No.

No no no.

NO NO NO.

NO.

</b>NO.</b>

NO NO NO NO NO!

Bad dog, no biscuit.

Bad cop, no doughnut.

Bad writers, no paycheck.

You twisted it, transfigured it into something evil and untrue. I shudder to think Terry Goodkind sanctioned this travesty.

Yes, I can see how and why it was changed in order to make it more action-oriented, but it paled next to how it was written in "Wizard's First Rule". Richard had no idea about any of these things. He didn't know about being destined to kill Darken Rahl. He didn't know about being the "true" Seeker until much later in the book, after he figured out how to turn the blade white. And Richard suffered no ill-effects from killing with the sword's magic.

In the book, the characters on the run were of the "we need to stay one step ahead or we'll surely die" mentality, not, "you're an obstacle in my way" school of thought. Kahlan didn't want Richard to know about her being a Confessor, he still has no idea what it entails other than they're an ancient order of women who are sworn to get to the truth no matter the cost (paraphrased).

To say this is not what I imagined it to be is unfair itself. This is not my story, my characters, my world. This is just my imagination being tampered with.

This nation is hemorrhaging money it does not have right now. But that's okay. If you're a big business that will drag the rest of the US into depression when you go, we'll just open the wound a little more and let the blood flow more freely. Cut me open just a little more, doc. My babies are starving.

I Am.

A.

Very.

Bad.

Friend.

I received my Crane Operator certification card today. I am now legal in several states, including the one in which I work.

I hope you have a happy birthday, Liz.

"richard baxton piloted his recon rover into a fungal vortex and
held off four waves of mind worms, saving an entire colony.
we immediately purchased his identity manifests and repackaged him
into the recon rover rick character with a multi-tiered media campaign:
televids, touchbooks, holos, psi-tours--the works.
people need heroes. they don't need to know how he died clawing his
eyes out, screaming for mercy. the real story would just hurt sales,
and dampen the spirits of our customers."

-- "mythology for profit"
morgan stellartots keynote speech