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Calli - May 10, 2005 7:34:39 am PDT #9976 of 10000

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Methos was pretty firmly in present times on the side of the good, despite horrible past.

I think I could argue that Methos was on the side of Mac, more than on the side of good per se. He liked MacLeod, sure (and I'd even buy that he had a crush on the guy), but I read him as someone who'd decided that the side of Mac, and thereby the good, was pragmatically the best side for him to be on.

This is probably HL debate no. 376, though. Before "Mac should never have listened to Cassandra" and after "Byron--did Mac kill him for justice or out of jealousy?"

§ ita § - May 10, 2005 7:38:33 am PDT #9977 of 10000

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

smoothing over those flaws just makes them boring.

I think that the TV show is setting the smoothing tone.

As for Methos -- wasn't his Nouveau Horseman behaviour pretty good for the sake of not being bad? But I think it's key that his evil deeds, unlike Spike or Sawyer (for diluted varieties of evil) were all in flashback.

shrift - May 10, 2005 7:43:44 am PDT #9978 of 10000

"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

That reminds me. I need to write some Duncan/Methos in which I do not woobify Methos, for once. I was a young and impressionable fangirl when I got into Highlander.

And I'm now realizing that it's been about seven years since I got into fandom, and that I should do something to commemorate it.

Calli - May 10, 2005 7:44:09 am PDT #9979 of 10000

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I got the impression that Methos didn't actively participate in evil nowadays more because he couldn't be bothered (been there, done that, burned the hair extensions) than anything. In the episode with Byron he made no attempt to stop B. from ruining people's lives. His expressed way of handling immie trouble was "Lure him outside, take his head, problem solved." He only seemed to get into active goodness when Mac was involved. And even then he frequently charged Mac for bothering. (ie "give me the barge")

I suddenly have the urge to read all the ROG list mail I've been ignoring for the past year or so. Huh.

I liked Spike as a character so much better when he was evil. I suspect Sawyer will be the same way, unless the progression of the show changes in unexpected ways.

Betsy HP - May 10, 2005 7:45:45 am PDT #9980 of 10000

If I only had a brain...

And I'm now realizing that it's been about seven years since I got into fandom, and that I should do something to commemorate it.

Nothin' says lovin' like Spock ears.

§ ita § - May 10, 2005 7:49:35 am PDT #9981 of 10000

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I contend Sawyer was never evil. Just unpleasant. If they'd made him evil, I could enjoy him in less shallow ways. But I like the shallow ways too.

As for Spike -- flat out evil bores me. Mixed up evil, evil that sometimes does good for reasons a little more abstract than survival -- that gets me in.

shrift - May 10, 2005 8:02:52 am PDT #9982 of 10000

"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Nothin' says lovin' like Spock ears.

I bought my Spock ears with a discount card.

Dana - May 10, 2005 8:27:53 am PDT #9983 of 10000

"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

And I'm now realizing that it's been about seven years since I got into fandom, and that I should do something to commemorate it.

Huh. So...that means me too. And we just passed the third anniversary of PolyRecs.

shrift - May 10, 2005 8:44:15 am PDT #9984 of 10000

"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

And we just passed the third anniversary of PolyRecs.

I've been working on those, btw, and also, holy crap.

I want to have a fandom festival to celebrate. If only we weren't so freaking busy.

Dana - May 10, 2005 8:47:21 am PDT #9985 of 10000

"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Yeah, this update is going to be the update that Stargate: Atlantis ate, at least from my end.

We should do something later in the year, maybe. Or force people to do things for us.

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