Legend of the Seeker - 2x22 - Tears
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fembuckWell, I probably would have really liked that episode if it wasn't possibly the last one of the series. There was a lot of cool, amazing, awesome badassery in it, but there was also some serious "What is this? I don't even".
Let's start with ...
THE BAD
1. Zedd doing the 'unbreaking spell' on Dahlia didn't enrage me as much as it has enraged others, but I certainly didn't like it. It seemed like a really lazy and insulting way to wrap up a storyline from a useless episode that shouldn't even have been made in the first place.
Sacrificing Cara's development and an insight into Cara's past and what/who helped make Cara who she was to wrap up a storyline from a fucking AU episode that added nothing to anything, is just UGH!
Mostly, it just left me feeling like I was wrong to give the writers any credit whatsoever for "Eternity" and the Cara/Dahlia relationship. It has become clear to me now that like 90% of the awesome of "Eternity" was due to Tab and Laura Brent bringing their "A" games and adding a ton of emotion between Cara/Dahlia that the writers probably didn't intend, but were perfectly happy to let stand once they saw it onscreen.
2. Kahlan's tears save the world? Um, I love me some Kahlan Amnell, in fact I love me a lot of Kahlan Amnell, but ... UGH! Seriously. I know it plays into that whole "As long as the Mother Confessor's pure heart beats the Keeper cannot win" prophecy, but still. It seemed like a really cheap way to wrap up a season long arc in like 4 minutes.
THE GOOD
1. CARA! I loved so much about Cara in this episode. Her suspicious looks at Zedd when he was so happy to see her amused the hell out of me.
HER EPIC GIRL!LOVE FOR KAHLAN WAS GREAT! Cara was reluctant to fight! CARA. WAS RELUCTANT TO FIGHT because she didn't want to hurt Kahlan! The way she looked to Zedd for help because she really didn't want to have to genuinely fight Kahlan made me swoon a little. And then of course, Cara's inability to shoot Kahlan because she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to bring her back with the breath of life. D'awwwwwww x infinity plus one.
Cara: Who's in charge here?
Garren: I am.
*Cara's bitch slaps her*
Cara: Who's in charge here?
Garren: You are.
SWOON x forever plus a day! OMG CARA YOU FABULOUS BITCH! This scene made me tear up because after I was done clapping and celebrating Cara's awesomeness, I realized that I would never again get to witness new acts of badassery from Cara fucking Mason the Queen of everything. *sob*
Also, for some reason Zedd and Cara ducking down behind the roof when Con Dar!Kahlan looked over at them really cracked me up.
2. KAHLAN! I honestly found sub!Kahlan to be ridiculously amazingly panty dampeningly hot. I feel kind of bad about how much Kahlan differing to Nicci turned me on. Bridget Regan, my god you are amazing. *bows down* We are not worthy. The things that woman can convey with her eyes are just *swoons* I can't even really type about this more because every time I think about sub!Kahlan my mind wanders to very very pleasing places.
And Con Dar!Kahlan is fucking scary and awesome. I loved seeing Kahlan go all Con Dar and VENGEFUL again. I should probably be worried about how attractive I find Kahlan when she is stabbing the shit out of people, but I'm not because it's Kahlan/Bridget and she's amazing.
3. I did like that Kahlan and Richard realized that he can't be confessed because of his epic love for her. But it honestly didn't have the impact that it should have because they shoved it into the last 10 seconds of the show and it had to be narrated by Zedd (like far too many things in the episode. The episode should have been called, "Zedd explains things because we tried to cram too much into 44 minutes".)
Also, it was really bittersweet for me, seeing Cara standing off to the side on her own (and not because I'm C/K shipper, but because her love, her chance for happiness had just been wiped out of existence 40 minutes before). It's nice that at least its canon now that K/R can like legit get it on, and K/R shippers have probs been waiting for this for a while, but it was really rushed, and I felt badly for Cara.
4. Nicci was amazing. I love the costuming department and their appreciation for showing off long, lean, fabulous legs. Even though Nicci was all evil and shit she was fun to watch, and she werked that glam!rock outfit. I have to say I felt really fucking bad for Nicci at the end of the episode. I don't even want to imagine what EVIL shit Darken Rahl is going to do to her. Like think about what he did to Cara and he LIKED Cara. *shudder*
Now, I'm probably missing out a bunch of things, but I probably need to rewatch before I can think about things clearly. Again, as a season finale this would have made me really happy (except for point #1 under "The Bad" behind the cut), but as a series finale it's just left me feeling really sad and unfulfilled because there is so much more story to tell.
I DON'T WANT THIS SHOW TO END! *bawls like a baby*
Let's start with ...
