The fact that she's had sex with him leaves her open for reproach. I think that's how she views it. It makes her vulnerable, because it wasn't professional, and it wasn't about the cause, and she wasn't self-contained.
That kind of makes sense to me for Scully, although it also makes me sad. Because I don't think loving someone makes you weak or flawed. Getting to love and be loved in return is a wonderful thing under almost any circumstances. Getting to express that love in a physical way is something I can't ever get enough of or take for granted. I have a hard time understanding why after all of this time it wouldn't be a joy for her as it is clearly is for him. And why she feels like the power differential is still unequal. I feel like in these stories, Mulder keeps making himself vulnerable to her but she is still keeping a part of herself back. Or she keeps wishing she could? I thought "All Things" was supposed to represent a turning point for them, but it doesn't seem like it was in this series. It's almost like "All Things" never happened or it didn't mean the same thing if they'd been sleeping together on and off all along as in this series. They seem much happier in the real season seven than they do in Khyber's version. Do you think that was his intention?
Edit: Rereading the comments on "Poem" I ran into this one by Khyber: "My central concern for this s7 stuff is, "what would this really be like? What if everybody involved was a real person?" because I think they got very close to that in S7, and I just want to take it a little further."
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Date: 2011-10-16 03:52 pm (UTC)That kind of makes sense to me for Scully, although it also makes me sad. Because I don't think loving someone makes you weak or flawed. Getting to love and be loved in return is a wonderful thing under almost any circumstances. Getting to express that love in a physical way is something I can't ever get enough of or take for granted. I have a hard time understanding why after all of this time it wouldn't be a joy for her as it is clearly is for him. And why she feels like the power differential is still unequal. I feel like in these stories, Mulder keeps making himself vulnerable to her but she is still keeping a part of herself back. Or she keeps wishing she could? I thought "All Things" was supposed to represent a turning point for them, but it doesn't seem like it was in this series. It's almost like "All Things" never happened or it didn't mean the same thing if they'd been sleeping together on and off all along as in this series. They seem much happier in the real season seven than they do in Khyber's version. Do you think that was his intention?
Edit: Rereading the comments on "Poem" I ran into this one by Khyber: "My central concern for this s7 stuff is, "what would this really be like? What if everybody involved was a real person?" because I think they got very close to that in S7, and I just want to take it a little further."
I think that answers my question.