FIC: Dining on Pluto

[vermin_disciple]

Fandom Life on Mars
Characters: Sam Tyler, Gene Hunt
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1060
Summary: In which we discuss the significance of the pomegranate, much to Gene's chagrin.
Notes: This plotless ficlet brought to you by the 1973flashfic Food Challenge, and my continued infatuation with all things Classics. Set at some vague point in time prior to the series

Comments

[thesmallhobbit]

I do like Gene's take on Persephone. Despite all the bluster he really does understand how people work and in Sam's case better than he does himself. Great food fic.

[vermin_disciple]

Oh yes, I think Gene understands people very well. And sometimes I'm not sure how well poor Sam understands himself at all.

Thank you!

[vermin_disciple]

Greek myth could use a bit more common sense, if you ask me. XD

Thank you so much! <3

[moondarri]

nicely-written. good dialogue, & i like the underlying seriousness to all the pomegranate-banter.

[vermin_disciple]

Thanks! :D

[travels_in_time]

Eeeeeee! I do love Gene's take on Persephone's story. He's got such a common-sense approach to things, and it's one of the things I love about Sam and Gene's relationship, that Gene makes Sam see things differently.

[vermin_disciple]

And that Sam makes Gene see things differently, too! I love how much give and take there is in their relationship. They both have such a noticeable effect on the other.

Thanks! Glad you liked it! :D

[severinne]

There's something really surreal about Sam eating a pomegranate in 1973 but I love how you ran with the idea, and especially that Gene seems to be the first of the two to recognize that they're not really talking about Persephone here. *g*

Great, classic Sam/Gene banter too, thank you!

[vermin_disciple]

You know, I actually started trying to research the availability of pomegranates in 1973 Manchester, before deciding that that was perhaps overkill for a 1000 word ficlet. *cough* Besides, I liked the metaphor.

Thank you! :D