History Headscratchers / Highlander

* What would have happened if Kastagir had actually killed the Kurgan? [[FriendOrIdolDecision would he and Connor then try to kill each other? Or would they decide their friendship is more important than the Prize after all?]]
* In the TV show, Ritchie is given a rapier by Duncan as his first sword. But rapier's are light, stabbing weapons, not ideal for decapitations. Obviously they change that for the show since Ritchie has a few kills under his belt with it, but why give Ritchie a sword that's impractical against heavier blades that other immortals use, like longswords, or katanas?

* how the heck did the ex-marine Kirk Matunas not die when the Kurgan stuck him in the chest and lifted him off the ground doesn't make sense.

*** He's trying to explain the weird lightning-y shit that happens when The Quickening takes hold. Two reasons I can think of why no big steel collars: one, the Immortals are meant to not be drawing attention to themselves, because men "can feel them, try to drive them away". And there's no rule against ambush; you're safe only on holy ground. Therefore you have to walk around looking like [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Darth Malak]] all day - not very subtle. Two, a metal collar is actually a hindrance rather than a help because it makes you less able to turn and move your head, and it also gives your opponent a larger target to aim at. Medieval plate armour wasn't just the metal, it was about three layers of padding and leather beneath it. That wasn't to prevent chafing; it was to try and stop a really nasty tactic as follows: you don't bother going for a vital point, you just swing the blade of your sword straight at the guy's chestplate. The blade might not penetrate -- but it does stand a good chance of carving through the armor and ''pushing the metal of the chestplate into any wound you cause''. From that point on, with every movement you make, the folded-in edges of the ruptured plate tear your wound further open.

** Queen Anne refers to Duncan as Catholic in "Reluctant Heroes."

** [[CaptainObvious A lot of Immortals are WAY older than modern people,]] and likely come from a time when "Wrath of Gods/God" was something much more present in people's lives. Even if you take a purely atheist stance, to a people who didn't understand weather patterns, germ theory, plate tectonics, and so on, any kind of natural occurrence a modern person would explain scientifically ''had'' to be the wrath of a vengeful deity. And in a setting with beings who live forever and steal each other's power by decapitation, it's not that much of a stretch to imagine that there ''is'' some kind of divine force at work. Even The Kurgan might be terrified of the potential consequences of violating that rule. The fact that there may well be dire consequences for fighting holy ground are alluded to both in the Pompeii story from the TV series and the bit in Highlander 3 where Kane and Connor are fighting in a Buddist shrine. When Connor's sword breaks, a glass pane shatters at the same time for absolutely no reason, revealing a Budda statue, incense, and so on. That could have been the cosmic equivalent of a warning shot, a divine force saying "Knock it off, guys, or something ''really'' nasty is about to happen." Note that Kane backs down immediately after this.

** Never saw the series, but did try and play the game based on it (which sucked ''hard''.) My first bad feeling came when describing the setting, and specifically when telling that Connor MacLeod went to try and deal with the traitor, he lost the fight immediately because he'd taken the oath of pacifism. Seriously? Connor MadFuckingLeod let himself get beheaded because an oath stopped him from fighting back, even in self-defense? IdiotPlot indeed.