Time's Passage

[ithildin]

This is very rambleish, so bear with me.

Specifically, I was thinking this in regards to Methos as I was watching the most excellent vid "And As for You" by killabeez, but it applies to Highlander in general. The passage of time. How must it be to not see someone for more than two thousand years, then they're back in your life? Are Immortal's brains different in how they perceive and deal with the passage of time? Would a century seems like a few months? Do they have a more vivid and complete memory system than we do? Methos says his earliest memories are barely there anymore, assuming he's telling the truth of course, so there must be some sort of max for them. So he has vivid memories of four thousand years ago, but not five?

Just for myself, trying to remember people that I was close to twenty five years ago, but haven't seen since, my memory is fairly hazy. But for Immortals, it seems that seeing someone millennia later is like they just said goodbye last week.

Comments

[robi-travels.livejournal.com]

I always thought they had a more vivid memory system then mortals. In Methos case of Kronos I just assumed it is hard to forget someone you spent thousands of years, raping, pillaging and killing with, as death on a horse, across the then known world.

As for his past, I think he is lying, or at the very least, it may have to do with his first quickening and the shock that came with it. He implies early on that he could be older since he only remembers taking his first head. That makes me think the shock of the quickening, and not knowing what he was blocked his mortal memories.

In another episode he says that he could go centuries without meeting immortals because the world had neither the mortals or immortal numbers it does now. Makes you wonder how many "mortal" lives he went through before he found an immortal and accidental got his quickening.

For Duncan I think it was almost 2-3 years correct? For Methos is could have been centuries.

Roberta

[eveningblue.livejournal.com]

Yes, Methos's beginnings are wonderful to speculate about.

[killabeez.livejournal.com]

In another episode he says that he could go centuries without meeting immortals because the world had neither the mortals or immortal numbers it does now.

When does he say that? I have no recollection of a line like that. Probably early onset senility...

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Probably early onset senility...

You and me both [g]

Berta, where do you think that was said?