The Sword of Truth Series (AKA RaistlinxTheMan luvluv)

[Raistlin]

So I didn't even realize that the second season had started, so I'm going to try to slowly catch up. Just one episode tonight. My thoughts:

(SPOILER)BROTHER??? WTF? Oh well. Somewhat insignificant change, even though they made the backstory very soap opera-ish.

I don't get how those pansy-ass puzzle piece Boxes of Orden did anything to tear the veil. Oh well, at least maybe this means the plot has a little more promise to become more in-depth and interesting.

I also can't believe they included the screelings song. Not all of it, but still funny. And screelings are WAY more gross looking than I imagined. Yuck.

Lastly: I approve of Cara. The show has done a decent job with some of the Mord-Sith.

[Shlup]

So you're... what, 2/3 through WFR? How long does it take you to read a book? It's not like you have a JOB, slacker.

I'm, uhm, almost half way through. I do other things!

And, yes, Cara is awesome. This season, I think, is getting better with each episode.

And you can't possibly complain about changes from the books. The books and series have so little in common it's like they're not even the same thing.

[G13]

Based on the chapter I just read, the meanings aren't very well hidden.

But I got to picture Bridget Reagan topless twice already. She's so hot.

Also, most recent episode of the series: epic hot. Boooooner.

I'm not sure how "epic hot" the books are but Joel Rosenberg's Guardians of the Flame series has some wicked hot scenes in it. Too few of them though.

Just throwin' that out there.

What I mostly meant by "hidden meanings" was how The Man said that there's not a good enough rebuttal for the opposing argument (never read the books, just what I got from the posts) so he's basically saying "Think what I think! I'm always right!" without actually saying it. Unless he did say it. *Goes to read the books*

[The Man]

That's basically what Goodkind does, at least in the two books I tried to read, yes. To be fair, it's a problem with most right-wing political literature I've read (Dostoevsky, as I mentioned, being an exception). Left-wingers seem to be more willing to give their opponents a hearing-out; for example Vonnegut doesn't actually have any characters that could be classified as "evil" in many of his books, and they come from all over the ideological spectrum.

[guffman]

man i read this series a few times and i love it. sometimes it is a little contrived i will admit. and his preaching is really annoying when it is not so veiled and just very obvious, but the characters and the story are fun and captivating. just try and ignore the preaching and other and just read the books for the stories they should be.

[Raistlin]

Also, most recent episode of the series: epic hot.

Um yeah. (SPOILER)She almost RAPED Richard. And Zedd thought it was a good idea?!? WTF, that made ZERO sense. Not even going into the fact that one night of sexing does not a baby make.

Also, it amused me heartily that right when Cara turned officially good at the end of her episode, she started showing more cleavage like Kahlan. That must be like some sort of good girl trademark.

[Shlup]

It was for the Greater Good. Jeez, don't you know this series at all??

And heck yes cleavage. They gonna change the title to Legend of the Titty Seeker.

[Raistlin]

Greater good of what? Getting off? There's not much other logic behind it.

And haha, yes, it's so true. Though ironically the most present cleavage belongs to the two characters on the show who are arguably doing the best job (Kahlan and Cara).

[Shlup]

Episode 204 spoilersShe's the last confessor; they have to make more, duuuuh. She had the opportunity to make one with the person she loves without accidentally orgasming him into confession, and she didn't take it. She says it was 'cause forcing him is wrong, but it was at least 50% because she wanted him to want her back. Either way, she's choosing (so far) to let the confessor race die out because she wants to be looooved. She should've accepted the seed donation.

[Raistlin]

(SPOILER)Did you miss the part about one sexing doesn't make a baby... or anywhere close to that? She also had the opportunity to try to make a baby with the person he loves... by RAPE. And sure, even when not under a Confessor's power he wants to sex her up, that doesn't mean he wants to be a parent. Every level of it is just way wrong.

But it does bring up one thing that bugged me in the books as well: why can't Confessors just use their power and then screw whoever they want for a while? They take some time to recover in the books, right? Or did I make that up?

[Shlup]

(SPOILER)One sexing can make a baby. Richard and Kahlan are all about doing crap for the greater good all the time. They let people die and kill people for the greater good, so one questionable rape shouldn't be a big deal.

I can just imaging Kahlan, in battle, of course, confessing some guy and then right after being like "Hey, Richard, we have half an hour before I can confess again, impregnate me while I lay here exhausted!" That's not hot!

[Raistlin]

(SPOILER)Shouldn't be a big deal? xD Maybe if that was the ONLY way for Kahlan to pass on her Confessor lineage, but it's FAR from that.

Also, in the books most Confessors take at least a day to fully recover their powers, and Kahlan a few hours. I don't remember the exact time required in the show. So in the books anyway, it's a good long while.

[Shlup]

(SPOILER)I dunno, I would probably make the same choices as Kahlan. Though, based on having watched that scene several times, I think it was the huge boner that scared her off, not her conscience. She totally grabs it and then is like "Uhh... I can't do this!"

Yeah, Kahlan takes a few hours to recover her powers, but she and Richard should also spend several hours making sweet sweet forest love, so like her powers would totally come back at an inopportune time. Not worth the risk.

I guess it would depends on how many hours is a "few" though. In my mind I had imagined like three hours.

[guffman]

damn, i want to join in on this discussion but i watch it on hulu so i am an episode behind everyone else.

[Raistlin]

I guess it would depends on how many hours is a "few" though. In my mind I had imagined like three hours.

Yeah, Kahlan recovers in only 2-3 hours, so I can see that not really applying to her. But for the vast majority of other Confessors which take 1+ days? They could use their power, go to sleep to recover, and then still have many hours of sexing opportunity left. Though of course there's still the possibility of giving birth to a male, but that's supposedly very rare.