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Fandom: The Sentinel (+ multiple others)
Pairings: various in later stories. Jim and Blair friendship.
Characters: Jim, Blair, Jack Kelso, relevant characters from other series, OCs
Rating: Gen to Mature
Length: 384,300 words in 19 stories
Creator Links: [archiveofourown.org profile] Dasha_mte
Theme: Series, Sentinel AUs, Crossovers/fusions, Worldbuilding

Summary: If Blair's washing out of the guide program, who's taking care of Jim?

Reccer's Notes: This series is stupendous. It's a Sentinel AU where sentinels and guides are known and (relatively) common, with specific training and accreditation for the guides. This 2007 post, where Izhilsha rhapsodizes about the series explains it much better than I can. The worldbuilding is complex and detailed where it diverges from canon, and the sentinels and guides are as varied as RL people; there's no "set" way for either of them to act and/or react; we see difficult adjustments as well as easy adjustments. The series is sweeping and expansive and totally engrossing.

The main crossover is Sentinel & Monk, but in various stories, Dasha brings in characters from Highlander, Numb3rs, due South, Bones, Psych, and Quantum Leap, but knowledge of those fandoms is not necessary. Dasha deals with the characters, not the fandom, and they can be regarded as OCs if the reader doesn't know them, learning about these guest characters as Jim and Blair do.

Stories 1-9 are the "main storyline", Jim and Blair settling into their new status as sentinel and guide and dealing with all the other sentinels and guides that they meet. (Ignore the 1/? on story #8; Dasha may have intended more, but the ending is not a cliffhanger; it feels more like a teaser/lead-in to story #9.) Stories 10-15 are "side roads" that follow separate sentinel-and-guide pairs; Jim and Blair may not be around, but they're all in the same universe.

I would expect that everyone and their sisters and brothers have already read this but if not, and if you're at all interested in The Sentinel fandom, you're in for a treat.

Content Notes: Cases with occasional canon-typical violence and injuries.

Fanwork Links: Imperfections series by Dasha at AO3.

Date: 2022-07-17 01:19 am (UTC)
princessofgeeks: Shane smiling, caption Canada's Shane Hollander (Default)
From: [personal profile] princessofgeeks
It really is an amazing achievement. I went back to it several times after learning more about some of the fandoms and enjoyed it all over again.

Date: 2022-07-19 05:02 am (UTC)
esteefee: John Sheppard pursing his lips like youve just said a naughty word (ohnoyoudint)
From: [personal profile] esteefee
oops I apologize for totally missing this excellent rec and reccing the same thing o_O. OTOH great minds think alike? This is my favorite series ever.

Date: 2022-07-19 05:53 am (UTC)
esteefee: Ronon hugging John hugely. (hug)
From: [personal profile] esteefee
pish! your notes are much more extensive and enthusiastic. :) Punk checked in and gave me a pass.

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