I smell of dust, old books and bluebells. Police Academy, 13 and three-quarters. : comments.
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With the "solution" canon provided I would think that no, he wouldn't really long to go to the academy, but he might try to do it for the sake of getting a permanent partnership with Jim. But then, canon didn't really require him to take the full academy curses. *g*
You know, I *do* know that in reality there wouldn't be a chance in hell that the canon-provided solution would work. Perfectly clear to me. But I simply take it as canon that the "solution" - complete firearms training and come on board in Cascade City and in the TS-reality *would* work. *ggg*
Somehow saying "it's unreal, it would never work this way" strikes me as saying "Harry Potter would never be able to work magic. There is no magic in real life, it's unreal". I'm not talking specifically of you, Gilly. :-) More in the general.
In Harry Potter's universe, there *is* magic, period. It's canon for Harry Potter.
For TS I take the viewpoint of "In the city of Cascade, in the TS-reality, there *is* a possibility, a perfectly fine procedure, that allows Simon's suggestion to work." The man isn't captain for nothing, he would have made sure of that before he made promises. :-)
And we shouldn't forget, Simon never said, Blair had to become a "cop". All he said was, that Jim was looking for a permanent partner after Blair had the necessary firearms training completed.
The conclusion that he would *have* to become a cop most likely comes from the badge that was thrown at Blair, which looks like a detective's badge. But what this badge really means, whether it was meant as a symbol, whether it was a badge meant for a special position... *shrugs* I guess we can interpret this every way we want. :-)
And politely disagree? *g* Man, Gilly you can disagree with me in any shape and form at any time and as much as you want. ;-) Imagine how boring it would be if nobody would ever disagree with anybody. ;-)
PatK
:-)
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I really don't like Blair as a cop and few stories in which he is attract me; they're very - to the point of virtual non-existence - rare in my favourites file.
I'm all for Blair as Jim's permanent partner, but I prefer that to be in a voluntary capacity, rather than an official one - it's something they choose to do, together. But cop Blair is, to me, a cop out - it's so boring and un-imaginative! There are many, many more roads their partnership could take. I mean, why must Jim stay a cop? there seems to be a prevailing view that this is somehow, Jim's 'path' - but he was in the army before he was in the police; there must be many more roads Jim can follow, too. When they're both cops, what have you got? The groovy, streetwise cop and his clightly more up-tight partner? That's Starsky and Hutch, isn't it? It lacks imagination, imo.
I tend to prefer stories that emphasise Blair's supernatural role - Shaman Blair, if you like. I think, if the show had been prepared to go this route it could have gone on a lot longer - it gives Blair a reason to still be there beyond the diss, makes them more equal partners and just adds spice, t=rather than taking it out.
Most of all, I like academic Blair - it seems to me, the only times we see real passion from Blair is when he's talking about his work and as a former academic, I can understand that. i still get a massive thrill when someone is talking about my field and start seriously regretting I ever left. There's no reason Blair can't still get his doctorate, then link up with Jim in some capacity that doesn't involve guns, kevlar and short hair. (o: