So I kept on going out dancing again on Sundays, but my friend got me caught in the habit of taping every episode and I started watching them on Mondays. I wasn't used to going out on Mondays, so I thought I could spare some time in watching a good sci-fi show. So that's how I began to get involved. And then, one night, I was struck. I was watching another ep of X-Files. This time I felt something going on between M&S...nothing certain, of course, nothing spoken, but the connection was there. I could feel it. That's what kept me hanging and watching the show. And now I know for sure that M&S are in love. I knew it ever since Memento Mori (it's one of my favourites. Scully's diary speaks for itself and the way Mulder held her at the end of the ep...that was amazing!!). Now, I only hope to see more shippy stuff in every eps and to see M&S finally getting together. At least, I think all the Shippers out there deserve it!!

So I guess you can say that I became a shipper gradually. With Ice I saw the chemistry of Dave and Gillian light up the screen. And when I saw Tooms the famous scene in the car..."I wouldn't put myself on the line for anyone but you." I was like oh my god these two really care a lot for each other. But when I watched Ascension and One Breath I knew that these two people loved each other. David's performance in both those episodes was so beautiful and touching. And even though Scully was comatose during the entire episode of One Breath, I thought it spoke volumes when it was Mulder who brought her out of the coma..."I had the strength of your beliefs." Scully had her mother, sister, and even her late father with her. But in the end it was Mulder's words alone that willed her back to life. Now that's love. :) "I don't know if my being here will help bring you back, but I'm here."

But then, Bambi Berenbaum happened. This introduction of a threat for Mulder's affection made me pretty much queasy and anxious...it seemed entirely wrong. I didn't know then, of course, how easy I had it--compared to what had occurred before and what was to follow in the series, it was tame--barely a threat, even. Still, that's when I actively became a Shipper (though I didn't discover that exact term until fairly recently). I couldn't believe the venom I felt toward this other woman, or how much I despised Mulder for even considering any woman but Scully. After that, I realized that I needed them to get together, to continue to evidence their extraordinary bond--and I came to the realization that I couldn't watch the show otherwise. To this day, I'm still of the mindset that it's better that they not get together at all than get together with other people.

Should they be together right now? Well maybe not right now but they should put them together in the final season just for all us Shippy people.

I think I was a shipper from the start. War and Syzygy are laced with sexual tension. I think one of the MOST romantic things Mulder ever did for Scully was when he traded his sister for her. Also, the concern he showed when she was returned from being abducted--the man went crazy--in fact, I believe that is when he first fell in love with her (I think Scully was charmed by Mulder in Tooms or was it Squeeze? when he acted all territorial over her and played with her necklace). I also loved Redux 2, he was emotionally all over the place at the thought of her dying--I think he would have sold his soul to the devil if it meant she would be ok. The movie when he went after her in the Artic was romantic as well. As for Scully. Going out on Christmas Eve, then over to his apartment Christmas day was romantic. She has bailed him out of trouble so many times. When she told him she had the strength of his beliefs in front of her family (my theory is that he was so overwhelmed he had to leave the room). When Mulder was dying and came to her in her dream--that was romantic. Everytime she gets jealous (which has been a lot) I think in a twisted way that that is romantic. So [I was a shipper] from the very beginning (besides, I am a romantic by nature).