Legend of the Seeker
Last Thursday, all I knew about Legend of the Seeker was that it is based on that fantasy series with the BDSM, the evil chicken, and the Objectivism, and that people make pretty but extremely disturbing vids for it. Also, on the basis of picspams and vids, I shipped the brunette with the lethal hair and the sociopathic blonde with the long braid. At that time, I did not realize there were two sociopathic blondes with long braids.
Last Friday, I watched 1x22, because it was the first appearance of what at the time I believed to be the only sociopathic blonde with a long braid. It indicated that the series had kept the BDSM imagery and jettisoned the Objectivism and the evil chicken. Or maybe they were just saved for other episodes, since this one was kind of full, what with the magical torture dildoes, alternate timelines, loves beyond time, Bad Seed children, two-minute pregnancies, and wooden plot coupons with the kind of fantasy names that I would have scorned by the time I was twelve for not having nearly enough weird punctuation marks.
The main cast is very pretty, except for the creepy old guy, and the main villain is not as pretty as the heroes but is surprisingly attractive due to being able to act. The dialogue is horrible.
So I was not planning to watch any further and just to rely on fandom osmosis for any information I needed to interpret vids. Fandom osmosis has worked fine in the past. I cannot tell you how many undesired pieces of information about Stargate Atlantis are lodged in my brain. I have never watched Stargate Atlantis and yet there, to my despair, all these tidbits are.
But geekturnedvamp tempted me with an episode that would make "Doll Parts" more sense, so we watched that. "Oh, come on!" she said when I cringed at the torture porn. "That is the most sexualized torture in the history of entertainment."
"I share the general amazement that this show is being produced by the Disney Channel," I said, and flinched again, because there were more creepy skin effects on people who were poked with magic dildoes. "It would be fine if it were just him hanging from the ceiling being bruised and bloodied. It shows off his very pretty shoulders and abs. But I could do with less of the actual torture."
After that, geekturnedvamp wanted to show me more of the main villain, whom she loves. "But I wanted to watch the episode where Kahlen goes all black- and bloody-eyed and evil," I said plaintively.
"That is the very episode which I am planning to show you," she said, and I was content.
Spoilers for 'Torn' (LOTS 2x11)
Then I went home and read bradcpu's recap and decided I would watch "Torn." The thing is, Internets, I have read fannish recaps before. You may be surprised to learn that on occasion they involve exaggeration, hyperbole, and a generous reading of subtext. So I expected that the episode would involve Kahlen being split in half and possibly even that Good Kahlen would have sex with Richard, although my suspicion was that they would make out for a while and get interrupted before consummation. I did not expect that every word of the recap would be the literal, non-exaggerated truth, including the part where Cold Judgmental Kahlen makes the subjugated villain her sex slave, although, to be honest, that was not nearly as hot as when she made Wimpy Emotional Kahlen her love slave. Also, I think the writers do not understand that Kahlen/Cara (or, as I still think of them, The Brunette with the Lethal Hair/The Sociopathic Blonde with the Long Braid) are MEANT TO BE, as they keep pushing Richard/Cara as the subordinate pairing. They are okay, but clearly both are way more into Kahlen.
Also, Richard/Kahlen are surprisingly sweet! When Richard dropped his head down on Kahlen's shoulder at the end of the torture episode, I may have murmured, "Awwwww, puppy!"
I am not sure I want to watch more because the dialogue hurts me and also I am still ashamed to be watching a series based on the books with the evil chicken. But it is more tempting than it used to be. I think they may have out-Kripked Kripke as far as connection with the fannish id goes.
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Last Friday, I watched 1x22, because it was the first appearance of what at the time I believed to be the only sociopathic blonde with a long braid. It indicated that the series had kept the BDSM imagery and jettisoned the Objectivism and the evil chicken. Or maybe they were just saved for other episodes, since this one was kind of full, what with the magical torture dildoes, alternate timelines, loves beyond time, Bad Seed children, two-minute pregnancies, and wooden plot coupons with the kind of fantasy names that I would have scorned by the time I was twelve for not having nearly enough weird punctuation marks.
The main cast is very pretty, except for the creepy old guy, and the main villain is not as pretty as the heroes but is surprisingly attractive due to being able to act. The dialogue is horrible.
So I was not planning to watch any further and just to rely on fandom osmosis for any information I needed to interpret vids. Fandom osmosis has worked fine in the past. I cannot tell you how many undesired pieces of information about Stargate Atlantis are lodged in my brain. I have never watched Stargate Atlantis and yet there, to my despair, all these tidbits are.
But geekturnedvamp tempted me with an episode that would make "Doll Parts" more sense, so we watched that. "Oh, come on!" she said when I cringed at the torture porn. "That is the most sexualized torture in the history of entertainment."
"I share the general amazement that this show is being produced by the Disney Channel," I said, and flinched again, because there were more creepy skin effects on people who were poked with magic dildoes. "It would be fine if it were just him hanging from the ceiling being bruised and bloodied. It shows off his very pretty shoulders and abs. But I could do with less of the actual torture."
After that, geekturnedvamp wanted to show me more of the main villain, whom she loves. "But I wanted to watch the episode where Kahlen goes all black- and bloody-eyed and evil," I said plaintively.
"That is the very episode which I am planning to show you," she said, and I was content.
Spoilers for 'Torn' (LOTS 2x11)
Then I went home and read bradcpu's recap and decided I would watch "Torn." The thing is, Internets, I have read fannish recaps before. You may be surprised to learn that on occasion they involve exaggeration, hyperbole, and a generous reading of subtext. So I expected that the episode would involve Kahlen being split in half and possibly even that Good Kahlen would have sex with Richard, although my suspicion was that they would make out for a while and get interrupted before consummation. I did not expect that every word of the recap would be the literal, non-exaggerated truth, including the part where Cold Judgmental Kahlen makes the subjugated villain her sex slave, although, to be honest, that was not nearly as hot as when she made Wimpy Emotional Kahlen her love slave. Also, I think the writers do not understand that Kahlen/Cara (or, as I still think of them, The Brunette with the Lethal Hair/The Sociopathic Blonde with the Long Braid) are MEANT TO BE, as they keep pushing Richard/Cara as the subordinate pairing. They are okay, but clearly both are way more into Kahlen.
Also, Richard/Kahlen are surprisingly sweet! When Richard dropped his head down on Kahlen's shoulder at the end of the torture episode, I may have murmured, "Awwwww, puppy!"
I am not sure I want to watch more because the dialogue hurts me and also I am still ashamed to be watching a series based on the books with the evil chicken. But it is more tempting than it used to be. I think they may have out-Kripked Kripke as far as connection with the fannish id goes.
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