Mord-Sith believe emotions must be governed. Sadness, remorse, love… These feelings make you weak. But anger, loyalty, pride? These feelings make you powerful.

Based on (x)

Bridget Regan in Legend of the Seeker (2008), "Sacrifice"

LEGEND OF THE SEEKER 2022 Rewatch Bingo ✦ 7/25 ➳ 1x8 Denna ✗ Touch Me (Just Like That)

Legend of the Seeker - S1xE8 - (Denna) ~ Original Air Date: January 10, 2009

Legend of the Seekers Main Casts (Then vs Now)

An underrated Medieval Fantasy show I first watched as a kid. As someone who love the Lord of the Rings trilogy, watched shows like Xena and Hercules, it was a welcoming surprise to find a medieval fantasy show. 

Now re-watching it again as an adult, I realise two seasons are not enough as the the book series, which this show is based and inspired on still continues after season 2, which makes me want season 3 to happen.

Age is not an issue to me, they still look incredible now. If shows like Cobra Kai, Jurassic World, Star Wars, Top Gun Maverick and Ghostbusters are able to get the original casts to return, I don’t see why we can’t do the same.

Last month (Sep 2022), Tabrett Bethell (Cara Mason) post a throwback photo of her character with Craig Horner (Richard Cypher) which prompted replies from both Craig Horner and Bridget Regan (Kahlan Amnell).

It was clear from the comments that a lot of fans wants the show to return, especially now with the popularity of medieval fantasy shows like House of the Dragon and The Rings of Power. 

The stars themselves are no doubt more than happy to reprise their roles provided they have the same producers and studios or at least with good writing as it is not easy to retain the original vibes and atmosphere.

Something which divides the fans of Lord of the Rings with The Rings of Power, as the new series does not really capture the spirit and atmosphere of Peter Jackson’s trilogy as it is not easy to simply duplicate the art of another.

Unlike House of the Dragon which manage to retain the vibes of Game of Thrones, from its soundtrack, characters, story-telling and atmosphere. But like any franchise, nothing can really beat or duplicate the original.

Well, for now, we can only hope that they will return, even for just one season. For now, here’s a wholesome clip of Tabrett Bethell goofing around with Bridget Regan on set. 

Not tagged by anyone but I've seen this going around. Post your 9 favorite characters and let people guess my type.

Tagging - @unluckyineverything

Katrina Law /  Garren the Mord Sith

Legend of the Seeker

What? No this isn’t kink this is just me and my girlfriend’s “Sword of Truth” and “Wheel of Time” crossover cosplay

Cara: i'm not going to let you do harm to Richard and Kahlan [pokes Shota with the agiel]

Richard and Kahlan: mark me down as scared AND horny!

im again thinking about a sw verse for kahlan and just the confessor power being akin to the light side of the force while the condor is the dark side or touching the dark side or whatever the terminology is for that 

Legend of the Seeker AU

Mord-Sith Lae'zel

Confessor Shadowheart

maybe this is too granular but can anyone explain why that white armour talia al ghul wears sometimes is literally just a mord sith ensemble from the 2008 classic abc series legend of the seeker

who an earth was a big enough fan of terry goodkind to make this happen

Who is your favorite of the ships containing that - "Existential Opposites" ...attract - energy?

Spocklaan Legend of the Seeker Mirrorverse AU:

Back to that LotS AU (if anyone remembers the show):

In this AU, the Mord Sith are the elite warriors of Emperor Georgiou, trained in the mastery of torture, interrogation and seduction to subjugate people to the will of the Emperor. Their only real weakness is a Confessor's psionic touch, aka Vulcan mind meld, making them relive all the pain they've inflicted on their victims and even turning them into mind controlled puppets.

After losing her family, La'an was trained as a Mord Sith by the Emeror's head mistress Una Chin-Riley and became one of the most skilled members of the order.

I think La'an would fit well as a Mord Sith, not just because she already looks the part with her braids (and would look stunning in leather), but also because of the similarities in the traumatic backstory and personality (she can also take the pain without batting an eyelash like a true Mord Sith).

La'an gets send after Spock, a Confessor of great mental powers that the Emperor wants to get her hands on and his powers use against her enemies.

