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Bow Shot by Lferion

Oct 08, 2007 18:34

And she slides in under the wire ...

Title Bow Shot
Author lferion
Rated G
Claim Methos
Prompt Technology, Breeze (HL50)
Fandom(s) Highlander, an oblique reference is made to "Robin of Sherwood" (1984 - 86)
Characters Methos, Duncan, Richie
Pairing None - DM/M implied
Spoilers/Warnings None. Set sometime after "The Messenger" Not beta'd (yet).
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challenge: technology, methos, richie, duncan

Comments 10

remydesire October 9 2007, 03:24:35 UTC

Very cool. Personally prefer the recurve bows. :D

lferion October 9 2007, 16:46:05 UTC

So do I, actually, but Methos told me in no uncertain terms that he was shooting longbow in this story :-)

Thanks for the feedback, glad you liked it!

idontlikegravy October 9 2007, 12:30:33 UTC

This was wonderful, thanks for contributing. I've only ever shot with a longbow myself, but it was easy to visualise the whole scene, you described it all so perfectly.

As you are probably aware, I always love Richie & Methos together and this was no exception. :)

lferion October 9 2007, 16:50:30 UTC

Richie has been growing on me, and I've always liked the young/old | knowlegable/student dynamic, which is fun in HL because there are many levels that can work on with Methos -- I've enjoyed your stories with both of them, so I'm particularly glad this one works for you.

Thank you!

slazersc October 9 2007, 13:35:13 UTC

Loved the imagery of Methos and Richie competing at archery. For someone who's not familiar with the sport, you really brought the scenes to life. Great work!

lferion October 9 2007, 16:56:24 UTC

I'm so glad it worked for you -- I was hoping the archery stuff would read as accurate but not technobabbly. Thank you for the feedback!

aeron_lanart October 10 2007, 22:48:30 UTC

Oh this was lovely. I'm not an archery person (apart from being a Robin of Sherwood fan) but you didn't step into the realms of archery technobabble at all. Visual and rather scrumptious.

lferion October 11 2007, 14:08:41 UTC

I am so glad you liked it! I am considering expanding this with a RoS-era flashback before I post it to the HL50 list.

Thank you!

amonitrate October 17 2007, 00:53:33 UTC

Nice! I was just thinking of Methos and archery the other day, wondering why there hadn't been any stories featuring such a great combination. And Voila, here it is.

lferion October 17 2007, 02:46:14 UTC

Thank you! I am very glad you liked it.

I'm still trying to decide if it is actually *finished* -- one of the people who read it felt that it needed a turn/reveal/some kind of thing that gives the end more of an oomph, but I'm not sure.

And I have Ideas for actual Methos-in-Sherwood flashbacks, but they aren't very concrete either.