Fic - Sword of Damocles (LoM)

[fiandyfic]

TITLE: Sword of Damocles
AUTHOR: Andromeda
FANDOM: Life on Mars
SUMMARY: Five ways in which Sam Tyler didn’t die (in the series), and one which he did - Spoilers for both series
RATING: Red Cortina for Character Death (That's with a capital "C" and capital "D" - I did warn you...)
WORD COUNT: 1,200 words
EMAIL: fiandyfic@livejournal.com
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Comments

[mamishka]

Ummmm, I think what you meant to say is "Five ways in which Sam Tyler dies, and one which he didn't."? Or just "Five ways in which Sam Tyler dies, and one in which he's already dead."? Somehow" Five ways in which Sam Tyler didn’t die, and one which he did" gives one the impression that only one of the stories is going to end in death, so yeah, you did warn us, but it isn't quite sufficient warning really. ;)

That said, powerful stuff, and all reasonable if certain things just happened to go a little differently. Dang, I could go on and on with this theme really. So many times when Sam nearly bit it. ;)

[dracothelizard]

I had the same thought, but it is technically correct. The first five stories are about ways Sam didn't die on the show, and the last one is the way he did die on the show. I expect Andy phrased it this way because she's a bit cruel.

[mamishka]

Doh, you're totally right - I was just parsing it wrong. But I bet I'm not the only one to do so. >;) Fortunately I don't mind death fics, though this was a bit more than I was expecting. *sniff*

[fiandyfic]

Me? Cruel? Never!

(Actually, I'm so used to people flinching when they see "fiandyfic", I completely forgot that the name isn't so much currency now!!)

[lozenger8]

The last line echoes my main objection from the beginning, really; what had Sam promised Ruth?

I liked this. The scary thing is that I could have thought of a couple more ways in which Sam almost died in the show, so it's not like you were lacking source material. I especially enjoyed the different people's perspectives on each death.

[fiandyfic]

Oh, I was definitely spoiled for choice with the different scenarios. I didn't even mention him mis-stepping off the top of the police station at the end of 1.01, not persuading the Hungarians to let him have a ciggie near the end of 2.01...

Not sure your gist of your first comment - are you talking about the fic or the series? If the former, then I do remember that I based that comment on something, but I can't remember what at the moment (that bit was written in about June 2007) - I shall have to dig it out and let you know!

[lozenger8]

Getting shot instead of June in 1.02. Getting shot in 1.03. There's the iron in 2.06 as well, of course (that would have been an incredibly grisly one.) Kind of makes me wonder why I was surprised Sam didn't survive the series, to be honest.

And my comment was about the series, yes, not the fic. I whinged a little bit about Ruth not giving her consent to Sam's actions because she had no idea what he had planned, and that 'you always keep your promises' wasn't her condoning what he was about to do; what had Sam promised Ruth?

[jean_geanie]

Wow. I'm torn between awe and horror at the moment (though it's most likely a mixture of both) nice work :D

[fiandyfic]

Thank you!

[kate_swynford]

Very chilling and powerful. But the summary is a little bit misleading. Or did you mean the five times Sam didn't die because it was all a dream/coma-induced hallucination anyway?

[fiandyfic]

(Summary changed - apologies for being misleading!)

And thanks for reading!

[bistokids]

Wonderful. Like Loz says, you had a whole lot of source material to choose from, and the choices you made and the way you adapted them were beautifully deft.

(I'm a little ashamed to say the third one made me giggle. Clearly my anti-heartlessness drugs haven't kicked in yet!)

And oh YES the last part brings it all flooding back.

It's a joy to see fic from you again. I swear I got a little frisson when I saw this pop up. :D

[fiandyfic]

Thanks chuck!

It's been far too long since I posted anything up, I know. I've been shamelessly neglecting the fandom!

(And yes, 3 made me giggle in particular as well!!!)