The Road Series (Sentinel fanfiction)

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Sentinel Fanfiction
Title:	The Road Series
Author(s):	Fidus Amicus
Date(s):	07/26/03?
Length:
Genre:	gen
Fandom:	The Sentinel
External Links:	online here
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The Road Series is a Sentinel story by Fidus Amicus.

Parts

• The Road Not Traveled 167.3K While working on his doctorate on a small fishing island, Blair Sandburg discovers something he'd lost hope of ever finding. Rated PG-13. Story broken into 2 parts 07/26/03
• Paved With Good Intentions 304.1K Jim and Blair go back to Cascade to pursue both the Switchman and their destiny as Sentinel and Guide. Rated PG-13. Story broken into 2 parts 07/26/03
• Blind Intersection

Reactions and Reviews

[The Road Not Traveled]: Blair is working on closed societies, specifically the closed society of a tiny fishing village on a tiny island off the east coast of the United States. There he runs into a recluse who has sworn off society after failing to stop a mad bomber. But you know Blair, he never takes 'no' for an answer.

[Blind Intersection]: This is the third story in the AU series where Jim and Blair meet in a different way. Since it had been a while since the last part, I went and re-read the previous two parts before I read this one. Some things I noticed a bit more than I had before, such as that Our Heros seem to be seeing the wrong spirit guides! For example, that Blair sees a panther when Jim is in trouble, which doesn't quite seem to fit with the traditional idea of a spirit guide... Also, remember that this series uses an instant-instinct Sentinel-Guide bond and dials with numbers on them; just in case you're not into that level of fanon.

In this story, Jim and Blair get their first case... and it seems to lead them up blind alleys and dead ends. An over-protective Jim adds to Blair's frustration, but little does he know that soon he's going to have a lot more to worry about, and one over-protective Sentinel is his only hope...

This one didn't work quite so well for me as the others. On the one hand, the mystery was nicely set up, and we have a good mix of understanding and misunderstanding between Jim and Blair. However the things that happened when Blair was kidnapped were just too much, like something out of a hurt/comfort novel, not something real. I couldn't believe it. So... what do *you* think?