What If?

[ithildin]

Something I was pondering on the walk to work this morning: what if Alexandra Vandernoot hadn't left the show, so Tessa didn't die? Assuming the framework was generally the same, with some obvious exceptions, like Anne. What kind of show would it have been compared to what it was? How different a fandom would it have been?

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There would have been a load more het.

[hmpf.livejournal.com]

It would be like Farscape fandom!

And I'm not sure Methos would ever have 'happened' - Richie was Tessa's and Duncan's kid, in a sense, so it was okay for the dynamic to have him as a sidekick. Having an older, 'wiser', mysterious mentor/friend type character, though... I dunno.

Re: There would have been a load more het.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Methos might have ended up being used more like Darius was.

Re: There would have been a load more het.

[mmapmaker.livejournal.com]

Well, Methos wasn't added to be a sidekick, he was added to be a mentor. I seem to remember a comment by head writer David A, that Darius was originally to fill the role of older Immortal/mentor to Duncan, but the death of actor Werner Stocker meant they needed to find a replacement.

Re: There would have been a load more het.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I remember that too.

I know.

[hmpf.livejournal.com]

I'm just not sure he would have worked as well if Tessa had been around, i.e. I have a feeling they probably wouldn't have gone for it, or at least not the way they did. Maybe because while being with Tessa, Duncan seemed much less in *need* of a mentor figure.

Re: There would have been a load more het.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

and more threesomes! [g]