Long Live The Doggship
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| Title: | Long Live The Doggship |
| Creator: | Moose |
| Date(s): | June 4, 2002 |
| Medium: | online |
| Fandom: | The X-Files |
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| External Links: | Long Live The Doggship |
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Long Live The Doggship is a 2002 essay by Moose posted to Semper Fi, "a John Doggett & Scully/Doggett Fansite."
This essay was first posted to Yahoo!Group SHODDS, a Yahoo Group."
Other Related Essays
Other essays posted to Semper Fi:
- everyone's dirty little secret by T h r e a d s (July 2001)
- Keep the Flame Alive by Tony Scullystud (2001)
- The 'Dip by Gina (June 2002)
- Long Live The Doggship by Moose (June 2002)
- Second Chances by Linzee (November 2004)
- Potential, Possibilities, and Respect by Dana Doggett (April 2006)
- "Comparing & Contrasting" by Geekery (June 2011)
- Doggett/Reyes "Relationship" = Implausible by Dana Doggett (June 2016)
Excerpts
:::clears throat::: Let me start by saying I'm a romantic. Funny, considering I fell in love with an married a thoroughly unromantic guy. I've watched TXF since the beginning, drawn to it by the whole paranormal storyline. I kept watching primarily because of the evolving relationship between Mulder and Scully. I admit it, I became a shipper. :::Moose rises, "Hi, my name is Moose, and I'm a former shipper"::: Like many shippers, I analyzed every touch, every look, every word between Mulder and Scully. I forgave Mulder for all of his ditching of Scully, his treatment of her ("...taking your little notes..."), all of it. He's protecting her, I said. He loves her, I said. I read all the MSR (particularly the smut... what can I say, I'm a dirty girl ;->) I could find.
Then came FTF and man, I was I psyched. I went to see it the first day it came out, to an early afternoon showing, by myself because I couldn't convince anyone to ditch work and come with me. I waited with baited breath for the hallway scene, goofy with happiness during the whole "you kept me honest" speech, and let out a loud "Oh, MAN!" (which caused two old ladies who were there, why is beyond me, to turn around and glare at me) when the kiss was thwarted by that bee. Damn bee... But I left the theater that day girlishly giddy, anticipating a fabulous S6 that fall...
Which I never got. It fell flat from the get-go.
But when TPTB announced they were "replacing" Mulder with a new agent, I slipped back into my old shipper habits. I was prepared to hate the new guy, site unseen. Robert Patrick? Who the hell was he? Oh, the bad terminator, the liquid metal guy. Oh, please? Have you ever seen his ears? Him, replace Duchovney? I sat down to watch the premiere of S8 full of resentment...
So much for that!
I began to consider all the ways in which Doggett was so much better for Scully than Mulder. He was a man, whereas Mulder would always be a little boy. Doggett had been through as much of a tragedy, if not more than Mulder, in the death of his child Vs the disappearance of Samantha, and fought his way back to a kind of peace. He didn't allow Luke's murder to control his life, which showed me he had his head screwed on right. He was stable, dammit. And Scully needed (needs) stability. Hell, she was pregnant (and I *never* gave serious credence to the theory that Willie is Mulder's kid. Still don't) and needed stability. Not someone who would forever search in vain for the "truth". And most of all, Doggett was falling for Scully. It was so obvious. How could I deny such a man what he wanted?
So I searched for Doggett fic online. I initially found what I think was called "The Doggett House", or maybe it was "The Dog House", where fic both pro and anti Doggett was posted. I ignored the antiDoggett and focused on the proDoggett, and that led me eventually to SHODDS. I believe wholeheartedly in the DSR. Mulder's appearance in S8 & 9 only strengthened my belief in this ship by showing me he has not changed, and will never change. And don't get me started on why I don't follow the DRR... Two words... no chemistry. I stay here because of the support of the folks here have for DSR, and the general lack of bitchiness/catfights (we are mostly women, Tony ScullyStud and fellow brotherlurkers notwithstanding). I posted my first ever DS fic here (which can be found over at XFMU... shameless plug) because I felt supported. Yes, I know it's over, and TPTB ended it with Mulder and Scully together... I say the hell with that, let's change the ending. Let's bring back the real Scully, not this 'Dearest Dana' imposter we've been handed. Let's forget this DRR crap they've been trying to get us to swallow. We know what Doggett wants, we've seen it. I say the truth is here. Long live the Doggship.