#dearest dana

TRUSTNO1: DRAFT SCRIPT VS FINAL SCRIPT

I think he does occasionally call her Dana in times of intimacy, but rarely. Mulder calls Scully by her first name when he’s reaching out to her. In “Beyond the Sea,” he wants her to know that she can lean on him. In “Lazarus,” he’s literally calling out for her. In TFWID, he’s searching for reassurance that their relationship stands on its own. Mulder says “Dana” like he’s bridging a gap between them–so I do think there might be a few other intimate “Dana”s when we’re not looking, but not in happy times.

Which is why I can accept that he’d call her Dana over email when they’re separated. He’s trying to close the space between them. Also, there’s something so sacred to me about the sound of Mulder saying “Scully” that the thought of him writing it over email feels like a violation somehow. It might feel that way to Scully, too, because when she replies, she just starts right in. She’s not going to call him Fox, because he asked her not to, but she doesn’t say “Mulder,” either. I know she’s written it before, but these emails in particular are so faceless in a way that their last names never are. Mulder yells “Scully.” He whispers “Dana.”

“Dearest” I find way harder to justify. Who says this? Has Mulder been taking letter-writing lessons from Jane Austen? I don’t know; MAYBE. He’s a romantic. He masks it behind jokes most of the time, but when he goes for it, he doesn’t hold back. “Dearest.” I know deep in my core that I do not like it and it makes me want to cringe and it does not sound like something Mulder would say, but they never write how they talk, either. Scully’s journal to Mulder in “Memento Mori” is all kinds of things she’d never say out loud, written in a way she’d never say them. It’s sentimental, but Scully IS dearest to Mulder, and there is something fitting about the idea that he’d admit that when they’re apart. He’s so sure that he doesn’t deserve happiness that it’s easier for him to admit to loving what he’s already lost.

Dearest Dana fadsfsa sorry for replying this late. :-((