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Date Posted: 06:58:10 03/09/05 Wed
Author: Islandgirl
Subject: Re: Scully's lack of belief
In reply to: BDM 's message, "Scully's lack of belief" on 19:39:06 03/08/05 Tue

Oddly enough, I don't think Mulder *REALLY* wanted Scully to share his beliefs. Whenever she seemed to start leaning in that direction -- and "Beyond the Sea", which you mentioned above, is a good example of this -- suddenly Mulder was the rational one, trying to talk her out considering extreme possibilities. I think he needed for her to be skeptical, despite the fact that he seemed to be trying to get her to accept his beliefs. . . kind of like a teenagers who *really* want their parents to set firm limits on their behavior, despite the fact that they argue strenuously for more freedom.
One of the things that always bugged me about XF -- second, probably, only to the glacial pace at which the MSR moved forward -- was how infrequently Scully was "right". The original premise of the show was supposed to be that sometimes Mulder was right -- that there really was something paranormal going on -- and that sometimes Scully was right -- that whatever was going on was just a hoax or was a rare, but scientifically explainable, phenomenon. Yet Scully was right in only a handful of eps.
Another thing to consider: even when Mulder and Scully were in agreement that something beyond the bounds of known natural law was occurring, they attributed it to different sources. Mulder wanted to give credit to aliens or ghosts or whatever and Scully -- if there was really *NO* other explanation -- would say "It's a miracle. God did it." Which indicates Scully didn't really lack belief. . .she just believed in God, rather than aliens.

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