Comments | vermin_disciple: FIC: Tin Star, LoM, Gen

vermin_disciple

FIC: Tin Star, LoM, Gen

Feb 16, 2009 00:22

Title: Tin Star
Fandom: Life on Mars
Characters: Gene Hunt
Rating: PG-13 for violence
Word Count: 2050
Spoilers: None, but revolves around information given in S01E04.
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Notes: Many thanks to templeremus and lozenger8 for beta-reading.
Summary: c. 1949. Harry Althwaite is dead. Gene reacts badly.

( Gene didn’t believe in fate, and had never heard of karma. He believed that coincidences, no matter how eerie, were just that: coincidence. )

!my fic: life on mars, !my fic

Comments 10

moirin_keeline February 16 2009, 10:50:16 UTC

I just realised how MUCH the older Gene needed Sam to take on the corruption, take on the wrong doing.
This young Gene was alone in his fight and nearly lost his live.
Sam was alone in his fight and a young woman lost her life.
But now.. Now Gene has Sam, he isn’t alone anymore and now they can take the corruption on. Together. I love it. Thank you. :-)

vermin_disciple February 17 2009, 07:07:18 UTC

Thank you! Sam and Gene are definitely better as a unit, I think. *g*

jean_geanie February 16 2009, 10:57:22 UTC

I love the way you've written Gene here, this is very dark but sadly realistic. I loved it.

vermin_disciple February 17 2009, 07:07:54 UTC

Thank you!

lozenger8 February 16 2009, 11:03:06 UTC

You already know I think this is ace. I love backstory for Gene, and this is all too believable.

vermin_disciple February 17 2009, 07:10:13 UTC

Thank you, again! :D I also love seeing Gene's backstory explored. Though that's probably obvious. *g*

severinne February 16 2009, 15:50:09 UTC

I really enjoy stories that take a closer look at Gene's history and this easily ranks among the best I've read. Your Gene is the sort of idealistic man we recognize but not as heavily resigned as he will be later on, and that makes this a really dark, distressing read (and I mean that in the best way possible). I also love how Harry has a distinct personality for the fleeting glimpses we get of him, with that telling gesture of passing on his hipflask and everything that comes with it.

Simply brilliant writing. Thank you :)

vermin_disciple February 17 2009, 07:20:50 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)

Characterizing Harry was actually what led to this fic being written- I had an idea to write a scene from Harry's POV, and the bit with the hipflask is cribbed from that. I couldn't get the rest of it to work, but the idea for this evolved from it, and I like this better anyway. *g*

saintvic February 17 2009, 22:49:25 UTC

Thank you for this I thought it was really excellent. I thought this was a very realistic look at a young Gene and it shows very clearly how he could progress and change to be the man we saw in the show. I thought the sense of creeping weariness and resignation worked very well. Thank you again.

vermin_disciple February 18 2009, 01:37:32 UTC

Thank you! *g*