Sell My Soul
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| Sentinel Fanfiction | |
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| Title: | Sell My Soul |
| Author(s): | DoggyJ |
| Date(s): | |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | gen |
| Fandom: | The Sentinel |
| External Links: | online here (via Wayback Nov 30/10) |
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Sell My Soul is a Sentinel story by DoggyJ.
Reactions and Reviews
Blair needs money to pay for an operation for the daughter of a broke friend. So he sells himself into indentured servitude, and gets bought by Wiliam Ellison as a guide for a certain detective. Jim hates him at first, but eventually they get along. Blair's friend, on the other hand? Takes the money, but dumps Blair.[1]
What will Blair do to help a friend? In this story he's a guide who's done some temporary guiding, doesn't want a permanent sentinel, but sells his services for seven years so that a child can get life-saving surgery. It's a semi-sympathetic look at William Ellison, who is worried enough to buy Blair's services for Jim, and a strong Blair whose life experiences are far greater than anyone expects. There's a bitter-sweet feel to it - Blair knows there'll be no return for what he's done - but at the same time he knows how much he's valued.[2]
That was a very satisfying story, even though it's a bleak universe. I liked that it isn't just guides that are IS, but anyone with a skill worth buying. Very much like the way IS were in centuries past. I especially liked how Blair was accepted all around because they knew he was going to help Jim. And how he helped Jim even more than expected -- by challenging Jim's opinions of those around him.[3]