No Matter How Many Times.....

[ithildin]

...I watch Revelations 6:8, the Slinky Quickening never fails to amuse me. Talk about unintentional humour in what was supposed to be a dramatic moment.

And no matter how many times I watch the two Horsemen eps, I still come away totally ticked off at Duncan.

Some things are eternal [g]

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[pat-t.livejournal.com]

Further, David has stated how unfortunate it was that they used Cassandra because fans already had a preconceived notion about her and did not like her.

The idea was to have someone Duncan knew and trusted who knew something evil about someone else he knew and trusted - to put him in that dilemma. We didn't like Cassandra because of Prophesy so we didn't really feel any empathy or sympathy for what happened to her. We just saw her as a manipulating witch who hurt Duncan and/or Methos.

I think it would have been a bit different if it had been Amanda, Grace or even Ceirdwyn.

You know, when Duncan had come out of the dark quickening - after he had told Methos what it felt like to have that kind of evil inside you - it would have been the perfect time for Methos to sit him down and explain that, yes, he did know. He had lived through it and overcome it himself.

Then when Cassandra came a calling, Duncan would have been prepared instead of being Gobsmacked.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I think it would have been a bit different if it had been Amanda, Grace or even Ceirdwyn.

[nods] And of course, that would have dramatically changed the whole thing. All of those women can fight, and haven't relied on 'the voice' (I really hated that particular contrivance) to get by. Unlike Cassandra who seemed to barely be able to use a sword (which was also really annoying even if I didn't care for Cassandra) And none of them would feel the need to manipulate Duncan into fighting their battles for them. So many things about how Cassandra was portrayed, as a woman, left a bad taste in my mouth.

[fractured-sun.livejournal.com]

Even if she had been portrayed as a brilliant self sufficient lady in this episode I don't think her personality would ever have recovered from the way she (to use a polite term) manipulated a 13 year old Duncan. I'm still surprised they showed that on TV, particularly as they tried to make it seem like she was doing the right thing.

[beccadg.livejournal.com]

David has stated how unfortunate it was that they used Cassandra because fans already had a preconceived notion about her and did not like her.

Heh, I'm glad he's owned that that was "unfortunate." I only manage to enjoy the Horsemen episodes by not taking them seriously because I have two huge problems with them. Neither of which is Duncan's being gobsmacked by finding out that once upon a time Methos was an evil bastard the way he did. Methos may have outgrown being evil, but he hadn't owned up to the fact once upon a time he was evil with Duncan before being forced to it by Cassandra. Duncan's behavior annoys me, but I understand where he's coming from.

1) Is that I hated Cassandra in "The Prophecy" so much so that, I not only had zero sympathy for her in the Horsemen episodes, the only reason I believe anything she said about Methos is because he supported what she said about him.

2) Is that the writers chose to make Methos an evil I couldn't actually believe in. If they'd say made him the Sheriff of Nottingham the way I've seen one of them say they considered going at one point, that I would have believed. The idea that four Highlander Immortal were the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse however wasn't something I could buy into. It breaks my suspension of disbelief every time. As far as I'm concerned they overreached with the episodes -- failing to make me care about the idea they were putting forward about Methos.