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.

Comments

[azarias.livejournal.com]

I've always been fond of (for a certain value of "fond") the fannish notion that there are probably fewer long-lived female Immies than male, because historically men have had better odds of having at least some training in self-defense that would let them survive until they got good enough to hold a fair fight.

Er, sorry for cutting in, I couldn't resist. *is weak*

Buttinskis unite! I'm up with a flu and these comments are making my night shorter, albeit not less mucusy.

[shala.livejournal.com]

I think we SEE more long-lived male Immies, in general. Mostly because if they're women there's about a 90% chance they've slept with MacLeod and quite frankly there are only so many bedroom flashbacks they can do . . . Um. *cough* I base this only on approximately 20 episodes from random seasons, but past!Mac seemed kind of slutty. (I think you can tell which 20 episodes or so from my icon. XD)

Anyhow, I think women also historically maybe had more of a tendency to die from slightly less violent things than men. And given that Immortals are all foundlings, there's a possibility that just more male babies would have been taken in! Because girls aren't worth as much, of course. Especially women who couldn't bear children, because if it happened with a man of course it would have been the woman's fault ANYWAY and I am maybe taking late-medieval history this semester and being made grouchy by parts of it.

I was going somewhere with that, I think. Er.

Buttinskis unite! I'm up with a flu and these comments are making my night shorter, albeit not less mucusy.

*is running out of tissues and totally understands* If I don't go to bed soon, though, I won't wake up in time to take my next dose of meds for the bronchitis, so it's sleepytime! Have yourself a mug of tea or something. TEA CURES ALL.