Joe Dawson
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| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Joe Dawson |
| Occupation: | Watcher |
| Relationships: | |
| Fandom: | Highlander |
| Other: | portrayed by Jim Byrnes |
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Joe Dawson is a character from Highlander. He is Duncan MacLeod's Watcher, introduced in the first episode of the second season.
Joe is canonically disabled (as is the actor who plays him). Joe's legs were amputated following injuries sustained in Vietnam.
Despite the abundance of slash in Highlander fandom, many writers avoided slashing Joe with anyone. "Joe Dawson don't do no slash" was a oft-written phrase. It wasn't until Methos was seen taking care of Joe in an episode that the Joe/Methos pairing was seen as having potential. It has since become the most popular pairing for Joe.
Joe-centric Sites & Communities
- Joe Stories Archive, founded in June 1997 by Heidi McKeon and run by Raine Wynd c. 2000 to 2010; now defunct archive link.[1]
- JoeFic at Yahoo! Groups and its website (now offline), founded in 2001
Links & Resources
- Joe Dawson tag at Archive of Our Own
- Joe character filter at FanFiction.Net
- The Human Touch, an essay by spikendru at idol_reflection (2004)
- Grumpy Old Men, Archived version, a Joe/Methos ship manifesto by gardendoor (2004)
- Highlander: Joe Dawson fic recs by eldritchhobbit (2006)
- Joe Dawson (Highlander) at Wikipedia
- Joe Dawson at the Highlander Wiki
References
- ^ Also called the JoeStories Archive; originally at members.aol.com/JoeStories/ then at Alice in Stonyland's page ww.ejai.org/stonyland/Joe_Stories/, later http://www.rainewynd.com/joestories.html.