Scully Is Immortal

Scully is immortal is a fan theory in the X-Files fandom later confirmed by Chris Carter to be canonical.
==Background==
In the season three episode, "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose", penned by fan favorite Darin Morgan, the guest character Clyde Bruckman has the ability to see exactly how people are going to die. Scully asks him how she will die and receives the answer that she won't.
In the season six episode Tithonus (written by Vince Gilligan) Scully investigates the case of a crime scene photographer Albert Fellig who not only is always the first person after to happen to be present after someone died, he also tricked death when he looked away when he came to claim his soul during the outbreak of the Spanish flu in 1914. After both Fellig and Scully are shot by a freak accident by Scully's rookie temporary partner, Fellig asks Scully to look away when she see death approaching. She does and not only survives her abdominal gunshot wound but recovers remarkable fast according to her doctors.
In season 10 episode which once more was written by Darin Morgan, Scully approaches the episode's UNSUB on her own without backup. After Mulder admonishes her, she reminds her, that she is immortal (so she wouldn't have to fear anything bad happen to her). In season 11 episode Nothing Last Forever she not only survives a four-story fall from a waste chute, she is also already miraculously pregnant with MSR baby 2 which survives the fall as well.
==Writer Statements==
According to Darin Morgan, it was never his intention that people take his joke seriously:
However the show's creator, Chris Carter, affirmed the theory in a reddit AMA in 2014.I am Chris Carter, creator of The X-Files, Millennium, The Lone Gunmen, Harsh Realm, and The After. AMA!
===Perception outside of Fandom===
==Fanworks==
===Fanfiction=== 
*Immortal Scully tag on Archive of our Own
*Fanfic Recs: Tithonus by 201daysofxfiles
*100 years by thetwistedargent
*Fathoms Five by Penumbra (part 1 , part 2)
*Scully Everlasting by Lindsay
*Dry Bones - OctoberFicFest Day 9 by poeticsandaliens.tumblr.com
*Immortal Files - The Collector's Edition by Daniel Butter
*My finest in free verse: Scully Is A Highlander fanfiction by Paul Wartenberg (Crack fic)
===Fan Art===
*The Immortal Agent Scully Art by Monica McClain on DeviantArt
*Immortal Scully by aliens-scully
===Fan Vids===
*X-Files- For everything a Reason (Scully 'immortality', AU) by snakey973
*Knocking On Heaven's Door - Scully/Doggett (immortality) by Fearful Symmetry
==Further Reading==
*Immortality
*scully's immortality? by starbuck (ichabunni) in xfiles.livejournal.com
*How consistent is Scully's immortality? posted by ireactions in :/r/XFiles
*Unweaving the Story, Unraveling the Lie to Find the Truth by Sharon R. Yang. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 02.10.2009
==Links==
*The Immortal Agent Scully - One thing that won’t happen in the X-Files finale by JOSH DANIEL, JAN 31, 2002
*Fan Theory Solves the Greatest Mystery of the X-Files by io9
*Gillian Anderson on if Scully is immortal by Analiesa Salazar
*The X-Files: 5 Clues Scully Is Immortal by ALYSSA WAUGH, JANUARY 22, 2016
*The X-Files References a Famous Fan Theory: Is Scully Immortal? by Janey TraceyTuesday, 2 February 2016
*Is Scully Immortal On 'The X-Files'? This Theory May Be Addressed Very Soon By CAITLIN FLYNN, Feb 8 2016
*Really Internet: Is Scully From ‘The X-Files’ Actually Immortal? by Kayla Cobb, Feb 16, 2016
==References==
Category:X-Files Tropes & Genres