ornitharts

perhaps controversial, but i think msr would be less popular if mulder and scully had a more conventional dating arc. instead, their romance is written almost like queer baiting, built mostly on yearning, stolen moments that never come up again, and emphasis that THEY are absolutely the most important person in the other's life... just enough teases of romance to keep the viewer tantalized... the YEARNING. the space for everyone to project their own interpretation -- they're soulmates, they're best friends, they're married, they're in a QPP, they transcend terms like "boyfriend" and "girlfriend" but not #wifegate. they're partners. they're mulder and scully. they invented love -- but why should their love look like anyone else's?

what can genuinely drive me up the wall is that outside of male characters getting far more support forgiveness and general adoration, that whenever you do the same for a female character to combat all the misogyny and distrust or lack of support towards her, there are genuinely people who will say “wowwww [x supporters] will act like she has zero flaws it’s so annoying 🙄” and it’s like. wow, you really cannot think of a female character in a positive way, can you? you genuinely can’t think about her as anything else than her flaws or mistakes. would it kill you to like her? to support her and enjoy her without bringing up all the things you think are bad about her? because to me it just feels like you’re listing all the reasons she’s unworthy of support while you glaze male characters for equal or oftentimes worse behavior. you are misogynistic!!!! liking a woman should not be this hard for you. i’m sick of you guys

It’s so hard loving a complex fictional woman because assholes will try to turn you against her by listing off all her flaws and it’s like yeah no shit, that’s the whole point. What aren’t you getting about this?

i mean katherine lanasa is a great acress and all that but it was kinda over for me when dana got a rape storyline when katherine herself actively defends and supports her rapist son who intoxicated and raped a young teenager several times and avoided paying half the settlement to the victim

with receipts because people keep asking me