Being a hard-core "noromo" (parlance for "no romancer," someone who believes the show's UST, or unresolved sexual tension, is the key to its vitality), I have also flamed "shippers" ("relationshippers," those who want Mulder and Scully to get it on in the film) with now embarrassing vituperations, such as, "Why don't you just go get the lame job you're destined for at the state budget office?"
1998 July 2, JLangly, “Shippers have SAVED The X-Files!!!”, in alt.tv.x-files[1] (Usenet):
These are the hardcore noromos, the ones who become uncomfortable the minute we see any exposition and elaboration of the Mulder/Scully relationship, whether it be a simple demonstration of trust or an almost-kiss that both parties fully intended to complete.
2002, Tom Kessenich, EXaminations: An Unauthorized Look at Seasons 6-9 of The X-Files, Featuring the Reviews of Unbound I, Trafford Publishing (2002), →ISBN, page 5:
There had always been a separation between the noromos and the shippers, but at the start of the eighth season, another significant division was born.
2002, Martha Nochimson, Screen Couple Chemistry: The Power of 2, University of Texas Press (2002), →ISBN, page 355:
Equally indicative of the urgency of the intimacy of Scully and Mulder to the series is the battle between two categories of X-Files fans on-line, those called "shippers," who are interested in seeing an overt development of Scully and Mulder's relationship, and those called "noromos," who insist, against all evidence to the contrary, that Scully and Mulder are "just good friends."
Once it became generally accepted that Mulder and Scully were romantically involved off screen, the noromos stopped watching in disgust, while the shippers lamented not being allowed to witness the transition in the relationship.
