...
female host: You know?
host 1: Ahh!
host 2: ...I mean at the Webbys let's just say:...
host ?: Were they fingering?
host 1: No!
host 2: ...They showed up together and she went in through the front door, he went in through the back. He had is arm in a sling and she was on crutches.
female host: I was told I wasn't allowed to say this...
host ?: Mmmmmmmmmmmmm!....
female host: ...I like it, though.
host 1: Oh that!
female host: Yeah!
host ?: Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
host 2: So what,...
host ?: Mmmmmmm! Mmmmmmmmmmmm!
host 2: ....he broke his arm and she broke her ankle...and that is supposed they're fucking?
host 2:...But they'd be together...
host 4: David Duchov... that's what they do, right?
female host: ...together...
host 2: they do it together, they're probably out, having a tryst somewhere... got into a car ac...
host 5: They tried to solve some fucking alien crimes
female host: Oh my god, like in "the World according to Garb"!

From episode 338 of Roundtable of Gentlemen Poddcast around the 50 minute mark. Hosts Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks, and Henry Zebrowski were present at the Webby Awards 2017 where Duchovny presented an award to Anderson

I don't know what's going on between @GillianA & David Duchovny lately but I don't ever want it to stop http://bit.ly/16apiSd #xphile4life

Michael Ausiello (Founder and Editor-in-Chief at TVLine.com ) in a tweet on 16 Oct 2013

David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are going all over the place acting like an actual couple. STOP TORTURING YOUR FANS!

Matt Zoller Seitz (Writer for nymag.com and RogerEbert.com) in a tweet on 17 Oct 2013

“Gillian was great because she was kind of flirty with him and that’s what I wanted,” says Jason. She really knew how to handle him. She helped me a lot just by her being there and knowing how to take care of it. She was great. Beautiful. Friendly. And she gave me the look I wanted.”

Jason Madara (photographer)

"We may not be reunited with partners Mulder and Scully until the end of the month, but Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny took to the set of Jimmy Kimmel: Live! to prove they're still the best damn couple out there—even if they won't admit it."

The Daily Heat Index: The Sexual Tension Between 'X-Files' Stars Gillian Anderson And David Duchovny Is Too Real by Sean Abrams, Jan 13, 2016, Maxim.com

“Definitely a fabulous energy in the studio when David and Gillian came in, really electrifying, some may say unwordly. This was a genuine moment. Would love to know what she was saying”

Mark Mann (photographer)

“David and Gillian stood in that room together alone, and held each other for a good five minutes. They didn’t talk, they didn’t move, they just held each other. Tears running down their faces.”


“You could just see it in their faces, how much they truly did love each other. And that wasn’t just Dana and Fox, that was David and Gillian. They truly, truly loved each other. Oh, I never saw anything like it. I’ve been in this business all my life, literally. And I think David and Gillian’s relationship, Scully and Mulder, are one of the greatest male/female in TV history.”

Kim Manners (X-Files producer and director with the most episode directing credits)

Orlando Jones and Gillovny

Jones worked with Duchovny back in 2001 on the movie Evolution and with Anderson 2016 on the Starz TV adaption of Neil Gaimans novel American Gods. In an interview with fangirlish.com he talked about fandom life and shipping

“I got a Gillovny ship problem to deal with. Like you read about, I’m Captain of that ship. And Gillian (Anderson) and David (Duchovny) are not gonna be together for whatever reason…so they think. I’m still trying to make that happen while I deal with Olicity and Westallen and very important other ships that are happening right now. Shoutout to Destiel.”

[3]

“It’s going to happen. They don’t understand what’s going on. David just finished touring, he and Tea are no longer together—which is horrible, I love Tea. They have beautiful kids. But Gillian’s beautiful, she’s sort of amazing—I don’t really understand what the problem is. Here’s the thing, I get that they want to take a slow roll, they want to walk in the sand for a little while, they don’t want to commit too soon. But in 20 years they’re going to be on Golden Pond together if I have to break both their fucking legs and put them there.”

[4]

When asked by fans about gillovny on his social media platforms, he usually replies with a #gillovny[3] and/or a-gillovny5eva[4] hashtag

Fanworks

Fanfiction

In the 1990s most X-Files fan fiction was posted on HTML based websites or archives like the The Gossamer Project. Gossamer and most archives usually rejected RPF fan fiction and especially Actor fic. Some fics from 1994-2000: see Some Examples of Early X-Files RPF.

On Archive of Our Own currently 306 works tagged Gillian Anderson/David Duchovny can be found. There used to be more, some authors decided to deleted their works from the archive after Gillian Anderson started to appear with Peter Morgan publicity although Anderson until today has neither denied nor confirmed to be in a romantic relationship with Morgan.

Notable Fanfiction

Fan Art

Vids

On Youtube, currently, over 200 fan vids and slideshows can be found when searching for 'David and Gillian'

Links

Meta

Further reading

References

  1. ^ https://foxmulders.tumblr.com/post/113182200691/humancredentials-replied-to-your-post-you
  2. ^ Gillian Anderson On Her Relationship With ‘The X-Files’ Co-Star David Duchovny (VIDEO), 03/13/2014
  3. ^ https://twitter.com/theorlandojones/status/819775820075966464
  4. ^ https://twitter.com/TheOrlandoJones/status/894603291253932032
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