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'The X-Files' Boss Chris Carter Explains Mulder and Scully Split

I think his reasoning is off considering that M/S were barely together on the show, they drew out the Will They/Wont They too much in the end IMO, instead of just resolving things in season 6 after the movie. I don't know how CC can argue that it didn't work as well to resolve the sexual tension and have them as a couple when M/S were never an ongoing romantic couple on the series? They didn't kiss as an official couple until the season 8 finale, then Mulder was obviously missing from season 9 until the finale, so basically they were an on-screen item only in 822 and 922? Even IWTW saw Mulder and Scully off in separate plotlines with lots of tension between them and not working together the way that they used too, so really CC has never even tried with writing them as a completely happy and settled romantic couple, so that he can then point to that not working out so well

Lol at how mad everyone is getting in the comments though, it's not something that I'm THAT worked-up about honestly (although that's because I have faith that things will be resolved in the finale, I will be mad if they're not a couple together again when they conclude it :P ), but it is annoying that CC still seems stuck on that very 90's mindset of we must never resolve the sexual tension. It's like CC is incapable of writing an established relationship and still having drama, so he has to reset everything and break them up. It just feels like these six episodes should have CC ready to try something new and just let Mulder and Scully be a settled couple together at this stage in their life's, rather than keeping it stuck at sexual tension between them yet again

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well, they were a couple on the... sigh... last movie (the sigh is because the movie was deefinitely eyebrow-rising, that's all), but anyway.... gotta admit that a split, well, I've always wanted something to happen beetween them back in the day, but I've never thought that I would have been broken-hearted if they were to broke up. And in fact? Gotta admit I don't really care that much.

Edited 2015-09-15 13:57 (UTC)

I didn't know how to react to this.

During the show's run I was never one of the 'shippers.' I loved the show for the crazy monsters and conspiracies. I did not care if Mulder & Scully got together romantically, but I loved the closeness of their partnership.

The way their 'romance' was presented on the show was so ambiguous to me. But at the end of this six episode arc in January, I want them to be together in the end (just in some capacity), and not going their separate ways.

I guess I just can't make up my mind!

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I talked to a friend about this yesterday, and we basically said the same thing.
You can show a couple together, have them be intense/have some drama WITHOUT splitting them up.
but Chris Carter... well... I have no words tbh.

Lemme guess, they're splitting them up so they can try and rekindle on the will they/won't except this time it's will they/won't they get back together? So they can keep the old sexual tension going again, because jeez, having people in an actual relationship is just boring.

I just don't really see the point of this. They spun out the relationship for so long and it was such an integral part of the show, that breaking them up now seems pointless and counter-productive. Except as a lazy storyline gimmick. Which I'm sure it is.

I'm in complete agreement with you. My first reaction to the news was disgusted shock, because I couldn't imagine what would split them up at this point, and I didn't want to think of what wrong-ass way he had planned of doing it. But I quickly got over that. I think it helps that I was a shipper right from the start, and a fan of the show while it was on the air, so I have maaaaaany years of experience ignoring Chris Carter's trolling. Now, when I see people flipping out over the news, I just start laughing. It feels like old times, tbh. Part of me is almost like, "Ah, I missed this, this hating CC thing." Haha. Plus, like you, I believe they'll be fine in the end, and I'm already used to disregarding shit I don't like. So if the six episodes give us something awful, it'll just be more of what I'm used to. Obviously I hope they're good, but I don't fully expect it. I just hope for some good moments & fic fodder. That's the other thing for me -- at least the breakup has added to my ficspiration re: my next story, once I get around to actually writing it. I think it'll be a fun challenge for me to explain what WOULD break them up while still remaining in character (fingers crossed). Really, as long as he doesn't have either of them cheating on the other or saying their feelings are gone, I'll probably be fine with it. But I don't think they'll be together at the end of the six episodes. I think it'll be *implied*, or maybe we'll at least get a long look & a kiss or something, but I'll be (pleasantly) surprised if we finally get a sex scene. I might break out champagne, actually, if that happens.

There's been wank on my dash about them breaking up for DAYS. And someone had a meltdown today because their son that Scully put up for adoption is now a teen so when he comes back, he will take over the show and it will be all about him. Because that makes total sense.

I really hoped that would be an "item" but id not get that far. A pity really.

Sometimes I think that The X-Files - and the characters of Mulder and Scully specifically - was successful in spite of Chris Carter, not because of him.

I'm sad, tbh. I was hoping they'd have them finally happy together after all these years.

Yeah, ITA with you. I will be livid if they're not together in the end, and I think it's bullcrap to not write them as a couple working together solving mysteries, because that never happened on the damn show! But I knew this was coming, so I'm staying optimistic that they're together in the end.

Edited 2015-09-16 23:10 (UTC)

Even though my first thought is that this is ridiculous, I suppose in other ways I will reserve judgement until I see how it's done. Because there is the potential that it could be done well and work well with the story and make sense in terms of the journey that they are on. I mean in that last film she was not happy and he was not making her happy. He's always been selfish; he's always thought of himself. Well, maybe not always but certainly in the later seasons that was a man who couldn't compromise for someone else and if I'm honest, I don't want to see Scully with someone who won't compromise for her.

But, we'll see. I don't have high hopes for this series because I often think these things just don't work! But I am looking forward to it.

The idea that a couple can't be compelling once together is a hack idea. I can think of plenty of couples that stayed interesting, if not more interesting, when together. Parks and Rec had two that I adored throughout because the writers remembered that what made them interesting during the UST period kept them interesting together (Andy's childlike enthusiasm to April's hatred of everything, Leslie's optimism to Ben's pragmatism). The time for UST is over with Mulder and Scully. I think we know there is no one else in the world for either of them.

That being said, I hope this is just a UST device to give us the grand RST Carter never gave us onscreen during the show's run. If so, then fine. But you better deliver or I will feel cheated by the hours I am spending recapping this series. Sorry. Can't unship what has been shipped on this level.

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