Hence the reason why the first clear shot we see of her in 'Metal Heart' is the one in which the lights go out for Mulder's presentation. The darkness engulfs her.
I didn't notice that before, but it's a really great detail. Very appropriate.
She chose the darkness, because she was so curious what was lurking in it and Mulder offered her to show her things that would blow her mind. I mean that is part of why I love her, she could have walked away after the pilot or any other ep and nobody could have blamed her. Not Skinner, not her other superiors.
It's little wonder I love your Scully vids so much, as I tend to agree emphatically with pretty much everything you say about her. And it's no wonder that we both reject IWTB so completely. It has always infuriated me that Scully's taste for and iron-clad commitment to the work seems to have been the most clearly characterized in the earlier seasons. She didn't leave when, in her first month on the job, Tooms tried to rip her liver from her body. She told Mulder in 'Beyond the Sea' that she loved her job. It was only S1, but already she knew her priorities and her values. You'd think that would have solidified still more in the later seasons, and on into the second movie, but instead her resolve, passion, and curiosity for the work seemed to erode and weaken over time. It was as though CC couldn't think of Scully as someone who was strong and professional and passionate about her work, while also thinking of her as a woman. As soon as the show started to acknowledge her as a woman, it also started to stereotype her, and to undermine the character she'd always been.
I talked with Xandra about this and I honestly think that Scully instantly fell in love with Mulder's mind, the way it worked and how it approached cases from a unique and slightly crazy angle. Because it was completely different from her position and she just has this delighted 'I can't believe he is saying what he is saying'-expression on her face all the time in S1. He entertained her immensely and her own scientific curiosity was equally challenged and satisfied while working on the x files. I mean watching her bored out of her mind teaching in the beginning of S2 in Quantico did settle this point for me.
YES. My doggedly rationalist side absolutely doesn't believe in love at first sight, but I agree anyway. There was something strong and wise and passionate in Scully that hadn't really had any use before, but when she walked into that basement office, it suddenly had a use, and it started to grow in her like a seed. So while I don't believe in instantaneous love, I believe that she loved that feeling of purpose in herself - so it was inevitable that she also loved whatever beautiful thing it was in Mulder that had set this dormant part of herself to growing.
Not that I think it took very long for them to love each other more pervasively.
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I didn't notice that before, but it's a really great detail. Very appropriate.
She chose the darkness, because she was so curious what was lurking in it and Mulder offered her to show her things that would blow her mind. I mean that is part of why I love her, she could have walked away after the pilot or any other ep and nobody could have blamed her. Not Skinner, not her other superiors.
It's little wonder I love your Scully vids so much, as I tend to agree emphatically with pretty much everything you say about her. And it's no wonder that we both reject IWTB so completely. It has always infuriated me that Scully's taste for and iron-clad commitment to the work seems to have been the most clearly characterized in the earlier seasons. She didn't leave when, in her first month on the job, Tooms tried to rip her liver from her body. She told Mulder in 'Beyond the Sea' that she loved her job. It was only S1, but already she knew her priorities and her values.
You'd think that would have solidified still more in the later seasons, and on into the second movie, but instead her resolve, passion, and curiosity for the work seemed to erode and weaken over time. It was as though CC couldn't think of Scully as someone who was strong and professional and passionate about her work, while also thinking of her as a woman. As soon as the show started to acknowledge her as a woman, it also started to stereotype her, and to undermine the character she'd always been.
I talked with Xandra about this and I honestly think that Scully instantly fell in love with Mulder's mind, the way it worked and how it approached cases from a unique and slightly crazy angle. Because it was completely different from her position and she just has this delighted 'I can't believe he is saying what he is saying'-expression on her face all the time in S1. He entertained her immensely and her own scientific curiosity was equally challenged and satisfied while working on the x files. I mean watching her bored out of her mind teaching in the beginning of S2 in Quantico did settle this point for me.
YES.
My doggedly rationalist side absolutely doesn't believe in love at first sight, but I agree anyway. There was something strong and wise and passionate in Scully that hadn't really had any use before, but when she walked into that basement office, it suddenly had a use, and it started to grow in her like a seed. So while I don't believe in instantaneous love, I believe that she loved that feeling of purpose in herself - so it was inevitable that she also loved whatever beautiful thing it was in Mulder that had set this dormant part of herself to growing.
Not that I think it took very long for them to love each other more pervasively.