I have over sixty entries saved in my memories under "ds fannishness." One of the earliest is
katallison's
Guilt and shame in due South (with an X-Files footnote).
In this post Kat Allison talks about Vecchio and Kowalski as shame and guilt based characters, respectively. It's an interesting look at both men. Scroll through the comments, because there's more interesting discussion there.
Discussion: I'm interested in people's thoughts, because this post dates from 2003, and the fandom has changed enormously since then. What do you all think? Do you agree? Disagree?