Eliyes

Honestly, thinking of stupid persistant academic arguments the Watchers could be having is really entertaining. I know most of it won't come up unless I deliberately work it in, but if you're writing Highlander stuff, I encourage you to do the thought exercise "what completely opposing viewpoints could chroniclers hold about" your Immortal subject. I guarantee you modern Watchers can have beef with their contemporaries, some of their teachers, and one or more Watchers from centuries past. And arguing about conspiracies and rumours, or was such-and-such really present during whatever event.

But like, Joe thought at least 2 of Duncan' MacLeods past chroniclers were idiots with completely incorrect interpretations of Duncan's personality, and that was before he met the man.

Keeping track of Amanda's actual thefts probably has rules about what can be considered a confirmed theft versus a highly probably one, and reading her chronicles it's probably obvious two long-dead Watchers, themselves seperated by centuries, would have thrown hands had they ever interected because the more recent one took the earlier ones methods and conclusions as a personal insult.

Also, chat handles are a chance to intermix puns, literary references, and obscure but boring alphanumetic codes. The choices give insight on the personality of the Watchers themselves, and a little on what they think of their subjects.

I've received my assignment for the Highlander Shortcuts ~*Secret Santa*~ so I say who it is or what exactly I'm working on, but *claps hands and rubs them together* I am now brainstorming.

Just now realised I forgot to repost this here after the author reveals last year!

Title: Starts With "Imm-"
Author: feathermint
Real Author Name: eliyes
Written for: argentum_ls
Crossover with: Teen Wolf (the live action TV show that began airing in 2011)
Characters/Pairings: Lydia Martin, Ceirdwyn, Alex Raven, Jackson Whittemore (mentions of others from both canons). Lydia Martin/Jackson Whittemore (het).
Rating: PG for discussion of canon-typical violence.
Author's Notes: You've written Lydia multiple times, so I figured it would be okay use her as the POV character. This was literally the first thing I thought of when they said Lydia was Immune.
Summary: Lydia Martin goes for a scholarship interview with representatives of the Rebecca Horne Foundation and has some surprising information about her future opportunities explained to her.



( That's impossible. )

Title: After Letting Go
Summary: The aftermath of the episode "Manhunt" for Matthew, and a concerned old friend...

( There was a LOT of paperwork generated by the fatal shootout with a famous sports star who had the beginnings of a promising political career, it turned out. )

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We never see Cory Raines fight with a sword, and afaik the Watcher's CD-ROM doesn't specify what kind of weapon he favours. But he was born in 1256 in England, and his teacher had formerly been a knight (in fact he died while jousting the year before), so I'm sure he does know how to use a sword.

My headcanon is that Cory uses more than one kind -- he's not as versatile as Rebecca, but he doesn't stick to just one type of blade the way Marcus does. And hey, Duncan switches from claymore to katana and the occasional rapier. It's not so weird to have multiple weapons. I figure he uses the following: an arming sword, a hanger, or a hunting sword. He's also good with a flanged mace and with a staff... plus he's a skilled archer. He's been keeping up with firearms as they develop, as a point of interest in things that can kill him.

Cory often appears to go unarmed; he doesn't particularly care about the Game, but he will defend himself. To that end, he has weapons and other useful things stashed in various boltholes. He's perfectly willing to temporarily kill an Immortal who challenges him and hightail it out of town rather than follow the rules. This is one of the things that drives Matthew the most up the wall... but he puts up with it because Cory doesn't ever cheat in order to behead people. (That he knows of...)

Cory's been anti-monarchist since he was mortal, and he still is. He learned to grin and fake it when he was Matthew's squire, but he'd rather not. (He's anti-fascist and arguably anarchist, as well. He has literally gotten into arguments about it.) He's not a coward, but he's not interested in fighting in wars on behalf of rulers he doesn't respect, especially as it means killing mortals -- and he goes out of his way not to kill mortals. He doesn't think he's got the right. (He doesn't kill that mobster in Money No Object, but on the other hand if he was a knight, he would have fought mortals... I'm not sure how this one squares, really.) He moved to the USA after the American Revolution. (So did Matthew, but he did it because he last life had been a bit too well known.)

Cory was part of the Underground Railroad, and was how Matthew was intending to get Carl out of Louisiana and North to freedom.

According to the Watchers' CD, Cory is 336 years older than Duncan MacLeod. Duncan hasn't realised this -- he thinks Cory is an American born in the late 1800s or so.

The Watchers have trouble keeping steady surveillance on Cory; he just moves around too much, too fast and suddenly. They primarily track him through the financial redistribution he tends to leave in his wake, and through sightings when he crosses paths with other Immortals. He plays messenger-boy for older members of his line less now that telephones and electronic communications are so easy, but he still drops by with packages too sensitive to send by ordinary means, and enjoys catching up on the gossip. This is especially useful for exchange between Marcus and Ceirdwyn in their more settled phases with Matthew and Alex who are currently embroiled in investigative espionage that keeps them as mobile as Cory himself.

Ask him why, if he's English, he doesn't have an English accent, and Cory will outright laugh at you. The language he grew up speaking isn't modern English, and the French Matthew made him learn was Norman.

Title: Blinded
Fandom: Highlander: The Source (and therefore also Highlander: the Series)
Author's note: It's a bad movie, but Methos was awesome.

( Joe was dead, and the world was ending. )
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CHEESIEST ENDING OF A HIGHLANDER PRODUCTION EVER. And I'm counting the series, the animated series, and the very painfully bad novels. Seriously, what the hell was that?!

So, point me the Methos/Joe fic this movie no doubt spawned, and I'll call it done. X3

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