Hokay, have seen the next episode now! And oh gosh, I love it SO MUCH that Methos SHOT DUNCAN IN THE BACK in order to duel on his behalf. Methos is a sneaky two-timing bastard, but a sneaky two-timing bastard in order to help his friend! *happy sigh*
And then when the police cars showed up? I actually laughed out loud -- going by Methos' actions in Methos, I knew he had no compunction about calling the police on a duel, and so I thought it was Methos continuing his tricksy ways. And when it turned out it was Amanda instead? THAT WAS TOTALLY OKAY WITH ME TOO. GO AMANDA.
I love the whole "Methos and Amanda team up on Duncan to make him see sense" thing that this episode has going on. It is so great. (and I am beginning to see where the Duncan/Amanda/Methos shippers are coming from!)
AND this episode continues the themes of moral grey areas, which makes me super happy. And! The bit at the end, where Duncan says, "He's not that different; none of us are. We all make mistakes." And Methos responds, "And we all have mistakes to forgive." Methos is more or less pointing out what that vid "Unbelieivable" is, that Duncan doesn't have the moral high ground to have judged Methos so hard in Comes a Horseman/Revelation 6:8. \o/
he thinks that Killing People Is Good Fun, but he thinks it in a really ... non-malicious way?
I know what you mean! Caspian is insane, and Kronos is twisted, but Silas (if it weren't for the fact that he doesn't see anything wrong with killing other people) seems like a good guy!
Of course Methos would be all prickly and pretend to not want to hear it, but that doesn't mean that Duncan shouldn't say something.
SO MUCH YES.
One: Yeah, I was thinking about what would happen if a baby pre-immortal died a violent death. I mean, it DOES happen occasionally. Although -- now I'm wondering. What constitutes a violent-enough death to trigger the immortality thing? Does it have to be someone killing you on purpose, or does being accidentally dropped on your head (or something like that) count?
Two: okay, so it's not a...healing coma they go into when deathly injured but an actual death? Good to know. (Methos and his backstabbing! I love it.) I wonder what would make the evil immortals abide by the rules, though! If there's nothing enforcing them (which there doesn't seem to be) then it is an honour thing, and we've definitely seen immortals with little enough honour that I wouldn't think they'd have any compunctions about using a gun to make a fight easier. I am just so curious now!
Three: Yeah, I'd noticed Kronos' face-scar as well, and wondered. (for some reason I didn't think to wonder about Kalas' vocal chords!) In that case, I'd expect to see a lot more scarred immortals wandering around, then. I mean, considering the length of time they live, and how much violence their lives seem to hold, I should think that they would receive terrible-but-not-deadly wounds often enough that we'd have met more than just two scarred immortals by this point!
Four: Oh, he had me at the Alexa thing already. I was sold. I was just...irretreivably so, I guess, after the two-parter!
Re: FLAILY TIME!
And then when the police cars showed up? I actually laughed out loud -- going by Methos' actions in Methos, I knew he had no compunction about calling the police on a duel, and so I thought it was Methos continuing his tricksy ways. And when it turned out it was Amanda instead? THAT WAS TOTALLY OKAY WITH ME TOO. GO AMANDA.
I love the whole "Methos and Amanda team up on Duncan to make him see sense" thing that this episode has going on. It is so great. (and I am beginning to see where the Duncan/Amanda/Methos shippers are coming from!)
AND this episode continues the themes of moral grey areas, which makes me super happy. And! The bit at the end, where Duncan says, "He's not that different; none of us are. We all make mistakes." And Methos responds, "And we all have mistakes to forgive." Methos is more or less pointing out what that vid "Unbelieivable" is, that Duncan doesn't have the moral high ground to have judged Methos so hard in Comes a Horseman/Revelation 6:8. \o/
he thinks that Killing People Is Good Fun, but he thinks it in a really ... non-malicious way?
I know what you mean! Caspian is insane, and Kronos is twisted, but Silas (if it weren't for the fact that he doesn't see anything wrong with killing other people) seems like a good guy!
Of course Methos would be all prickly and pretend to not want to hear it, but that doesn't mean that Duncan shouldn't say something.
SO MUCH YES.
One: Yeah, I was thinking about what would happen if a baby pre-immortal died a violent death. I mean, it DOES happen occasionally. Although -- now I'm wondering. What constitutes a violent-enough death to trigger the immortality thing? Does it have to be someone killing you on purpose, or does being accidentally dropped on your head (or something like that) count?
Two: okay, so it's not a...healing coma they go into when deathly injured but an actual death? Good to know. (Methos and his backstabbing! I love it.) I wonder what would make the evil immortals abide by the rules, though! If there's nothing enforcing them (which there doesn't seem to be) then it is an honour thing, and we've definitely seen immortals with little enough honour that I wouldn't think they'd have any compunctions about using a gun to make a fight easier. I am just so curious now!
Three: Yeah, I'd noticed Kronos' face-scar as well, and wondered. (for some reason I didn't think to wonder about Kalas' vocal chords!) In that case, I'd expect to see a lot more scarred immortals wandering around, then. I mean, considering the length of time they live, and how much violence their lives seem to hold, I should think that they would receive terrible-but-not-deadly wounds often enough that we'd have met more than just two scarred immortals by this point!
Four: Oh, he had me at the Alexa thing already. I was sold. I was just...irretreivably so, I guess, after the two-parter!