LadySilver's Fanfic

In the early days of the bantering and brainstorming that would become Highlander: the Agent, Tornis had given in to the pull of the muses and started writing scenes from a casefic. As much fun as it was to have near-daily additions to the story to look forward to, I started to feel guilty about not contributing anything of my own. In order to ease myself into the characters, I decided to write a story capitalizing on one of the recurring jokes we'd developed.

( The cat )

As all Highlander backstories need the Reveal Scene, that's also what I wanted to do: The one where we get to see how the family dealt with the news and what put the first pieces into place that would lead to the Matthew that we met in "Manhunt."

( From here to 'Manhunt' )

And thus was born:

Title: Reconcilable Differences
Word Count: 8750
Characters: Matthew, Original Characters, Corwin the Cat
Rating: T (I think there's a swear)
Summary: The year is 1989, and Matthew has been happily married for almost two decades. Recognizing that his lack-of-aging is catching up to this life, he realizes it's time to have the talk with his family.

This also marks the first of the extras that I wrote, and the first one posted on our new schedule of releasing extras on Wednesdays.

Our Highlander spin-off series continues this week with the start of the second "episode":

Dead End

Summary: While investigating a gruesome case in a tiny Midwestern town, Matthew must contend with unexpected challenges both from the attitudes of the locals, and from his own unquiet memories.

This one is 9 chapters and ~35K total, with one chapter posting weekly.

We also posted the first "extra" last week, a one-shot:

First Case

Summary: Matthew's first case with his new partner doesn't exactly go as anyone hoped, and his own investigations lead to an encounter with an old acquaintance.
Characters: Matthew, Duncan MacLeod, Thomas Powell, Francesca Talbot (OC)
Word Count: 4500

Sometimes, an idea rears up and needs to be written. Sometimes that idea then takes over your life.

Following last year's Shortcuts, I started talking to teratornis about various things Highlander. In those discussions, the subject came up of Matthew McCormick and the proposed spin-off featuring him as an Immortal FBI Agent who travels the country "investigating" beheadings.

I don't know why this spin-off didn't happen, though McCormack landing the part on Will & Grace probably had something to do with it. (And, good for him! That was a much better choice in the ::cough:: long term.)

But, fanfic, you know?

While considering the spinoff-that-never-was, Tornis and I bantered ideas for what we would have liked to see. We discussed possibilities, many of which were little more than Cool Dialogue Exchanges. They wrote a scene pulling some of those ideas together, then that scene turned into a full-blown story.

We are now ... invested.

Oh, god, are we invested.

This has been/is being such a fun experience. I'm also really looking forward to the day when we can start sharing. The impatience is real.