Dearest f-list! Do any beloved friends of mine who fangirl The Sentinel know of a crossover fic (gen, I think) with Riptide?

I believe (although I may have imagined it, I'm good like that) I once read the beginning of a fic in which Nick returned from somewhere (Reserves? I'm not sure?) sick as a dog, and it turned out he was hypersensitive to everything - sound, light, touch.

Anyway, Cody remembered a guy in Vietnam who had had something similar happen to him and departed, yelling, I believe, for Murray, and if I did indeed read this, that's as far as I got.

Presumably, next would have introduced Blair and/or Jim.

Does this ring any bells with anyone...?

*hugs* all!

I just found this cute, hot and delightful Jim/Blair ficlet (well, drabble) from romankate, and it's so pretty I suggest y'all pop on over for a look! (It's PG, btw)

And, like I said, writers_choice rocks. First of all, it was the very first comm I wrote a ficlet for, and in fact the very first weekly challenge I responded to in any comm, so I've always held it in affection.

Second of all, it's a great place to find delightful, tasty short fic (just like romankate's Show-Off).

And third, and the main reason I'm here rabbiting on about it, is that I post there any time I have anything for one of it's prompts and.... *fanfare*... For 2008, I'm 10th in their top ten contributors; and Riptide's 10th in their top ten fandoms! WHOO!

But I had to, because I had to share these hilarious Sentinel fics I have just found, courtesy of my darling janedavitt .

Anyway, Jane wrote a very funny tongue in cheek fic called Fanfic Thanksgiving, and it's lovely. Make sure you go read it! She rocks a lot!

She wrote it to join in the fun started by the Fanfic Hospital series.

Anyhow, I just read the original, Fanfic Hospital itself. And seriously, it's a must read. 500 words, pre-slash, and the funniest thing I've seen for a long time.

And oddmonster: it's giving me ideas. I know you're not a Sentinel fan, but get over there and read it anyhow, please! *smooch*

 Well, until last night I firmly believed that Riptide was the slashiest show (canonically) that would ever be made.  It seems I was wrong.

I have watched my first episode of The Sentinel (It was Season 2, episode 1) and the slash is, if anything, even more obvious.  I couldn't believe it.

I was sitting there with my mouth open, just WAITING for Jim and Blair to kiss in the kitchen.

Of course, this may be partly because I have started to watch the show because of reading the slash.... That might be symptomatic of some kind of problem, huh?  I wonder if people have done any studies on whether slash (or gen I suppose) fan fiction actually increases show ratings?

LOL! Off to watch more.... or maybe to write more Riptide.... decisions, decisions!

I feel I would like to become a fan of this show... We don't have it on TV here *snarl*

Considering purchasing it on dvd... I keep liking what I read here about it *grin*

DVDs are probably not available here either... hmmm... HATE waiting for Amazon *grrr* *checks mailbox again* for still-not-here Riptide

Still waiting for Season 5 NCIS to start here too... I have NO eyecandy on TV at the moment, it is very sad!

*Update - went to DVD Warehouse at lunchtime, and sure enough, no Sentinel.  (No Riptide either, but I knew that *sigh*)  HOWEVER, I am now the proud owner of The Hardy Boys Season 2! Including my all-time fave h/c ep Sole Survivor! *bounces*  And they had a special going so i also got 'Allo 'Allo, series 1 and 2. 

So I am feeling smiley :) Even tho Shaun Cassidy is not really the eye-candy I was looking for there, he'll do. Never really got the Parker Stevenson thing.