HIGHLA-L Digest - 13 Feb 2003 to 15 Feb 2003 (#2003-21)
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Topics of the day:
1. Still Wondering After All These Years
2. HLDU Auction Progress
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Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 10:09:39 -0500
From: Trilby <trilby23@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: Still Wondering After All These Years
From: jjswbt@EARTHLINK.NET
Subject: Re: Still Wondering After All These Years
To: HIGHLA-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU
> I said:
> >I happened to be watching "The Hunters" and it occurred to me (perhaps
> >not for the first time) that Horton should have *known* that Fitz was
> >Immortal and there shouldn't have been any need for the elaborate "shoot
> >him to see if he comes back" scene. Horton, as a Watcher, would have had
> >access to the Watcher files. Fitz was not "new" and he was certainly not a
> >low profile individual. The files should have been filled with pictures
> >and reports.
I'm fond of the idea that Horton didn't want to attract attention to
himself by doing research. Sooner or later some Watcher Librarian
would notice that Darius was whacked after Horton (or someone on
Horton's staff) reviewed Darius' chronicle.... and then Fitz'
chronicle... and so on. Particularly so if all these Immortals were
killed by persons unknown. Not that anyone would leap to the
conclusion that Horton was doing the whacking, but it would tend to
make people ask questions.
If the info was on disc or an online database, it would be even
harder for Horton to cover his tracks.
And even if being noticed wasn't really all THAT likely, Horton was
paranoid enough to think that it was.
> But....such real world considerations don't count around here <eg> Or at least they didn't use to. We must discover or create a rationale that works within the show's reality.
Absolutely! :-)
> Marina speaks up:
> >Maybe they still had all their stuff stored in musty old archives.
> >(Can you see Horton digging through musty archives?) It wasn't until
> >two Watchers got it into their heads to go round making CDs with all
> >the info handy that things *really* hit the fan...
>
> Possible...possible. Though I tend to believe that some immortals are more famous, or infamous, than others and would be recognized by most Watchers. Fitz was old and he was colorful. He seems like the kind of Immortal they would use as an example in the Academy.
Very possible, but he might not know what Fitz looks like this month.
Still, Horton was surely 99% certain he had an Immie - what if he had
been wrong? "Oops. Sorry, my mistake. Let's dump the body in the
Seine and be on our way."
> I also said:
> >Come to think of it..the scene where Horton bumps into Tessa to see if her hand is still hurt doesn't make a lot sense either (Is that in "The Watchers"? )(Yes, I think so). *If* she was Immortal..she wouldn't have been wearing a bandage in the first place...they heal much too quickly to need
a bandage. Did Horton think she was Immortal and disguising herself by wearing a bandage?
That's exactly what I thought was going on.
> Had he done no research to see who this woman who had been with Duncan for 12 years was?
> beccaelizabeth says:
> >With Tessa all the records can possibly show is that they've never seen
> >her die, and they've never seen her take a Quickening. They cannot show
> >if she is a pre-Immortal, which the scratch test doesnt demonstrate
> >either, but if she was then there was a reason for DM to notice her in
> >the first place. She could be recently Immortal, and for whatever
> >reason trying to hide it. still makes little sense.
>
> They could have checked the birth records...I assume they have those in France. They might have noticed she looked 12 years older <EG>
I go back to the theory that he didn't do much actual research.
> >maybe he be crazy.
>
> Oh yeah. No doubt about that.
>
> Wendy(Should I still be worried about things like this after all these years?)
Why not? It's more fun than worrying about how I'm going to pay the
Visa bill this month. :-)
-------------------- Trilby
Live long and prosper. May the Force be with you.
Remember that the truth is out there ...
No matter where you go ... there you are ...
And he will find you ...
But in the end there can be only one.
Oh, boy.
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Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 12:56:15 +1100
From: Carmel Macpherson <tunnack@webone.com.au>
Subject: HLDU Auction Progress
Hi everyone
The URL for Auction 15 is:
http://www.hldu.org/auc15.shtml
The one I gave out last night will automatically redirect so there is no
need for panic. the shtml picks up automatic date and timing.
Also, it seems that on some browsers the bid buttons don't work. I've put
an alternate bid email below each button:
hlduauction@hotmail.com
Here is where things are at with the auction:
1 Archangel script $105 ms-r
2 Methos and Cassandra pic
3 Amanda's Bag of Tricks $5 ms-r
4 Methos' t-shirt $15 ne
5 Jim Byrnes' pic
6 Raven script $25 ac
7 Duncan and Anne pic $10 cm
8 Damn Deal video $5 moi
9 Adrian at Reunion $10 cm
10 Doc Adams $50 bs
11 Richie picture album
12 Connor pic $25 kkm
13 Bob Chapin pic
14 Four Horsemen Bagged $205 ms-r
15 EndGame video $30 moi
16 Tekwar novel $5 ms-r
Thanks one and all for your continuing support. HLDU 5 is only some 10
weeks away and things are starting to get hectic - in a *good* way.
Kind regards
@ Carmel Macpherson
<<<@{}=================>>> Chief EDFWs
@ carmel@hldu.org
http://www.hldu.org
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HLDU5: 9-11 May, 2003. Brisbane
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