I was going to get all srs bisnis but HOLY SHIT GIRL HOW DID YOU WRITE SUCH AN AWESOME OPENING PARAGRAPH AFTER THAT FUCKING AWESOME BANNER FROM GETHSEMANE. HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO STAY SERIOUS WHEN YOU DO CRAZY THINGS LIKE THAT, HUH? HUH? EXPLAIN THAT TO ME. I’ll try to calm down now.
To be honest, I feel that the only thing that kept Mulder’s sanity was his knowledge that he had to save Scully. His need for her is more apparent in this arc than in any other.
This is extremely well put. I feel like it would help me a lot if the episodes from cancer arc were fresher in my mind. I’ve only seen these episodes once and it was a while ago. But the most memorable aspect of all these episodes is Mulder’s complete single-minded determination to find a cure and save Scully. He goes on this mission as if it’s the last thing he’s planning on doing in his life (which is sort of how Scully is feeling, too).
In essence, this arc brings the show to its very core: a story about two platonic lovers struggling with ideas of faith and concrete evidence in a world that is amorally determined to prevent their search.
Fuck, I can’t even respond to that. The way you so smoothly use words to concisely get such profound points across truly baffles me. (<--- huge compliment)
She is so independent that she feels running to God would be a weakness.
This is a very true and also very interesting point. Religion is almost always used as a means of comforting people in their times of weakness and stress. For example, the concepts of Heaven and a peaceful afterlife are extreme comforts to religious people with terminal diseases. It helps them not to be scared of what comes next. But with Scully, it’s not that she’s scared - she just doesn’t want to die, she can’t. She’s just damn sure that she’s not done living.
She would rather have him be ticked off at her than worried.
This is so true. I don’t even think doing this is a conscious desire of hers. It’s just so ingrained in her character that she must be independent and take care of herself that she can’t physically let anyone take that away from her. She’s so stubborn. When it began to seem like Scully was accepting her imminent death as fact, it killed me to see how much it weakened her resolve to continue living, if you know what I mean. Any other day, she may not have believed that Mulder really had something legitimate in Canada, but she wouldn’t hesitate going with him.
HOLY SHIT GIRL HOW DID YOU WRITE SUCH AN AWESOME OPENING PARAGRAPH AFTER THAT FUCKING AWESOME BANNER FROM GETHSEMANE. HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO STAY SERIOUS WHEN YOU DO CRAZY THINGS LIKE THAT, HUH? HUH? EXPLAIN THAT TO ME. I’ll try to calm down now.
OMG YOU'RE FREAKING OUT. BUT OMG ISN'T MY GETHSEMANE BANNER WONDERFUL?
But the most memorable aspect of all these episodes is Mulder’s complete single-minded determination to find a cure and save Scully. He goes on this mission as if it’s the last thing he’s planning on doing in his life (which is sort of how Scully is feeling, too).
It's the one thing I take away from this arc too. I love how early cancer arc is more about Scully and later cancer arc is about them and mainly Mulder's guilt. It's also kind of heartbreaking to me to imagine what Mulder would be like without Scully. Would he be suicidal? Would he give up his mission? I dunno. But from what we can see here, he's lost.
The way you so smoothly use words to concisely get such profound points across truly baffles me. (<--- huge compliment)
LOL SO I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU THIS, BUT THAT MEANS A HELLUVA LOT TO ME. I think it's the writers' main challenge to make sense to themselves, but to also make sense to the audience. OMG WHY ARE YOU SO GOOD TO ME AND MY SELF-ESTEEM.
But with Scully, it’s not that she’s scared - she just doesn’t want to die, she can’t. She’s just damn sure that she’s not done living.
YESS. YES. YES. YESSS. I am always trying to stress the point that Scully isn't afraid of dying per se, it's not living that scares her. I think she even says this in Shadows. When Mulder asks her if she believes in the afterlife, she says that she'd 'settle for a life in this one'. YESS.
Any other day, she may not have believed that Mulder really had something legitimate in Canada, but she wouldn’t hesitate going with him.
I think that this is what flabbergasted Mulder for a bit. He didn't know that her cancer had gotten worse, but she did, and she just couldn't bear to tell him. I think her emotional secrecy is one of those things that makes their relationship beautifully imperfect.
To be honest, I feel that the only thing that kept Mulder’s sanity was his knowledge that he had to save Scully. His need for her is more apparent in this arc than in any other.
This is extremely well put. I feel like it would help me a lot if the episodes from cancer arc were fresher in my mind. I’ve only seen these episodes once and it was a while ago. But the most memorable aspect of all these episodes is Mulder’s complete single-minded determination to find a cure and save Scully. He goes on this mission as if it’s the last thing he’s planning on doing in his life (which is sort of how Scully is feeling, too).
In essence, this arc brings the show to its very core: a story about two platonic lovers struggling with ideas of faith and concrete evidence in a world that is amorally determined to prevent their search.
Fuck, I can’t even respond to that. The way you so smoothly use words to concisely get such profound points across truly baffles me. (<--- huge compliment)
She is so independent that she feels running to God would be a weakness.
This is a very true and also very interesting point. Religion is almost always used as a means of comforting people in their times of weakness and stress. For example, the concepts of Heaven and a peaceful afterlife are extreme comforts to religious people with terminal diseases. It helps them not to be scared of what comes next. But with Scully, it’s not that she’s scared - she just doesn’t want to die, she can’t. She’s just damn sure that she’s not done living.
She would rather have him be ticked off at her than worried.
This is so true. I don’t even think doing this is a conscious desire of hers. It’s just so ingrained in her character that she must be independent and take care of herself that she can’t physically let anyone take that away from her. She’s so stubborn. When it began to seem like Scully was accepting her imminent death as fact, it killed me to see how much it weakened her resolve to continue living, if you know what I mean. Any other day, she may not have believed that Mulder really had something legitimate in Canada, but she wouldn’t hesitate going with him.
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OMG YOU'RE FREAKING OUT. BUT OMG ISN'T MY GETHSEMANE BANNER WONDERFUL?
But the most memorable aspect of all these episodes is Mulder’s complete single-minded determination to find a cure and save Scully. He goes on this mission as if it’s the last thing he’s planning on doing in his life (which is sort of how Scully is feeling, too).
It's the one thing I take away from this arc too. I love how early cancer arc is more about Scully and later cancer arc is about them and mainly Mulder's guilt. It's also kind of heartbreaking to me to imagine what Mulder would be like without Scully. Would he be suicidal? Would he give up his mission? I dunno. But from what we can see here, he's lost.
The way you so smoothly use words to concisely get such profound points across truly baffles me. (<--- huge compliment)
LOL SO I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU THIS, BUT THAT MEANS A HELLUVA LOT TO ME. I think it's the writers' main challenge to make sense to themselves, but to also make sense to the audience. OMG WHY ARE YOU SO GOOD TO ME AND MY SELF-ESTEEM.
But with Scully, it’s not that she’s scared - she just doesn’t want to die, she can’t. She’s just damn sure that she’s not done living.
YESS. YES. YES. YESSS. I am always trying to stress the point that Scully isn't afraid of dying per se, it's not living that scares her. I think she even says this in Shadows. When Mulder asks her if she believes in the afterlife, she says that she'd 'settle for a life in this one'. YESS.
Any other day, she may not have believed that Mulder really had something legitimate in Canada, but she wouldn’t hesitate going with him.
I think that this is what flabbergasted Mulder for a bit. He didn't know that her cancer had gotten worse, but she did, and she just couldn't bear to tell him. I think her emotional secrecy is one of those things that makes their relationship beautifully imperfect.
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