HIGHLA-L Digest - 6 Mar 2001 to 7 Mar 2001 (#2001-90)
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1. EG SPOILER: One for Wendy...
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Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 15:58:25 -0500
From: jjswbt@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: EG SPOILER: One for Wendy...
>> >Since, IIRC, Wendy was one who was in the middle of this particular
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>> Becky says:
>> >in the VHS I rented from Blockbuster, Methos' line where he says that
>> >Sanctuary was on Holy Ground was *edited out*!!! Anyone else notice
>> >this on VHS or the DVD?
me:
>> That was a nice change. Now it just appears that all the Immortals
>> involved in Sanctuary were incredibly stupid and/or suicidal. That's
>> life <eg>
Claire:
>I daresay they *were* suicidal. But they were interested enough in the
>fate of the world that they still wanted to do their bit to help keep an
>evil immie from being the last one, provided they didn't actually have to
>experience life any more. So, when presented with Sanctuary, they went
>with it.
But..but..it seems pretty clear in the movie that Sanctuary was *not* always about preventing the Prize from being won. The Watcher dude says that recently the mission had changed- i.e. when Kell went "renegade". So..before Kell, those who went into Sanctuary did so for the reasons Methos tells Duncan - those who were were unwilling to kill any more and, by Connor's example, those too tired to fight anymore. So we have a bunch of Immortals (at least 12) who decide (individually) that they can't stand the Game any more..but they aren't quite willing to shuffle off this (Im)mortal coil either. Wouldn't they choose a *safe* place - since their ultimate goal is to stay alive? What is the only safe ground for Immortals who don't wish to die? Holy Ground. So..either they knew it wasn't HG and allowed themselves to be kept there anyway- risking death at any time. Or they were told it *was* HG and were lied to - and didn't bother to check?.
>Perhaps they didn't particularly care where it was. Perhaps it
>got moved periodically, while they were drugged.
Again... *why* were they drugged? Everyone up until Duncan was a *volunteer*..they could have just been held in "cells" ..with TV and books and open doors. Brother Paul's monastery was as safe as anyone could want ..they wouldn't have to fight and no one could reach them. What was it about Sanctuary that attracted them? I'm just not seeing it. They volunteered to be shackled on back-boards for decades with IV drips and blue gunk up their nose? Why?
> And with Watchers
>running it, it does make a sort of weird sense for it to be off holy
>ground.
Not to me....they would never be safe unless it was HG. The *only*place they couldn't be killed (by other Immortals) was on HG. If you wanted to be sure to keep a few alive and well forever...chaining them and drugging them senseless on *non* HG was mind bogglingly stupid. *Any* Immortal with an urge to kill them was free to do so.
>Real HG attracts immies, and the Watcher keepers do want to go
>home at night without being bait for evil immies.
But..even if HG "attracts" Immortals..they can't kill another Immortal there. What was the Watchers goal here.? To keep these volunteers alive.Where are Immortals safe? HG. They (the Watchers) might be killed but the Immortals would be safe. And..after all...Watchers can be "bait" anywhere any time. ..holy ground or no.
Sorry...whether the plan was protecting the Prize or just allowing world-weary Immortals a place to sleep away the years..only HG was safe.
Wendy(I wonder if they mentioned the blue gunk to the new volunteers *before* they chained them up?)
Fairy Killer
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