Happy Holidays, amand_r!

[amand_r]

Title: Five Rules for Being an Anachronism in Japan, 2037
Author: merriman, aka Muwahaaahahahaha.
Written for: amand_r
Characters/Pairings: Amanda/Motoko (crossover), Methos, Duncan and one OC bad guy
Rating: Light PG13ish for violence and some smooching
Author's Notes: This story is a crossover with Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex. I tried very hard to

Comments

[dswdiane]

I know nothing about "Ghost in the Shell" except that my son and husband like these stories, so I am mostly ignorant about the concepts from the manga and the anime, but you did a good job of capturing Amanda, Duncan, and Methos.
And I enjoyed reading the story even if I didn't really completely understand the concepts. It was really interesting to read about how a futuristic society with the possibility of computer implants for most people that might be rejected by Immortal healing might affect Immortals.

I think I would have liked to have known more about the real, emotional relationship between Amanda and Mokoto might have worked and how and why they were attached to one another.

[merriman]

Thanks!

[amand_r]

Okay, okay, okay, first: YAY!

This is most awesome. Duncan is in a monastery! Methos and his cyber dolls! Amanda and Motoko and the hot sexiness!The plot, an Immortal desperate to get rid of cybernetics, is perfect, though for a minute I went to the Particularist Eleven when you described the first beheading on top of the cybernetics company's building.

Poor Amanda and all the things she can't use in her thieving! Motoko won't give her a camouflage suit!

Oh dear, I think I might have to borrow your take on this universe and wrote more.

Thank you from the bottom of my black little heart.

[amand_r]

LET ME ADD, that I don't care if ANYONE else reads it, I LOVE this story and you did a great job. Especially knowing that probably few people would give you feedback.

[merriman]

I wrote it for you so I'm glad you enjoyed it so much.

I have a companion piece in my head that follows Motoko and Section 9 while they investigate, with Motoko doing background checks on Duncan and trying to get into Methos' warehouse and the team discussing it being a copycat thing and I meant to get it done by the reveal but then Yuletide loomed over me and I had to postpone.

Borrow away! I'm tempted to keep playing in it myself.

[amand_r]

Yeah, I think I might have to play with it. I like your idea for a companion piece. I might have to drag season one out and watch it first.

[sapphiresmuse]

Don't really know anything about Ghost in the Shell but some things never change. Amanda trying to coerce Duncan into helping. Duncan trying to escape the Game. And Methos, ever the geek. ;)

[merriman]

Thank you! I tried to make sure it was really Highlander, just set in a possible future.

[dorothy1901]

I know zilch about Ghost in the Shell, but it didn't matter. I was able to read this story as a well-written adventure of Immortals in some high-tech future society, without difficulty. Congratulations on handling the crossover form so well.

[merriman]

Thank you! I'm so glad it worked!

[tansyhl]

As everyone said, a big thanks for explaining the 'verse for those unfamiliar with it. Interesting story idea. You've inspired me, I just set my DVR to record Ghost in the Machine. Thanks!

[merriman]

I'm so sorry I didn't reply sooner. I lost track of this post after a bit and only just looked back.

I'm glad you enjoyed the story and I hope if you see the series you enjoy that too. There are a few different incarnations. I'm of the opinion that Standalone Complex is the best animated form. The movie's sort of so-so.