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   Never Forgive, Always Forget | A Sweeney Todd Story by SweeneyToddST

   Fandoms: Sweeney Todd - Sondheim/Wheeler, Sweeney Todd (2007), The String of Pearls - Anonymous  

   • Mature
   • Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M, Gen
   • Complete Work

   02 Mar 2024

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Sweeney Todd/Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Character(s)/Original Character(s)
   • Sweeney Todd
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Characters
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Judge Turpin (Sweeney Todd)
   • Beadle Bamford (Sweeney Todd)
   • Sweeney Todd Ensemble
   • Lucy Barker
   • Nellie Lovett
   • Tobias Ragg
   • Johanna Barker
   • Anthony Hope
   • Original Character(s)
   • Large Cast of Original Characters
   • Fanart
   • Fanart Included
   • art included
   • Illustrations
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Suicide Attempt
   • Suicide Notes
   • Suicide (mentioned)
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Alcohol Withdrawal
   • Alcoholic Sweeney Todd
   • Physical Abuse
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Panic Attacks
   • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
   • Emotional
   • Past Attempted Rape/Non-Con
   • Only in flashbacks
   • most abuse is in the flashbacks
   • original character is held captive by Judge Turpin
   • Non-Graphic Attempted Rape/Non-Con
   • Blood and Gore
   • Graphic Description of Corpses
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Trauma
   • Guilt
   • Suspicions
   • Implied Cannibalism
   • Cannibalism Puns
   • Cannibalism
   • mostly just mentioned and joked about
   • just using for the keyword
   • Angst
   • Slow Burn
   • Suspense
   • Sweeney Todd lives
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Post-Canon
   • changes made after Final Scene
   • Toby runs away and is thrown in the asylum
   • every other canon death stays the same
   • including mrs. lovett
   • Ensemble are ghosts
   • (not mental illness)
   • canon characters appear as spirits too
   • for symbolism purposes
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • Past Rape/Non-con

   Summary

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   After the events of the Final Sequence, Sweeney Todd is left to wallow in the guilt of murdering his wife. Tobias had run off instead of killing Sweeney, so now the demon barber is doomed to continue living with the agonizing guilt that eats him alive. Turning to the bottle, Sweeney now becomes haunted by the ghosts of those he killed. He plans to end it all, but little does he know of someone in need of his help. Rose just escaped Judge Turpin's estate after he had not returned the previous night. She took her chance to leave and followed where Johanna and Anthony had spoken of going before eloping: Sweeney Todd's Tonsorial Parlor on Fleet Street. She had not met him before, but he was the only person she could turn to, and if the young lovers trusted him, then so did she. Can Rose trust this man? Can Sweeney trust this woman? How will they get along? Will Rose find out his dark secret? Will Sweeney be caught and hang for his crimes? What does Rose know about his daughter, Johanna? Who is Rose? Sweeney must hide his secret and fight through his grief to find out.
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   Story and illustrations: SweeneyToddST
   Writing: kat.the.storysmith (instagram, tiktok)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   125,369

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