More Highlander Rambles
Worst idea to date: a Challenge in a gigantic pile of sulphur. Was Duncan hoping that if he lost, the massive explosion brought on by the resultant quickening would take his opponent out for him, posthumously? There WASN’T an explosion, in the end, but honestly I don’t know why. Sulphur is perfectly capable of being ignited by a spark, and all the lights and such were (as per usual) exploding with great glee.
On a related note, a theme that repeats far too often in Highlander is the Seemingly Inconsequential Item or Trait Alerts Duncan That The Killer Is An Immortal From His Past, Despite This Being a (Fully Acknowledge) Illogical Conclusion. Duncan is, of course, always right.
And finally, dammit, when did I get attached to these characters?
One minute I was all blasé and laughing at the camp 90s-ness of the show, and then suddenly Darius was dead and I was ready to kill all the Watchers ever. The fact that they're fictional wasn't really a comfort to me. They killed Darius. Now I’m very nervous for the life of my other favourites. Duncan is safe, of course, and since I’ve become spoilered at to Richie’s eventual Immortal-ness I’m not especially worried about him (nor is he one of my favourites) but I’m quite concerned about Intrepid Reporter Chick and Tessa. Especially Tessa. Especially since I’ve been spoilered as to her death. God, I’m gonna miss her - Tessa is badass, I tell you.
Her badassery keeps taking me by surprise, because for some reason I'm always expecting her to do the whole scream-and-fall-down damsel in distress gig. Perhaped because she just looks so damsely? And because she and the writers are both painfully aware of how outclassed she is, in the battles between Immortals. She’s just an ordinary women with no special fighting skills, and she knows full well that she’s one of Duncan’s weak spots, more hindrance than help.
But then out of nowhere, she turns around and stabs a mountain man. Or threatens an Immortal with a blowtorch - “Don't even think about it. I may not be able to kill you, but I'll give you a facial you won't forget. Now get out!”. Or she thinks on her feet to convince a crazy super-religious Immortal that she wants to be ‘rescued’ from Duncan... and in the process, gets the crazy man to tell her where he’s been hiding, so Duncan can go Challenge him. Heck, she once squirted a man in the face with caustic cleaner, causing him to stumble backwards into the trap she'd set, causing him to douse himself with boiling oil! Most recently, when kidnapped by a crazy Watcher, she took the fork from the dinner tray he gave her and used it to wedge the door latch shut, then, when he kicked down the door, let his momentum carry him into the room and then broke a chair over his head.
Most awesome, she’s badass in ways that make sense. She's badass like an ordinary women, not a Zoe Washburne or Buffy Summers or Teyla Emmagan. She's terrified in situations of violence, both for herself and for the people she loves, and, like most of us, she has no special skills or training to help her cope... but she doesn’t let it stop her from using her wits and courage and devotion to become epic.
...probably I am missing the point, but honestly, if they could find a way to cut Duncan out without cutting out the awesomely costumed flashbacks, I’d probably be quite happy to watch the Tessa Does Awesome Things show. I REALLY need a good Tessa icon. Maybe featuring the blowtorch.
On a related note, a theme that repeats far too often in Highlander is the Seemingly Inconsequential Item or Trait Alerts Duncan That The Killer Is An Immortal From His Past, Despite This Being a (Fully Acknowledge) Illogical Conclusion. Duncan is, of course, always right.
And finally, dammit, when did I get attached to these characters?
One minute I was all blasé and laughing at the camp 90s-ness of the show, and then suddenly Darius was dead and I was ready to kill all the Watchers ever. The fact that they're fictional wasn't really a comfort to me. They killed Darius. Now I’m very nervous for the life of my other favourites. Duncan is safe, of course, and since I’ve become spoilered at to Richie’s eventual Immortal-ness I’m not especially worried about him (nor is he one of my favourites) but I’m quite concerned about Intrepid Reporter Chick and Tessa. Especially Tessa. Especially since I’ve been spoilered as to her death. God, I’m gonna miss her - Tessa is badass, I tell you.
Her badassery keeps taking me by surprise, because for some reason I'm always expecting her to do the whole scream-and-fall-down damsel in distress gig. Perhaped because she just looks so damsely? And because she and the writers are both painfully aware of how outclassed she is, in the battles between Immortals. She’s just an ordinary women with no special fighting skills, and she knows full well that she’s one of Duncan’s weak spots, more hindrance than help.
But then out of nowhere, she turns around and stabs a mountain man. Or threatens an Immortal with a blowtorch - “Don't even think about it. I may not be able to kill you, but I'll give you a facial you won't forget. Now get out!”. Or she thinks on her feet to convince a crazy super-religious Immortal that she wants to be ‘rescued’ from Duncan... and in the process, gets the crazy man to tell her where he’s been hiding, so Duncan can go Challenge him. Heck, she once squirted a man in the face with caustic cleaner, causing him to stumble backwards into the trap she'd set, causing him to douse himself with boiling oil! Most recently, when kidnapped by a crazy Watcher, she took the fork from the dinner tray he gave her and used it to wedge the door latch shut, then, when he kicked down the door, let his momentum carry him into the room and then broke a chair over his head.
Most awesome, she’s badass in ways that make sense. She's badass like an ordinary women, not a Zoe Washburne or Buffy Summers or Teyla Emmagan. She's terrified in situations of violence, both for herself and for the people she loves, and, like most of us, she has no special skills or training to help her cope... but she doesn’t let it stop her from using her wits and courage and devotion to become epic.
...probably I am missing the point, but honestly, if they could find a way to cut Duncan out without cutting out the awesomely costumed flashbacks, I’d probably be quite happy to watch the Tessa Does Awesome Things show. I REALLY need a good Tessa icon. Maybe featuring the blowtorch.