Samson

Fanfiction
Title:	Samson
Author(s):	Aloysia Virgata
Date(s):	July 2009
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Fandom(s):	The X-Files
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Samson is an X-Files story by Aloysia Virgata.

Summary: It's strange to be here but not be who I was to you once. I'm not your Girl Friday anymore.

Author's Notes

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AUTHOR'S NOTES: This story is set not long after The Beginning. I have always been frustrated by what - to me - feels like completely wasted potential with Fowley. Part of it, I think, was the (mis)casting of Mimi Rogers. I think Linda Fiorentino or Jill Hennessy could have brought a lot more to the character. They're more how I see her in my head.

I think Diana is a sympathetic figure and I am often annoyed by the hatred of her character for seemingly no other reason that the fact that she isn't Scully. I think it cheapens the relationship Mulder and Scully have when characters like Fowley and Whitney serve only to promote cattiness. I don't much like Diana, but I do feel for her. This story was inspired by Regina Spektor's Samson. Author's notes continued at the end.

Reactions and Reviews

This is a Diana Fowley character study. I know, I know, EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW FOWLEY - but WAIT! This is actually really good, and adds some depth to the character. A lot of people have said that they don't dislike Diana because she was competition for Scully, but because she was badly-used, badly-casted, and to quote Aloysia - "I think it cheapens the relationship Mulder and Scully have when characters like Fowley and Whitney serve only to promote cattiness." This story makes Diana into a more three-dimensional character and is very well-written.