heavypetting ([personal profile] heavypetting) wrote in [community profile] bakerstreet2021-07-03 04:42 pm

Need a little guidance


 
Sentinels and Guides are Known: 
A Sentinel!AU Shipping Meme

 

There are special people in the world: Sentinels--whose five senses are incredibly enhanced, sometimes to the point of overwhelming and who can easily lose themselves in fugue states--and Guides, the empaths with the ability to ground a Sentinel and focus them. Meant to be the protectors of the Guides, for every Sentinel there exists a guide that is their perfect match. In some universes, when matches are made, a Sentinel and Guide form a soulbond to fill the feeling of emptiness.

How easy was it for you to find yours? How are Sentinels and Guides treated in your universe? Or maybe you're one of the normal, unremarkable people. Do you fear Sentinels and Guides? Despise them?

 

Rules
1) Post with your character/canon in the subject header.
2a) Choose whether your character is a Sentinel or a Guide
or
2b) If you don't know or don't care, just leave it blank!
3) Information about Sentinels and Guides can be found here and here. Information on 'The Sentinel' which this meme comes from can be found here.
 
4) All the tagging! Have fun 8D

Prompts
oo1. The Meeting
How did you meet? Was it at an event organized specifically for finding your other half? By accident? Did you follow a mystical calling to them? Some other way?

oo2. The Bonding
Do Sentinels and Guides in your universe soulbond? How does it go down? Is there a ceremony or do you just retreat to the bedroom?

oo3. Rejection
Sometimes Sentinels or Guides propose a match but it's just not perfect. You don't feel the pull or maybe you think there is someone better or maybe you're already claimed. Maybe you were claimed and someone better came along?

oo4. Protection
Sentinels are meant to protect Guides, any Guides, but it's even worse when they feel their Guide is in danger. They go feral; blind to anything but stopping and killing whoever threatened their Guide or the bond. Maybe someone attacked your Guide or you haven't bonded yet and you feel threatened or maybe you're the one doing the threatening. Whatever the reason, Sentinels in a feral state are dangerous and only their Guides can stop them.

oo5. Lost
Sentinels often lose themselves in their senses. Either you're a Sentinel who has lost themselves or a Guide that has stumbled on one or a friend trying to draw them out. Unbonded Sentinels will find it hard to escape without a Guide. Or maybe you're bonded already which means you just need yours to come home.

006. Persecution
Sometimes normal people or the government fear the power of Guides and Sentinels. Guides are empaths, feeling the emotions and sometimes passing thoughts of others and it can make people feel violated. Sentinels often have enhanced strength, which can make them dangerous. So they scorn them, hurt them or in the case of governments, regulate them.

oo7. Death
Unbonded Sentinels and Guides eventually lose themselves to the empty cavern inside them. Torn apart from the inside by the feeling of something missing. Breaking the soulbond of a Sentinel and Guide is agonizing and horrifying, leading quickly to death for the remaining partner. 

oo8. Old-School
Guides used to be treated on the same level as slaves. Unable to work unless their Sentinel said. Not allowed out on their own. They used to wear collars and couldn't own land or inherit money. Maybe the old ways haven't completely fallen out of style. 

oo9. Unbonded
Nothing is worse than being an unbonded Guide or Sentinel. Always looking for your other half to fill that empty feeling but you probably have friends that aren't your match or who are trying to set you up with someone. Maybe you're skeptical about the whole love at first sight thing and haven't been looking.

o10. Wildcard: Some mish-mash of the above or anything else you can come up with!

Image from weheartit / original meme by [personal profile] imadeamistake 
consigliori: (Default)

Ghassan Moradi . OC . OTA

[personal profile] consigliori 2021-07-03 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[the Sentinel. info in journal, down for any choice]
hwask: (Default)

Hawks | BNHA | OTA (m/m for shipping)

[personal profile] hwask 2021-07-03 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sentinel.]
siriusly: (i'm a lucky guy)

[personal profile] siriusly 2021-07-04 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
[an optimistic, hard-working, heart-on-his-sleeve guide for u! any prompts stick out to ya?]

