Legend of the Seeker review: Denna
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brontefanatic commented in her review that there isn't any mention of a Confessor's touch being fatal to a Mord'Sith at this point and she's right. On rewatching the fight scenes myself, I agree that there's not much effort made by Kahlan to Confess Denna. Only once did it look like she was trying to grab Denna's throat. This is particuarly odd given that Kahlan thinks she could have prevented Richard from being kidnapped had she been there, suggesting she thinks she's equal to multiple Mord'Sith - and in terms of her powers being deadly to them, she is. (Although if Confession is a type of magic, shouldn't it be turned back against a Confessor? But they're immune to Concession, I suppose. The rules on magic are hazy at best)
However that it's such an important point later makes me think about the neck guards and how they might have been especially designed to protect the Mord'Sith from the Confessor's touch, and that is the case, how meaningful it is for Cara to discard her neck guard despite Kahlan's constant presence.
Given that we later discover Darken is Richard's half-brother, or given the slash potential, there's more than one way to interpret the idea of Richard pledging his "undying love" to Rahl as Denna intends as a result of his training.
"Denna" is a great episode and introduces us to the Mord'Sith in general, and to Denna in particular. We learn more about Confessors, and see Richard turn Denna's lessons back on herself. I give it a four out of five.
Drinking game: I counted eleven drinks – eight of which were due to the constant mentions of prophecy :D
Picspam:
legendland.brontefanatic commented in her review that there isn't any mention of a Confessor's touch being fatal to a Mord'Sith at this point and she's right. On rewatching the fight scenes myself, I agree that there's not much effort made by Kahlan to Confess Denna. Only once did it look like she was trying to grab Denna's throat. This is particuarly odd given that Kahlan thinks she could have prevented Richard from being kidnapped had she been there, suggesting she thinks she's equal to multiple Mord'Sith - and in terms of her powers being deadly to them, she is. (Although if Confession is a type of magic, shouldn't it be turned back against a Confessor? But they're immune to Concession, I suppose. The rules on magic are hazy at best)However that it's such an important point later makes me think about the neck guards and how they might have been especially designed to protect the Mord'Sith from the Confessor's touch, and that is the case, how meaningful it is for Cara to discard her neck guard despite Kahlan's constant presence.
Given that we later discover Darken is Richard's half-brother, or given the slash potential, there's more than one way to interpret the idea of Richard pledging his "undying love" to Rahl as Denna intends as a result of his training.
"Denna" is a great episode and introduces us to the Mord'Sith in general, and to Denna in particular. We learn more about Confessors, and see Richard turn Denna's lessons back on herself. I give it a four out of five.
Drinking game: I counted eleven drinks – eight of which were due to the constant mentions of prophecy :D
Picspam:
awesome explanation! 2/2
Date: 2012-06-15 01:20 pm (UTC)Gollum lizard men. No, I don't know why this seemed like a good exchange. LOL, scifi/fantasy always has this thing somewhere and the heroes and audience are WHY? And there's no answer except that it seemed like a good idea at the time. (see also The Mummy; the curse means no nice afterlife for Imhotep but if he escapes he'll be super powerful and kill everyone!)
There are other, less successful projects scattered across the continent. I'd like to have seen more of these in some respect, especially with a tongue in cheek approach, and the observation "Bloody Wizards" attached.
(or she! there were women Seekers in the books) OMG! This amazes me. It doesn't make up for the gender mess but it's a good start.
He's so sparkly he glows in the dark. *grins* LOL! Gary Stu Richard is the best of the best! With honors!
fetish for the number threeIngrained deeply in Western magical thought and religion from the Triple Goddess to the Holy Trinity. That said, wtf is with the weird and random side effects?! I always thought Westland had no magic merely because of the barrier, as if it keeps the tide of magical energy back in the Midlands.
There are entire books that are obsolete because the creation of the book allowed another prophet to avoid that future. This amuses me and I imagine someone writing on the flyleaf "DO NOT READ THIS BOOK FOR AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED YEARS, I spent three whole years writing it, don't go messing about and changing things!!"
Richard's death or Richard's failure. I would have loved to see how the show might have dealt with that. :D Oh noes, Richard is dead! Wait, breath of life/shadow water/stone of tears! All good :D I love this show but seriously, the Underworld has a revolving door for the Rahls.
Thanks for giving me so much to think about and telling it in such an interesting manner!