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Usually I use this space to talk about how much I love Supernatural and how character wars are freaking bogus (but shipping wars? Shipping wars are gold.) But! Because I'm kind of bummed out from reading the anon meme and people being grouchy over there, today I am going to talk about something else!

There's this character who I love, who is strong, nuanced, interesting, and has a fantastical emotional redemptive arc. Her story is believable And bonus? She is unequivocally bisexual. She is Cara Mason, from the series Legend of the Seeker and is my tv girlfriend.

If I was in the habit of, you know. Dating imaginary sociopathic dominatrix cum torturers that make the most hilarious faces when they felt emotions. Ahem.

Note: I did not make these picspams, I am hotlinking them from tumblr because I am a douche but really they are so fantastic. Also, there's a lot of large images so if you have a slow connection don't click while you are trying to torrent porn or something, jeez.
( But don't bother wasting your time if you're trying to change me )

In conclusion:


I was trying to type up this incredibly long essay about how Cara makes my life whole, but well. It basically boils down to the fact that I've never ever related to a female character the way I relate to (and fangirl) her. IT IS A JOY SICKNESS.

Last year arefadeaway cooked up One Girl Revolution which is unilaterally one of my favorite vids ever. However, that being said? Watching it now the absence of Kahlan Amnell and Cara Mason is really freaking GLARING because they are just that uber. Seeker has a lot of slow-mo action scenes and it's mostly Kahlan kicking people in the face while having amazing hair and Cara stopping shuriken with the power of her awesome.

Like, season one is fun and all, but season two is like getting PUNCHED IN THE FACE. Good God I ship them so hard I can barely pay attention to the plot. Is there a plot? I don't even know anymore, I don't even care. There's just these gorgeous amazing characters running around saving people and learning how to have feelings and what's good and moral and right and being in a ~family~ together.

The only downside is that the base textual ideas (from Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series) are really problematic and skeevy and yeah, objectivist. Thankfully, the television show is pretty thoughtful in incorporating these problematic aspects to present a positive ideology.

I also have a major insane crush on Kahlan Amnell (the one with dark hair) and she puts me in this warm fuzzy place of wonderfulness but Cara is the one whose promise ring I wear.