There's no getting around the fact that it was poorly planned, having two episodes between "William" and "The Truth." But I feel like, even if we'd gone right into the finale after she gave him up for adoption, the emotional stuff I've laid out still works. And it at least makes sense of what we're given on screen.
You are not reaching, because that is how I have always read it. I think that's the intent behind the line too, I really do. Yay! And when she says it, he gives this look like, "You totally had a crush on me as soon as you met me!"
It really is sad, isn't it? But then I suppose it does fit with the overarching tragic theme in XF, as difficult as it is to watch and think about. It's always been sad to me, but man, when I was really thinking about it as I wrote this out, I honestly started getting a little teary-eyed. The enormity of it, the fact that they're still here, they're still together--survival in the face of everything awful life can throw at you. And not just survival, but finding a small piece of happiness, refusing to submit quietly to fate.
Oh, I agree, it works either way. Sure, it would've been ideal to SWITCH THE ORDER so it actually makes some ounce of sense, but I really wonder how much, if any, of the crew really cared at this point. Which is also really sad.
And when she says it, he gives this look like, "You totally had a crush on me as soon as you met me!" I know! Which is so damn cute. (And who can blame her, really? Yeah, he's kind of a territorial jerk when they first meet, but he's CUTE.)
And not just survival, but finding a small piece of happiness, refusing to submit quietly to fate. That's why it's always Mulder and Scully, against the world, as classic heroes. If one of them falters, the other one pulls them back again. It would've gotten ridiculous had they not had such strong characters to work with.
You are not reaching, because that is how I have always read it. I think that's the intent behind the line too, I really do.
Yay! And when she says it, he gives this look like, "You totally had a crush on me as soon as you met me!"
It really is sad, isn't it? But then I suppose it does fit with the overarching tragic theme in XF, as difficult as it is to watch and think about.
It's always been sad to me, but man, when I was really thinking about it as I wrote this out, I honestly started getting a little teary-eyed. The enormity of it, the fact that they're still here, they're still together--survival in the face of everything awful life can throw at you. And not just survival, but finding a small piece of happiness, refusing to submit quietly to fate.
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And when she says it, he gives this look like, "You totally had a crush on me as soon as you met me!"
I know! Which is so damn cute. (And who can blame her, really? Yeah, he's kind of a territorial jerk when they first meet, but he's CUTE.)
And not just survival, but finding a small piece of happiness, refusing to submit quietly to fate.
That's why it's always Mulder and Scully, against the world, as classic heroes. If one of them falters, the other one pulls them back again. It would've gotten ridiculous had they not had such strong characters to work with.
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