Didn’t Gillian say that she adopted her punk persona when she was dating a guy who was a punk. The more I think about it, the more it seems that G has no persona of her own, or she doesn’t let it show. People who claim she’s a punk, a lesbian, etc, I think just see what they want to see. Maybe she’s closer to her true self when she’s with David. That’s why with him she looks happier and more relaxed.

I think she was a punk way before she dated that guy back then. When I said she’s a punk, I’m not talking about hairstyle and piercings.
Normally, she’s rebellious, she doesn’t care about the codes, she fights for those who can’t fight for themselves and she indeed does whatever the fuck she wants but in a good and fair way. She doesn’t pretend to someone else because it suits her or people around her more. She swears on national tv and she goes to award shows in bathrobes and trash-bag dresses. She doesn’t care about the conventions. That’s the punky Gillian Anderson I fell in love with and that’s the one I’m waiting for her to get back to because I feel like this is the real Gillian Anderson, with or without David.