Thursday, December 29, 2011

Some time after they've parted on bad terms, Duncan finds one of Methos's old diaries. Remembering how many times Methos had intruded on him and trying to get a petty little bit of revenge, he sets about trying to read the diary. It's not as easy as it sounds: Methos switches between languages when he feels like it (and engages in polyglottal wordplay along the way), and Duncan doesn't know most of them, so he has to go out and learn them. Well...it's not like he doesn't have time, so that's what he does for a few lifetimes (and ends up making a reputation for himself). And when he can translate enough of it, he finds that the diary is essentially a list of Methos's regrets. Many of them are cryptic to Duncan, because Methos doesn't need to describe the whole situation to himself, and Duncan doesn't recognize what referents Methos did write down. Others are multi-page rants/essays. Some of them, Duncan can figure out that they're fictional; others, he knew enough beforehand to know that they're real.

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