#Jim Ellison

[vielmouse]

Sentinel Vid - The Great Beyond

New Sentinel vid, premiered at Escapade 34.5! Jim conquers his fears and embraces the spiritual, to Blair's delight. Edited in Capcut. Set to Feeder by Iris.

[sentinelmania]

Rare pics... :-)

[chrissykp]

[egsparks]

I find it kind of funny but at the same time extremely amazing how the fan-fiction trope “Sentinels & Guides” is SO popular and spans on so many different fandoms. Yet I’m pretty sure only 5% (or even less) of the people have seen the TV show The Sentinel (1996) from which it’s originated.

[outcider]

852 Prospect Loft Kitchen in isometric drawing

I am working on doing the entire loft in layers (kitchen, kitchen plus eating area and Blair's room, then Jim's room plus living room, then patio+view inside) But, the first layer is done!

[miniimaelstrom]

So I'm re-watching The Sentinel, to catch myself up to speed before the monthly episode watch party that @snycock posts about, folded into the weekly TS chats. And oh wow I forgot how hard the show runners tried!

I definitely did not forgot the lovely "undertones" of slashy connection between Jim and Blair (never - that pair's utter devotion to one another is why I got into The Sentinel). But I did forget just how hard they tried to force female love interests - very nearly a new one in literally every episode. The only returning face worth noting returns once, and spends that second episode lying by omission about having a boyfriend (who turns out to be the Big Bad of the ep anyway, oops), if that sets the stage for this at all.

Like, wow guys, the more you fight the fans on this, the more obvious you're making the Jim/Blair. They never connect in a meaningful way, ever with their female love interests! It's a revolving door of (mostly) uninteresting ladies! So far I'm halfway through the whole series, and arguably the only ones that make any kind of sense are the ex-wife (she and Jim have a feeling of History, and they play off one another like one might expect of amicable ex-spouses), and Maya (said two-episode returnee who (unknowingly) hooks up with the villain - so much for those "feelings" for Blair, right?).

That leaves a Mark in Jim and Blair's characterization that Can't Be Ignored. The producers and writers tried so hard to No Homo that they circled right back around, only without allowing the clearly-devoted duo to just kiss already, you literally live together! Come on!

[darkangel1791]

The Sentinel fanvid

This will give you a better peek at what kind of show The Sentinel is than anything I could ever write.

[ladykardasi]

My Blorbos...

[wipbigbang]

Round 2 Of Artists Claims For The Regular WIPBB Are Open! Round 2 lasts until July 31st! You may claim 3 fics this round!

This is one of the fics open for claiming...

The Sentinel (TV 1996) #142 Title: Death Loop Pairing/Characters: Jim Ellison & Blair Sandburg Rating: Mature | M Warnings/Tags: Graphic Violence Temporary Character Death Summary: Blair is trapped in a death loop. Every day, he wakes up, and the refrigerator is broken, and he is killed at some point in the day, resetting it again and again. But this is not from his perspective; it's from Jim's.

The list of remaining fics and the link to sign up are below!

[rayhyael]

Very happy birthday Richard (Jim Ellison).

[vielmouse]

1930's Jim and Blair. So sharp!

[sentinelmania]

Emily Brunson's Sentinel stories

She was very influential in fandom with her stories

[oldfangirl81]

Going with a 28 year old TV series that was one of the first fandoms I can remember reading fic for (852 Prospect was everything but the fics still exist on AO3). I shipped Jim and Blair since the first episode.

[chrissykp]

Blair: If I died, how much would you miss me?

Jim: It’s cute how you think death can get you out of this relationship.

[saffronhouse]

SEF is podficcing my Lovecraftian Sentinel/Stargate SG-1 story Lovely,  and the first hour is up now! Perfect for your Halloween barreling right on into Christmas listening pleasure, complete with this fantastic cover art. I couldn't be more thrilled!

Daniel Jackson goes looking for some peace and quiet in Cascade Washington, the most dangerous city in America. Now with the Mitch Miller Gang's Christmas sing-along and Jim Ellison's exasperated sighs!!

[gargoyleandgremlinpress]

The Dragon by Mairead Triste and Aristide

My final book of Fanfic Writers' Appreciation Day! The Dragon by @the-cimmerians is a casefic horror slashfic (the m/m kind... but really, a bit of both) circa 1999, for the TV show The Sentinel, the origin of the Sentinel/Guide trope in fanfic.

In the late nineties, Sentinel was one of the ubiquitous slash fandoms, up there with due South, X-Files, and Highlander. I fully admit I have only ever seen the pilot and some fanvids, but I absorbed SO much canon and fanon from fic over the years.

At one point, I swear I had a printed, coil bound copy of The Dragon (like the one at the end of this post about Ghosts by Torch) so of course it needed to make its way onto my to-bind list. Gay pining, eventually requited! A serial killer! Folklore monsters!

This was a fun one to play around with some of the visual elements. Black and red and silver for the cover, and I am not sad that the edges got a bit drippy with the splattering. The endpapers are red lokta paper and I went through some contortions with trimming to keep the raw edges on the paper, for the VIBES. The batwing motif fits in with the folklore, and the handprints fit a very specific scene in the story. (THAT one. The under the bed one.) Plus, teeth.

I'm pretty happy overall with how it all came together, and fit with the overall mood and themes of the fic, and with being able to share some older fic and fandoms.

Happy FFWAD, Aristide!