Rest In Peace, Stan Kirsch

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Stan Kirsch died on January 11th at the age of 51. May he rest in peace. To me, he will forever be Richie Ryan, from Highlander: The Series. I did catch his one episode of Friends, but never saw him anywhere else.

My first episode of Highlander was Archangel (I have great timing*!)--and through that show and incident, I discovered fanfic. I stumbled across a Clan Denial site because of that episode, and there was so much fix-it fanfic around. Almost always loved Kirsch in the show, even if I didn’t always like the character of Richie.

*I seriously came into this show backwards and with the wrong expectations. Sci-Fi Buzz aired a thing back in the day about how Richie Ryan was dead, and there was a demon involved. Watched Archangel, bought Counterfeit Parts 1 and 2 on VHS, watched Highlander II: The Quickening, and then caught the marathons on USA Network.

Thought Horton was really a demon all along. Same with Richie, realized it was not so. Come for Ahriman, stay for the wild ride of past seasons and future movies.

(Have a Joe and Methos icon, since I don't have one of Richie.)