The thought occurs...

[silvercobwebs]

Apologies if it's been mentioned in the show beforehand (I'm *very* rusty on the first two seasons...), and I've missed it, but I was wondering something. What do you think (or already know) would happen if a pre-immie took a head of an immortal? Would they get the Quickening, or would it be lost

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[killabeez]

This happens twice in Highlander: The Raven episodes, with pre-Immortal Nick Wolfe. Once in "Bloodlines," and again in "The Ex-Files." In the former, nobody gets the quickening. Nick watches it from pretty close quarters, while Amanda sees it from outside, but is too late to receive the Q. In the latter episode, Amanda gets it, even though Nick is closer. Take that as you will. :)

[silvercobwebs]

A-ha! Thank you. : D
This is what comes of only having watched about two and a half eps of H:tR... Precious tidbits of knowledge lost!

[killabeez]

I think this is what Highlander fandom keeps me around for. Random HL:TR trivia. *g*

[beccaelizabeth]

Also, there actually *is* a Quickening, even with just Nick around.
With only mortals, is said there will be no Quickening. I think.

[killabeez]

Yes, I totally agree. And I'm not just saying that because I had a story where I wrote it that way. *g* Okay, yes, I am. But I agree -- Immortal killed with only mortals (or nobody) around means no Q. In my little world.

[macgeorge1]

Wow. I didn't know this had happened in The Raven (I only saw about three episodes because I found the Nick W. character extremely annoying, and the writing pretty lame).

So, I guess there would be a light show, but no place for the energy to go. Kinda sorta supports my Endgame (the story, not the movie) theory that Darius' Q ended up occupying the church structure.

velly intellestink!

[beccaelizabeth]

I only watched it a couple of months ago.
The first half of the season of Raven was bad
but once they got to Paris, imho, it turned into Highlander

[killabeez]

Yeah, the one in "Bloodlines" in particular supports your idea, because it's kind of funky what happens. The electric light show of the Quickening is pretty similar to a regular Q, except the lightning bolts all go outward and ground into the metal building. It also seems less intense than a regular one, though the guy who died isn't particularly old or powerful, so that might explain that. But there's also this thing where the ghostly energy, I assume the actual part of the dead Immie that transfers power/personality/experience (or whatever) quite clearly rises straight up from the body (sort of looks like it's "raining" upwards in slow motion) and dissipates.

Amanda, when she arrives, asks Nick if he's all right, and she seems to genuinely be concerned/curious, as though she's never seen a pre-Immie cause a Quickening before, and wasn't sure what might have happened.

[lastrega]

I recently watched the whole series from beginning to end and it really was better than I'd thought. The latter eps in Paris are (as someone else already said) well worth seeing. And the dvd extras are worth seeing because of the dirt-dishing that goes on. *eg*