Lori Wright

Author at http://www.fanfiction.net/~lowri.

"Beware the Lion's Roar" (Sentinel/Highlander)

Reviewed by Kathryn A on 28th October 2001 (5)

I pounced on this story because I have good expectations of this author's crossovers, and what's more, I like stories where Alex isn't treated as a psycho-evil-bitch-monster. I was glued to the page because I wanted to find out whether Methos would succeed in reforming Alex or not. On the downside, oddly enough, I didn't feel any tension in the presence of Jim and Blair in the story -- they just spent the time running around not finding anything out -- maybe the story would have been more focused if it had been limited to the scenes from Methos's and Alex's point of view. I felt as if I was being told everything twice, what with multiple dreams about the Lion (though it was a cool dream, a little variation would have been nice). Perhaps part of the problem for me was that I just don't see Methos as a lion. Lions aren't cunning enough. Methos is a warrior, yes (and I loved how he surprised Alex) but he succeeds through cunning more than strength (like how he misled Jim with the truth). I also liked Millie, but again, I feel she was overused. I liked the way Alex see-sawed from one thing to another, so you weren't sure what the final outcome would be (except that you were, because of all the foreshadowing).

"Brackett's Experiment" (Sentinel/Others)

Reviewed by Kathryn A on 18th August 2000 (3)

Once again, this author demonstrates that she knows how to write crossovers. Both shows were balanced, well-represented and in character. It was cool how Warren kept on turning up, and how Jim didn't want to have anything to do with them. I liked how the kidnapping was for an unexpected reason. And I liked the talk that Jim and Steven had at the end.

"Prima Donnas And Secrets" (Sentinel/Highlander)

Reviewed by Kathryn A on 18th December 1999
(110K)

Jim Ellison and Blair Sandburg have to guard Claudia Jardine from an assassin - and she doesn't want to be guarded. This one is worth reading again. It actually manages to have a Highlander crossover without (a) someone new becoming immortal or (b) everyone explaining their secrets to the other parties. Not that I really mind those things happening, it's just refreshing when they don't.

Addendum: This story is also available at the Seventh Dimension archive (http://www.seventh-dimension.com/), which is where I first found it.

Black Panther Productions

(524) "Determining the Right Path (CVT-524)" (Sentinel)

Reviewed by Kathryn A on 3rd December 2000 (8)

I liked the guest-character Nyajiru in this! Not to mention the Dreams! Visions! Angst! It was an interesting take on the Sentinel-Shaman thing that the spirits come to Jim because he wouldn't listen otherwise; that's an interpretation I haven't seen, that doesn't make Blair out to be lacking or slacking. Jim is a bit too suspicious of Nya, IMHO; I wondered what bee had got in Jim's bonnet; but maybe that's because I, the reader, already knew that Nya was a good guy.

Origins

(1) "Reassignment" (Highlander)

Reviewed by Kathryn A on 17th July 2006 (1)
(58K)

Dr. Amy Zoll receives the Methos project and learns a bit about who Methos really is.

A good Watcher-centric tale, catching glimpses of "The Messenger" and the Horsemen episodes from the Watcher point of view. Ah, the assumptions that people make...