Ficlets: Highlander/Revenge
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The prompt:
inspired me to actually figure out what this whole Revenge thing was. What it is, is great! It's a modern re-imagining of The Count of Monte Cristo, one of my old favorite books. It starts off with a sweet love story and then there's betrayal and imprisonment, escape and revenge. The Count is super clever and manipulates the downfall of those who betrayed him. And it's a wonderfully satisfying guilty pleasure. In Revenge, there are number of changes made, most noticeably the fact that the main character is female and the daughter of the guy who was framed for treason. And, of course, that it's set in modern America, specifically in The Hamptons. But, it still manages to keep the feel of the one character manipulating events beautifully to bring about a downfall of those corrupt individuals who had betrayed her, and by golly enjoying their downfall. Also, nicely, I can watch the episodes online.
By the time I had watched the first four episodes (it's a new show, that's all there is at this point), I only sort of remembered the prompt and so wrote my first fill for the mis-remembered prompt:
Highlander/Revenge, Methos/Amanda(Emily), Amanda(Emily) learned from the best
Fill #1: An Epic Tale of Love and Revenge
Oops.
So the second fill had the proper pairing.
Fill #2: He was a King
Highlander/Revenge, Methos/Nolan, Nolan learned from the best
inspired me to actually figure out what this whole Revenge thing was. What it is, is great! It's a modern re-imagining of The Count of Monte Cristo, one of my old favorite books. It starts off with a sweet love story and then there's betrayal and imprisonment, escape and revenge. The Count is super clever and manipulates the downfall of those who betrayed him. And it's a wonderfully satisfying guilty pleasure. In Revenge, there are number of changes made, most noticeably the fact that the main character is female and the daughter of the guy who was framed for treason. And, of course, that it's set in modern America, specifically in The Hamptons. But, it still manages to keep the feel of the one character manipulating events beautifully to bring about a downfall of those corrupt individuals who had betrayed her, and by golly enjoying their downfall. Also, nicely, I can watch the episodes online.
By the time I had watched the first four episodes (it's a new show, that's all there is at this point), I only sort of remembered the prompt and so wrote my first fill for the mis-remembered prompt:
Highlander/Revenge, Methos/Amanda(Emily), Amanda(Emily) learned from the best
Fill #1: An Epic Tale of Love and Revenge
Oops.
So the second fill had the proper pairing.
Fill #2: He was a King
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Date: 2011-10-17 11:57 am (UTC)though I wonder if there is a character equivalent to Haydeé, she always made me feel the count had not spent all of years solely focusing on Revenge but managed some measure of healing, him having cared for her was such a great balance, and I loved she took the steps for her own revenge when she had the oportunity
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Date: 2011-10-17 02:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-17 02:32 pm (UTC)which is a shame she is one of my favorite characters and after the 50s they mostly stopped using her...