well behaved women

It's....actually pretty good. I know I'm having a lot of fun with it. I love the characters; the acting isn't fabulous, I guess? And the lines aren't brilliant, but I like the people and the story is pretty decent--it follows fairly standard hero cliches, but manages to wiggle about within them so it doesn't feel so predictable.

I was trying to figure out what I liked so very much about Richard, because it was a feeling I'd felt in a rote action movie a bit back, and all I could really manage was 'bucks hollywood character cliches'. And then I realized: THEY LEARN FROM THEIR MISTAKES. In Hollywood movies of this type, it seems like the male character often has to start off as some kind of twit, and they can't learn as they go like a normal person, they have to learn in a **BIG PRE-CLIMAX SCENE** so it can fit in those stupid rigid little guidelines I could follow with my eyes closed.

But no! Richard actually learns. Like, adapts. Like, you know, a normal human being. Except he's not or something, but that's okay.

Also, Kahlan is so, so awesome. And Zedd! I mean, like, he's the typical white haired scribe except he's batshit insane and has got the most wonderfully interesting face.

I actually laughed at myself when I saw the villain and thought, 'oh, he's not pretty! Thank god.' Despite my efforts, I've been around the crazy side of fandom too much.

Of course, I've only seen the first couple of episodes.