(no subject)

[personal profile] hwask - 2021-07-04 00:49 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] siriusly - 2021-07-04 00:52 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] hwask - 2021-07-04 01:55 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] siriusly - 2021-07-04 02:09 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] siriusly - 2021-07-04 20:58 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] hwask - 2021-07-04 21:15 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] siriusly - 2021-07-04 21:38 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] hwask - 2021-07-04 23:59 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] siriusly - 2021-07-05 01:26 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] hwask - 2021-07-05 23:05 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] siriusly - 2021-07-05 23:33 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] hwask - 2021-07-06 00:40 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] siriusly - 2021-07-06 01:06 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] hwask - 2021-07-06 01:44 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] siriusly - 2021-07-06 02:03 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] hwask - 2021-07-06 23:51 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] siriusly - 2021-07-07 00:11 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] hwask - 2021-07-07 00:22 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] siriusly - 2021-07-07 00:38 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] hwask - 2021-07-07 00:55 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] siriusly - 2021-07-07 00:59 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] hwask - 2021-07-08 00:41 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] siriusly - 2021-07-08 00:56 (UTC) - Expand

xD

[personal profile] hwask - 2021-09-05 18:25 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] siriusly - 2021-09-05 18:32 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] hwask - 2021-09-05 21:18 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] siriusly - 2021-09-05 21:41 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] hwask - 2021-09-05 22:08 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] siriusly - 2021-09-05 22:21 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] hwask - 2021-09-06 21:53 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] siriusly - 2021-09-06 22:04 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] hwask - 2021-09-07 01:28 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] siriusly - 2021-09-07 01:41 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] hwask - 2021-09-07 02:00 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] siriusly - 2021-09-07 02:16 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] hwask - 2021-09-08 01:53 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] siriusly - 2021-09-08 02:11 (UTC) - Expand
brokenwindows: (Default)

Fulton Reed | Mighty Ducks | ota

[personal profile] brokenwindows 2021-07-03 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ sentinel FOR SURE although case could be made for guide too, depending. canonmates are love (I'm looking at you, Portman), but everybody's welcome. all prompts are great, let me know if you want to work something out first. circa Game Changers or at least a ways after D3 at default but everything's negotiable. ]
wealldosillythings: (Gleeful)

Molly Hooper | BBC Sherlock | OTA

[personal profile] wealldosillythings 2021-07-03 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[I remember doing this meme years ago, it was quite fun! Happy to do some world-building discussion, that seems to work best.

No interest in playing out #8, am open to it being a point of contention in the world, i.e. "in MY day, guides were guides and knew their place--" "Please shut up and eat your peas, granddad, it's a new century."

Molly's absolutely a Guide. Unless you'd like to start with the pair already established, Molly is an Unbonded Guide.

I presume her empathic abilities may have been a factor in choosing to work with the dead. She is capable of being a receiver of intense emotions, and occasionally surface thoughts. In great distress she could project a mental cry for help that can only be heard by a Sentinel (or perhaps only her sentinel?)

I like the idea that S/G pairings do not guarantee romantic love. Some partnerships could be platonic love, but people probably make the romantic assumption a lot.

Events could exist (like mixers and/or speed-dating) to encourage the unbonded to network and hopefully find their true half. Kind of thinking like drift compatibility, in that you can have matches that will only work well to a point whereas true bonds will adapt and evolve.]
Edited 2021-07-03 23:03 (UTC)
nodoubts: (Default)

carol danvers | mcu | ota

[personal profile] nodoubts 2021-07-03 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ the sentinel ]
henchgal: (a bullshitter)

Meredith Idlewild - OC - OTA

[personal profile] henchgal 2021-07-03 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Guide, open to any prompt except death.]
cyberstrung: (Default)

ʙɪʟʟʏ ᴡɪsᴇ | ʜᴇʟɪᴏs ʀɪsɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀᴏᴇs

[personal profile] cyberstrung 2021-07-03 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Guide. Preference for a "buddy cop AU" style dynamic - government certified sentinels and guides assigned to work together in order to help solve crimes. But if you've got another fun idea, let me know!]
veryfond: do not take (096)

elia martell | asoiaf | ota

[personal profile] veryfond 2021-07-04 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ guide ]
born_in_flame: (Default)

Caleb Widowgast | Critical Role | ota

[personal profile] born_in_flame 2021-07-04 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Sentinel, but he's been denying his senses for a very long time. His past sent him into a loss that lasted for 11 years until a Guide in the asylum brought him back.]
mayberaven: (pic#14937334)

[personal profile] mayberaven 2021-07-04 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Slides over a dumb Guide who tries to act like a Sentinel bc of Stereotypes, but guess who's his perfect bond 8Dc]

