Mord'Sith - "What's in Your Head?" [Legend of the Seeker]

READ THE DESCRIPTION PLEASE!
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- FIRST: "ZOMBIE" HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH CARA AS A BANELING, OR AT LEAST NOT IN THE WAY ONE WOULD THINK. READ FURTHER FOR MORE INFO.

- SECOND: IF YOU DON'T LIKE FAST VIDEOS WITH LOTS OF FLASHES, THIS IS NOT FOR YOU. SO PLEASE, DON'T RATE IT LOW OR COMMENT BECAUSE OF THAT.

- THIRD: PLEASE, AGAIN AVOID LEAVING COMMENTS OR RATING LOW BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A RICHARD/KAHALAN VIDEO.

Yes, I've had messages telling me that they don't like my videos cuz there are too many Mord'Sith, too much Cara & Denna & no R/K. I DON'T CARE. The show & the books ARE NEITHER a comedy NOR a romantic novel. They're fantasy & they are adventure.
Richard & Kahlan's love happens to be a very big part of this universe, BUT NOT EVERYTHING MUST REVOLVE AROUND THEM.

NO CHARACTER BASHING EITHER. Thank you.

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^ Sorry about the premise, but lately I've been receiving ridiculus feedback. You can tell my videos suck for ANY reason. They might be sucky, short & ill-edited, BUT DO NOT comment on my choice of song or focus please. If I like Mord'Sith better than Richard & Kahlan, it's my buisness. Go watch videos you like better.

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WARNING: THIS DESCRIPTION MIGHT CONTAIN POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR UNAIRED EPISODES OF LEGEND OF THE SEEKER, ESPECIALLY 2x20 - 2x21;

Ok, so ... I hadn't heard this song in a very long while, I went shuffle with my Ipod & it started playing. As soon as I heard the line "It's not my family..." I thought about Cara's line from the sides of ep 20 that leaked "Richard, Kahlan & Zedd are my family" - I won't go into details about what happened & why she said that in case you don't want to be spoiled, BUT well, I had to make a Mord'Sith video to this song.
The lyrics - like most of my videos - are not exactly perfect for the fandom, because a bit unachronistical maybe, but they surely are AMAZING for a MSith character study.
They're all victims from the evil Triana to the redeemed Cara, taken & broken as little girls. They MUST do as they are told & serve the Lord Rahl without escape.
That's why "zombie". "Hunger" is very much part of that statement, but not because Cara took the deal & became a baneling, as much as WHY she took the deal, WHY she was about to kill Thaddicus. It's the good (Richard's influence & her need to protect him) vs the bad (Darken Rahl trying to convince her to stay alive - continuing his control on her despite being long gone) type of Lord Rahl.
The one who changed them as young girls turning them into mindless zombies & monsters, & the one who changed them as twisted women, giving them a chance to think for themselves, saving them from the madness they were forced into.

Not all Mord'Sith are good of course. Triana showed us that, despite being given the opportunity to serve good, she still choose bad. But what if she hadn't been trained? What if she hadn't met Darken Rahl?

I don't know. Cara was able to choose well, Denna was killed after realizing she could change, as for the others... we can't judge. ;)

Oh, well. Rumble of the day, sorry guys.

Anyway, wouldn't leave you for 3 days without a little pressie beside my Las Vegas vid ;)

For those of you who kept reading, ignoring my outburst, I love you all ;) You're the best subbers & friends in the world! You really are the ones who mean everything to me! Thank you!

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[MarianFrae]

I love the Mord Sith. . . especially in the books. I feel that they really steal the show. Richard and Kahlan start off as good guys--undoubtedly good--and they change others for the better. . . but I think the story really is more about how the world and others are changed than about Richard and Kahlan themselves. Because of this. . . the Mord Sith are a fantastic choice of focus. They have so far to change and so much to relearn about the world and so much pain to overcome. Apt choice of song.

