Hmmm, am I going to get into this. I liked Byron and I liked Duncan and I loved Methos in this.
Okay, to start I felt very sorry for Byron. He was sad. He should have never been immortal. There was no way he could maintain that much drama and fill that much need for centuries. And inside where it counted, he was already dying.
Mike - that stupid young man was responsible for his own decisions. He was an adult and Joe was trying to help him. And basically, he told Joe where to get off.
*But* - and here is the thing - Byron used people's weaknesses against them - knowing they would self destruct just like he did. The only difference - they didn't get up and go on living afterward. And in the present - that is how Byron fed his need for Immortality. Not with his poetry - not with his passion. But by watching others self-destruct and knowing he would go on when they didn't.
Duncan - yes he judged. But something Duncan could never tolerate was an Immortal usiing their immortality to bring harm to others. And I think it was only because Byron was Methos' former friend and lover - that Duncan backed off long enough to issue a warning.
And Byron - was he trying to commit suicide or was this the ultimate test of self-destruction - this time with someone who had just as much chance of getting up as he did afterward. But if he killed MacLeod and continued to live after that challenge - was that the next level of high - one he was no longer obtaining with the Mikes of the world. Then what? Become a hunter - taking bigger risks until finally he lost?
I tend to cut Duncan some slack here. He truly cares about people and he didn't want to hurt Methos.
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Date: 2006-06-12 06:19 pm (UTC)From:Okay, to start I felt very sorry for Byron. He was sad. He should have never been immortal. There was no way he could maintain that much drama and fill that much need for centuries. And inside where it counted, he was already dying.
Mike - that
stupidyoung man was responsible for his own decisions. He was an adult and Joe was trying to help him. And basically, he told Joe where to get off.*But* - and here is the thing - Byron used people's weaknesses against them - knowing they would self destruct just like he did. The only difference - they didn't get up and go on living afterward. And in the present - that is how Byron fed his need for Immortality. Not with his poetry - not with his passion. But by watching others self-destruct and knowing he would go on when they didn't.
Duncan - yes he judged. But something Duncan could never tolerate was an Immortal usiing their immortality to bring harm to others. And I think it was only because Byron was Methos' former friend and lover - that Duncan backed off long enough to issue a warning.
And Byron - was he trying to commit suicide or was this the ultimate test of self-destruction - this time with someone who had just as much chance of getting up as he did afterward. But if he killed MacLeod and continued to live after that challenge - was that the next level of high - one he was no longer obtaining with the Mikes of the world. Then what? Become a hunter - taking bigger risks until finally he lost?
I tend to cut Duncan some slack here. He truly cares about people and he didn't want to hurt Methos.