legend of the seeker picspam- part 1
Jan. 15th, 2010 04:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marguerite_krux
CREDITS! A nearly extinct art.
Aww, look at him as a babyfaced newbie. Thank goodness those days are long over.
Kahlan’s hair!flail superimposed over Cara’s bath sequence of super brain!sploding sexy. It needed to be shown, ‘k?
Zedd: Thanks for letting me borrow this. It made me look a little more manly, although I can’t say it helped me sleep more soundly. Everyone knows if Cara's got it in for you, SHE WILL KILL YOU, even if you sleep with one eye open.
Kahlen: It’s going to take a while to get used to having a Mord’Sith in the camp. I'm feeling extra jealous and possessive concerned and protective of Richard.
Z: Well, if Richard trusts Cara, I suppose we’ll have to learn to as well.
This cap: because I’m a fangirl ready and willing to squee over anything, including my new fave actress’ NAME. Lookit! All exotic and cool-sounding. TABRETT BETHELL. It sounds like a fantasy novel character!
And because it amuses me that they show Richard posing all macho-like with his sword, looking all wise and heroic you know, like a person whose judgment you can trust in…
…when in reality he’s just admiring his own reflection.
Gotta say, as far as symbols of destructive evil go, this is way icky, more like the product of an STD or something.
At least the Dark Mark was cooler lookin'.
Kahlan disagrees with me, she finds the nipple-flashing way more tantalizing than baring an arm, pfft!
I'm pretty sure her unicorn disapproves of this ogling. Tone down the impure thoughts! Don't give in to temptation, Kahlan- imagine having to walk everywhere and trying to keep up with the others once it refuses to carry you... :O
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Cara is bored now. But she makes indolence look good. She subscribes to the 'don't work hard, work smart' school of thought. In other words, if you can get other people to scrabble around in the dirt while you 'supervise', all the better.
R: If D'harans did this and they didn’t kill the monks, where would they have taken them?
Tourist Guide!Cara: From here, they would’ve been taken to...the death camp.
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Whoa, these guys know how to make an entrance!
'...any minute I'll be rolling through,
so get ready, so get ready,
get ready 'coz here I come
(coming for yah, baby)
get ready 'coz here I come
(takin' yah high now)...'
Oh, yeah, those guards have never been higher.
How she fights in these conditions, I don’t know, but it creates new and interesting patterns in every fight.
Even if it does mean she literally fights blind. The lengths we go to for fashion. *shakes head*
Though I have this theory that Kahlan is like, the female Daredevil. She's actually blind and her version of bat-sonar is this complicated process that involves her hair whipping around to detect vibrations of movement and communicating it to her brain so she can react. *nodnod*
Cousin Itt- distant relative?]
One prisoner decides he’s had enough and gets proactive.
Plucky blond guy: CHOKE ON THIS, BIATCH.
Hapless guard: APPLES, APPLES!
At least he takes a stab at freeing himself and getting revenge on his captors- the others are standing there, meek as lambs, literally waiting for the slaughter! Wouldn’t anyone with half a brain be letting the two opposing teams kill each other off while they make their escape?
Cara’s hair: wants to be just like Kahlan.
Though it does not succeed in pulling off nearly as exciting patterns as Kahlan, I admit, in this arena, she is outmatched. *pets*Still, her hair makes sense for her character- it stays out of her eyes and it's less likely someone's gonna grab hold it.
Wow, she must have a helluva lot of upper body muscle strength to fend a sword off with her agiels without even being pushed back a step. Unless the force of the painstick can be conducted through the metal and shocks her opponents, thus weakening them?
The Mord’Sith never run anywhere, have you noticed? Cara can’t seem to shake that habit, either. It stems from the age-old cliché that deadly enemies must take their time pacing from Point A to Point B. I’m sure the explanation is that as superior as they are, there is no need to hasten the inevitable but really, it’s just in order to give the less capable protagonist a fighting chance to escape or prepare for battle. All the baddies do it, especially the robotic ones, like Terminators. [I’m always screaming ‘MOVE FASTER’ and they’ll just clank one foot forward per minute, so frustrating]
Funnily enough, Cara seems to have the lowest body count of the quartet.