[MarianFrae]

PS: I think this is a fantastic tribute to them. Perhaps a bit trippy in the editing. . . could have done with a an every other beat change instead of every beat--but it's far from a horrible vid and I'm far from an expert. ;)

[AnnaGiuliaFiction]

@MarianFrae Hey, thank you SO much for your comment. I love to get feedback such as this :D I agree with you on the Mord'Sith being the most interesting part of the series & books. I'm utterly in love with them and even tho I used to love R/K's story as well, it kind of lost appeal with the start of s2, I don't know why. In the books TG managed to keep it alive & interesting, but I in the show it really went from awesome to cheesy! As for the editing, I agree on that too. But it was a time when

[AnnaGiuliaFiction]

@MarianFrae ... when I thought that a video was only good if every beat was "transported" to clips and effects. I got over it luckily. It was fun to edit that way and I used to find it very pleasurable to watch in fanvids in general, but then I started finding it boring and not very challenging. I haven't vidded much lately because I can't seem to find the right pacing to make the clips fit the beats, but not each and everyone of them. It may seem easier, but it's kind of more difficult lol

[MarianFrae]

@AnnaGiuliaFiction lol. I know what you mean. What I've found to be a fun challenge in my editing is to find internal movement that can match the beat. If you look at my vids closely--especially the two long Doctor Who ones--you'll find that a lot of time. . . I'll have the clip stay the same for multiple beats but someone will move within that clip right on time with the beat. I've never really had the problem of changing clips too quickly. . . probably because it's harder to tell a story when

[AnnaGiuliaFiction]

@MarianFrae hehe I tried doing the internal movement thing, but it's just not in my veins, I'm afraid. I should "study" more the clips and the beats to do that and I think I lost all my patience on books lol I'd love to be able to vid with internal movement, but I just don't know most of the shows I vid well enough to and I guess I'm too lazy to re-watch all the episodes to find the perfect match for music and pace. I'll find my way, one day or another :) And yeah show's R/K didn't have a chance

[AnnaGiuliaFiction]

@MarianFrae ... to become the epic couple they are in books, I'm afraid :( with season 3, maybe, they would've become more interesting and developed characters as they were in season 1, but if we don't get anything, I guess, in my mind, they'll forever stay the boring cheesy romantic bunnies they have been throughout all season 2! LOL

[AnnaGiuliaFiction]

@TheXena508 Opinions.

[maurielroyer]

Does anyone know who sings this song?? .. I have been looking for this song for a long period of time but I cant find it because dont know who sings it :(

[DogLoverSoprano]

Denna, i know you said friends are for the helpless , but you needed a friend the most, You could have changed and i know you would have. I wish you hadn't died. I believed in you .

[caz15th]

Wow. I love the story you've told here and the perspective you show of the Mord Sith as victims like everyone else. Nice!

[MarianFrae]

@AnnaGiuliaFiction Yeah. . . I really don't think they would have gotten any better in season 3. Poor things.

[MarianFrae]

... things that need to be cut down, places of only instrumental where things need to be plugged in. . . stuff like that. This is the rough draft of my video. I have the story I want to tell and I can start playing around with where I want certain clips to start. It's within THESE clips that I finally start caring about internal movement. If you don't worry about it until you're fine tuning--it makes it a lot easier and you don't HAVE to go back through every episode or really know the show. :)

[MarianFrae]

@AnnaGiuliaFiction The way I do IM is first of all listening to the song MULTIPLE times before putting any clips to it. I typically put it on repeat for an hour or two while doing other things. Doing this allows the song and its beats to become second nature to me. Then, I focus on matching up clips with lyrics--often on paper before I cut a single clip. This allows me to know the story I'm telling with my video. Once I've planned this, I cut the clips and put them into place. Often, there are

[MarianFrae]

... doing it that way. . . but I DID have a problem with lingering too long on beats and for a while, I felt like I was missing some skill other vidders had.

I think the reason R/K does keep its excitement in the show is because it's the same problems the entire time. At the end of book one. . . Kahlan confesses him--but he gives himself freely to BE confessed. . . and so her control is not overpowering. He remains himself but they're able to love freely. That allows for SO MUCH MORE growth.