Highlander Holiday ShortCuts

Heads up that we will take a break from posting on the 25th, to allow everyone a little time to catch up.

Properly Executed by Anonymous for Banbury
Category: Gen
Characters: Connor MacLeod, Duncan MacLeod
Relationships: Connor MacLeod & Duncan MacLeod
Summary: Of ancient blessings, glimpses of the future and learning to say ‘I love you’.

Kastagir's Hotel Américain by Anonymous for Merfilly
Category: F/F
Characters: Amanda Darieux, Rebecca Horne, Rachel Ellenstein, Sunda Kastagir
Relationships: Amanda Darieux/Rebecca Horne
Summary: Rebecca visits Kastagir at his fancy new hotel. Then Amanda shows up. Antics ensue.

Secrets by Anonymous for Black Dwarf
Category: F/M, M/M
Characters: Duncan, Methos, Rebecca Horne, Darius, Kronos, Gina de Valicourt, Joe Dawson
Relationships: Duncan MacLeod/Methos, Rebecca Horne/Methos, Darius/Methos
Summary: Methos hesitates and hesitates to tell Duncan about his past with the Horsemen. By the time of Bordeaux, he regrets not having done it sooner.

A Lesson in Steel by Anonymous for coralysendria
Category: Gen
Characters: Duncan MacLeod, Connor MacLeod, Richie Ryan, Brenda Wyatt
Relationships: Duncan MacLeod & Richie Ryan, Duncan MacLeod & Connor MacLeod, Connor MacLeod & Richie Ryan, Connor MacLeod/Brenda Wyatt
Summary: Connor tests Richie.

 TOMORROW.

Everyone who guessed got at least three right. Great job.

Every story got at least one guess, and the only story that nobody guessed right was "Forging," by argentum_ls. Lady Silver in stealth mode!

Coralysendria, Sharpest Asp, Teratornis, and pennywashburne were also tricksy, with only one person correctly guessing them.

A few of us who've been around here a while were pretty obvious. There were three stories that every single one of our guessers got right:

- Moondance or A Series of Extraordinary Events (hafital)
- Old Fashioned Number Nine (killabeez)
- Stolen Time (Mackiedockie)

Two other stories also had 6 correct guesses:

- Cousin's Retreat by Sharpest Asp
- Ancient Chronicles by Morgyn Leri

Results:

Hafital - 3
Teratornis - 8
Lady Silver - 8

Tied for 3rd place with 10 correct guesses: Annavere and dkwilliams

2nd place: jasmasson with an impressive 11 correct

...and in first place, Black Dwarf, with a sweeping 12 correct guesses!

Assorted Story Stats:

20 Stories
22 Signups
2 Pinch hits (Sharpest Asp and killabeez)
2 treats a la havocthecat
Sharpest Asp wrote 2 stories
Havocthecat wrote 3 stories, which made her difficult to spot!

Crossovers: 4, BtVS twice.

Thank you so much to Teratornis for tabulating our Highlander Character Appearances:
- Methos - 13 (some things don't change!)
- Duncan - 11
- Richie - 9
- Joe - 8
- Connor, Amanda - 6 each
- Rebecca - 4
- Darius, Kronos, Randi McFarland, Tessa, Ceirdwyn - 2 each
- Amy Brennan-Thomas, Hugh Fitzcairn, Gina de Valicourt, Robert de Valicourt, Kalas, James Horton, Sunda Kastagir, Angie Burke, May-Ling Shen, Ramirez, Gregor Powers, Jennifer Hill, Brenda Wyatt, Anne Lindsey, Caspian, and Silas each had one appearance—as Tornis said, we really dragged in the whole ensemble this year.

I think this is probably the first year that we had more Richie appearances than Joe. Clan Denial still riding strong!

Thank you all for making this first year of modding fun and easy for us, and let's do it again, yeah? Also, just for fun, let's leave the collection open for any additional treats anyone would like to write. ♥