Musings and a question or two

Well we all seem pretty much in accord about how badly the PTB messed up a decent concept and potentially fascinating characters, but I'd like to keep this theme going if possible - until we all get it out of our systems. I tend to agree with Clio's analysis on most things and her analysis of the Scully characterization is no exception, but I was thinking about a couple of interesting things about Scully as shown in certain episodes. For instance, in Amor Fati she seems quite willing to believe that there is a little more to Spender than would at first appear. I don't know the episodes as well as many of you, but the fact that she was willing to believe that he was trying to help did not surprise me at all. I think she is bound to be full of contradictions as a scientist and a catholic, but I believe she has the capacity to forgive far more so than Mulder. I don't think that either of them are people persons, but I think her religious beliefs possibly enable her to see beyond the psychological insights which might make Mulder understand people, but not necessarily sympathise or connect with them. One could see her religion as a barrier for her or her saving grace. I'll leave that open to debate. I think that for obvious reasons she and Mulder never seem to be on the same page when it comes to belief in the paranormal; when she seems ready to believe , Mulder turns into a patronising sceptic. I don't know, I don't hate Scully I just hate the things they made her do, the things they made her say. I would have to say that I see Scully as potentially the real hero of X- files; she's strong , she's brave, she's what I would call a good person. She has some flaws obviously, but not as many as Mulder, who I like better than her, but admire less.
Scully is ready to believe, she just needs a good storyline and a sincere director to get her there. I don't know how others feel about the episode GA directed, but I liked it. I thought it was skillfull and interesting and I daresay it put forward some New Age ideas about the power of the mind to kill or cure which resonated with people who had never encountered these concepts before. It was not an episode devised by a cynic and it gave me a lot of food for thought as regards the complexity of the Scully character. I think GA wanted to show the conflicts within Dana Scully and it would have been nice if they could have followed through with this just a little more! I don't expect many people to agree with me, but I do expect to hear what other people think!
I could go on and on about the Mulder characterisation until the cows come home, but I will leave that to people like Clio who seems to have an amazing insight into all the characters - even Skinner, I daresay - which is hard, because he just doesn't seem to be all that fascinating! Instead I'll just say; Mulder is a fascinating complex character, but I want to ask a couple of questions: If we think his characterisation went awry somewhere along the line, how do we decide where the real Mulder ends and the cookie cutter good guy who annoys the hell out of me begins? How much of CC's Mulder do we accept and is it really possible to choose what to keep and what to throw away? Also, how much have we really learned from the X-files? What legacy has CC et al left to the viewing public? I'm angry because the X-files did not really further our understanding of the complexity of people, didn't further our understanding of paranormal concepts and totally trashed any real ideas of feminism with that ridiculous ending. With Krycek they had the chance to show that just because one has done wrong in the past one is not ultimately iredeemable, but chose not to take it. I think that irks me almost more than anything, because the media has such power and whenever they ignore the opportunity to show us the positive side of humanity it makes me very vexed. I think X-files seemed to be committed to showing us the very worst sides of human nature and overall it succeeded, which is a damn shame. I know I always say this, but I don't expect people to agree with me, I really don't. I just want someone to talk about it - with me, with each other....