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Initiation by Xenon (not rated – about PG-13)
Fandom: HIGHLANDER
Pairing: Methos/OFC briefly
Author on LJ: not that I've found
Author Website: Xenon's Dungeon
Why this must be read:
It's a bloody fantastic tale of Methos' first death and his initiation into Immortality. Of all the first death stories I've read about Methos, this is my favorite. After rising from the dead, his fears of what he is are well done, ringing true to the beliefs of the period. And throughout the story we see shades of the Horseman Methos will become and also the man MacLeod will meet. When he is confronted with other Immortals it is easy to see how he came to be Death. Yet at the same time his live-and-fight-another-day instinct and longing for knowledge are at odds with his darker side, and essentially his Immortal nature – the hunger for power and destruction to ensure that he is the Only One.
The writing in this story is very good. "Initiation" has the most vivid and powerful description of a Quickening that I can remember reading. And Methos' wonder at his first sight of the sea is so beautifully done that I want to be standing on the coast at the edge of the Pacific so I can feel it for myself.
Initiation
"Initiation" is the first story in The Methos and Kronos Journals, a collection which has 49 stories and counting.
Pairing: Methos/OFC briefly
Author on LJ: not that I've found
Author Website: Xenon's Dungeon
Why this must be read:
It's a bloody fantastic tale of Methos' first death and his initiation into Immortality. Of all the first death stories I've read about Methos, this is my favorite. After rising from the dead, his fears of what he is are well done, ringing true to the beliefs of the period. And throughout the story we see shades of the Horseman Methos will become and also the man MacLeod will meet. When he is confronted with other Immortals it is easy to see how he came to be Death. Yet at the same time his live-and-fight-another-day instinct and longing for knowledge are at odds with his darker side, and essentially his Immortal nature – the hunger for power and destruction to ensure that he is the Only One.
The writing in this story is very good. "Initiation" has the most vivid and powerful description of a Quickening that I can remember reading. And Methos' wonder at his first sight of the sea is so beautifully done that I want to be standing on the coast at the edge of the Pacific so I can feel it for myself.
Initiation
"Initiation" is the first story in The Methos and Kronos Journals, a collection which has 49 stories and counting.