Reborn

We were the best of fans, we were the worst of fans, we were the gauge of immortal wisdom,we were the gauge of cyber foolishness, it was our epoch of grief, it was our epoch of hope. This was our season of Light, it was our season of Darkness, an autumn of hope, after a spring of despair. We had Amanda before us, but no Duncan or Methos, were directed to The Raven, were all bent on old ways… In short it was the lull between the end and the beginning, the uncomfortable suspension of disbelief between Season Five point five of

Highlander: The Series

and Season One of

Highlander: The Raven.

Superlative degrees of comparison aside, through the cyber-dust aswirl in blue light came a yahoo interview with Paul Johansson, who plays Amanda's new pard, Nick Wolfe. He was a new face (for most): an unknown character in an unfamiliar show. He let it slip that he had visited our cyber-Forums and was startled by the knee-jerk dislike of a new guy on the block, a character as yet unrevealed.

For some, the horror and shame were too much to bear. Remembered words boomed in our heads: "The nicest, most considerate, most warm-hearted fans ever." In our grief at the loss of our show, as we sang "Blue Christmas" and "Auld Lang Syne" with unprecedented sincerity, Highlander fans made a new member of the Highlander universe feel unwelcome!

All became clear. R FON Wolfe Pack was born. May we deserve and live up to the reputation above described by an old familiar in the Highlander universe. Amanda gets better and better: she grows, she evolves before us. We miss Duncan. We miss Methos. Let us put aside all scalp-scraping, pyre-lighting mourning, and give Nick a chance too. After all, he is but mortal!