Mmm, that looks yummy, and the mint is taking over our herb garden and needs to be taught a lesson.
I saw an episode of "Legend of the Seeker" on an airplane last fall and pretty much liked it, but I haven't tracked it down on my tv at home. Worth the effort?
I think it is, but only if you have certain fannish buttons. Since you've seen an episode, you have some idea of how pretty it is, and how likable the characters are, and possibly how iffy the plotting is. It's epic cheese, but they take all of the genre cliches and do them right, and it's easy to become incredibly invested in the characters and their relationships with each other while you enjoy the incredible beauty of the show. Plus, it's likely done, so you've got two seasons of episodes with a pretty satisfying conclusion.
I'll get around to posting my own thoughts in a couple of days, but I was rather 'meh' about the finale. What mostly bothered me was the previous two episodes were made pointless. I'm all for AUs, but only Zedd had any knowledge of what happened and what could have been.
And as the bright shiny tear ran down Kahlan's face I thought, "Please don't tell me she's going to make another Stone of Tears with her tears." Which, as you pointed out, they could have saved themselves a lot of time and pain and lowered the Midlands mortality rate if Kahlan could have shed that tear sooner
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I am generally not a fan of magical do overs at all, but it's such a core staple of this show, so I was not that surprised to see it, especially since last season's finale also had an epic magical do-over. I think the implications are actually bigger--who knows what didn't happen in the last two seasons because of that one change? I think the aspect of it that bothered me the most was erasing Cara and Dahlia's relationship; on the other hand, it also erased her second training.
I assumed that's why he wasn't confessed, not that their love was the greatest love of all time and more powerful than the strongest magic!
Sadly, the answer to most everything in the books is "because Richard and Kahlan are special, dammit!" I had never considered the blinding angle, since everyone always talked about the Confessor's touch, not her looking them in the eyes. (I don't think even that is necessary in the books; it's just proximity.)
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I saw an episode of "Legend of the Seeker" on an airplane last fall and pretty much liked it, but I haven't tracked it down on my tv at home. Worth the effort?
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I think it is, but only if you have certain fannish buttons. Since you've seen an episode, you have some idea of how pretty it is, and how likable the characters are, and possibly how iffy the plotting is. It's epic cheese, but they take all of the genre cliches and do them right, and it's easy to become incredibly invested in the characters and their relationships with each other while you enjoy the incredible beauty of the show. Plus, it's likely done, so you've got two seasons of episodes with a pretty satisfying conclusion.
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And as the bright shiny tear ran down Kahlan's face I thought, "Please don't tell me she's going to make another Stone of Tears with her tears." Which, as you pointed out, they could have saved themselves a lot of time and pain and lowered the Midlands mortality rate if Kahlan could have shed that tear sooner ( ... )
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I assumed that's why he wasn't confessed, not that their love was the greatest love of all time and more powerful than the strongest magic!
Sadly, the answer to most everything in the books is "because Richard and Kahlan are special, dammit!" I had never considered the blinding angle, since everyone always talked about the Confessor's touch, not her looking them in the eyes. (I don't think even that is necessary in the books; it's just proximity.)
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