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Plot-bunny: Highlander/Criminal Minds
Sep. 28th, 2009 08:07 pmI watched the first season of Criminal Minds on dvd some time back. The series is about an FBI response team that profiles serial killers. It was a lot of fun, but wow, it’s also a good way to start seeing serial killers everywhere. Then last week, I saw the most recent season premier.
And immediately wanted to add Methos to the mix.
Given that the season premier was fairly recent, the rest of the idea is under the spoiler cut.
( Spoiler cut... )
Of course, the real point of the story is to get the behavioral analysts of Criminal Minds working with someone who has an even more thorough understanding of how serial killers work. They probably know it, too, but can’t quite find any proof. Or maybe they do find proof and aren’t sure what to do with the fact that they have identified one of the men who released the Turkish Cannibal, given that he’s also helping them save one of their own. Choices, choices.
Plus,
“I’m not any more. I glutted myself on blood and death and finally became sated.”
“Then you weren’t a real serial killer. It’s a compulsion for these people. They have to have it, and every kill makes the need grow stronger.”
“Oh, I was the real deal all right. It’s just that you’ve caught all of your case studies before they body count got high enough to meet their needs.”
The smile he gave was chilling in the way that it was soft and amused and not at all what a self-confessed killer should be like.
Or then,
“A question of morality: who is the better man: a serial killer who stopped killing innocents and got on with his life as a pacifist or a serial killer who continues but always and only targets other serial killers?”
“Huh. It’s an interesting question. Why do you ask?”
“Well, you asked about the Turkish Cannibal. I helped get him out of prison because our brother was threatening me, but then set them both up for another killer. Now this third killer was most put-out with me. He thinks I’m a monster, or at least was one. And I was, certainly, but he doesn’t seem to think he is at all. It doesn’t occur to him.”
“That’s rather common to all sunsubs who target other unsubs. The others do it for the extra thrill.”
And immediately wanted to add Methos to the mix.
Given that the season premier was fairly recent, the rest of the idea is under the spoiler cut.
( Spoiler cut... )
Of course, the real point of the story is to get the behavioral analysts of Criminal Minds working with someone who has an even more thorough understanding of how serial killers work. They probably know it, too, but can’t quite find any proof. Or maybe they do find proof and aren’t sure what to do with the fact that they have identified one of the men who released the Turkish Cannibal, given that he’s also helping them save one of their own. Choices, choices.
Plus,
“I’m not any more. I glutted myself on blood and death and finally became sated.”
“Then you weren’t a real serial killer. It’s a compulsion for these people. They have to have it, and every kill makes the need grow stronger.”
“Oh, I was the real deal all right. It’s just that you’ve caught all of your case studies before they body count got high enough to meet their needs.”
The smile he gave was chilling in the way that it was soft and amused and not at all what a self-confessed killer should be like.
Or then,
“A question of morality: who is the better man: a serial killer who stopped killing innocents and got on with his life as a pacifist or a serial killer who continues but always and only targets other serial killers?”
“Huh. It’s an interesting question. Why do you ask?”
“Well, you asked about the Turkish Cannibal. I helped get him out of prison because our brother was threatening me, but then set them both up for another killer. Now this third killer was most put-out with me. He thinks I’m a monster, or at least was one. And I was, certainly, but he doesn’t seem to think he is at all. It doesn’t occur to him.”
“That’s rather common to all sunsubs who target other unsubs. The others do it for the extra thrill.”
