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Rerun Request: "To Carthage Then I Came" by Annakovsky
Thanks to all who voted in my poll re: story reruns. Although the turn-out was low, the trend seemed clear enough: the vast majority of voting members were fine with reruns. If you feel differently, now is your time to let us know. I'll leave the poll open until I figure out how to close it. Ahem.
Originally suggested by
emily_shore, we first discussed "To Carthage Then I Came" April 19, 2008. Most recently,
maybe_amanda nominated it. In her words: "It's short. It's haunting. It raises a lot of questions. It gives us very few answers."
To Carthage Then I Came
The link is to
annakovsky's journal, so leave her a comment or send her a PM, then come back and let us know what you think. As always, suggestions for next time are welcomed at the nomination post.
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i'm sorta unwilling to delve into what it means about mulder that he wouldn't tell his clone sister that she is in fact his sister but i'm fascinated and in love with the idea. i agree that it is a bit ooc but i was not put off by the issue at all.
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I really like the way Scully is "used" in this story, even though she's not actually in it ("my wife Dana" and then "my sister"). I always wondered if there was some kind of link between Scully and Samantha (in the early seasons of the show I had a whole conspiracy theory about this worked out, but it's been a while), so thought the kind of transposition Mulder does of them in his mind is interesting.
I also like the way this fic plays with a fic cliche--Mulder as this happy, suburban family man, and turns it OMG HORRIBLY WRONG. Not at all an inaccurate observation of him, I think ("He wonders if all this time, he's wanted this."), but definitely disturbing.
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I will give the author credit for her creativity, but this story is simply not to be liking and I find it very OOC for Mulder (not to mention disturbing, as I already said).
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Also, a beautiful story. Prose wise, I mean. The ending phrase just kills me--it could work very well for just canon Mulder, too.
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words. gone. not doing justice.
wow.
the last line. every line. maybe not quite 'my' mulder, but way, way too close to 'my' mulder. that's what it always is, i think, with fanfic horror. it's not that the characters are 'your' characters. but that they could be. they're so close already, if you tilt your head and hold your breath they just...line...right...up.
oh my god, this fic. *goes off to hyperventilate*
ETA:
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Plausible? I think so. I mean, in as much as there might be dozens of SamanthaClones running around out there.
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Mulder's paranoia always correlated with actual real-X-File-life threats, so we don't think of him as, well, warped. But this story--so starkly told, like a cautionary folk tale or a classic tragedy--displays the incest nightmare that for all we know is one from which he actually woke up sweating.
The conclusion eerily displaces Scully from wife to sister. She's the new Samantha, as impossible to possess as the old had been. And for all we know, or for all canon tells us, Mulder had sex just once with her too. And was punished for it.
This is a fic to visit, not to live in.
FCTIC was discussed at Fic_Talk. Not here, I don't think, though Wendy can tell us.
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(Anonymous) 2010-06-17 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)I haven't read fanfic since...ooo, I'd say 2004, or so....but this story reminded me of how great it can be (even though I am a die-hard shipper, hahaha). I can't wait to go back through the recs in this com....I'm sure I've missed some wonderful stories over the years! :-)
KT
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I'm a bit surprised at the negative reaction to this story in this community. I guess it is too difficult for many to imagine a Mulder not in love/infatuated with Scully. Or maybe it was just too disturbing. I personally love it for both of these aspects; isn't that the point of fanfiction-to explore new avenues outside of canon?
I don't know how to explain my feelings towards this story. Like certain books I've read-it's certainly not going to be one I cherish and re-read multiple times, but it has infiltrated my consciousness and will stay with me in a chilling, thought provoking way, for a long, long time.
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