A Pardon After Execution
| Bodie/Doyle Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | A Pardon After Execution |
| Author(s): | Pam Rose |
| Date(s): | archived online in October 2004 |
| Length: | 119K |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | The Professionals |
| External Links: | online at the Circuit Archive; online at AO3 |
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A Pardon After Execution is a Professionals slash Bodie/Doyle story by Pam Rose. It was originally a circuit story.
Summaries
In 2000, two fans Cassie Ingaben and Dagger compiled an index of many of the circuit stories. They also wrote brief summaries[dead link]:
- Dagger: Parker managed to escape initial capture and plots revenge against Doyle. Bodie also gets caught in the plot and Parker's actions cause a rift between Bodie and Doyle. (The Ojuka Situation)
Reactions and Reviews
1990
This gripping story has some scenes of violence; I found them rough but not gratuitous. The story deals with a budding relationship, and rape. One partner is severely abused while the other is forced to watch, untouched. The implications of this series of events ripple into the ensuing interactions between the two. A very realistic description of the aftermath of rape victimization, not only on the victim/survivor but on a significant other. [1]
1991
Some people I've talked to found PARDON AFTER EXECUTION too "violent." I think that the rape scenes could have been toned down a bit (skilled understatement of violence usually works SO much better) — but the revelations and the encounters between the two characters were chilling. [2]
2010
Set post-Ojuka Situation, this story has Parker, while waiting to escape the country, taking vengeance on Doyle for having got the best of him during the events of the episode. Using a girl to lure Doyle--and, incidentally, Bodie--to a remote country location, Parker plays out The Game on Doyle.I enjoy this kind of story where one of them is hurt physically while the other suffers emotionally. They're both in pain and need each other equally, particularly as they're already occasional lovers when the story begins. The events effect a deepening of their emotional bond, progressing their relationship a further step.
The characterisation of Doyle is a weak point for me--he's far wimpier than I can believe in--but the combination of absorbing action and the relationship set-up works for me very well. I like the mid-relationship focus with the trauma acting as a catalyst.
The story also features a nicely done Cowley. We don't see much of him, but he's all Cowley when he's on the page. [3]
References
- ^ comments in Short Circuit #2 (July 1990)
- ^ from a fan in Short Circuit #4 (January 1991)
- ^ 2010 comments by istia, prosrecs, Archived version