I think that Methos is one of those people who feels one should know oneself. He has to live an illusory life, pretending to be mortal, but he has always struck me as a man devoted to knowing himself - the journals strike me that way, mostly: this is a record of myself, that I may never forget what I am and what I have been. I think it's a form of identity-making nearly as rigid as Duncan's adherence to his own name.
And I think that most Immortals who live a long time have to do something like that, to keep track of themselves in the tides of time - and I think Methos tries to teach it to Duncan because he's rather fond of the boy. :)
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I think that Methos is one of those people who feels one should know oneself. He has to live an illusory life, pretending to be mortal, but he has always struck me as a man devoted to knowing himself - the journals strike me that way, mostly: this is a record of myself, that I may never forget what I am and what I have been. I think it's a form of identity-making nearly as rigid as Duncan's adherence to his own name.
And I think that most Immortals who live a long time have to do something like that, to keep track of themselves in the tides of time - and I think Methos tries to teach it to Duncan because he's rather fond of the boy. :)