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Date Posted: 07:06:58 10/23/00 Mon
Author: kande
Subject: Interesting stuff.
In reply to: CW 's message, "Sounds like a winner to me--after she was abducted, her" on 14:05:59 10/18/00 Wed

As far as stereotypes go, CW, the ones I was thinking of are:

1. Beautiful but dumb (Pamela Anderson).
2. Not beautiful but smart (like Thelma on Scooby Doo, as detoured noted).
3. Beautiful and smart, but looking for a man (does Ally McBeal fit into this category?).

There are, of course, sub-categories, such as 2.a.: Not beautiful until she removes her glasses and lets her hair down at which point the male lead will fall madly in love with her, but smart. And 3.a.: Beautiful and smart, and seemingly fiercely independent until just the right man comes along and shows her that she can never be a complete woman without a man.

S.O. sees Scully as 3.a.

I also watch ER and, IMO, the fatal move the writers/producers have made is to create romantic attachments among the characters (#3). (That and making it into "Touched by an ER Doctor".)

But getting back to XF and Scully, I don't think her character falls neatly into one of the categories. Sure, she's beautiful (but not in the "typical" sense, whatever that is) and smart. She's independent, but has always said that she wants a family at some point. She's close to her family, she seems to have a life outside of work. More of one than Mulder has, anyway. As someone mentioned, she doesn't compromise and stands firm in her beliefs. She isn't always being put in her place by the man in her life. She is allowed to have her own thoughts and opinions. That, in itself, is unusual.

The main difference in our view of Scully is that S.O. sees her as one-dimensional, and I see her as being multi-dimensional, someone who struggles with her beliefs and desires (which we, the viewers, get to see).

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