On Edge
| Sentinel Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | On Edge |
| Author(s): | Shadow |
| Date(s): | 17 March 2000 |
| Length: | 28k, 5618 words |
| Genre: | slash, AU, drama, PWP |
| Fandom: | The Sentinel |
| External Links: | On Edge at A Shadow-y Alcove On Edge at the 852 Prospect collection at AO3 |
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On Edge is a Jim/Blair story by Shadow.
Summary: "Jim plans a little surprise for Blair."[1]
Author's Notes
"This story is loosely a sequel to It's the End of the World As We Know It, published in Angelwings Press's Whispers of the Heart 2, but you don't need to have read that story to follow along here."[2]
Reactions and Reviews
Usually, a PWP is about sex and if you're lucky, even about the kind you - the reader - like.If you're not so lucky, you might end up with a PWP that leaves you stone cold and bored - in the best case. In the worst case it might squick you, probably makes you angry because of the "character abuse" or the sickeningly sweetness dripping out of it. Either way, you won't like it, let alone "believe" it, and you won't see Jim/Blair at all.
This story is one of my favorite PWPs because, behind the "Blair gets turned on by something Jim does"-scenario, it's about so much more then simply sex without plainly "telling" us what to think.
It's a great mix, managing to combine hot images, a humorous touch and a naturally flowing "voice", power-play (emphasis on play) and a feeling of gentle caring, all without twisting the characters into something unrecognizable. I saw Jim and Blair, not two characters *named* Jim and Blair.
It left a very satisfying "yes, I can see this" feeling with me. I simply loved the unexpected twist on the end because it tells the *real* story beyond the PWP, leading it from "only sex-scene" to "like this is their relationship".[3]
References
- ^ Story info at 852 Prospect, Title Search: O. (Accessed 24 September 2016.)
- ^ Author's note for "On Edge" at 852 Prospect, imported to AO3.
- ^ patk at Crack Van. On Edge by Shadow (NC-17), posted 14 March 2004.