tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678481478994191244.post3109919423417233237..comments2024-03-24T03:19:39.745-04:00Comments on Just About Write: How the Strong Female Character Was Born: A Study of Dana Scully [Contributor: Lizzie]Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678481478994191244.post-6917627344257357952015-06-12T12:47:42.413-04:002015-06-12T12:47:42.413-04:00I see your point, and I can admit that I was worki...I see your point, and I can admit that I was working on a different definition than you, probably because I was going mostly off the David Duchovny school of thought. They don't usually "catch" their killers/monster of the week, but they usually HAVE an answer. Maybe Mulder will have one, and Scully another, but we, the viewers, are hardly ever left in the dark. And when we are, it's in the episodes that have to do with the conspiracy. So-called "Monster of the week" episodes don't tend to leave us hanging. <br /><br />As an aside, I'd be really interested in the "why you never wanted to be Scully or be in a relationship with Mulder" answer. Not that I ever wanted either. I wanted to be like her, not her in particular. Her life was no picnic, and neither was Mulder's. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02166179743108549057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678481478994191244.post-83193976890310204532015-06-12T12:21:30.011-04:002015-06-12T12:21:30.011-04:00I love much of what you're saying here. Althou...I love much of what you're saying here. Although she wasn't a role model for me (I was an adult when I began watching TXF), I love Dana Scully more than any television character, before or since. She's the reason I kept watching the show, the reason why I still watch, and why I'm in the fandom. But I never wanted to be her, and I never wanted be in a relationship with Mulder. I can tell you why but since that's not what you asked, I won't bore you. I do need to take issue with one thing that you wrote: that the X-Files division never solved cases, because they most certainly did. I'm not sure what your definition of solving a case is, but mine is finding out who committed the crime and stopping them from committing more crimes. I don't see finding a scientific explanation for the unexplained as her job description, though she certainly worked hard to do so. Mulder and Scully are FBI agents; she's a forensic pathologist and he's a profiler, a monster hunter. I can go through the episodes case by case. Maybe I should and send the results to David Duchovny since he believes the same thing you do. It's true that they were never able to stop the Consortium from experimenting on human subjects or the Colonists from invading. (I would like to know what happened with that plot arc. Maybe in January 2016?) Let's just take a few cases off the top of my head. In season one, they found out who was killing people in Baltimore by removing their livers: Eugene Tooms. They caught him--twice--and presumably killed him in the escalator the second time they hunted him down. They didn't just solve the crimes that had been committed by him in 1993-94. They solved cold cases, crimes Tooms had committed that dated back to the turn of the nineteenth century. In "The Jersey Devil" they found out who killed the homeless man. Did they uncover the unique origins of the feral couple? No--but they solved the crime that was committed. They solved the case. In "Beyond the Sea," with the help of Boggs, they found out who had kidnapped the two kids, and rescued them both before they were killed by Lucas Henry. Surely you agree that they solved that case--they saved two lives by doing so! Did Mulder and Scully come to an agreement about whether or not Boggs was really a psychic? No, but you really need to hold the writers accountable for that one. That's three episodes just from first season. I can keep doing this but I think I've proved my point. Can you tell me why you said that they never ever in the history of the show ever cracked a case? We must be working from a different definition of what that entails. Wendelahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158168587352273324noreply@blogger.com