I am the Kat that Walks By Itself

I've read a few MCU/Sentinel crossovers recently that gave the impression that the author had never watched an episode of The Sentinel in their life. Which is kinda sad. There's two things that attracted fans to the show: the buddy cop vibe, and the worldbuilding. Lots of fan writers took the worldbuilding and ran with it, sometimes very far away. One of the most influential worldbuilding-extensions was the "GDP" series by Susan Foster. More on that later. The Sentinel has been described as "the little black dress" of fandom, because if you just take the worldbuilding aspect of it, you can cross it over with practically anything. And it seems that people are writing crossovers based on the fanfic they've read, rather than the actual series.

So I'm going to do an introduction to the Sentinel worldbuilding, what is canon, what is fanon, and possibly what is in-between.

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settiai was requesting recs for long, plotty AU fics. So I decided to make a fic rec post here - these are mostly stories I've recced before, but not collected together specifically as "long plotty AU fics", so some of you might appreciate it as a thematic post.
( Buffy )
( Doctor Who )
( Harry Potter )
( Lois & Clark )
( The Sentinel )
( Star Wars )
( Stargate )

Gacked from jaythenerdkid:
Post, in your journal, a rec list singling out the best of your own fics. Tell people why you are especially proud of those particular fics, and of course provide links to them. Yes, that's right, this step involves self-promotion. How else are people supposed to find your fics? List as many or as few as you feel appropriate to represent your body of writing.

Also include a paragraph about the types of fics you most enjoy reading or are most interested in reading in the immediate future -- favorite tropes, pairings, fandoms, whatever. If you're particularly lazy, link to that Dear Writer post you did for whatever holiday exchange comes to mind.

Reply to other rec posts (like for example the one you are reading now) by reccing a fic of your own that might fit the original poster's tastes, or that you'd just really like them to read, because maybe they don't know they'd like it.
( my best fic )
( my fic likes )
So go ye and rec your stuff!

Title: Verity
Author: Kathryn Andersen
Universe: Sentinel/MatrixMovie
Category: Crossover
Characters: Jim Ellison, Blair Sandburg, Simon Banks, Naomi Sandburg, Neo, Trinity, Morpheus, OMC, OFC
Size: 35900w, 209K
Date: 2002-06-06
Elsewhere: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5376448/1/Verity
Summary: What have Jim's nightmares, Blair's nightmares, Alex Barnes, two creepy Feds, a terrorist gang led by a man called Morpheus, Naomi Sandburg, Blair's childhood bedtime stories, the legends of the Kombai Tree People, and a lady who bakes excellent cookies got in common? Just this -- that nothing is as it seems, and Everything You Know Is Wrong.

http://www.katspace.org/Fiction/Stories/KathrynAndersen/Verity

Title: Shadows and Flames
Author: Kathryn Andersen
Universe: Sentinel
Category: Ficathon
Characters: Jim Ellison, Blair Sandburg
Size: 1991w
Date: 2000-7-12
Elsewhere: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5376314/1/Shadows_and_Flames
Summary: After the fire, guilt and nightmare. Hurt, angst, a little comfort.

http://www.katspace.org/Fiction/Stories/KathrynAndersen/ShadowsAndFlames

Title: Puttin' on the Ritz
Author: Kathryn Andersen
Universe: Sentinel
Category: Ficathon
Characters: Jim Ellison, Blair Sandburg
Size: 1377w
Date: 2000-10-16
Elsewhere: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5376339/1/Puttin_On_The_Ritz
Summary: Jim and Blair have a clash with fashion.
Done for the Sentinel Lyric Wheel.

http://www.katspace.org/Fiction/Stories/KathrynAndersen/PuttinOnTheRitz

Title: Overheard At The Movies: Unbreakable
Author: Kathryn Andersen
Universe: Sentinel
Characters: Jim Ellison, Blair Sandburg
Size: 440w
Date: 2000-12-31
Elsewhere: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5376363/1/Overheard_At_The_Movies_Unbreakable
Summary: What Jim and Blair might have said while watching the movie "Unbreakable". Wait til you've seen the movie.

http://www.katspace.org/Fiction/Stories/KathrynAndersen/OverheardAtTheMoviesUnbreakable

Title: Making a Life
Author: Kathryn Andersen
Universe: Sentinel/Stargate SG1
Category: AU, Crossover, Ficathon
Characters: Blair Sandburg, Jim Ellison, Daniel Jackson, Jack O'Neill, Jack Kelso, Simon Banks
Size: 10080w, 57K
Date: 2001-11-2
Summary: The fallout after the press conference make Jim and Blair wonder if their life together in Cascade is over. (TSbyBS alternative ending)

http://www.katspace.org/Fiction/Stories/KathrynAndersen/MakingALife

Title: Falling
Author: Kathryn Andersen
Universe: Sentinel/Tomorrow People
Series: Talents 2
Category: Crossover
Characters: Blair Sandburg, Jim Ellison, Lisa, Adam Newman
Size: 17400w, 103K
Date: 2000-3-01
Elsewhere: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5373666/1/Falling
Summary: When Blair sees a girl vanish in golden light, he's sure he's had a Golden flashback. When he goes missing the next day, Jim is sure it happened again. They shouldn't have been so sure.

http://www.katspace.org/Fiction/Stories/KathrynAndersen/Falling

Yes, we are finally getting The Sentinel on DVD at last! Hooray!