Brain Drain by Shedoc (R)

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Fandom: SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Author Website: Story found at 852 Prospect
Why this must be read:

William Ellison is a difficult character in TS, because by all rights, he massively screwed up both his kids with his unbending notions of what "normal" means and how to turn boys into men. At the same time, he raised two boys on his own and kept an album of every important moment in Jim's life. Shedoc shows how sometimes it's easier to be a father to kids who aren't your own in a story where Blair is badly injured while Jim is deep under cover, and the person who steps up to the plate is the man least likely.

Brain Drain

Comments

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

And once again, you pick an old favourite ::G::

I love this one - especially love Pa Ellison's metamorphosis, and the way he's portrayed as a human being capable of compassion and warmth, rather than the cold hearted bastard beloved of so much fic. I always saw William as a sad and lonely, essentially decent man who knows he made mistakes and is trying to put things right with his sons, and that's the William of this story.

Love it. (o:

[gardendoor.livejournal.com]

I'm with you; William feels to me like a lot of grandparents: someone who screwed up their own kids because they took it too personally, had too much at stake, but become surprisingly tender, playful and wise with their grandchildren because the pressure is off. I just love watching him evolve in this story.