Shades of Black
| Sentinel Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Shades of Black |
| Author(s): | D.L. Witherspoon |
| Date(s): | 03-22-98 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | gen |
| Fandom: | The Sentinel |
| External Links: | http://tvlit101.skeeter63.org/shades1.htm |
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Shades of Black is a Sentinel story by D.L. Witherspoon.
Reactions and Reviews
D.L Witherspoon is, without a doubt, one of the best writers the Sentinel fandom has ever produced. She writes with a flare and a skill that is hard pressed to beat, be it slash or het. The characterization in the fics she's produced is always spot on. No matter what situation she puts them in, be it show canon or an alternate universe, you will *always* recognize Jim and Blair. Be it involvement in some secretive scientific organization or a world where Jim is a convict and Blair a lawyer...they still retain within them, the characteristics and idealistics that make them the Jim and Blair we loved and adored on the show.Shades of Black is just such a story.
It is the staging story of a very unique alternate universe in which D.L. shows her flare for taking the world we see on the show and giving it just a little twist to launch us off in a surreal reality that is both Jim and Blair's world and yet...not. In this particular case, Jim and Blair come home to find a man waiting in the loft. The mysterious Adam and Blair discovers that the Jim Ellison he knows, is but a very small part of the man. Jim, as it turns out, is involved with something known as 'The Family'. Blair's first thought, one shared by the reader, is the mafia. He's not exactly wrong either...
The Family, as it turns out are...not the mob. But...not what you'd expect either.
The story does reference other AUs of D.L's but nothing more than in passing. Shades of Black launches an alternate universe that is absolutely engrossing and plays hell with your perceptions in a wonderful way that leaves you waiting impatiently for the next story. Which is, afterall, the trademark of a good story and Shades of Black is that in spades)
D.L. rates this story as TV-M for language. I'd put it at a strong R.[1]