Rerun Request: "To Carthage Then I Came" by Annakovsky

[wendelah1]

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.

Comments

[heartequals.livejournal.com]

actually i do have something to say re: the "why doesn't he (at least) tell the elder samantha?" issue. someone suggested in the last post that perhaps it was because samantha 3 was so different from the samantha he knew? i just can't see that though. it's fox mulder -- he's so bloody-minded that any samantha is samantha. the author does a great job of showing that single-bloody-mindedness as well.

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.

[wendelah1]

it's fox mulder -- he's so bloody-minded that any samantha is samantha. the author does a great job of showing that single-bloody-mindedness as well.

Which is why one is forced to wonder if on some level he must have known it would, or even wanted this to happen.

i agree that it is a bit ooc but i was not put off by the issue at all.

By not put off, I assume you mean you didn't find the story offensive. I didn't either but this story still feels like a tragedy to me.

[heartequals.livejournal.com]

In some way I guess this story merely is the examination of obsession. When the object of his life's searching becomes, very literally, the only thing in his life.