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]

Yeah, I'm kind of surprised at the reactions to this story. I mean, it is definitely very disturbing and painful to read but that in no way negates how beautiful the story is -- and it is beautiful for all the reasons you mentioned -- and it might be my favorite thing I've read in this fandom.

[wendelah1]

Yeah, I'm kind of surprised at the reactions to this story. I mean, it is definitely very disturbing and painful to read but that in no way negates how beautiful the story is -- and it is beautiful for all the reasons you mentioned -- and it might be my favorite thing I've read in this fandom.

It is a beautifully written story, for all of the reasons mentioned; however, for me, its language and powerful story-telling in no way mitigate how painful it was to read.

For me at least, it isn't even the incest that hurts the most, it's the lies. Fox Mulder, the man who has spent his life in pursuit of the truth, is reduced to living a lie. What makes it out of character to me is that my version of Fox Mulder is a good man, a man who might lie to avoid hurting someone, but who wouldn't lie for no good reason, or to get his sister in bed.

[heartequals.livejournal.com]

a man who might lie to avoid hurting someone, but who wouldn't lie for no good reason, or to get his sister in bed.

I'm kind of starting to wonder whether or not he's lying to protect himself. I can think of good, solid reasons why not to (and why it doesn't make sense to) lie to protect the Samanthas or Scully, but that just leaves me with him.