Fandom thought: Crossovers and Methos

[timepiececlock]

So. There's this entire subset of fandom who write Methos/everything crossovers. Not just Highlander crossovers, Methos crossovers.

For example, this person, who has written crossover fic with Methos as a main character for Doctor Who, Veronica Mars, Firefly, and Stargate. And there's other authors who do the same thing! Why? BECAUSE METHOS IS AWESOME.

1. Methos is a character from Highlander who is more than five times as old as The Doctor, very clever, and one of the plain coolest character on television.
2. Highlander is the easiest show EVER to use for crossovers, because in theory it spans all of human history and every culture. (well, Doctor Who is good for crossovers too, I admit.)
3. Of all the Highlander's main cast, Methos is the oldest character alive and thus the most cross-able with any fandom, even in the space-going future, so he is almost a ficdom unto himself when it comes to fanfic sites.

Sadly, while I've found plenty of Methos/Stargate crossovers and Methos/X Men crossovers and Methos/Star Trek crossovers and a few Methos/Doctor Who crossovers, I've never yet found a fic where Methos travels as The Doctor's actual companion. Which is a damn shame, because those two? WOULD BE AWESOME.

It's like two massive egos, two very clever minds, and two crotchety old men. Methos is 5000+ years to the Doctor's 900, but the Doctor's smarter and has better toys. Methos has a "flexible" morality that adapts to situations while the Doctor has very strong ethical beliefs. Both guys are the kind who survive most life or death situations by talking fast then running for their lives. Both are also insidiously charming, and as persistent and difficult to kill as cockroaches.

See how awesome a companion he'd make? I wish someone would write that epic crossover fic. For me. Just for us.

Comments

[mswyrr]

This is a very good idea,

I was comparing them in my head just know, and I realized that the Doctor has a higher death toll than Methos, Horseman of the freaking Apocalypse.

Apocalypses are terribly relative, really.

They both seem to take on the role of enlightener with their friends/companions, shedding light on their perspective of things. I wonder if they'd try to duke it out in an enlightenment battle, if one would end up being seduced by the POV of the other, or if some kind of compromise would always have to be worked out?

I imagine that they'd meet and Methos would get caught up in things in his disguise as a mere mortal. During the course of an adventure, he'd die tragically and the Doctor would fell all saddened and responsible. Then Methos would come back, and boy... the fur would fly. I think the Doctor would be astonished, of course. And start rambling on about the skience of regeneration and immortality and Methos would be, like, "Don't tell me we're ((thoroughly disgusted look)) aliens."

And the Doctor would say, no, well, it's possible, but he's honestly never met anything quite like this. And....

I have no idea. I think that, at some point down the line, the Doctor would really start to like the idea of having someone around who won't drop dead on him in an instant, who measures time in centuries instead of months or years.

[mswyrr]

I think part of Methos' POV is informed by his sense of never REALLY being able to change things, so he sits back at the edges of things and keeps his head and observes.

But the Doctor, well, he topples governments, saves universes, destroys planets, changes worlds and, as the saying go, believes at least three impossible things before breakfast.

Would being around that get Methos intrigued by the possibilities of really making things different, instead of watching them happen? Or would he calculate the increased opportunity for decapitation and say "later, dude!"

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I wonder if the immortal thing would pass the Doctor's notice? In one way, they don't give out any noticeably abnormal heat or energy because in the show the only way anyone finds out is by demonstration. But they do have lightning in their blood so I wonder if the Doctor would see/feel that, on some level, and know he's abnormal.

Of course, depending on the century and timeline of human expansion, Methos could just lie and say he's part human, part alien and the Doctor might take that at face value.

Of course, if the Doctor didn't notice (it might be something he doesn't see until he looks for it), he'd be awefully surprised about the coming back to life, thing. I'd love to read that scene. The Doctor is so used to meeting people from different centuries who are also time-travelers, he probably would be fascinated to me someone who's taking the long way around.

I think that, at some point down the line, the Doctor would really start to like the idea of having someone around who won't drop dead on him in an instant, who measures time in centuries instead of months or years.

Yeah. With no more Time Lords, this makes a decent alternative for long-term companionship.


They both seem to take on the role of enlightener with their friends/companions, shedding light on their perspective of things.

Definitely. They have that in common.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I think part of Methos' POV is informed by his sense of never REALLY being able to change things, so he sits back at the edges of things and keeps his head and observes.

Yeah. I think on the show he said or quoted "Men don't make history, history makes men."

I think Methos *would* be intrigued by the Doctor's magical narrative-inducing effect on the world around him, and his faith in changing things for the better. They could play cynic/optimist really well, especially since the Doctor has seen all the bad things Methos has so he knows all the reasons to be cynical, but he isn't.

Or would he calculate the increased opportunity for decapitation and say "later, dude!"

I think that would happen the first few times they meet, until eventually he gets bored and decides hanging with the Doctor is worth the risk. I imagine he could be an on-off companion for centuries, possibly through multiple Doctors, like an old friend. I wonder... would Methos want to be dropped into the future? That might solve his "other immortals trying to kill him" problem, if they think he's dead or gone, or if humanity has migrated to different planets. If an immortal lived long enough, off-planet migration might resolve The Game anyway, without there being only one.

[rusty_halo.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I'd kill to read a well-written version of that. :)