trobadora had mentioned earlier that the HL fandom had its equivalent of SGA's post-Trinity fic ... I think I just found out where in the series that happens.
Hee! Yeah, pretty much! I mean, if your tastes lean that way there's some really enjoyable id-fic.
Yes, much of my fondness for "The Valkyrie", aside from the awesome guest stars, is that it's all build-up for the Horsemen eps. Silas, for all his lack of concern for regular human beings, doesn't seem to have a malicious bone in his body--I can see why Methos would like him so much. But Silas didn't seem capable of change, and Ingrid couldn't either, couldn't stop herself from killing, and it's really this inability to change that seals their fate. Duncan, for all that he's been doing a lot of killing lately, isn't stuck--we've discussed his adaptability, how he learns all the things, and not just technology, but new worldviews. He can choose not to kill.
Which is what he does at the end, with Cassandra and Methos. Duncan is confronted once again with a friend who seems to have gone dark-side. But when Cassandra has Methos at her feet, axe in hand, he cries out, "I want him to live!" By asking for Methos' life--demanding it, practically--Duncan was saying that he's accepted Methos' past and accepted that he's changed. Judge and jury once more, but not executioner.
I've seen some arguments that Duncan had no right to take Cassandra's vengeance from her, but it's not like he could have stopped her if she really wanted Methos dead. And I highly doubt Duncan would have come after Cassandra if she had killed Methos.
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Hee! Yeah, pretty much! I mean, if your tastes lean that way there's some really enjoyable id-fic.
Yes, much of my fondness for "The Valkyrie", aside from the awesome guest stars, is that it's all build-up for the Horsemen eps. Silas, for all his lack of concern for regular human beings, doesn't seem to have a malicious bone in his body--I can see why Methos would like him so much. But Silas didn't seem capable of change, and Ingrid couldn't either, couldn't stop herself from killing, and it's really this inability to change that seals their fate. Duncan, for all that he's been doing a lot of killing lately, isn't stuck--we've discussed his adaptability, how he learns all the things, and not just technology, but new worldviews. He can choose not to kill.
Which is what he does at the end, with Cassandra and Methos. Duncan is confronted once again with a friend who seems to have gone dark-side. But when Cassandra has Methos at her feet, axe in hand, he cries out, "I want him to live!" By asking for Methos' life--demanding it, practically--Duncan was saying that he's accepted Methos' past and accepted that he's changed. Judge and jury once more, but not executioner.
I've seen some arguments that Duncan had no right to take Cassandra's vengeance from her, but it's not like he could have stopped her if she really wanted Methos dead. And I highly doubt Duncan would have come after Cassandra if she had killed Methos.