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Call Him a Dog by Lanning Cook (R)
Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Blair (implied)
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lanning
Author Website: Lanning Cook's Fiction
Why this must be read: Too often readers dismiss stories that feature original characters. Not every not-in-canon character is a Mary/Marty Sue, and often writers need to create other characters (villains, friends, co-workers) to make a story seem more realistic. So, it's always a risk to let an original character have a prominent role in a story, and an even greater risk to let that character tell the story. But Lanning pulls it off beautifully. "Call Him a Dog" is a first-person POV from a detective who's been given his chance in the Major Crimes unit - partnered with Jim Ellison (after "The Sentinel by Blair Sandburg" fiasco). Corbin doesn't know Ellison except by reputation. He sees a good cop screwed over by an outsider, and he doesn't understand why everyone's still so protective of Sandburg's reputation when the guy's no longer in the picture. Corbin captures the frustration that people not in the loop feel when dealing with the Jim/Blair phenomenon, and it's utterly believable. Plus I love the way Corbin's character comes through his point of view. His expletive-laced, colourful phraseology goes a long way in creating a fully-developed character, and that's why the story works so well even though the focus isn't exactly on the main characters we're used to seeing.
When I heard I was his new partner, I just about shit in my pants -- and I'm no slouch. He should have been glad to have me, after his last so-called partner. I got the best closure rate in Vice, and my record is clean as a whistle, unlike certain longhaired, four-eyed freaks who shall remain nameless.
But was he glad to have me? Hell, no. First day on the job, right? First fucking day, and he starts with me, before we're even out of Banks' office. I mean, Ellison looked at me like I was something his cat barfed up the whole time Banks was introducing us. Thought for a minute he wasn't going to shake my hand, but he did.
And Banks gave me a real talking-up, too -- knew my record cold and said Major Crimes was lucky to have me on board. "I think you two will make a good team. Let's try it out for a couple weeks and see how it goes," he says.
"Yes, sir," says Ellison, all ice. And no kidding, there's this little muscle in his jaw that starts twitching all over the goddamn place, like it's going to jump out of his face and do the fucking Macarena on Banks' desk, I swear to God. I should have known right there he was crazy, but I thought he was just strung out.
Read the story: Call Him A Dog, and don't forget to let the author know you enjoyed it.
Pairing: Jim/Blair (implied)
Author on LJ:
lanning Author Website: Lanning Cook's Fiction
Why this must be read: Too often readers dismiss stories that feature original characters. Not every not-in-canon character is a Mary/Marty Sue, and often writers need to create other characters (villains, friends, co-workers) to make a story seem more realistic. So, it's always a risk to let an original character have a prominent role in a story, and an even greater risk to let that character tell the story. But Lanning pulls it off beautifully. "Call Him a Dog" is a first-person POV from a detective who's been given his chance in the Major Crimes unit - partnered with Jim Ellison (after "The Sentinel by Blair Sandburg" fiasco). Corbin doesn't know Ellison except by reputation. He sees a good cop screwed over by an outsider, and he doesn't understand why everyone's still so protective of Sandburg's reputation when the guy's no longer in the picture. Corbin captures the frustration that people not in the loop feel when dealing with the Jim/Blair phenomenon, and it's utterly believable. Plus I love the way Corbin's character comes through his point of view. His expletive-laced, colourful phraseology goes a long way in creating a fully-developed character, and that's why the story works so well even though the focus isn't exactly on the main characters we're used to seeing.
When I heard I was his new partner, I just about shit in my pants -- and I'm no slouch. He should have been glad to have me, after his last so-called partner. I got the best closure rate in Vice, and my record is clean as a whistle, unlike certain longhaired, four-eyed freaks who shall remain nameless.
But was he glad to have me? Hell, no. First day on the job, right? First fucking day, and he starts with me, before we're even out of Banks' office. I mean, Ellison looked at me like I was something his cat barfed up the whole time Banks was introducing us. Thought for a minute he wasn't going to shake my hand, but he did.
And Banks gave me a real talking-up, too -- knew my record cold and said Major Crimes was lucky to have me on board. "I think you two will make a good team. Let's try it out for a couple weeks and see how it goes," he says.
"Yes, sir," says Ellison, all ice. And no kidding, there's this little muscle in his jaw that starts twitching all over the goddamn place, like it's going to jump out of his face and do the fucking Macarena on Banks' desk, I swear to God. I should have known right there he was crazy, but I thought he was just strung out.
Read the story: Call Him A Dog, and don't forget to let the author know you enjoyed it.
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