Jumping in, in defense of number 2. Sam doesn't actually start with the comment about pretty girl in a place like this. In a twist on Mulder's initial statement ("nobody here but the FBI's most unwanted") we get the following: “Samantha Mulder,” the woman holds out her hand without looking up, “one-way ticket to the dead end of your career.” There is a pencil in her hair and ink stains on her fingertips.... Samantha finally swivels to look at her. “Dana Scully,” she drawls (and Scully has never heard her name said with that many l’s), “Why on earth are you getting on this train?”
It's only after this exchange, which feels sarcastic and defensive to me, but not specifically dude-like, that Sam says the pretty girl in a place like this line in response to Scully's confusion. I read this as a sort of throwing out of a shared reference, aka, "this is a shithole dead end for your career, how did you end up here?"
Did Mulder ask Scully who she had ticked off to get stuck partnered with him? Is that canon or fanon or just my head canon? Well whatever it is, this Scully/Sam interaction reads very similarly to the canon one, although perhaps with the added friction of Sam's reputation inside the bureau (if Fox Mulder was "Spooky" I can only imagine what a woman with similar credentials would be called but I can guarantee you it would be more derogatory, particularly if there was even a whiff of rumored homosexuality).
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Date: 2017-01-11 04:23 am (UTC)“Samantha Mulder,” the woman holds out her hand without looking up, “one-way ticket to the dead end of your career.” There is a pencil in her hair and ink stains on her fingertips.... Samantha finally swivels to look at her. “Dana Scully,” she drawls (and Scully has never heard her name said with that many l’s), “Why on earth are you getting on this train?”
It's only after this exchange, which feels sarcastic and defensive to me, but not specifically dude-like, that Sam says the pretty girl in a place like this line in response to Scully's confusion. I read this as a sort of throwing out of a shared reference, aka, "this is a shithole dead end for your career, how did you end up here?"
Did Mulder ask Scully who she had ticked off to get stuck partnered with him? Is that canon or fanon or just my head canon? Well whatever it is, this Scully/Sam interaction reads very similarly to the canon one, although perhaps with the added friction of Sam's reputation inside the bureau (if Fox Mulder was "Spooky" I can only imagine what a woman with similar credentials would be called but I can guarantee you it would be more derogatory, particularly if there was even a whiff of rumored homosexuality).