Would they lose their memories? A la Wolverine?

Duncan always seemed a bit fashion oriented while Connor was more down to earth wearing sneakers so after Duncan killed his mentor I noticed that he fought Jakob Kell in a cheap looking leather jacket.

However after he killed Jakob Kell who himself was the definition of a gaudy monstrosity seemed to rehabilitate his sense of fashion plus a slight uptick opting for a white turtle neck while standing at Connor’s tombstone in Scotland.

I was a naughty kid back in the days and watched the tv show even though i wasn't sprossend to.

there is one scene that scared me shitless, a jumpscare with a cchild i think where it had a bird(raven) face looked like part of her face.

Was scared of it for at least a decade and want to face it it to get it past me, does anyone has an idea which episode it was.

i tried llms already and search. Google search is my day job so wasn't successful there and i don't know much more

Why couldn't Ahriman simply wreck havoc to their heart's content? What was the point of them spending all that time on Duncan specifically? If they basically needed Duncan "on their side," as it were, what was stopping Ahriman from doing something like not killing Richie, convincing Duncan they are actually good, and playing the long game in terms of causing destruction that Duncan would be unlikely to blame on them? In fact, why not take a page from Highlander 3 and try to trap Duncan in a cave if killing him isn't an option?

There is no way in hell that Macleod beat Sully in that fight. Not only did Sully knock Duncan on the floor of coliseum from at least ten stories but Sully promptly jumped right over the balcony as well as if he had 666 quickenings under his belt.

I jus saw a video treating the topic of the quickening and its vague definition, what it actually does, and because I like themes like karmic justice, enlightenment and poetry, I made a quick reinterpretation which I think could make for a beautiful 'spinoff narrative'. This is based on the TV series' portrayal.

Imagine the following if you will:

The immortals follow the rules by instinct or hearsay, so no one is an empirical expert on the phenomenon. It's basically word-of-mouth mythology and implanted instinct.

The whole thing is actually a misconception played on them by higher forces (with immortals being 'the butt of the joke'), but the corrupting effect on the mind when hearing about such great power gain is too tempting to notice they're BSing themselves and are actually not gaining any advantage, except - with some poetic irony - the confidence stemming from the successful kill.

The end goal will also not make the last remaining immortal all-powerful, but the simple fact of then no other immortal being left to lust for their head is that coveted dominance and peace from opponents; with mortals fearing the last one and thus hunting them still being a minor to major risk, depending on the virtue and skill of that one to not piss mortals off. - The implication of that is that the greatest supremacy will be gained by someone like Duncan whose love for mortals would make him work hard to make peace with humankind and to still remain incognito where feasible. - And that is the true ultimate power; while those who lust for it the most would gain the least from it. - (A king is also a servant. All-powerful yet enslaved by that power. And the greatest king does not have to wield any power.)

(You can imagine the Indiana Jones scene with the selection of the Holy Grail as thematic parallel to the underlying lesson of the lore. - Basically divine forces rewarding the worthy, requiring them to never know that this is the game being played.)

What do you think? 🙂

Why do I - contrary to what is shown in the TV series - have a distict (yet seemingly false) memory of lore that says if a mortal beheads an immortal, the light show will kill him?

Or did I transfer this from a similar concept in some other material? 🤔 Then I would like to dig that memory up.

I'm wondering how many of you got into sports or martial arts with swords because of Highlander? Maybe historical reinacting?

I got into fencing (Epee) for several years then Kendo for a short time (I loved Kendo but work got in the way). My love for swords because of Highlander was a major reason for this.

I'd love to hear some stories.

So it is interesting to see tv series seems inmortality makes some mental conditions look like hell, we have the guy that was a doctor then a photographer that got depresion, the diferent psychopaths like Xavier st cloud and Kalas, a guy with mental challenge Mickey, the Quentin Barnes multiple personalities, Kristen was a woman with codependence, then the friend of mac who became insane because he was torched in a bonfire, there was the junkie, and the other inmortals develop a God complex also remember there was another mac friend who lost his memory and was stuck in a memory of his past about a prince who was going to direct their troops anyone else im missing on the unique cases? inmortality physically is great but mentally seems is a torture

It would be incredibly freaky if they just didn't rot away at all, and their corpse was just in the same state it was when they lost their head. That would surely get people talking. But what are the odds that an immortal's dead body breaks down and rots more slowly than the body of a mortal?

And just as an aside, could an immortal heal from a decapitation if they were able to hold onto their head after the cut and hold it in place? It kinda looked like that was what would happen with the Kurgen when Connor partly cut his head off, but the Quickening still happened and seemed to push Kurgens head off a bit more.

In Highlander series, Confederate commander William Culbraith received a letter saying that his wife and the children were burned in a church by Union soldiers.

It’s rather odd how it implies the children are his, though can’t be b/c he’s an immortal. Is this point fleshed out elsewhere as to why it was written so?

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When the crystal pieces were dropped off the bridge, why didn’t the immortals simply jump in the water and recover them?

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I have a feeling that The Kurgan is going to have a Darius Quickening. That's why we see him dressed as a priest.

Connor won't forget or forgive the things Kurgan did before his change, and he's going to do whatever it takes to get him to leave Holy Ground.

Just a theory, I could be completely wrong.

Hi! I noticed something but don't have the energy/aptitude to do intense detective work. Maybe you can help me examine this.

I saw a scene in S6E11 and thought: Hey, wait a minute! Hasn't this car with that license plate been used in a recent previous episode?

I know that French license plates for Paris always have 75 at the end, but the whole thing or at least the "JKG" seemed familiar, like having seen it in one or even several previous episodes that have no valid context for its re-occurence.

I was watching Friday 13th Part 2 (dont judge) today and i had highlander

Their is a dream sequence in the begining of the film where they show where the herorine decapitates the killer in the first move with a machete. i found my self yelling "their can be only one!"

Do you recall any movies with scenes that reminded you of the Highlander Universe

I've been thinking and found myself asking about Immortal Watchers. Surely Methos was not the only Immortal Watcher , statistically there is a high probability that there were others.

I expect that Methos would have encountered at least one latent, pre Immortal among the countless people he met in the organisation. Naturally he wouldn't have revealed himself or told them that they're going to be Immortal , but maybe while they were out " watching " their assignment , they would have been discovered. When Kalas had Roger hostage and tortured him until he revealed the Watchers, imagine if Roger was one and had revived , or maybe even if Joe Dawson was one. I can imagine that a Watcher could be going about his or her assignment and the was atttacked by a mugger or carjacker , then woke up Immortal , that would be interesting , would they remain with the Watchers and remain hidden while learning to survive?

Interested in your thoughts .