Diana Fowley
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Diana Fowley, The Fowl One |
| Occupation: | FBI Agent |
| Relationships: | Ex-Wife(?)/girl friend of Fox Mulder |
| Fandom: | The X-Files |
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Diana Fowley is an X-Files character that appeared in the fifth and sixth season of show.
She is mainly shipped with Mulder (Mulder/Diana). Rare pairings include Scully (Scully/Diana), Alex Krycek (Alex/Diana) and CSM/Diana.
Fan Comments
She was/is despised by the majority of Mulder/Scully shippers upon introduction since her and Mulder's past was perceived as threat to the relationship between Mulder and Scully. Another reason may have been that her characters was underdeveloped and created by Chris Carter to make the shippers uncomfortable.
Diana Fowley is one of the most neglected, misunderstood, and hated characters in TXF fandom. It’s no secret that I love her. I’m not writing a defense of her character (or her casting) because I suspect those of you who don’t like Diana wouldn’t read it anyway, and those of you who do, don’t need it. But I will tell you why I like writing and reading fic about her: (1.) she’s an intelligent, complicated, middle-aged woman with divided loyalties, and (2.) smart as she is, she’s still in love with someone she knows she can’t have. Fox Mulder and Diana Fowley are a doomed ship, and I love doomed ships.[1]
I hate Diana because she's trying to get in the way of a perfectly good partnership, friendship, and overall relationship. She's also extremely snotty and annoying.[2]
(...)I have to admit, Diana revalidated herself in my eyes when she herself realized that Mulder was deeply in love with Scully and vice versa. I mean, even though Diana was a stubborn and didn’t get that fact at the beginning, it really hit her in the end, and she backed off…and she gave Scully the key to save Mulder…I kinda see it as an apology :) So, I really think Scully did realize Diana was also human, I mean, Diana had probably fallen for Mulder, for the same reasons she had fallen for him. It was only natural.
Which is why I believe that her tears in the 'touchstone scene’, when she tells Mulder, Diana has died, are sincere. And the fact Mulder, doesn’t dwell on Diana’s passing, only reinstates the love and admiration he has for Scully at the time…
P.S. In the end, I ended up not liking Phoebe Green more…but I’ll leave my explanation for THAT in another rant LOL.
Some Diana Fowley Meta
- "Oh, and if you (like me) are a Diana Fowley hater,[3] check this out!"
- The AV TV club: The X-Files wants us to believe in Diana Fowley by Michael Roffman 10/16/15
- The Fowley factor: Mulder stuck between a rock and a hard place
- Noromantic Interview: Nats - Andrea - Maclau
Some Diana Fowley Fic
- Samson (2009)
- Upon a Myth by Truemyth
- Exeunt by Jess at previous eXcursions
- drabble; rated r; dana scully/diana fowley; missing scene-Amor Fati;
Archives
- Harem Of X Files Other Women Defenders features some stories with Diana Fowley
- works tagged as Diana Fowley at Archive of Our Own
Some Diana Fowley Vids
- Mulder/Scully/Diana | Hide [HD] by CandiceHere
- Cold as Ice - A Diana Fowley [hate] Video by closetfangirl
- Modern Day Delilah. by buffypratt: "A look at the Queen of deciet......Diana Fowley"
- {The Betrayal Saga} by NoteverythingdiesXF: Diana between the brothers
Some Diana Fowley Art
Due to the hate in the X-Files shipper community, fan art of the character usually consist of Manips that depict Fowley in a negative manner, for example as a witch or demon or mean memes.
Anti-Diana Fowley Websites
Several Hate sites were created in the late 1990s. These sites were linked at Devoted Haters of Fowley and Spender. The links give a flavor of the rawness and intense dislike of this character that some fans had.
- Devoted Haters of Fowley and Spender (DHFS : "Conspiracy has a great page. And a great mailing list. :)"
- Thousand Deaths of Fowley : "A separate page on the DHFS site - one that necessitates special recognition."
- Steph's ten golden rules to get rid of Diana Fowley
- Diana Fowley Haters Brigade : "I sense a theme running here..."
- The Anti Diana Fowley Archive : "Yeah!!! Cool stories about Fowley having bad days. Many written by AFMLers, like TeaL, Erin, and others. :)"
- Anti-Fowley Fanfic : "Talitha has collected some rather appropriate fanfic, some written by AFMLers."
- Agent Chloe's Fictional X-Files Site : "Throw some darts at Diana Fowley! And don't worry if you don't have a Java-enhanced browser, go to this page to get the same effect. ;-)" (now offline)
- Fowley and Spender Temple of Hate : "Nothing more needs to be said." (had a mailing list)
- The Anti @$$-Holes Task Force : "Learn about Fowley and Spender, as well as Kersh, and Bill Scully, Jr."
See also
References
- ^ 201 Days of The X-Files, Archived version, 2015
- ^ List of DHFS Members, one of many comments at Devoted Haters of Fowley and Spender (DHFS)
- ^ Brandon D. Ray's fiction page