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randomfoggytiger · 2 days

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Dana Scully: a Fear of Death Rooted in Eternal Judgment

I think Scully's fear of death is rooted in a fear of judgment.

According to her faith, one either gets into Heaven or Hell (with a pit stop here or there to atone for their sins.) One would think that would be a comfort to the morally unbreakable Dana Scully.

But it isn't.

During her atheistic arc (Season 1 through early Season 2), Scully was determined to do her job and do it well. The paranoia of death didn't cling to her as it does in later seasons.... until Beyond the Sea. Her father's ghost visiting her right after his death and being channeled later through Luthor Lee Boggs, twice-- it takes its toll, unwinding the foundational principles of her life: that Death is final; and that there are no ghosts or psychics or even angels or demons, just sick men and women who abuse others through their superstitions. Scully chooses ignorance, reverting away from this new territory because "I'm afraid... I'm afraid to believe." The rest of Season 1, she didn't want to die, panicked in the face of it; but wasn't as paranoid as, again, later seasons.

Then One Breath happens: Scully experienced something she "couldn't find the words" to explain, even when facing death alongside Mulder in Dod Kalm. It's Scully who is fearless as their end approaches, reassuring Mulder he has nothing to fear based on that experience. Thus, One Breath began her agnostic arc-- where she believed, deep down, but was afraid to fully accept that belief (i.e., her shaken projections on Pfaster in Irresistible and her activated voodoo curse in Fresh Bones.) Death is a place of peace, hence why she denies it to Pfaster (we later learn in Orison.)

When we reach Season 3's Revelations, Scully's agnosticism turns to religious terror. "God is speaking, and no one is listening", she confesses to the priest-- what she means is, that God has been speaking to and judging me, and I've been failing. Thus, her paranoia of Death: not because of its finality (Season 1) or promise of peace (Season 2), but because it could find her at fault and deny her a blessed eternal life.

In Season 4, Scully doesn't want to "run back to God" in Gethsemane; but faces her fears once Death is inescapable in Redux II.

In Season 5, she battles with her religious fragility, struggling for peace after her daughter is stolen before her Christian burial (Emily) and after her spirit returns during a case with angels and demons. Scully may be more vulnerable to religious manipulation, but she is also more secure in her beliefs of a peaceful afterlife.

By Season 6, Scully continues to look upon Death as God's judgment: eternal reward or eternal torment. But then Tithonus happens: Fellig shakes Scully's convictions that eternity is a good thing, showing her the soul of an eternally tormented man... making her wonder if she is guaranteed a happy ending, after all.

This brings up to Season 7's Orison, where Scully stands in judgment of Pfaster and the "Reverend" Orison. When she murders Pfaster in cold blood, her doubts and criticisms rise up against her, brandishing her with the same immoral code-- thus, making her fear eternal condemnation from God: the end meted out to both convicts, or an immortal torment ala Alfred Fellig. This was an extremely crucial moment for her development as a character... and would have been given no resolution if not for Gillian's all things.

all things is the resolution to Scully's paranoia: "God talks back", she comes to terms with herself, and makes a final decision out of principle and not panic, out of assuredness and not anguish. Scully is secure; and she finds the stability to embrace her beliefs, religion, and faith as it should be: a source of rest, a refuge from fear.

Thanks for reading~

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theamericanpin-up · 4 months

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Bill Randall - "Enchantment"- December 1951 Revelations Date Book Calendar Illustration - Kemper-Thomas Calendar Co. - American Pin-up Calendar Collection

#bill randall #december #1951 #Revelations #date book #calendar #illustration #kemper thomas #pin up #american pin up

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niekarpart · 20 days

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based on a trend i saw

#also this flopped terribly on tiktok lmao so if you see it there its me im that looser #ezio auditore da firenze #assassin's creed #ac2 #ac fanart #ezio assassins creed #assassin’s creed II #ezio auditore #assassin’s creed revelations #assasin’s creed 2 #revelations #digital art #my art