And Richard drives the sword home with great gusto.
She just knocks them out- unless the agiels are dealing death blows that I don’t know about?
Y’know, I gotta wonder about Kahlan. She acts so morally righteous and I love her for being the saintly one who can do no wrong and wrestles with her conscience in order to figure out the best way to make everyone happy, even if it's slightly impractical, but it’s at odds with her randomly confessing soldiers to make them fight for her.
So what happens to this dude after she packs up and leaves? He just spends the rest of his life mooning over her? Killing other soldiers in her memory? Is there a support group for guys to deal with their obsession, Kahlan Addicts Anonymous? She doesn’t take any responsibility for what happens to them afterwards? Hmm.
Really, Richard? You want to use your Special Sword of Super Powers as a javelin? O.o Isn’t it lucky no other soldiers come up to attack him at that point? Still, I have to say that one of the show’s strengths is fighting alone against groups and making it look realistic. In Xena, what was it- One Against an Army or something like that, the entire army pretty much lined up and waited their turn to individually attack Xena! Ridiculous!
That guy was a moron. Do these people not know how to take cover? Isn’t that like, Military Tactics 101? Stay out of sight of the enemy?
Quartet shot! Marred by the grisly sight of the dead body in the foreground.
[Jeez, this ep overdoes it on the bloody, wet, gurgling death rattles, huh?]
And I kinda want someone to run up and grab the sword, then escape, cackling wildly. It’d be funny, no?
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Cara wishes to express her displeasure. *yoinks*
C: Who do you think I am, Angelina Jolie? I don't do humanitarian aid, none of this catering to the whims of the feeble, downtrodden and
You know, her intonations remind me so much of Seven of Nine. Even their histories are the same- abducted as children and brainwashed to serve as ‘drones’ for their respective collectives. Freed as adults and struggling to deal with their emotions and interact with other human beings. Dealing with prejudice because of their past and the harm they caused others while obeying orders.
Also, similar fashion sense! Walking around in skintight catsuits. *nodnod*
R: Look at these people. They’re sick, they’re scared, they have no place to go. We can’t just leave them here.
The refugees stand around looking appropriately pathetic.
God, Richard, if you don’t leave them to fend for themselves, how are they ever going to learn? Remember the saying: give a man a fish, he’ll have food for one night. Teach a man to fish, he’ll have food for the rest of his life? [Though I’d drown myself before existing on a steady diet of seafood- I can’t stand fish, ugh]
R: There’s already enough sickness in this place. Let’s bury these bodies before it gets any worse.
Cara is not thrilled by this plan! 'It's not fair! Why do I have to kill AND clean up? I'm fine doing the killing, but someone else should do the home-maker thing and tidy the place up, god! Next they'll tell me I have to feed these people!'
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Heh. How much does Kahlan look like the rockstar and Cara like her intimidating bodyguard? 'course, as we know, Kahlen later shows how much she trusts Cara with her body. :D
K: If these prisoners are going to gain their strength back, we’re going to have to feed them something more substantial than Daharan gruel.
Cara looks like this is the stupidest plan she's heard.
I agree. Refresh my memory, don’t they have a world to go save instead of playing prison guards? And why is it a priority to feed up the baddies so they can just rise up against them later on? And isn't it poetic justice to feed them the same crap as the victims were getting? What, is there a statute in the Geneva Convention against feeding gruel to prisoners or somethng?
C: Should we draw them warm baths as well?
*gigglesnort* Provide them with a rubbery ducky to play with? And comb their hair and tuck them into bed, too?
K: *iz stunned at being opposed* Do you know who I am? The MOTHER CONFESSOR, that’s who! How dare you not jump when I tell you to!
Bloody Annoying Woman: Do you know of anyone heading in the direction of Deerfork?
Tourist Guide!Cara: The Dragon Corps wiped out Deerfork months ago.
BAW: But that’s my father’s village.
Me: *thunks head against wall* Like one has anything to do with the other!
