well behaved women

And once again, I find myself slapped in the face with the incredibly offense gender and racial issues that seem inescapable in American television.

I'm so ticked off right now I can't find the motivation to elaborate. Later.

Legend of the Seeker: the women are awesome, the men not so much. I like Richard, but the majority of the secondary male characters make my stomach roll. The fact that the writers actually had the sheer, repulsive nerve to try and paint Griff as a positive character in the last part of the episode makes me want to kill them. The bride was kickass beyond my wildest dreams, but he didn't even deserved to be in the same room with her. Frankly, I really wish he'd been killed. Preferably in a horrifically painful way.

And after a collection of episodes about characters driven to desperate acts by circumstances, the first two other than the flat-out villains to be totally selfishly motivated and permanently punished, respectively, are the darkest-skinned characters we've seen so far.

I mean, it's not as bad as True Blood. Nothing could ever be as mindrapingly awful as True Blood. It's just really obvious that they're aiming for a male audience and hardly even trying with the male secondary characters. And I'm still watching it...and having fun with Kahlan and Richard...but that's two episodes (in a row? I can't recall) that have freaked me out so far.

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next seven sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

"It's all right....as witches we believe in religious toleration..."

"That's right," said Nanny Ogg. "But only for the right religions, so watch your step!"

The royal parents had reached the thrones. Magrat took her seat and, to Agnes's amazement, gave her a sly wink.
Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett