I agree it’s not funny but I don’t see anyone laughing. But I think the reaction by some has been extreme – this is a fictional show with fictional characters written by a man who has shown many times over the years that, at best, he is pretty socially awkward during interviews and at worst, completely clueless. I have seen some disgusting things the last few hours including threats of violence toward him. Don’t like the creator of the show or the storylines? Don’t watch the fucking show! The potential storyline of Mulder not being the father was discussed way back when, in chat rooms around the world, about what was done to Scully during En Ami and has come up many times in fanfic. Yes it’s a heinous horrible thing but this show is based on heinous horrible things – hints of child abuse, child kidnapping, infanticide, incest, human experimentation, murder, suicide, terrorism, war-mongering, corruption…I could go on and on and on. This is not a show that is based on the happy no matter how much we would like it to be and simple history should tell us that Mulder and Scully are unlikely to go riding into the sunset together anytime soon. Their love has survived DESPITE the horrors they have both suffered at the hands of the writers of the show and a huge part of that is the chemistry Gillian and David bring to the characters. Medical rape was a potential right back in the early seasons of Scullys abduction and even before that it was hinted at with the Eve episode. It’s a bit late in the day for people to be getting all puffed-up and self righteous now with a show that has a long history of sailing close to the edge.
And then let’s also remind ourselves that we have read and enjoyed countless fanfics that have many of the same plot centres as those I listed above. Some of my absolute favourite all-time fics have involved some awful things being done to pivotal characters in the show, written by the heavy-hitters of the fanfic world and loved to this day by the fandom.
To finish I will say this – we all have our own benchmark as to what we can deal with in any given situation and anyone who cannot accept that this show has always been dark as all fuck and has to resort to actually making threats of violence toward the writers is in way too deep and needs to step away and take a deep breath.
I hated American God’s. I hated the gratuitous violence it depicted and I lasted ten minutes before I switched it off never to be returned to again. I didn’t though, rally against the writers and nor did I shit on the parade of those who enjoyed it. I didn’t accuse them of validating murder, torture or violence.
I’m sorry this is a ramble and it isn’t directed at you anon but ffs people need to get a grip.
This is the first smart post I saw on my dash today. And I had to scroll down a long time before I found it. 🙌
Just Holding Hands 