Hey Tumblr, you love strong female characters!  So, where’s your Lost Girl hype?! I recently (yesterday) started watching Showcase’s Lost Girl, a supernatural crime drama which Syfy has picked up for a second season starting this fall.  I was immediately hooked and not just because of Anna Silk’s stunning appearance.  But because this shit is good. Catering to short attention spans, I have made a quick bulleted list for why you should start watching Lost Girl: It revolves around a bisexual Succubus named Bo, played by Anna Silk. Anna Silk Bo is unknowingly a part of a larger society of supernatural beings called the Fae…and while the show’s mythology is a bit complex, it’s fascinating to learn more about them as Bo does. Bo answers to NO ONE!  When the Fae (which are divided into two factions: light and dark) try to make her choose sides she, awesomely, “chooses humans!” Strong female characters! One of the new best female friendships!  (between Bo and her human bff Kenzi) Kenzi and Bo open an Angel-esque private investigation agency! Kenzi is kind of a Veronica Marsy character but with more leather and more sass. It’s Canadian! The dialogue is consistently amazing and the humor never feels forced.  Kenzi definitely gets the best lines. (re: “You technically can’t steal from a dead guy, seriously its a thing, ask museums.”) Succubuses are so underrated in genre television and this show proves how awesome they can be! There are lots of other magical species within the Fae (and no werepanthers!) And you should just trust me, okay? And in my never-ending quest to get people to stop watching True Blood…if you’re looking for non-human characters who are actually well-written, multidimensional, and compelling, Lost Girl is your show!  I’m sure it will suck you in (couldn’t finish this post without ONE succubus pun) right away like it did for me. - K
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Hey Tumblr, you love strong female characters!  So, where’s your Lost Girl hype?!

I recently (yesterday) started watching Showcase’s Lost Girl, a supernatural crime drama which Syfy has picked up for a second season starting this fall.  I was immediately hooked and not just because of Anna Silk’s stunning appearance.  But because this shit is good.

Catering to short attention spans, I have made a quick bulleted list for why you should start watching Lost Girl:

  • It revolves around a bisexual Succubus named Bo, played by Anna Silk.
  • Anna Silk
  • Bo is unknowingly a part of a larger society of supernatural beings called the Fae…and while the show’s mythology is a bit complex, it’s fascinating to learn more about them as Bo does.
  • Bo answers to NO ONE!  When the Fae (which are divided into two factions: light and dark) try to make her choose sides she, awesomely, “chooses humans!”
  • Strong female characters!
  • One of the new best female friendships!  (between Bo and her human bff Kenzi)
  • Kenzi and Bo open an Angel-esque private investigation agency!
  • Kenzi is kind of a Veronica Marsy character but with more leather and more sass.
  • It’s Canadian!
  • The dialogue is consistently amazing and the humor never feels forced.  Kenzi definitely gets the best lines. (re: “You technically can’t steal from a dead guy, seriously its a thing, ask museums.”)
  • Succubuses are so underrated in genre television and this show proves how awesome they can be!
  • There are lots of other magical species within the Fae (and no werepanthers!)
  • And you should just trust me, okay?

And in my never-ending quest to get people to stop watching True Blood…if you’re looking for non-human characters who are actually well-written, multidimensional, and compelling, Lost Girl is your show!  I’m sure it will suck you in (couldn’t finish this post without ONE succubus pun) right away like it did for me.

- K