Mother Teresa!Kahlan: We’ll try to find out where the survivors have relocated.
C: Are you doubting my intelligence? Deerfork was a resistance stronghold. No one would’ve been left alive.
BAW: But my father wasn’t a resistance fighter. He was just a locksmith.
Me: *repeated headdesk* OMG. You have ears with which to listen but not the brain to comprehend her words!
C: FFS, woman, NO SURVIVORS means that EVERYBODY DIED, including Daddy Dearest. Fathers will always disappoint you, get used to it.
BAW: Where will we go? The rest of my family died here.
K: I am so sorry for your loss. You need to be strong for your son. We’ll see what we can find out about your father.
God. I really feel the sense of urgency underpinning this episode, huh? A Big Bad is out there, threatening the safety of the entire world and Kahlan’s gonna put on her Grief Counselor hat and fixate on locating everyone’s missing relatives, dead or alive. *snorts* If there's no social welfare program here, it's not your job to make up for it!
I like the way Cara observes Kahlan's response and actions, like she's a duckling imprinting on someone. The Mord'Sith picks the Mother Confessor as a role model, aww, heart-warming!
Cara: Shouldn’t give her false hope.
K: It wasn’t so long ago that you served the one that caused all this misery. At least try to show some compassion.
*headdeskwallfloor* To paraphrase Spock, ‘If public morale would be best served by wandering the camp, crying and pulling my hair out while wallowing in misplaced guilt for something I wasn’t actually responsible for, I will gladly do so.’
I wonder how much of this is Kahlan genuinely feeling pity for the woman and how much of it is her trying to show off how much better she is than Cara. Too bad she doesn’t turn some of that compassion the way of the woman who was forced into life as a Mord’Sith against her will. When it’s do or die, you don’t have many options.
And Cara has a point. She would know all about the ruthlessness of the forces that wiped out the camp, and there’s no point raising the woman’s expectations: hope for the best but prepare for the worst, that’s my motto. Kahlan’s not gonna be there to pick up the pieces when the woman finds out that nobody’s left alive.I think Kahlan's too eager to judge her this cold, heartless killer and doesn't realize that Cara did what she thought was best for the woman- she was cruel to be kind, at least, that's how it seemed to me. No point living under a delusion, is there?
Is she checking out Kahlan's ass? I wouldn't know, I AM TOO DISTRACTED BY THIS REGROWTH. What is with that dark streak of hair?!
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Date: 2010-01-15 04:10 pm (UTC)I love the double letters at the end of each name, it's coolbeans.
Cousin Itt- distant relative?
LAWL!
Unless the force of the painstick can be conducted through the metal and shocks her opponents, thus weakening them?
I was pondering this too. I thought that the show!canon was that the agiel had to be poked on the heart to kill the victim? But in the book it can kill you wherever it strikes. so idk. The pain can be felt through chainmail so guess through sword metal too lol.
The Mord’Sith never run anywhere, have you noticed?
Yeah, she just strides purposefully towards things. It's hot.
Kahlan knifes this dude.
I loved that knifing. Done left handed, dawg! Fierce.
'course, as we know, Kahlen later shows how much she trusts Cara with her body. :D
:D
I like the way Cara observes Kahlan's response and actions, like she's a duckling imprinting on someone.
THIS IS THE MOST ADORABLE METAPHOR I'VE EVER HEARD. SHE IS KAHLAN'S DUCKLING <33
brb reading part 2.
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Date: 2010-01-18 02:46 am (UTC)*nodnod* I want to brainwash someone into naming their kid after her because it'd be amazingly cool. [I get like that every time I start squeeing over a new fandom- NAME YOUR KID AFTER MY FAVE CHARACTER! OR ELSE!]
The pain can be felt through chainmail so guess through sword metal too lol.
Ahh, good point, and it makes more sense. Much as I admire her fighting skillz, it'd be a bit unrealistic to be able to take out all those swordsmen if the agiel wasn't contributing in some way- but nobody reacts like they're being shocked, y'know? So I'm confused. BAD ACTING, PLZ STOP IT NAO.
she just strides purposefully towards things. It's hot.
