D'you mean at the end of Rogue? (*tries to think of another possibility but fails*) Cos if so, then I'd argue the same as for FF above - I don't think Doyle was in any danger of being killed by Martin at the end, Martin had disabled him and could make his escape. Bodie wasn't leaping in to save Doyle's life, but to stop Martin escaping... Doyle actually tries to save Bodie's life, when Martin overcomes Bodie as well, but before he can make the decisive shot (whether he would have is debatable, obviously!) it's taken out of his hands. (That's why I don't count that one as Doyle saving Bodie either - plus again Bodie's already out of the picture, he's really doing it to stop Martin escaping...) So no coals for me here!
Totally agree with you about the way they guard each other's back though - there's so many times it happens just in the course of their job, almost accidentally because they happen to be doing the job at the same time, that it's really impossible to count...!
My original point in starting the count was to demonstrate that as much as fanfic focuses on Bodie saving Doyle (and I do it myself, it's such a lovely thing!) it's not actually canon that Doyle is the only one, or even most of the time, to need saving! As you say, they really are equal in matters like that, so when a story gets too carried away with the pathetic-ness of Doyle in needing to be saved, and the strength of Bodie in always being able to do so, then I start to have doubts about the characterisation...
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Totally agree with you about the way they guard each other's back though - there's so many times it happens just in the course of their job, almost accidentally because they happen to be doing the job at the same time, that it's really impossible to count...!
My original point in starting the count was to demonstrate that as much as fanfic focuses on Bodie saving Doyle (and I do it myself, it's such a lovely thing!) it's not actually canon that Doyle is the only one, or even most of the time, to need saving! As you say, they really are equal in matters like that, so when a story gets too carried away with the pathetic-ness of Doyle in needing to be saved, and the strength of Bodie in always being able to do so, then I start to have doubts about the characterisation...