THE BAD
1. Zedd doing the 'unbreaking spell' on Dahlia didn't enrage me as much as it has enraged others, but I certainly didn't like it. It seemed like a really lazy and insulting way to wrap up a storyline from a useless episode that shouldn't even have been made in the first place.
Sacrificing Cara's development and an insight into Cara's past and what/who helped make Cara who she was to wrap up a storyline from a fucking AU episode that added nothing to anything, is just UGH!
Mostly, it just left me feeling like I was wrong to give the writers any credit whatsoever for "Eternity" and the Cara/Dahlia relationship. It has become clear to me now that like 90% of the awesome of "Eternity" was due to Tab and Laura Brent bringing their "A" games and adding a ton of emotion between Cara/Dahlia that the writers probably didn't intend, but were perfectly happy to let stand once they saw it onscreen.
2. Kahlan's tears save the world? Um, I love me some Kahlan Amnell, in fact I love me a lot of Kahlan Amnell, but ... UGH! Seriously. I know it plays into that whole "As long as the Mother Confessor's pure heart beats the Keeper cannot win" prophecy, but still. It seemed like a really cheap way to wrap up a season long arc in like 4 minutes.
THE GOOD
1. CARA! I loved so much about Cara in this episode. Her suspicious looks at Zedd when he was so happy to see her amused the hell out of me.
HER EPIC GIRL!LOVE FOR KAHLAN WAS GREAT! Cara was reluctant to fight! CARA. WAS RELUCTANT TO FIGHT because she didn't want to hurt Kahlan! The way she looked to Zedd for help because she really didn't want to have to genuinely fight Kahlan made me swoon a little. And then of course, Cara's inability to shoot Kahlan because she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to bring her back with the breath of life. D'awwwwwww x infinity plus one.
Cara: Who's in charge here?
Garren: I am.
*Cara's bitch slaps her*
Cara: Who's in charge here?
Garren: You are.
SWOON x forever plus a day! OMG CARA YOU FABULOUS BITCH! This scene made me tear up because after I was done clapping and celebrating Cara's awesomeness, I realized that I would never again get to witness new acts of badassery from Cara fucking Mason the Queen of everything. *sob*
Also, for some reason Zedd and Cara ducking down behind the roof when Con Dar!Kahlan looked over at them really cracked me up.
2. KAHLAN! I honestly found sub!Kahlan to be ridiculously amazingly panty dampeningly hot. I feel kind of bad about how much Kahlan differing to Nicci turned me on. Bridget Regan, my god you are amazing. *bows down* We are not worthy. The things that woman can convey with her eyes are just *swoons* I can't even really type about this more because every time I think about sub!Kahlan my mind wanders to very very pleasing places.
And Con Dar!Kahlan is fucking scary and awesome. I loved seeing Kahlan go all Con Dar and VENGEFUL again. I should probably be worried about how attractive I find Kahlan when she is stabbing the shit out of people, but I'm not because it's Kahlan/Bridget and she's amazing.
3. I did like that Kahlan and Richard realized that he can't be confessed because of his epic love for her. But it honestly didn't have the impact that it should have because they shoved it into the last 10 seconds of the show and it had to be narrated by Zedd (like far too many things in the episode. The episode should have been called, "Zedd explains things because we tried to cram too much into 44 minutes".)
Also, it was really bittersweet for me, seeing Cara standing off to the side on her own (and not because I'm C/K shipper, but because her love, her chance for happiness had just been wiped out of existence 40 minutes before). It's nice that at least its canon now that K/R can like legit get it on, and K/R shippers have probs been waiting for this for a while, but it was really rushed, and I felt badly for Cara.
4. Nicci was amazing. I love the costuming department and their appreciation for showing off long, lean, fabulous legs. Even though Nicci was all evil and shit she was fun to watch, and she werked that glam!rock outfit. I have to say I felt really fucking bad for Nicci at the end of the episode. I don't even want to imagine what EVIL shit Darken Rahl is going to do to her. Like think about what he did to Cara and he LIKED Cara. *shudder*
Now, I'm probably missing out a bunch of things, but I probably need to rewatch before I can think about things clearly. Again, as a season finale this would have made me really happy (except for point #1 under "The Bad" behind the cut), but as a series finale it's just left me feeling really sad and unfulfilled because there is so much more story to tell.
I DON'T WANT THIS SHOW TO END! *bawls like a baby*
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Date: 2010-05-23 04:10 pm (UTC)Cynicism: I wish the C/D thing had been handled differently, but I think we should have seen it coming. We just wanted it to be this amazing romance so badly.
Really Dahlia was a plot point created to get Cara into Darken Rahl's hands in a believable way. I'm sure the writing staff never imagined that a certain segment of the audience would epicize (made up word, but you know what I mean) Cara/Dahlia to levels that we did.
