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

[maygra.livejournal.com]

I am laughing my ass off over here, because your questions, just remind me of what I Was like when we saw the first the movie and then the series.

"What? He was totally dead. What's that mean? Tell us oh Wise Sean O'Connery"

Also, it is apparently a mostly Immortal trait to be able to pontificate rather poetically after a violent sword fight, but before you actually to the cutting off of heads.

A lot of the "Canon" that you here is actually just derived Fanon, because while the Series was more or less consistent...sometimes, not so much.

I'm still of the mind that Soft tissue injuries can be healed but if you slice through bone or something, not so much...because they can and do cut their hair and it doesn't grow any faster than it normally would. And they can shave and such.

Your question about the staff weapon -- I'm thinking the three shot rule would have t be done quickly, because it's entirely possible that at a cellular level an Immortal's cells would heal/repair a lot more quickly so you might get a nasty surprise if you wait say ten seconds between shots.

Of couse, then I've alway wondered if you shot someone once in May then again three weeks later and then again a month later, do they disintegrate? Is like once you've been shot you have this clock ticking.

Although I would guess not since I think the SG-1 character have all been shot more than three times just over long stretches.

Also, Immortals are apparently impotent but not unable to perform...and all orphans...so you know -- born under a cabbage leaf time.

[rydra_wong]

Of couse, then I've alway wondered if you shot someone once in May then again three weeks later and then again a month later, do they disintegrate? Is like once you've been shot you have this clock ticking.

No, but there's no Stargate canon of any sort on what the time lag is for zats - how much later a second shot can be after the first for it to count as a "second shot", and not a new first shot.

Of course, there's also completely inconsistent canon on whether someone hit by a first zat shot will: a) writhe around in agony but remain conscious, b) pass out briefly, c) pass out for as long as is required by plot purposes, or d) be mildly annoyed.

Not that I'm bitter after having had to try to make sense of this for a fic.