Indeed. It's like her focus and willpower capture that person with the force of a black hole or something- they may feel like they're getting away for a little while, but they're trapped in the event horizon and no amount of kicking and flailing will allow them to escape before she crushes them, mwahahaa!
THIS IS THE MOST ADORABLE METAPHOR I'VE EVER HEARD. SHE IS KAHLAN'S DUCKLING <33
*glees* Hee, I was thinking- is it wrong comparing Cara to a duckling? [LMAO, how disgusted was she at the idea of Mord'Sith feeding squirrels in the books? She'd hate me for this!] But that's totally how she's acting. *squishes her*
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Date: 2010-01-18 02:58 am (UTC)Trudat. I really dunno. What are agiels even made of? Wood, metal?
LMAO, how disgusted was she at the idea of Mord'Sith feeding squirrels in the books? She'd hate me for this!
Omg I loove the chipmunks! There gonna be on next week's episode, I can't freaking wait to see show!Cara with them lmao.
I love that we think of them as real ppl, this is when you know the obsession has got to you :p
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Date: 2010-01-19 06:17 am (UTC)Mystical magic material. *nodnod* That's all we need to know...
'k, they look like compact twirling batons but obviously way more lethal. What I want to know is what Cara's leather outfit is made of- and how the hell does she squeeze into it? Did some D'haran invent the zipper in their time period? I can't figure out how else she puts it on...
There gonna be on next week's episode,
YOU'RE JOKING ME. *gapes*
Squirrels?! For real?! *cracks up laughing*
Oh, wait, is this to do with her getting a love interest? [Did I read that on your LJ?] NOOOOO! I really, really don't want them hooking her up with another dude. *pouts* I can deal with the whole R/K thing *adjusts shipper glasses to compensate* but how'm I supposed to squee over C/K with some random in the way? GRR!
I love that we think of them as real ppl, this is when you know the obsession has got to you :p
*nodnod* I'm not ashamed of it! She's just so real to me, I can't NOT think of how she would totally kick my ass for making cutesy comments about her, lol. DISCIPLINE MEEEE, CARA!
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Date: 2010-01-19 12:53 pm (UTC)Um, yeah you could've read it on mine, I mentioned it at the bottom of my2x08 picspam/recap. I guess this Leo dude is going to help her feed the chipmunks or something as a pathway to redemption lol, I'd rather Richard do it like in the books :( But either way, Cara will be adorably uncomfortable with the whole thing :D
and IKR. A few weeks ago I was all for having someone else to ship her with, but now I'm way too invested in C/K to even look at another :p
and idk he's not even that hot, Cara can do way better.
Have you read Faith of the Fallen yet? I want Meiffert to come on the show.
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Date: 2010-01-22 01:09 am (UTC)he's not even that hot, Cara can do way better.
LEO. *snorts* And no, he isn't that hot at all. Don't settle, Cara! I know it must be hard witnessing the lovefest that is R/K's epic OTP-ness, but there's no reason to fling yourself into the arms of the next available guy, damn it! Or rather, bend his arm til he submits to you, lol.
I guess this Leo dude is going to help her feed the chipmunks or something as a pathway to redemption lol, I'd rather Richard do it like in the books :(
HELL YES, why isn't Richard the one to do it? OMG, if they're going to reference this adorable section from the books, why mess with it so that some random is responsible, thereby lessening the squeefulness of it all? *fumes*
No, haven't read FotF yet, bb, I decided to go back to the beginning...'a very good place to start...when you read, you begin with-' *facepalm* Yes, random Sound of Music lines spring out of me before I can contain them, moving on...
Um, yes, I'm resolved to hate this Leo character and am fervently praying for his gory and imminent demise. *nodnod*
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Date: 2010-01-22 01:38 am (UTC)Leo is a shit name, to be frank.
He does die indeed. I already look upon him with disdain so it's not like I mind, but I don't want to see our bb get all wibbly when he does :'(
I still haven't read WFR lol. I need to get on that shit once I've finished Chainfire and Phantom,
FotF is AMAZING my dear. My second favourite book tbh. So much awesomeness from basically everyone. You'll love it :D
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Date: 2010-01-26 12:14 am (UTC)Leo is a shit name, to be frank.
