I do see Scully's strength of purpose and her willingness to persevere against the odds and that is very much Scully, but I guess for me it seems more like grim determination and less like something I can find hope in. (Maybe I see a global sense of hope for the world there, but not as much a sense of hope for Scully personally.) But maybe my impression of this part of the story is unfairly influenced by my being saddened by Scully's feelings / pseudo-memories about Mulder.
As an aside, I am really new relatively-speaking (to reading fanfic and to this community), so I don't know exactly how shippers are conventionally defined. I certainly don't think a romantic relationship should have been overtly introduced into the show (any more than it was, and whether TPTB even did that well is another story), but the fic stories I like best are those that have an M&S that get along (as partners, friends, and/or something more) as they solve a case and/or those that explore how M&S get to a place where they get along without ignoring the character flaws and quirks that make getting along difficult for them (all the better if a case is going on at the same time). And sure, I like the stories where the getting along is wrapped up in a (non-sappy & at least somewhat realistic) romantic relationship. I feel like there were enough terrible things that happened to both M&S and I don't like it when their relationship is yet another thing that causes them pain. Of course there are terribly-written msr stories that I skip over. And there are a lot of well-written stories that don't fit this criteria that I have appreciated, been drawn into, and loved. But, the stories that I like to go back to and reread and call my favorites tend to cast the M&S relationship (at whatever level) in at least somewhat of a positive light. If this makes me a conventional shipper, I am ok with being lumped in with the masses :)
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As an aside, I am really new relatively-speaking (to reading fanfic and to this community), so I don't know exactly how shippers are conventionally defined. I certainly don't think a romantic relationship should have been overtly introduced into the show (any more than it was, and whether TPTB even did that well is another story), but the fic stories I like best are those that have an M&S that get along (as partners, friends, and/or something more) as they solve a case and/or those that explore how M&S get to a place where they get along without ignoring the character flaws and quirks that make getting along difficult for them (all the better if a case is going on at the same time). And sure, I like the stories where the getting along is wrapped up in a (non-sappy & at least somewhat realistic) romantic relationship. I feel like there were enough terrible things that happened to both M&S and I don't like it when their relationship is yet another thing that causes them pain. Of course there are terribly-written msr stories that I skip over. And there are a lot of well-written stories that don't fit this criteria that I have appreciated, been drawn into, and loved. But, the stories that I like to go back to and reread and call my favorites tend to cast the M&S relationship (at whatever level) in at least somewhat of a positive light. If this makes me a conventional shipper, I am ok with being lumped in with the masses :)