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askye at 02:07pm on 06/06/2002Due to Shrift I've been sucked into reading Sentinel fic and Due South fic. I've seen 1/2 an episode of Sentinel, I think, and now I'm mentally kicking myself for not watching more. I watched Due South for awhile and then stopped for some reason, in one of my weird non tv times I think. I go through these times when I would just stop watching tv, I really, really don't watch that much. Currently I watch Buffy, Angel, CSI, Smallville and that's it, occasionally ER when I can remember. Although I'm going to start watching Farscape again and Witchblade. Which means I'm about to be sucked into Farscape fic. Right now it's taunting me on Polyamorous Recs--READ ME! Oh! and I add Hard Core Logo to Netflix, so I'm sure after I watch *that* I'll start reading HCL slash. You know I'm surprised I don't read Velvet Goldmine Slash. God, this is a slippery slope.
And it all started with Highlander, the first slash story I eve read was Highlander, I was squicked at first. Wha??? Two guys having sex, why would I want to read this? Then I found a story I liked and my attitude changed Oh! Man! This is HOT!! Gotta read more! But I don't read Highlander anymore. And I got rid of all my Highlander tapes a month or so ago, I'm sort of kicking myself but the tapes were bad quality, and really, honestly, I hadn't watched them in YEARS and they were taking up drawer space. It's bad enough I'm going to be taping Farscape because I'm not home on Friday nights and I tape Smallville and Buffy. I want to get my hands on Sentinel and Due South episodes but I lack money so that will just have to wait.
Next thing you know I'll get over my LoTR slash squick and be reading that.
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You really don't need to, to enjoy the slash. Only a few key episodes are referenced regularly in the stories, and they pop up so often you would be able to write an indepth treatise on every aspect of them just from reading the fic.
The characters hardly evolve, the plots are very, very stupid, and the few good episodes seem mediocre compared to the re-tellings you're bound to read. Also the atmosphere of the show and the vast majority of the fics is completely different, so you can't really get "the feel" for the Sentinel universe from watching the show.
But! There are lots of explotions, handsome Richard Burgi and oh yeah, Garrett Maggart (sp?) is there too. ^_~
Due South I think it's necessary to watch the show to truly enjoy the fic. It's clever and funny, well-written and acted, the characters have great depths and evolve over the series, and most fan fic writers haven't felt the need to re-invent/re-tell the key episodes. So while I'm sure you already know the basic plot of, say, Victoria's Secret, now, important nuances are probably lost to you.
(Unless that's one of the eps you've seen, of course.)