Once more I prove myself to be one of those fans -- i.e., one of the cray-crays who actually doesn't loathe Jack -- because I totally dug this episode and, uh, ( spoilers for 6.05 The Lighthouse )
So, yeah... did I mention that the mythology is ridiculous? I don't know how familiar you are with the premise of the story, but it follows the adventures of a young strapping Richard who happens to be the Seeker, aka the man with the sparklespecial destiny to vanquish all evil etc. etc. He has hero support in the form of Kahlen, a Confessor, which is like this line of badass warrior priestesses except part of their magic is that they can enslave people by touching them (ergo "confessing" them because then they are forced to tell the truth/love/worship/obey their Confessor until death), but -- oh no! the power is also a curse! -- because in the ~throes of passion~ they would automatically confess their lovers, and therefore Confessors only take men as "mates" for breeding stock rather than for love. So of COURSE Richard and Kahlen fall in Epic Star-Crossed Love that Cannot Be, because if Kahlan ever confessed him then he would be distracted from his quest, lose all free will, only love her because of magic and not because they truly
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Don't get me wrong, "epic star-crossed love that cannot be" is the hottest kind, and I would fall for that stuff hook, line and sinker. But I love your phrasing, and your delightfully outraged "ONGOING COCKBLOCK" cry. Hee.
Also, I'm kind of scared of the women on LotS, now. Whoever came up with all that-- a man, obviously-- must have been feeling really, really frustrated.
I'M NOT LEAVING, I SWEAR. IT'S JUST AN INFATUATION. Kahlan is like my Mazza substitute, and Richard is like THE ROBIN OF MY WILDEST FANTASIES (okay, not, really -- as I've said elsewhere, I kind of love that our Robin is a douchetastic middling-to-good guy -- but I could just never quite fall in love with him, you know? AND RICHARD IS LIKE PURE ADORABLE HERO-ARCHETYPES-OUT-THE-WAZOO WONDROUS), and I can actually root for the good guys and it is awesome. I suspect that I will always need some historofantasy in my life, and this one is doing quite well at the moment
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p.s. I tried to read the first book and made it like 100 pages in and I am pretty sure writing has never been that bad before. This dude made Stephenie Meyer's technical prowess seem downright existent.
The way I rationalize it, the show > the books, because the plots of both may be ridiculous, but at least the show is gorgeous to look at! And there's BRIDGET REGAN AND CRAIG HORNER ♥ ♥ ♥
because the plots of both may be ridiculous, but at least the show is gorgeous to look at! And there's BRIDGET REGAN AND CRAIG HORNER
YOUR FEELINGS ARE MY FEELINGS. Even though I have yet to reconcile myself to Craig's S2 hair (the feathering, whhhyyyy). They are just so genuine and charming, and they completely sell me on all of this high fantasy nonsense in a way that I'm sure would not work in written form without their presence.
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Don't get me wrong, "epic star-crossed love that cannot be" is the hottest kind, and I would fall for that stuff hook, line and sinker. But I love your phrasing, and your delightfully outraged "ONGOING COCKBLOCK" cry. Hee.
Also, I'm kind of scared of the women on LotS, now. Whoever came up with all that-- a man, obviously-- must have been feeling really, really frustrated.
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The way I rationalize it, the show > the books, because the plots of both may be ridiculous, but at least the show is gorgeous to look at! And there's BRIDGET REGAN AND CRAIG HORNER ♥ ♥ ♥
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YOUR FEELINGS ARE MY FEELINGS. Even though I have yet to reconcile myself to Craig's S2 hair (the feathering, whhhyyyy). They are just so genuine and charming, and they completely sell me on all of this high fantasy nonsense in a way that I'm sure would not work in written form without their presence.
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Doesn't seem that Jacob cares that much about the temple, does it! Which is odd seeing as I gathered he's sort of the reason they're in it...
I was really hoping Flocke was her friend, because yes, Locke and Claire were awesome, probably because Locke wasn't fucking up for once.
I think Jin's failure to handle the situation can be defended by it being a very confusing situation and not realising quite how insane Claire is.
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