I was spoiled for the fountain scene from vids and fic too, but I was really pleased with the way it came off--Jim is SO EMOTIONAL. It's amazing! I mean, normally, you're building up and building up this semi-fake slash relationship, and then when one of them is canonically in danger you expect the other to FREAK OUT, and you're always disappointed because they don't freak out quite as desperately as you expected them too--but here, Jim/RB so brought it. It was great.

I agree that it is significant that Blair doesn't go for Alex, because that's what you're expecting him to do: I mean, she's a girl, she's beautiful, he's a flirt, and she's a Sentinel, for God's sake! He idolizes Sentinels! I get the feeling that Blair liked helping Alex and wanted to like her as a person, but--there just something about her--he never got there. He expressed surprise and disbelief when Jim said she was a criminal, but it didn't really take very much for him to be won over completely to the "Alex is the enemy" camp.

Does GM think anyone could guide Jim? I think Blair's definitely a destined Guide--I mean, there's all that shaman mysticism in this episode and Warriors and maybe some others, and there's got to be a reason both Jim and Alex were drawn to him.