The last episodes were written and filmed a long time ago so there was no way they could have known how much people loved Cara/Dahlia together, and if there'd been a third season I think we probably would have seen Dahlia pop up again, but I doubt that the writers actually had any plans to make Cara/Dahlia an epic romance like we hoped.
And 21 comes across as even a BIGGER waste of time considering everything that was crammed into the last ep.
THIS enrages me. 21 was useless pile of steaming crap that added nothing to anything, and I am livid that the second last episode EVER of Legend of the Seeker was wasted on it. 22 should have been spread out into two episodes and really let the show go out with a bang. Even not knowing that the show was going to be canceled, 21 just never needed to exist.
I was too busy wondering why Zedd would do the spell on Dahlia rather than, you know, letting Kahlan confess Dahlia and have Dahlia PERFORM THE BREATH OF LIFE ON CARA.
because Zedd is the biggest Cock-Blocker in history next to Kim Harrison.
Actually, if there was going to be a third season I think we all would have been happy that the spell was performed on Dahlia because it means she's alive in the real!verse and that it could have been conceivable for there to be a C/D plot line in the third season.
As we know the show is over, now we just wanted one last sweetass visual of C/D, but it was probably the writers actually throwing a bone and saying, "There could be more C/D so don't get your panties in a bunch."
Plus, we got jipped on seeing Cara give KAHLAN the breath of life.
This pisses me off, because imagine what the .gifers and photoshoppers like you could have done with a shot like that!!!!! After kahlan suggesting it SO MANY times, for the show to end without it happening is just a slap to the face. Richard hogs the breath of life SO MUCH. Let Kahlan have a turn! Stop bogarting the breath of life Richard!
It was like that but a gagillion times hotter!
seriously! The way Bridget's eyes followed her so adoringly. UNF UNF UNF!
It's so sad we'll never get the ep with dom!Cara and sub!Kahlan.
*SOBS* I know. Like, I don't think that I would have really liked an ep where Kahlan was forced to sub to Cara. But an ep where Kahlan was pretending to for some undercover shit, would have been epic, epic. Because of the visual of Kahlan like on the floor while Cara pets her hair, and then like where they're behind closed doors we would have seen epic friendship moments of Kahlan teasing Cara about enjoying topping her just a little to much and Cara smirking sexily. *SOBS HARDER*
'Cuz, like, if Kahlan doesn't want to have a million of Cara's babies, I'm totally up for the job!
I know! Cara would get so much ass thrown at her in the real world. she and Ivy Tamwood could have a P.I.M.P contest (but I think Cara would win because she's less angsty, and honestly what the hell has Kim Harrison done that a MORD'SITH is LESS ANGSTY than her creation?!?!?!?!)
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Date: 2010-05-23 07:22 pm (UTC)But an ep where Kahlan was pretending to for some undercover shit, would have been epic, epic.
Lol, the only moment I can visualize is the moment Cara first sees Kahlan in a Mord'Sith uniform. The expression on Cara's face? I'm imagining the JIMP's of *all* JIMP's!!
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Date: 2010-05-26 02:37 am (UTC)I think this really hits the nail on the head. As a season ender I think I would have been pretty enthusiastic about this episode. It wasn't perfect, but there was a lot of stuff I liked about it. However, as a series ender it's ... disappointing.
here was like 50 times more good stuff in 22 than there was in 21.
It would have been impossible for this episode to have been worse than 21. I liked the fucking clip show better than 21. Yeah, I went there.
I just wish the resolution of Cara's arc had been a bit more 'Richard, Kahlan, Zedd break through using their love and friendship' as opposed to Zedd's 'Magic Ex Machina'
I was thinking this at first too, but the more I think about the steaming pile of angst the writers dropped on Cara in "Eternity" the more I wonder if hugs (even from Kahlan) and "We love you's" really would have been enough. I mean, I think it probably could have gotten Cara back on their side. But when I think about what Cara would have been like, dealing with the knowledge of the death of her son, dealing with the betrayal of Dahlia, dealing with psychological effects of the super-agiel not to mention dealing with Darken Rahl sticking it in her again, and I'm think that in the last episode Cara would have been in a really, really dark place, and it would have crushed me for the series to end on that note.
Zedd's spell allowed for the series to end with the Cara I knew and loved. I think the episode tried to establish that all the events we had seen up until "Eternity" still took place, so it was 'our' Cara, and seeing her accept the 'weakness' her feelings for Kahlan caused, but not really angsting that much about it was a positive note to end on with her.
the moment Cara first sees Kahlan in a Mord'Sith uniform. The expression on Cara's face? I'm imagining the JIMP's of *all* JIMP's!!
OMG, this! And you know that Tab would have been able to eye sex the fuck out of Bridget. Like Cara would have been raping Kahlan with her eyes, and the whole interweb would have been fapping!
I think I'm going to go to sleep to the image of this in my head!