Legend of the Seeker, also known as Attack of the Proper Nouns

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So, it turns out there is this show you guys should be watching? It's called Legend of the Seeker. Yeah, that shiny fantasy show that you've heard about, and maybe you've seen the vids, and maybe you thought oh yeah, I'll watch that eventually after I finish my epic rewatch of World's Deadliest Sharks and cut my dog's toenails or whatever. Except, as it turns out -- as greensilver is my witness -- you actually have to watch it RIGHT NOW.

These are the things you are missing out on:

• Fight scenes that are as awesomely choreographed as they are completely implausible.
• SPARKLES. VERY IMPORTANT MAGICAL SPECIAL EFFECTS.
• The UST-iest OTP since... well, no one is UST-ier than Mulder/Scully, but they are totally trumping Max/Logan from Dark Angel what with the being adorable and totally acknowledging their love for each other while being NOT ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. To say why is spoilers.
• Because this is another show by Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi -- although apparently they are being "serious" this time and not tongue-in-cheek a la Xena: Warrior Princess -- there are equal opportunities for ogling. The women are hot and dressed in leather, the men are buff, sweaty, and shirtless, and the old wizard dudes actually get laid.
• While this show never actually passes the Bechdel Test, all the female characters are rather universally awesome and badass. Sure, there are a couple episodes where a woman gets tied up and tortured, but there is also an episode or dozen where the main hero gets tied up and tortured and made to like it. See above re: equal opportunity.
• Fun fantasy-land fashion, including the awesomest robe sleeves EVER that twirl prettily as the main female character totally fucking kills bad guys with knives.
• An amusingly high body count.
• Gorgeous New Zealand scenery.
• About seventy percent of the time, the characters are actually intelligent, and not simply fumbling their way along as slaves to formulaic plot. Not that there is a lack of formulaic plot -- we loves our formulaic plot. Without it, we would not have magical bonding rituals, sexy dream sequences, or SPOILER and EVEN BIGGER SPOILER.
• There are CUTE CUDDLY KITTENS.
• The main villain is actually rather creepy and completely awesome.
• Whenever Michael Hurst (Iolaus from Hercules) directs an episode, crazy amazing things happen. Think BDSM-tastic bondage fun.


• And next season, Charisma Carpenter is guest-starring and may or may not be making out with chicks dressed in leather! See?? Why are you not watching this show!

Apologies for the incoherence. I just watched all twenty-two episodes in three days. AND SO SHOULD YOU. If you do NOT watch this show, you will have to explain yourself to me and greensilver and we will totally judge you and cry over the sad lack of sparkly sword-fighting BDSM fantasy in your life.

In conclusion, see icon. How can you pass that up? And you have NO EXCUSE not to watch -- all the episodes are available streaming on Hulu and Netflix.