Rest In Peace, Stan Kirsch

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.)