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-07-04 00:50 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-07-04 01:07 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-07-04 01:35 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-07-04 01:44 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-07-04 02:00 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-07-04 14:27 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-07-04 21:26 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-07-04 22:33 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-07-04 23:12 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-07-04 23:23 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-07-05 02:42 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-07-05 14:17 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-07-05 14:42 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-07-05 14:53 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-07-07 15:09 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-11-19 08:24 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-11-22 02:49 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-11-22 03:15 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-11-25 19:03 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-11-25 19:15 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-11-25 20:35 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-11-25 20:40 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-11-25 21:07 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-11-25 21:12 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-11-25 21:20 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-11-25 21:24 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-11-25 21:28 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-11-25 21:38 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-11-26 03:28 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-11-26 03:43 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-11-26 03:55 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-11-26 04:01 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-11-26 04:24 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-11-26 04:29 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-11-26 04:35 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-11-26 04:40 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-11-27 22:56 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-11-27 23:22 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-11-27 23:32 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-11-28 00:05 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-11-28 00:12 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-11-28 04:31 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-11-28 17:49 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-11-29 00:14 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-11-29 00:19 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-11-29 00:27 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-11-29 00:34 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-11-29 00:44 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-11-29 00:55 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-11-29 01:00 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-11-29 01:12 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] mayberaven - 2021-11-29 01:18 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] born_in_flame - 2021-12-13 01:53 (UTC) - Expand
frostedprince: (Default)

Loki I MCU l OTA

[personal profile] frostedprince 2021-07-04 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Guide, Odin adopted him to bond with Thor...didn't work out well did it?
prezstandsalone: (Default)

Nathan Petrelli l Heroes l ota

[personal profile] prezstandsalone 2021-07-04 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Could be either, but I'm leaning toward Sentinel]
songstressedout: (Default)

Yuzu Hiiragi | Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V

[personal profile] songstressedout 2021-07-04 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ The guide. ]
disneyeyes: (Default)

annie edison | community | ota

[personal profile] disneyeyes 2021-07-04 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
pinnedwings: (Default)

Soubi Agatsuma | Loveless | m/m

[personal profile] pinnedwings 2021-07-04 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Sentinel; open to any prompt]
truthisvicious: (pic#14740793)

Mollymauk or Kingsley Tealeaf | Critical Role | OTA

[personal profile] truthisvicious 2021-07-04 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
[would be cool to try him as a Sentinel that lost himself for a while... or more than once. maybe he lost a Guide. maybe he never bonded properly. open to all prompts]
the_fairest_flower: (Default)

Jamie | Changeling: The Lost OC

[personal profile] the_fairest_flower 2021-07-04 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Guide, definitely; leans m/m]
synapticfreeze: (lounge)

Sylvie | MCU | OTA

[personal profile] synapticfreeze 2021-07-04 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Guide who's learned how to use her empathy to shove a Sentinel into fugue as well as pull them out.]
poisonconsort: (pic#13563106)

YunXi | Legend of YunXi | M/F for shipping, F/F for (platonic) sisterships (which is very canon)

[personal profile] poisonconsort 2021-07-04 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Could play her as a Sentinel like the running joke in Full Metal Alchemist, but she's too much of a Guide otherwise.]
kittykatz: (Smirking)

Treize Khushrenada | Gundam Wing (OTA)

[personal profile] kittykatz 2021-07-04 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
Guide who keeps being mistaken as Sentinel by casual observers because of his constant (automatic) scanning of the environment means little could sneak past him. It also makes him prone to sensory overload, another thing that added to the Guide or Sentinel confusion.

Accepting all prompts except for oo6 Persecution (he is no empath. In fact other people's emotions gives him headache) and oo8 Oldschool (this character is the type who would roll his eyes then fights his way to the top to do as he please).
allandmore: (:/)

Nicky | The Old Guard | OTA

[personal profile] allandmore 2021-07-04 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Probably the Sentinel, but I could be convinced otherwise.]
clan_techie: (Default)

Techie | Dredd | OTA

[personal profile] clan_techie 2021-07-04 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Former indentured Guide, still alive after the death of 'his' Sentinel, no worse off than he was before.]
high_king_bambi: (choking you with my mind)

Margo + The Magicians + OTA

[personal profile] high_king_bambi 2021-07-04 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Sentinel AF.]
imadebreakfast: (collarflip: close)

Ariel 'Cap' Wilson | MCU (rule 63) | OTA

[personal profile] imadebreakfast 2021-07-04 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Sentinel, Riley might not have been her Guide, but he was still her Guide for the duration and she hasn't quite recovered even after all this time.]
malecompanion: (I haz teh pineyapple)

Gabreel King | OC | OTA

[personal profile] malecompanion 2021-07-04 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Guide for hire]
omnomnomtail: (fancy hair)

Shaundra | Urban fantasy OC | OTA

[personal profile] omnomnomtail 2021-07-04 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
[She's the Sentinel in a family of Guides]

Page 1 of 2