Another weird mostly-non-MSR story nominated by me. Note the warning!
Title:
To Carthage Then I Came Author:
annakovsky Rating: R
Pairings: Mulder/Samantha, Mulder/Scully, implied Scully/Doggett
WARNINGS: INCEST, more or less. SO BE AWARE.
Summary: Clones of Mulder's sister Samantha are being terminated. Mulder tries to save them.
Also on AO3:
mulder/samantha,
dsr,
r,
short,
msr
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I can totally see this happening except for the part where Mulder doesn't tell Samantha she is his sister's clone. That just doesn't ring true to me. Mulder just wouldn't do that. But having done that, I do see the rest of the story playing out pretty much as written. Except, given a choice, since when does Mulder sleep in a bed, let alone with the woman he knows is his sister? Oh well.
This was a very well-written, unforgettable story. I love it enough to just hand-wave the whole characterization of Mulder as AU. I love it so much I wish I had written it. I love the last lines:
Samantha visibly relaxes, smiles again. "Oh," she says. "I didn't know you had a sister ( ... )
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Have you read Tikkun Olam yet? It's pretty radical.
This leads me to another (completely unrelated) point: has anyone else noticed that X-files fic written now differs greatly from that written during the original run of the show? I can’t put my finger on what it is exactly, but something important and elemental has shifted.
I think I know what you mean, but this deserves more than a throw-away comment. I will ponder more about this and be back.
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I've wondered this too, and I think you're right that it was just too early for it to become a major theme. This is the only story I've read that has Mulder/Samantha as a major plot point. There are a few little flirtations with the idea in the "Iolokus" series, but that is so long that there are a few flirtations with just about everything in there!
This leads me to another (completely unrelated) point: has anyone else noticed that X-files fic written now differs greatly from that written during the original run of the show?
finisterre discussed this a bit during one of our earlier discussions ( ... )
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