The Confessor powers are unusually strong in Spock due to his unique hybrid nature with his father being a Vulcan druid and his mother being a rogue Mord Sith who betrayed the order and forsaken her duty for love. At the same time, due to his human side, he doesn't have the same control over his powers like other Vulcans which can lead to him slipping into the dangerous blood rage plak tow (aka con dar).

Despite being mortal enemies, La'an and Spock feel immediately drawn to each other upon meeting for the first time. La'an feels her loyalty to the Mord Sith and the Emperor waver due to her growing feelings for Spock while Spock fears his attraction to La'an will make him lose control of his powers and mind meld with her.

Legend of the Seeker (S2E17)

Silently judging you from a distance. 😆

whenever you're ready: what the FUCK did Terry Goodkind do to you 😭😭

*cracks knuckles*

hoo boy. are you ready? because the things i am about to say are objective fact and not up for dispute. some of them are mean, but rest assured i mean every word.

terry goodkind created a sweeping and gorgeous world full of magic, ruled by incredible, complex, powerful women. some of the women remain to this day some of my favorite characters in all of fiction. the confessors could compel the truth with a power based in utter love. the mord-sith, could turn pain into power, making them fierce warriors (first antagonists, later allies). sisters of the light, powerful sorceresses who train young wizards and protect sacred prophecies, and their evil counterparts, sisters of the dark. it's just layered with so many amazing women. good. evil. everything in between.

and then he shits all over them.

he brutalizes them with all sorts of sexual abuse. the second book features an evil wizard who uses nipple magic to defile and control women who he deems impure. it's implied, if not outright stated, that the mord-sith are all sexually abused. in book three, kahlan amnell, the mother confessor, is forced to marry and sleep with a man who is not richard, and then richard spends forever punishing her for it, even though it was against her will. he kills one of the only two lesbians in the series, which was my first "bury your gays" experience. richard has a sister who is "pristinely ungifted" (immune to all magic, which i ate up with a fucking spoon as a concept) and she, too, was manipulated and brutalized to further richard's narrative. nicci becomes the most powerful sorceress in the entire world, but spends most of the story being abused, sexually and physically, and the rest in unrequited love with richard in the most egregiously shitty love triangle ever. the last two books are just brutalization porn, detailing every horrific way kahlan is beaten and tortured. every single powerful woman is brought violently down, often through rape. always through violence.

and as if this wasn't bad enough, the entire series is a libertarian allegory. it's not subtle. it's filled with self-aggrandizing conservative-lite morals entrenched in purity bullshit. goodkind was a huge fan of ayn rand, and his penchant for writing richard giving three page monologues that could have all been summed up as "hey idiots, i am right and you are wrong" demonstrate that with astonishing deftness. magic becomes some metaphor for everything that is wrong with the world and society in the clumsiest way possible, until the world must literally be split in two in order to create a libertarian non-magical utopia.

if that wasn't enough, he was so insufferable about everything. he created a rich and detailed fantasy world then constant bemoaned being called a fantasy author. he felt it was beneath him and his talents. he remained pretentious about speculative fiction while profiting from it.

oh, he also famously threw a massive tantrum about one of his later book covers, insulting the cover artist openly and publicly. if you know anything about publishing, you know that authors getting any input over their cover is a huge privilege. so he was a massive asshole, too.

never in my life have i had such a complex relationship with a book series. it has so many spectacular things going for it, but goodkind couldn't step off his own dick. he took himself way too seriously, overused lazy tropes (richard was the most powerful wizard ever but only ever used his powers at the most convenient moment when only a deus ex could save his hole-ridden plot), and can't write a sympathetic protagonist to save his life. idk how you write such amazing women while obviously having disdain for them. some kind of asshole magic, i guess.

anyway, this just scratches the surface. any single thing here would be annoying on its own, and combined it is just exhausting. idk how i suffered through the whole series apart from my commitment to these characters i loved despite his every effort to make the rest of the story unbearable. my one life's regret is that he died never knowing what a hack i think he was. he probably wouldn't have cared because obviously i am inferior to him in every way, but i lament he will never know.

anyway, fuck him.