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The Parting Glass
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Parting Glass |
| Author(s): | Kat Allison |
| Date(s): | 2004 or before |
| Length: | 124kb |
| Genre(s): | slash |
| Fandom(s): | Highlander |
| Relationship(s): | |
| External Links: | The Parting Glass (AO3) |
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The Parting Glass is a Highlander Duncan/Methos story by Kat Allison.
Summary: "Joe has been forcibly retired from the watcher organisation - and he's not happy."
Reactions and Reviews
This is a REALLY depressing story! It's extremely well-written, naturally, but the Methos here is so cold - even if it's only a facade covering deeper feelings - that the story leaves me feeling rather empty and very sad for everybody involved. I've always liked Methos as a character more than Duncan but I must say that I couldn't disagree more with the philosphy espoused by Methos in this story. I guess that's why I'm not really entirely comfortable with Kat Allison's Methos - my Methos is a lot nicer. But the writing keeps me coming back for more, time after time. as well as the fabulous characterisations of Joe and Duncan.[1]
... which is the story that worked me over so well that I had to write my ownsequel to it. Let's face it, that just doesn't happen very often. Especially considering the fact...
Well, Kat's a Methosgrrl. She is. She knows him, inside and out. She's ruthless with him and *through* him, and that woke something up inside of me that I never expected. Namely?
A love for Duncan.
Who knew? I sure didn't. But that ruthlessness... There's just something inspiring, something inescapably *needful* about literary mercilessness...
I don't know. All I know is that I wish that more writers had it.
And that, even when the very thought of *reading* it makes me cringe, I'm always glad to see Kat writing in one of my fandoms.
She makes the pain count for something. [2]
Inspired Fanworks
Rising by Te is a sequel to The Parting Glass.
References
- ^ Madrigal's Fanfiction Recs: Highlander., Archived version, January 2004
- ^ "Highlander Recommendations". Archived from the original on 2023-01-30.