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The Keening Song by RileyC (NC-17)
Fandom: HIGHLANDER
Pairing: Methos/Kronos
Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: Seventh Dimension
Why this must be read:
The Keening Song is so exquisitely twisted I can't wrap my brain around it. Whenever I read this—which I just did—it leaves my mind blank with awe. Try as I might, I just can't find the words to explain my fascination for this story. Best I can do is a summary and excerpt:
Kronos and Methos are in love, a love expressed through death and pain. As Methos says to Kronos in the story, "If you didn't kill me I would think it meant you didn't love me."
One thing I can express is one particular bit of this story that I really like. In this story—and I've never read this anywhere else—Methos punishes MacLeod for killing Kronos. First of all, I love just the idea of it (I'd like to punish Mac for whacking him too *g*). Second of all, it makes the story more credible. Because no matter how much Methos knew Kronos had to be killed, it doesn't stop the pain. Methos taking his grief and anger out on the one who took his lover's head fits with the characterizations and tone of the story.
MacLeod is too much of a hero to comprehend the attraction. Once he catches a whiff of something he qualifies as evil he won't rest until he's wiped it off the world's shoes. He can't give darkness the time of day, so he can't possibly understand the power Kronos had. The power of pain and the power of desire, when you want someone so bad you'll wade through rivers of embarrassment and alligator clips just for the chance to beg for them. He had a vice grip on my balls and my heart, damaged organs they both are these days, sick with his sickness. And we weren't equal in this, I didn't wield a similar power over him, which is what Mac calls love. I think equality is overrated. I want to be on my knees, I want to ask and be denied. Sometimes there's nothing so satisfying as suffering.
The Keening Song
Pairing: Methos/Kronos
Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: Seventh Dimension
Why this must be read:
The Keening Song is so exquisitely twisted I can't wrap my brain around it. Whenever I read this—which I just did—it leaves my mind blank with awe. Try as I might, I just can't find the words to explain my fascination for this story. Best I can do is a summary and excerpt:
Kronos and Methos are in love, a love expressed through death and pain. As Methos says to Kronos in the story, "If you didn't kill me I would think it meant you didn't love me."
One thing I can express is one particular bit of this story that I really like. In this story—and I've never read this anywhere else—Methos punishes MacLeod for killing Kronos. First of all, I love just the idea of it (I'd like to punish Mac for whacking him too *g*). Second of all, it makes the story more credible. Because no matter how much Methos knew Kronos had to be killed, it doesn't stop the pain. Methos taking his grief and anger out on the one who took his lover's head fits with the characterizations and tone of the story.
MacLeod is too much of a hero to comprehend the attraction. Once he catches a whiff of something he qualifies as evil he won't rest until he's wiped it off the world's shoes. He can't give darkness the time of day, so he can't possibly understand the power Kronos had. The power of pain and the power of desire, when you want someone so bad you'll wade through rivers of embarrassment and alligator clips just for the chance to beg for them. He had a vice grip on my balls and my heart, damaged organs they both are these days, sick with his sickness. And we weren't equal in this, I didn't wield a similar power over him, which is what Mac calls love. I think equality is overrated. I want to be on my knees, I want to ask and be denied. Sometimes there's nothing so satisfying as suffering.
The Keening Song
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