Sam Vimes (Discworld)
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| Character | |
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| Name: | Samuel Vimes |
| Occupation: | Governess |
| Relationships: | Lady Sybil (wife), Sam Vimes Jr. (son), the Night Watch (coworkers) |
| Fandom: | Discworld |
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Sam Vimes is the captain of the Night Watch in Discworld, a series of fantasy novels written by Terry Pratchett.
Canon
The City Watch subseries
"The City Watch" (or just "The Watch") is the unofficial name for the sub-series Beginning with Guards! Guards! and continuing on to almost another dozen books,[1] most of the series focuses on Sam Vines or features him as a prominent character.
The Watch (TV Show 2021)
A BBC TV show loosely based on the Watch novels.
Fandom
Sam Vines is one of the most popular characters in the fandom. Fanart, meta, and discussion on Tumblr tends to focus on Vimes and the Watch, or Vimes and his wife Lady Sybil. On AO3, Vimes/Vetinari slashfic is particularly popular, as well as Vimes/Sybil and genfic.
Ships
- Sam Vimes/Lady Sybil (canon)
- Sam Vimes/Lord Vetinari
Fanworks
Fanart
- Commander Samuel Vimes - Guarding the Dark by jenniferstolzer -- alt link
- And here’s the finished version of yesterday’s warm-up sketch!, Archived version by nyssadoesart, 2020 -- Sam, Sybil, dragons
- Samsybil loving zone, Archived version by albaharu
- The city watch series by sphyrne, fanart of Vimes and Vetinari based on a meme
- don't mind me I just slapped a rain filter on the vimes and it made it rly nice and moody, Archived version by higgsbison -- featuring Vimes and lilacs (important imagery to the fandom, references Nightwatch)
Fanfic
- blessed are the peacemakers, Archived version by postcardmystery -- Vimes and Ankh-Morpork
- The Last Sentence, Archived version by oneinspats -- Vimes/Vetinari, rated E
- Terms of Service (login-locked) by strawberriesandtophats -- Vimes/Vetinari future fic, the couple living together in retirement
- Death Most Unexpected, Archived version by shewhoguards -- Sybil/Vimes casefic and romantic one-shot
Meta
- I just re-read Guards! Guards! and it’s just such a joy (as Disworld books always are)., Archived version by elenirlachlagos
- Something something vimes and carrot as foils the descendant of kingslayers and the descendant of kings... by captainsupernoodle
Links and Resources
- Wikipedia:Samuel Vimes
- Samuel_Vimes on Lspace wiki
- Samuel Vimes tag on the AO3
- Samuel Vimes filter on FF.net