Any Highlander fans out there? I have some questions.

[thefourthvine]

Do you know HL? I need some help from people who have seen Highlander canon. Here's what I'd like to know:

1. What are all the ways to permanently kill an immortal? I know cutting off heads, but is there anything else? And is it different the first time they die? And does it matter if the whole head doesn't come off - like, can they come back if the neck is only mostly severed?
   
   
2. What happens the first time they (don't) die? I mean, they think they're mortal for a period of time, right? And then they die, except they don't, and they say, "Whoa, dude. I must be immortal, because that sure as shit should've killed me." (Although I think most people would assume the injury or whatever just hadn't been as bad as they thought, so - do some of them have to die a lot before they figure it out?) But I'm a little foggy on the whole deal, frankly. Do they have to be buried and then rise again, like vampires? Or is it more of an instantaneous thing?
   
   
3. What happens if you shoot an immortal (who has already done the first not-death, if that matters) in a way that would kill a human but won't kill him? (Like, gaping chest wound, something like that.) I'm pretty sure he has at least a period of, shall we say, limited activity, but how long is he down for? And exactly how limited is his activity? And what happens - like, do the wounds visibly close over and heal, or does he just suddenly sit up all better, or what?

As much detail as you've got, that's how much I'd like.

And if you know any sources for getting this kind of information without bugging my friends list - like, a Highlander encyclopedia or whatever - I would love to know about it.

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[deconcentrate.livejournal.com]

And now, thanks to recent experiences, I am picturing immortals saying, "1, 2, 3, BAM! Dead! Whoops, no, fooled you - totally not dead!"

*dies laughing*

Well, now I'm confused. I mean, this isn't something I need to know for my nefarious purposes, but - okay. Isn't it true that when Duncan first met Methos, he was pretending not to be immortal? And Duncan didn't know right away? Shouldn't he have known, if he had the immortal-sensing thing going for him?

That, I'm afraid, I cannot tell you, as I have never seen that ep, and am not aware of where I could go to give you an answer to that.

I suggest you ask Kat. She knows Methos' canon well enough to give you an answer better than "you try living over 5000 years and see how good you get at pretending to be something you're not," which is my guess for how they handwaved it, being as I haven't seen it.

But to my knowledge, the only time an immortal's failed to sense another immortal is when they're inescapably distracted by something else. Like, say, having sex. I think. As I said, something sufficiently distracting! Or maybe it isn't always on? To the best of my knowledge, I cannot remember any time where it wasn't always there as a way for Duncan or Methos or Richie to jump up and go "oh shit, immortal-of-the-week is here!"

(Another possibility might be that Methos could have been accompanied/ "followed" by another immortal and Duncan could have confused his sense going off around Methos as his sense going off around the other immortal, instead.)