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was it this show that got me into jealousy as a trope?

i love jealous scully so much going all the way back to fire and s3 serves b2b doses of that with war of the coprophages and syzygy. syzygy's like jealous scully on steroids.

she gets a bit catty (*), which is problematic and i usually don't dig? but works for me in this case, for some reason beyond just the everyone is acting crazy and unlike themselves because ASTROLOGY. i feel gillian anderson's acting choices get through scully's frustration. WITH HERSELF. because she could do so much better, but feelings.

~feelings and vulnerable mulder are the only interesting things about grotesque, btw. dat scene where skinner asks her if she's worried about mulder and GA is on the verge of tears, tho. omg.


(*) AND BECAUSE I JUST RECENTLY RE-READ SOTL - it's another departure from clarice. she was more like her in s1 than in any other season (truly outgrew the mold - even tho she gets back into it for pusher iirc), but when she said that she doubted detective white was even a real blonde, i was reminded of clarice's discomfort in saying anything disparaging about the victims' appearances and lecter chiding her for it ("spare me your loyalty," paraphrasing).