The Sentinel by Blair Sandburg

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Tropes and genres
Synonym(s)Post-TSbyBS, Post-TSBS, Post-TSbBS
Related tropes/genresEpisode Tag, 5th Season
See alsoFuturefic
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"The Sentinel by Blair Sandburg" is the name of the final episode of the series, The Sentinel, in which Blair Sandburg makes a public statement regarding his thesis topic and this leads to personal and professional upheaval.[1]

This led to an avalanche of responses from fans in the form of virtual seasons, discussion, meta, vids, and lots and lots of fanfiction -- mostly fix-it. Fanworks with this focus are often labeled Post-TSBS or a variation of it.

TSBS and Post-TSBS fanworks address how these decisions would affect Blair, his partner Jim Ellison, their life and careers.

Tropes and Topics

Topics of this trope include:

  • Blair's future, or lack of one, in academia
  • the possibility of Blair becoming a cop
  • Jim revealing his abilities to redeem Blair's reputation
  • Blair and Jim's future relationship
  • Blair's relationship with his mother, Naomi Sandburg
  • sacrifice and love, grovelfic
  • haircuts

Some Fanworks

Resources

References

  1. ^ For more information about the episode you can read the transcript of it on Becky's website: elisabec. "Episode Transcripts -- Episode #65 -- The Sentinel by Blair Sandburg". Becky's Sentinel Site. Archived from the original on 2003-08-23.