Word. And it's a bizarre choice for that period of time. Maybe it's just me, but I think of celebrities, not...some woodsman or whatever the hell he is.
He does die indeed. I already look upon him with disdain so it's not like I mind, but I don't want to see our bb get all wibbly when he does :'(
AHAHA. Good riddance.
But NOOOO, why do they make Cara all giggly and flirty and making eyes at this guy, just for the angsty woobie-ness when he dies? I HATE HATE HATE when shows do that, create an attachment just for the pain when they kill the character off. *pouts* She's suffered enough, that's so not cool.
LMAO, you still haven't read the very first book? Well, there ain't no Cara, so I get it. *nodnod*
Looking forward to FotF- although the name Meiffert makes me giggle a little...sounds almost French. I want to swan around, looking aloof and disdainful and drawl that name while swishing a silk scarf around me.
O.o
IDEK, don't ask...
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Date: 2010-01-26 12:30 am (UTC)The only scene of WFR I've read is the Spirit House, lol.
I want to swan around, looking aloof and disdainful and drawl that name while swishing a silk scarf around me.
LMAO WUT.
idek how to pronounce it tbh, I just call him Ben in my head.
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Date: 2010-01-15 09:03 pm (UTC)Actually in S1 Kahlan explains how much she hates that when she confesses people they basically become her slaves. In that season a lot of the time she'd simply tell them to live their lives as best they could and to not follow her (around). What else is she supposed to do open up a crack!house and keep them all there? Hey that might work...they'd end up killing each other since they all "love" her so much. It would kinda be like The Highlander tv series, "There can only be one!" mawahahahahahaha
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Date: 2010-01-18 12:25 am (UTC)ey that might work...they'd end up killing each other since they all "love" her so much. It would kinda be like The Highlander tv series, "There can only be one!" mawahahahahahaha
*dies laughing* What a fantastic reality show concept! Now that's entertainment! *snickers* Oh, those poor men...but at least they'll lead better lives than they would've before, and I guess it benefits the people around them, too. Heck, I wouldn't mind being confessed by her, I can think of less noble ways to live life than to try to please her. :D
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Date: 2010-01-18 12:57 am (UTC)Glad you liked my description of what happens to the folks confessed by a confessor. Yes some of them probably do go on to live a better life than they were living before being confessed and sadly some of them have died to protect her. I think that probably really bothers her since if they hadn't been confessed they might not have fought to protect her and gotten killed. She really doesn't like taking away their free will. Which is basically what happens to the confessed.
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Date: 2010-01-18 01:17 am (UTC)Word. If I see show!Kahlan crying, or someone like...IDK, Aeryn or Marguerite, it's all the more powerful because of the control they have over their emotions and how they hold it together so much of the time, that to see that control slip and them give in to tears makes it such a wrenching, compelling moment because it's like- WHOA, the world's tipped upside down, wtf happened to them?
prefer watching them fight to not cry in front of people because it shows their vulnerable side more than if they cried all the time.
YES, this exactly! *bounces up and down* I can't tell you how perfectly that expresses my feelings on the matter. It's not that tears are weak, really, but when you see a strong character dealing with a huge amount of pressure and struggling to remain composed...it's just so moving, to me.
She really doesn't like taking away their free will. Which is basically what happens to the confessed.
True dat. But can I spoil you on something from the first book? I'll never again mention anything if you absolutely do not want to hear it, but it's a small thing, really.
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the night wisp, Shar, begs to be confessed as she's dying and she wants to feel that overwhelming love and be comforted by it before she dies. I was really touched by that scene- Kahlan was horrified but Shar pleaded for confession, because it would ease her pain. Aww. *sniffles*
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Date: 2010-01-18 01:24 am (UTC)As for the book thing, it's cool. Too bad they didn't do that on the show...that would have been awesome. :D As I said I probably won't read the books until the series has finished (in like 7 years). ;)