Dawn Cunningham
"In the Line of Fire" (Sentinel/Highlander)
Reviewed by Kathryn A on 18th December 2000 (1)
It's rather confusing to have more than one Dawn C. around in a
fandom, and since I'd seen Dawn Cunningham's stuff before in
Highlander fandom, I must admit when I first joined TS fandom, I was
wondering if the two of them were the same person, since they both
referred to themselves as Dawn C. But they aren't the same person at
all! One is Cunningham, the other is (name-suppressed-at-author's-request).
I don't know how well the other Dawn knows Highlander, but Dawn
Cunningham has demonstrated in this story, with various little touches
and references, that she knows both universes well. I liked the little
connections that she kept making, like wondering if a missing body was
stolen by an identical twin like Tommy Juno. The characterisation
isn't particularly deep, but it's fine. I have a bit of a niggle with
a plot event, where Jim overhears something and is alarmed over it,
when I would have thought he would have been able to tell from the
person's tone of voice that it wasn't a panic situation.
Also, I think Jim was a little too easily convinced by Blair about
the existance of Immortals.
But the banter between Jim and Blair is fun, particularly at the very
end.
"Missing Evidence" (Sentinel/Highlander)
Reviewed by Kathryn A on 18th December 2000 (3)
It is unusual for someone to write a series of crossovers, and
then write another crossover crossing exactly the same universes, and
not have them set in the same series, but that is what this author has
done. So there I was, expecting a sequel to the previous stories, and
it turns out it wasn't. C'est la vie. No reason why the author
couldn't do that.
The point of this story was to frustrate Jim with missing dead bodies
(which was fun), and once that had gone as far as it could, the story
wound up pretty quickly. I liked the way that Richie was playing the
innocent in front of the cops, the sort of thing that would make you
want to beat up the bad guy, but since the reader knows (well, if they
are a HL fan they know) that Richie isn't a bad guy, it's simply fun.
Kinda like how Connor was treating the cops in the original movie.
It's sort of a one-joke story, but it's enjoyable on that level.
"A Sense of Immortality" (Sentinel/Highlander)
Reviewed by Kathryn A on 18th December 2000 (2)
This story is a sequel to "In The Line of Fire". This one opened
well, with a little bit of a mystery about Blair (though I must admit
I'm a bit surprised that Blair would have that much self-control...) It
seemed a bit rushed to introduce a character and then do such drastic
things to her. The plot seemed a bit contrived. But there were these
fun little bits sprinkled around, like the reaction to Amanda.
It would be nice to have a sequel.
Farscape Series
(1) "The Farscape Project" (Farscape/Highlander)
Reviewed by Kathryn A on 28th February 2002 (2)
I take my hat off to the author for managing to get Richie into the
Farscape universe without contravening Farscape canon (well, it would
have to contravene Highlander canon, since a dead Richie can't go
anywhere...) Some bits were a bit info-dump-ish and not necessarily
needed to make sense of the story, alas. (I really wish I hadn't read
certain spoiler-ridden paragraphs, because Australia, despite Farscape
being filmed here, is behind the rest of the world just as much as if
the darned show were a completely US production -- that is, we're always
a season behind). But, anyway, this served as a decent introduction to
it all, let's hope that the series continues well; it could be very
interesting.
(2) "Hope" (Farscape/Highlander/Stargate)
Reviewed by Kathryn A on 28th February 2002 (3)
This is the second in the series, and it too is a well-constructed
bridge, weaving the pieces together to set up the situation just the way
the author wants it to be. Some parts are a bit glossed over, but
forgivable. One is left in anticipation of more... as if we're waiting
for the real story to start in the next part.