Highlander/Fridge

Fridge Brilliance

• When I first saw the flashback in the episode of Highlander in which Duncan is banished from his family and village for being a "changeling", I didn't think much about it. Okay, the concept of a fairy changeling fits in with the Celtic culture of the Highlands. Later, I realized that -- Highlander Immortals ARE changelings, specifically human-fae hybrids! It explains so much. Most cultures in the world have myths and legends about immortal, supernatural beings analogous to elves and fairies, so this theory works everywhere, not just in Britain and Europe. All Highlander Immortals whom we're aware of are orphans whose parents are unknown. Because the fae don't want halfbreeds among them, they foist these babies onto human families as changelings. Because they don't want too many of the halfbreeds around to cause trouble, they invented and promulgated the Game with that ridiculous "There Can Be Only One" premise, to get the halfbreeds to kill each other off. And of course the fairy genes account for their longevity and the difficulty of killing them. Can't have children? Most interspecies hybrids are sterile.

• In the first movie, Connor does in fact follow Ramirez's advice on how to fight the Kurgan: he uses heart (Brenda saves his life), soul (by demonstrating courage and skill and care for others) and steel (he decapitates the Kurgan with Ramirez's 2500 year old sword). Made a great movie even better!