"A Tragedy of Error
" is a James Bond fanfic by Kation diverging from Casino Royale (2006). The fanfic focuses on Vesper Lynd, who has to come to terms with her life after nearly being killed near the end of Casino Royale (2006).
Tropes that appear in this fanfic:
- An Asskicking Christmas: The fanfic places the ending scene of Quantum of Solace between Christmas and New Year's 2006, placing Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace several months apart.
- Dead Fic: Hasn't been updated since 2014.
- Dead Guy Junior: Vesper names her son Henry for her father.
- Faking the Dead: M fakes Vesper's death because she needs Bond back working for MI6.
- The Grinch: Vesper has never really liked Christmas for years, not since the death of her father.
- Legally Dead: Vesper is a Type 4; M fakes her death and creates a new identity for her.
- My Secret Pregnancy: Taken a step further in that Vesper herself didn't realize she was pregnant until she looked in the mirror one day.
- Secret-Keeper: M is the main person who knows that Vesper is still alive, and later on who her son's father is.
- Shout-Out: To Henry James, particularly his first work, a short story that shares the fanfic's title. Vesper's deceased father was named Henry and she names her son Henry James (for James Bond) Lynd.
- Someone to Remember Him By: Vesper learns that she became pregnant with Bond's child. Technically Bond isn't dead but he won't play much of a role as his father.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Vesper Lynd, per the story's premise.