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cristinaricci · 1 year

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THE X-FILES ↳ 3.11 | Revelations

#txf #txfedit #the x files #xfilesedit #xfilesnet #dailytxf #tvedit #msr #revelations #txf s3 #fox mulder #dana scully #mulder x scully #gifs*mine

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pedroam-bang · 9 months

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Maxime Delcambre - Assassin's Creed (2019)

#2019 #art #illustration #gaming #Maxime Delcambre #Assassin's Creed #Revelations #Ezio #Ezio Auditore da Firenze #Altair #Altair ibn La'Ahad #Constantinople #Istanbul #Ottoman Empire #Byzantium #Byzantine Empire

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valenfield-inspo · 3 months

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Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine Resident Evil (2002) / Resident Evil: Revelations (2012) / Resident Evil 5 (2009)

#resident evil #chris redfield #jill valentine #valenfield #chris x jill #jill x chris #re1 remake #resident evil: revelations #revelations #re5 #my edits #reviledit #crxjvr

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hometoursandotherstuff · 1 year

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#thoughts #revelations #other stuff

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gingerteaonthetardis · 6 months

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butts-art · 5 months

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The White Rider

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#star wars #anakin skywalker #darth vader #he's the antichrist #star wars revelations #the four horsemen #revelations #illustration #painting #sith #butt art

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promptsforyourwhumpfic · 4 months

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Whump Prompt #1327

Submitted by Anon - thanks!

I’ve been thinking about a whumpee who in the eyes of everyone around them (or even society) is the bad guy. Like, their whumper paints them to be this villian in order to isolate them from society and keep them under their grasp. To add insult to injury, at the beginning the potential caretaker believes all the rumors and whumper’s narrative to the point that they contribute to whumpee’s isolation. They’re just so against whumpee, they’ll disagree with them, overthink whumpee’s intentions, etc. But they’re not that harsh with Whumpee compared to others so in whumpee’s eyes they’re the kindest person to ever exits, that maybe they’re worthy of an ounce of kindness.

And when Caretaker finally finds out the truth (either through them just slowly realizing the true relationship of whumpee and whumper or like an event that triggers whumpee) they have no idea how to care for whumpee knowing that they contributed to whumpee’s suffering and that they barely scratched the surface. So they just try their best instead of resulting to inaction.

But like here’s the catch, so far in whumpee’s eyes caretaker has been the kindest to them, so now whumpee worries about caretaker’s sudden change in actions. (Because they’re not use to comfort)

(Bonus points if their whumper was possesive and often result to physical action and soft words laced with malice. And that’s how caretaker normally comforts people, so they try the same with whumpee only for whumpee to slip into the thinking that they were wrong about caretaker and that they don’t deserve such decency.)

#villain turned whumpee #sort of #long prompt #writing #prompts #angst #whump #ideas #injury #I LOVE THIS ONE ALOT #misunderstandings #manipulation #truth and lies #lies #revelations #revealing the truth #whumper turned caretaker

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duckdachi · 1 year

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I drew some persona 1 girls all fashionable for a magazine assignment I had in school :D

#megami ibunroku persona #Ibunroku Persona #Revelations Persona #yukino mayuzumi #yuka ayase #maki sonomura #eriko kirishima #persona #persona fanart #p1 #p1 fanart #persona 1 fanart #persona 1 #revelations #Revelations fanart #Persona Revelations

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renegadesstuff · 3 months

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Just Tim making sure Lucy's okay 🥹🤍

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deathsbestgirl · 3 months

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sometimes i think about revelations and how it's the first time mulder sees scully in her faith up close. he doesn't understand religion and she gets defensive and they struggle the entire episode. but at the end, he helps her into her coat. like a reassurance that he's still there, her being religious & having different beliefs doesn't actually change their partnership or relationship. they'll figure it out even though sometimes it's hard.

she goes to confession after, because she can't talk to him about it, but one day that will change.

#mulder and scully #the x files #revelations

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ragnarockz · 3 months

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