If you were to evaluate the fantasy scenarios with what someone would do if it were IRL, then the mother confessor would have a literal army of selfless defenders ready to throw their lives away for her. (Granted this is why there are no male confessors in the book, but you'd think she'd gather up more than a few confessed people just by doing her job over the years)And the mordsith's weapon would probably be more like a whip instead of a leather rod. Range advantage + ability to inflict magically enhanced pain on contact > swords.So no, they wouldn't have died in that scene, but it would be equally as boring to watch.   See 19 other replies

What world do you live in? As an avid user of long and short blades I can tell you I would not eagerly engage a heavy bladed long sword, broad sword, nor a hand and a halfer with light daggers. Real close combat with short blades teaches you to not even risk getting in blade reach unless your 100% certain of cutting without being cut. Trapping a heavy blade with a single dagger does not occur with anything heavier then light sword like a rapier or fencing sabre. He use of throwing the daggers makes a lot of sense, the scenes when she has actually taken up a sword which they stopped doing much after the first few episodes, made alot of sense.Parrying battle axes and swords that would likely break her daggers is extremely hard to buy into and is one of those times I just sit back and enjoy the pure fantasy of the show. Frankly I cant help but imagine myself killing everyone in that show in a fight armed with nothing more then a walking stick considering how poor most of the fights really look, Good theatrics but lacking anything resembling skill or technique one could even remotely want to try to use in a real fight to the death.The agiels I dont mind because even though in the show they have been abit lacking in detailing the full power of an agiel the sound effect they employ is some attempt to indicate the brutal magic it unleashes witha simple touch. the fact they make her use them more like billy clubs seems abit overdone but eh   See 19 other replies

As I have remained a watcher of this series since ep 1 and also read the entire series before it. I will chime in my 2 cents once more on this show and how i feel it has been progressing and how it compares to the novels.Well one of the bigger contentions Ive seen flourish since the series began seem to be its lack of the gore, and more especially sexual violence of the novels.I say good move on thier part because every time I got to one of those scenes in the books after the first one I could litterally skim ahead see when it wrapped up and continue on missing nothing of any real plot importance. They where always there as far as I was concerned to appeal to some very disturbed readers who get off on that kind of subject matter. I dont know about you but I dont need to read what in one book amounted to about 300 pages of women and girls being raped and murdered often at the same time. images like a girl being raped and her kness being broken when she kicks back etc etc. this wasnt one part of one book to help paint the brutal nature of the enemy. It was there to feed the author and certain readers darkest fantasy.They have done a pretty good job to my needs of portraying the quality and depth of commitment Richard has to Kahlan and frankly I still expect the same twist from the end of book 1 where it turns out richard is immune to at least her confession simply because he loves her and the books always worked to drive that message home. that Love and Life are the most profound of magics.I really prefer how Darken Rahl has been a much bigger player in the story. I always hated how he was so great a villain in the first book and then after the change of pace in book 2 everything was jagang this, the dream walker that. got old real fast. Maybe my single biggest gripe is Richad lacking his true power as the Seeker. My friends and I called it " The Richard is Always Right!" rule. Richard was to us clearly always the right one in any argument.   See 7 other replies

Thank you, I was after all only joking around than offering a serios complaint with this topic.   See 4 other replies

maybe it would have just made the journey go a lot faster, having more info or the such. but if everything happened perfectly, there would be no show. who wants to watch perfect people never mess anything up? prolly needed to unlock a vision or something. but mr elliott was really funny   See 4 other replies

for shizzle   See 14 other replies

It's not hell, no such a thing in this world. It's called the underworld. Not to mention this is fantasy were talking about, anything can happen anywhere   See 2 other replies