Title: More Deadly
Fandom: MacGyver/Highlander
Pairing: MacGyver/Murdoc
Categories: AU, angst
Length: long
Warnings: n/a

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Jane's Website: http://hjc.akicif.net/index.html

Review:
Murdoc finally kills Mac. It doesn't stick.

Thus begins the first MacGyver story I've ever read. Despite the fact that Murdoc has a suspiciously detailed knowledge of immortals, he doesn't kill Mac permanently. Instead, he bundles Mac up for a road trip to prove that Mac is immortal (for some reason Mac isn't willing to take Murdoc at his word. Imagine that.) and they proceed to get a lot more intimate than you might expect (certainly more than *I* expected -- there's something to be said for going into a story cold). They end up in Paris, because Mac needs a teacher, and everyone knows Paris is the best place to go for that sort of thing.

Not having much experience with the MacGyver fandom (though I'd love for that to change, hint hint), I don't yet have an OTP. Mac/Murdoc is probably not going to be it, because I like my fictional relationships to be loving, which isn't really possible when you are trying to pair two mortal enemies. That said, Jane and Julie did a pretty good job of laying the groundwork for a relationship that could some day turn healthy and by the end of the story I can almost understand Murdoc's motivations (no clue on Mac, but then he just died, so he's allowed to do the occasional stupid thing). Plus you have an *awesome* showing by a Highlander character (who will remain nameless for spoiler purposes).

Final verdict: no MacGyverisms (boo!), but some great characterizations of both Mac (especially with regards to the conflict between his pacifism and the necessity of fighting if he wants to remain alive, now that he's immortal) and Murdoc (especially with regards to his motivation for wanting to keep Mac alive and his subsequent semi-creepy possessiveness) make this a must-read for MacGyver fans.

More Deadly