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Clinging to the Wheel
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Clinging to the Wheel |
| Author(s): | Dasha |
| Date(s): | |
| Length: | 45K |
| Genre(s): | gen |
| Fandom(s): | The Sentinel |
| Relationship(s): | |
| External Links: | Clinging to the Wheel |
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Clinging to the Wheel is a Sentinel story by Dasha.
Reactions and Reviews
As promised, here’s a TS gen rec for you. “Clinging” ranks as not only my favorite TS gen story, but it’s on my list of allover favorites as well. There are several premises that get trotted out frequently in TS fic (Blair and Jim as relatives, Blair having to guide Jim in adverse situations, and of course, the ever-popular Sentinel-Guide bond), and Dasha has a way of putting her own unique spin on them. The opening paragraphs, though gentle in tone, have a way of sneaking up on you and demanding you finish reading the story just to figure out exactly what’s going on...[1]
Dasha manages to capture the “Blair” characterization exactly right, though he’s not entirely Blair and not entirely someone else. He’s frustrated in all the ways Blair-as-we-know-him would be in this situation, yet his “child-ness” is totally believable.I love this story because even though their relationship is far different than what you’ll find in in slash, it still rings with the overwhelming truth that Jim and Blair are connected in some deep, cosmic way that’s absolutely unbreakable. They truly belong to one another, and Dasha does an excellent job of keeping them together, regardless of circumstance.
Things that might throw you: As a person who avoids death stories, I need to advise you that though it's labeled as such, you won't walk away from it in a deep funk. As the author says - "Death story . . . but as usual, nobody is actually dead at the end of it.” [2]