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

[saintvic]

I thought this was great, loves all the different scenarios and how it highlighted what could have happened to Sam, how many times he actually escaped death and how that makes his final choice that much more chilling.

Wonderfully descriptive and very moving, the last one really packs a punch (especially the last line). Thanks luv ♥

[jantalaimon]

I must admit, I was beginning to wonder if this would ever see the light of day! XD

The broken promise one breaks my heart every time. And makes me think I need a series rewatch, stat. I might even attempt the last episode...depending on whether I feel like breaking things or not. ;)

[space_oddity_75]

Ahh, this was just great! I'm feeling like doing evil things to Sam these days (blame the Ficathon) and you've just satisfied my need for a bit of Sam-whumping... to the extreme! :)

[edzel2]

Argh, so much blood... a bit sickening* tbh but very well written nonetheless (*that wasn't meant to be a criticism btw!. The last one made me sad all over again

[dakfinv]

First Mikey brings us new fic and then you? Has Christmas come early this year?

I love all of these. The descriptions are just perfect, not too vague but not overly graphic. (If saying this like "half his brains sprayed over the room" isn't considered overly graphic. To me it isn't, but then I may be a little desensitized to these sorts of things...)

I also love how they're all rooted in canon with just minor twists. Because in my favorite, #1, that could have so easily happened and I nearly expected it to the first time I watched the episode.

And I don't know if you've watched any of the US LoM (it did have its moments), but in the Vic Tyler episode, Vic does shoot Jason O'Mara Sam in the gut (multiple times, I think?) and leaves him for dead.

Anyway, I absolutely adored this. It seems like forever since such horrible things were done to Sam. I really need to get cracking on my ficathon prompt now... *watches for men in white coats*