I think I've seen some "Joe is evil" type stories, although I don't particularly remember specifics, that show him doing evil deeds behind the scenes. However in this case it would be a sort of "evil is in the eye of the beholder" type deal. Consider the fact that a group of his peers decided he had to die and actually put him up in front of a firing squad.
It's clear that the Watchers don't really work as a real organization that has to take into account the practicalities. But what if it did. What if, for thousands of years, they had successfully hidden their existence from immortals, maintained their neutrality in every war, and here is Dawson breaking everything, and for what?
There are very few people who consider themselves evil, so it's always interesting to write a conflict from the other side, showing the fight and the issues through their eyes.
Anyway,
Methos' age... hmm. As I recall, ancient Chinese used the phrase "10,000" as pretty much the equivalent of "infinite". I wonder if there's any culture that uses "5,000". In which case, everyone refers to Methos as being that old when really it just means "really old" rather than anything more specific.
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Date: 2009-03-26 03:49 am (UTC)It's clear that the Watchers don't really work as a real organization that has to take into account the practicalities. But what if it did. What if, for thousands of years, they had successfully hidden their existence from immortals, maintained their neutrality in every war, and here is Dawson breaking everything, and for what?
There are very few people who consider themselves evil, so it's always interesting to write a conflict from the other side, showing the fight and the issues through their eyes.
Anyway,
Methos' age... hmm. As I recall, ancient Chinese used the phrase "10,000" as pretty much the equivalent of "infinite". I wonder if there's any culture that uses "5,000". In which case, everyone refers to Methos as being that old when really it just means "really old" rather than anything more specific.