Alpha

I *finally* found a rational explanation for why Mulder and Scully get "jealous"! :-D We've all heard about, maybe even noticed, Mulder and Scully's infamous "jealousy" when the other person "interacts" with someone else of the opposite sex. (For example, Scully's attitude toward Bambi, Mulder's attitude toward Phillip Padgett.) For the longest time, shippers have insisted this "jealousy" results from romantic love for one another, and their "ever present" sexual tension ::gags:: Unfortunately, I didn't know *what* to make of it....The cause of this "apparent shippiness" remained a mystery to me....until I watched Alpha recently. During the episode, it bothered me that I still had no noromo explanation for Scully's "jealousy" toward Karen Berquist, or any of their "significant others". Suddenly, the answer came to me during the scene where the agents first meet Karen. Scully....and Mulder don't become "jealous" so easily because they're in love! With the special, *platonic*, and very close bond they share in their position, they have become almost isolated toward everyone else, especially of the opposite sex. So naturally, anyone else (like Bambi and Padgett) who enters their private world is subconciously viewed as a threat, and therefore treated that way. IMNO, the "jealousy" is only human nature at work. Also, both agents are afraid of being alone (according to How the Ghosts Stole Christmas), so they naturally become afraid at the possibility of someone else entering their "world" and taking their only friend away.

JillyBee