Day 20 - The "can't stand the sexual tension anymore" pairing?

Oct 01, 2010 15:30

Here they come. Mulder and Scully. I was saving them for this particular question. All my other ships got resolved at some point or another, but this? Can we call it resolved? I guess... even off screen though, they never really had a proper relationship until the 2nd film, there was just lots of isolated romantic episodes but never a relationship. They kissed a few times, hugged loads, held hands some. The dynamics and timings aren't too clear. They had a baby. They tried to have one through IVF, it didn't work, we are led to believe that they had sex once (off screen of course) and that's how they got the baby. It's just another example of a badly written relationship where the writers refuse to take a stance one way or the other.

I'll tell you what I call a resolution of sexual tension. You can go back to my best kiss post (youtube link), or my Doug/Carol post, or Chuck and Sarah's first kiss. This is what I wanted to see from Mulder and Scully and instead the only kiss like that in existence is an outtake. It's not official, they did it for fun.

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In the actual scene, she gets stung by a mortal, genetically modified bee (YEAH I KNOW) and collapses.
I know the show was about the paranormal, and yes it is pretty normal on tv shows to have near-kisses interrupted by some catastrophe or just a character walking in at the worst possible moment, but iIf Mulder and Scully were real human beings, at some point they would have kissed like they did in this outtake, instead they didn't. They only ever had these chaste little kisses - and I clearly remember someone on a mailing list saying a kiss on the forehead is something you'd give to your brother or sister ie. completely asexual (his point, I believe, was that M&S were not attracted to each other).

This was my first big example of USTy ship. Imagine a large group of teenagers watching this religiously every week, having XF gatherings and trying their hand out at fanfic for the first time (or second if you consider my foray into writing Power Rangers fanfic - not that any of these friends knew I'd done that!) and how squealy we would get if these two so much as brushed hands. We would squee about it for WEEKS! In hindsight ... this is not how real people behave. Real people have sex drives! (although I remember Mulder mentioning at various points he has an extensive collection of porn ;))

Day 01 - What is your current favourite ship? Chuck/Sarah
Day 02 - What was your very first ship? Tommy/Kimberly
Day 03 - A pairing that needs to happen now? Grissom/Sara
Day 04 - The pairing with the most chemistry? Xena/Gabrielle
Day 05 - The pairing with the least chemistry? Shannon/Sayid
Day 06 - The best kiss? Sydney/Vaughn
Day 07 - The most heartbreaking scene? Naomi/Emily
Day 08 - The pairing with the most baggage? Doug/Carol
Day 09 - The most believable relationship? Chandler/Monica
Day 10 - Why aren't these two married in real life? Zach Levi/Yvonne Strahovski
Day 11 - What is your dream pairing? Liz Lemon/Jenna Maroney
Day 12 - Who had the best wedding? Phoebe/Mike
Day 13 - What is your favorite television/movie pairing? Christian/Satine
Day 14 - What is your favorite book pairing? Dar/Kerry
Day 15 - What is your favorite real life pairing? Mark/Ery
Day 16 - What is the absolute worst pairing? Will/Emma
Day 17 - A pairing you thought would never work out, but did? Sawyer/Juliet
Day 18 - What is the cutest pairing? Chuck/Sarah
Day 19 - A pairing you've rooted for since the beginning? Grissom/Sara
Day 20 - The "can't stand the sexual tension anymore" pairing?
Day 21 - A pairing you like and no one else understands why?
Day 22 - A pairing you hate and no one else understands why?
Day 23 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out great?
Day 24 - A crazy love triangle/quadrilateral that worked out badly?
Day 25 - A pairing that was/would-be adorable, but could never work out?
Day 26 - A pairing that you hated and ended up loving?
Day 27 - A pairing that you loved and ended up hating?
Day 28 - A pairing that you will never understand?
Day 29 - What ship had the best proposal?
Day 30 - Your favorite ship forever and ever and ever?

tv~ x-files, shippage, meme, television

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