Reccing

The Lazurus Gap. Post-S2, and it's unlike anything I've ever read for an AU/future fic in Smallville. Really, really fantastic. I also recommend any Sentinel readers to hie themselves to 852 Prospect to read her AUs, too...

Bought Gran's birthday pressie, a rather gorgeous bowl and plate, then had to contend with the whims of the post office. I knew my one was shut today, so I went to the one nearest after that. But they didn't have A4 padded envelopes for the comics I was sending, let alone boxes. Went to Pangbourne. Silly me thought 'They're a dedicated post office, surely they'll have boxes.' Padded envelopes yes. Box ended up being an Evian box cribbed from the wine sellers two doors down. Okay, so you're not the Reading one. But it does not take much effort or space to stock fold-up cardboard boxes. And I'm sure the Purley one does.

Sentinel

Oh my. Pretty episode. We had Chopec Indians (Jim's old tribe in Peru) coming to get justice against an oil company that was encroaching on Chopec land, killing people and polluting. Jim loses his senses. Blair gets pouty because this would mean no excuse to ride along, confessing that he's got material enough for ten dissertations, he just doesn't want to lose Jim. Then adding the adrenaline rush from policing. :g: Jim going round loft in a towel, Blair giving appreciative glances...

Oh, and Jim getting chewed out by Incacha, the Chopec shaman, Incacha passing on the mantle of shaman to Blair. Then we had the fantastic scene of Jim going ballistic - and I mean losing it big time, yelling and crying when the morgue came for Incacha's body - screaming about rituals and defilement and no photos. Day-umn. With Blair yelling back, trying to calm him down as Jim went hysterical, then taking control of the situation. Wow. Just. Wow.

Blair also looks rather bouncy when he realised he's been gifted with shaman role.

Plus we got Jim pointing out that Bliar would hump a tableleg. Also? I'm damn sure Jim's old friend reckoned that when Blair said 'my partner's a police detective' he meant boyfriend. As well as Incacha's inability to stop grinning when looking at Blair and Jim. The man bloody well blessed their whatsit as Guide and Sentinel. It's a happy place I'm inhabiting...