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Why does Dana Scully not believe in aliens or any of the other weirdness in the x-files? (lemmy.world)

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Every week there's a new monster (MOTW) where all the evidence for outsiders disappears, or there's the mythology where the government is covering it up.

I'm a huge skeptic in almost everything, but if I saw what she saw, I would clearly believe. That's plenty of evidence for me, and I'm an actual scientist (well PhD engineer. I definitely did real science in school though)

The shit's clearly real in their universe.

(Sorry, just been watching the first season of the x-files for the past few weeks)

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[-] Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

The easiest answer is that the plot and themes required it. The same way horror movie victims do stupid things like splitting up or checking on noises in a dark basement. It's necessary to advance the plot or maintain the status quo of the character relationships. Mulder needed a foil to his eagerness to embrace aliens and conspiracies as the explanation.

[-] PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Right, but honestly, she's the star. Mulder is the foil. (I mean. I'm sure any literary scholar would agree with you, but I empathize with her more. I suppose that's why I asked this question)

In any case, the current top post suggests that a lot of people don't actually remember her character continuing to be skeptical at the beginning of every episode.

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