From: roguelibrarian_1@yahoo.com   
      
   On Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 12:38:47 PM UTC-4, Kate Knibbs wrote:   
   > Hell yeah I wanna read "Scully is a Highlander." And thank you for the   
   points on shipping, I'm gonna include some of the historical precedents in the   
   article!    
   >    
   > On Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 11:15:07 PM UTC-4, Paul Wartenberg wrote:   
   > > On Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 6:05:07 PM UTC-4, Kate Knibbs wrote:   
   > > > Hey! I was an ardent M/S shipper and consumer of fanfiction in my   
   younger days, and I'm a staff writer for Gizmodo now prepping an article on   
   X-Files online fandom's influence on internet culture-- how it brought stuff   
   like shipping into the    
   lexicon, etc. Looking for perspective from past/present/future fans!    
   > > >    
   > > > Any diehard supporters of Diane Fowley, though, know that I see you and   
   I judge you.   
   > >    
   > > As an ardent Mulder/Scully 'Shipper I was not a huge fan of Fowley.  I   
   liked the actress, but the character was clearly put there to upset the   
   fanbase (and draw out the UST a little more).   
   > >    
   > > As for 'shipping itself, an honest accounting of fan culture throughout   
   the ages shows it's an idea that's been around for ages: one can make a   
   serious argument that 'shipping as an aspect of Courtly Love goes back to   
   Arthurian legends.  There's    
   clear signs of 'shipping in literature from the era of Little Women and   
   Ivanhoe.  it's just that the X-Files had a unique character structure and   
   dynamic to work from (using the Believer/Skeptic archetypes as a means of   
   character friction), and came at a    
   time where fan culture could access a shared medium - Internet and Usenet - to   
   express such fandom in a more immediate, more visual way (where previous fan   
   culture relied on convention gatherings, role-play events, printed fanzines,   
   etc).   
   > >    
   > > Did you have any questions in particular?  Need any links to anything?    
   Wanna read "Scully Is a Highlander"? :)   
      
   Apologies, I didn't follow up quick enough, I hope you're still keeping track   
   of activity on this usenet.   
      
   Link to Scully Is A Highlander is http://fluky.gossamer.org/disp   
   ay.php?ScullyIsAHighlander  but the link might not work.  You may need to go   
   straight to gossamer.org and do a title search, or author search under   
   Wartenberg, Paul.   
      
   You should look up Sheryl Martin's stuff.  She was one of several who created   
   original characters like Jackie St. George.   
      
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