Legend of the Seeker has turned into Terry Goodkind fan fiction.

it’s like a bunch of fans got together and said, “hey, what if instead of Jennson and Richard being siblings because of lord Rahl, they had the same mother, Zedd’s daughter…. and what if Jennson showed up really early on and stole the boxes of Orden from Rahl, com’mon it makes sense since magic can’t touch her… and what if Richard didn’t kill Denna, thus turning the sword white and learning both sides of the sword’s magic, but instead let her live on the run from Rahl’s wrath…. and what if you didn’t need any fancy Book of Counted Shadows to decipher the Magic of Orden, just throw the boxes together and you’re suddenly the ruler of the world… and who cares about how it’s the Ralh line that spawns the pristinely ungifted…” (although in fairness, there was nothing that said Rahl wasn’t their father)

i’m a little proud that the moment i saw the girl with the goat, i said to myself “Jennson” but then i also thought, can’t be, this isn’t where she shows up.

despite the criticism, i rather enjoyed the episode. it was full of familiar characters even if their story was unfamiliar.

unlike Geller in previous episodes where he was completely evil and died that way. that still annoys me, though for the show it worked. it wasn’t Geller. they couldn’t have just invented a character, or used a known evil wizard or something?