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[olivermoss]

Paul De Meo, co-creator of The Sentinel, has passed.

I miss the days of Sentinel fandom, even though I never managed to be part of it. I think the show was over by the time I came across it.

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[olivermoss]

Yeah, fanlore exists but somehow Sentinel gets overlooked when people talk classic fandoms, or ones that had impact. Just like the show was a thing you knew about or didn't, the fandom seems somewhat forgotten.

I lived in a weird coverage gap for UPN type shows. No Sentintel, no Highlander, no Xena.

I was on mailing lists back in the day. I even gave valuable LJ codes to some fanficcers. But yeah, it's just a me thing. I never manage to be part of the crew.

[highlander_ii]

Obviously Highlander was a thing for me. XD And I hit several pretty 'obscure' shows - Sentinel, 7 Days.... probably others i can't think of right off.

I watched weird stuff too - American Gothic, rolled back around to Forever Knight long after it was over b/c a friend was into it, Brimstone, etc.

But, yeah, Sentinel gets overlooked, despite it being, i think, sort of the originator of the kind of 'soul bond' type fic stuff, iirc. (wasn't my cup of tea, but it was prevalent).

[olivermoss]

People write sentinel/guide fic these days not knowing that it's from anything. I think soul bonds predate it a bit, but a lot of forms and tropes came out of Sentinel. It was somehow massive and hidden at the same time.

[highlander_ii]

Yep.

It had, at least, 2 virtual series - regular & slash - and lord knows how many fic archives and other websites.