Thank-You, to Chris Carter, David Duchovny
and Gillian Anderson, by Red. 

The X-Files is an integral part of my
everyday existance. It has been for a good
six (or more - I've lost count) years, and
I shall carry at least some of it with me
for the rest of my life upon this earth.
It's more than a television show. It's a
belief, a love, a reason and a quest that
I find difficult explaining. I just can't
get over how much I love this part of my life.
Sometimes I, like anyone else, become
wrapped up in other things in life -
specifically right now, sorting out my
head - but whenever I get back into
"X-Files mode"... it still feels the
way it always has done. Like a quest, like
a cult, like a group of people whose lives
are forever entwined by this one love. This
one belief. I adore being a part of this
fandom. I love what you've done for me,
Mr. Carter. I love the characters you've
given for me to love. I love the
relationship you've forged between them,
the way it has made me question my own
relationships, the way it has led me to
appreciate every friend I have ever had.
The way I see my friends. The way I love
them, love who they are, love their
differences. It's all because of my love
for the M/S interaction, and silly as it
may sound to someone who isn't a part of
this, I feel that without the impact they
have made on my life I would not be here
today, or at least not as the person I am
now. I love the distraction the show
gives me sometimes, just a slight removal
from the occasional hell of being a
teenager in the twentieth and twenty-first
centuries. To just slip away from it all
into a world you created, but which has
blossomed under the hands of too many people
ever to name. Every fan brings something
of their own to the show and its following.
I love its diversity, the way every Phile
I've known has his or her individual
qualities. We have plenty in common, but
we are a group of people from every walk
of life, brought together by one thing.
Faced with the feelings of loneliness 
which so often accompany growing up
today, it is a great comfort to know
there are other people who are always
willing to listen, to talk, and will
do so because of a mutual passion -
even if it is totally unrelated to
the problem. I have made friendships through
my love for the show which I hope will last
a lifetime. Thank you so much for bringing
us together and showing us who we are, and
showing us what we are to one another.
David, Gillian, thank you for portraying
these characters in the way you have done.
Your passion for your work spills over into
the intensity of Mulder and Scully, the fire
that burns within them. This passion has,
again, made me into the passionate person
I consider myself to me today. Scully's
rationalism, Mulder's belief, it's all a
part of me that I simply can't explain to
someone who isn't a part of this themselves.
I might sound like a babbling lunatic to many
people, but this is just because my gratitude
is impossible to word, impossible to draw or
paint. It can never be expressed, only
understood. But I hope that my words touch
you somewhere inside, if only to let you
know just how thankful I am to have lived
through this experience and watched two
young and struggling actors become as well
known as you have done, and to do it with
such grace. I've had enough inspiration
through this part of my life to fill a
thousand books of poetry, but I'm happy
for now to say thank you, thank you, thank
you so much, just for giving me the chance
to be who I am now.