Yay *flails* It's time! It's time!

[fembuck]

Friends, I am sorry to report that there is no Dr. Hot Pants in 1x09 "Fae Day" (<- download).

It is a very entertaining episode however, and for the Kenzi fans out there she gets a lot of positive face time.

Bo practicing with a sword is hot ... even though she looks like she's about to head out to yoga class.

Bo:  I really need a break from the Fae and their shit.
[Bo and Kenzi show up at Tricks for one drink - only we all know it's never really one drink]
Kenzi: And cue the Fae and their shit.

Aw, Bo needs a Fae-cation, lol.  Sounds cool, typed out it looks like something completely different.

Banshee's are such party-poopers!

Nice to know that Bo has been freezing Dyson out over his shit.  It also seems as if Bo never told Kenzi what happened between herself and Lauren.  Can't blame her there really.  Kenzi, we love her, but she's not exactly tactful or known to drop things no matter how much someone asks.

Kenzi:  You go.  This food isn't going to eat itself!  LOL

Dyson:  Bo, read a book.
OMG DYSON!  WHY ARE YOU SUCH AN ASS!?!?!

Seriously show, do not have Dyson talk about his super-special feelings for Bo and then have him be a complete asshat for no reason.  It does not add tension to their relationship, it just makes me want to punch him repeatedly in the face until he dies.  Dear Lost Girl, stop trying to wooby-fy this guy!  But if you are incapable of doing that at least do it right and not have him act like a class-A douche most of the time.  *appreciates the Legend of the Seeker writers and deftness with which they handled their characters even more - and I already appreciated it plenty!*

Aw, Kenzi's met someone as tactless as her.  I hope they make out.

Projectile vomit?  Really Lost Girl?  Really?  What's next?  Fart jokes?  It felt like I was watching an episode of Merlin for a minute there. 

Guy to Kenzi:  Joking about accounting fraud is like joking about a bomb on a plane
LOL,  heh.  Maybe not a match made in Fae heaven after all.

And ... saw the Sean reveal coming a mile away.

Based on how douchey Sean's Dark Fae brother was, I'm thinking Dyson chose the wrong side.  He'd fit right in with that asshole.

Kenzi:  Fancied?  Oh my god.
LOL.  Ksenia, you slay me.

Sean:  You're very odd and special. 
That's a pretty damn good description of Kenzi.

Kenzi:  Oh yeah.  Sounds like a disaster.
It's all in the delivery (and Bo's smirk)

It's 9:30 and there's been NO LAUREN AT ALL!  SO SAD! SO VERY VERY SAD!

You know, I think that if Kenzi met Parker from Leverage that they would be BFFs.

Day time drinking, Dyson?  You get more charming every time you're on-screen.

Aw, I hope Sean doesn't actually die.  I like him.

Bo talking about how much she trusts Dyson.  Nice anvil dropping show.  I mean that.  Bo is going to lose her shit when she finds out that he's been lying to her.

Nice parting line Kenzi.  Sean's dad was a clot-pole.

LOL Bo.  "I read it in Trick's book!"  Too bad you didn't read the whole thing, smarty pants.

Speaking of pants, it's 9:40 and there's still no Dr. Hot Pants!  So very, very, very, very sad. 

I wonder if those circles were already carved into Trick's floor, or if defacing his property was one other favor Bo asked for.  Bo is such a high maintainance friend.  For real. 

"Great!  Then, smoke 'em if you got 'em!"  LOL.  Very professional Bo.

Bo:  Gee, thanks.

Bo and Kenzi, you two are adorable.

Well, show you legit managed to surprise me with that alley scene.

Bo/Kenzi snuggles ... both tender and heartbreaking.

So Trick has magic blood?  Interesting.

As for Dyson conflictedness ... no1curr!  Okay, I'm sure some people do care, but I'm not one of them.  Dyson is totally Trick's bitch and lies constantly, and I don't like that he's given all of this screen time to make the audience sympathize with him, while Lauren who is vulnerable and victimized in a way that Dyson isn't, doesn't get the same treatment.  Dyson needs a sassy gay best friend to tell him



Because wolf-boy doesn't have to lie.  Trick isn't going to kill Dyson if he tells Bo the truth.  Trick doesn't own Dyson.  If Dyson tells Bo the truth, you know what will happen ... Bo will know the truth and Trick might act a little bitchy.  That's it.  So why does this Trick's boy get all of the sympathy and benefit of the doubt, when the human slave who faces actual consequences for disobedience (as opposed to losing surrogate daddies love) gets shat on left, right and center.

Psst, show.  You can't have an effective love triangle when 90% of the screen-time is devoted to one pairing,  Your bias is showing and it pisses me off. 

Preview for next week:

What everyone is the most interested in:  There was a shot of Dr. Lauren in the preview for next week, talking to Bo no less.  But there was only the one shot of her so I'm not sure how large a role she'll have.  One would hope that Bo and Lauren would have to talk about what happened between them in "Vexed" but with this show who the hell knows.  Lauren's curly-ish hair is back though, so that's something.  I liked her curly-ish pilot hair.

Plot: Next week however, there is another succubus in town and it seems like she'll make trying to mack all over Bo.  It also seems like maybe this succubus knows how to bring people back from the dead, which would be a pretty cool power for Bo to develop.  It'll heal something in my heart to be able to type the breath of life again.  Bo will still only have a fraction of Cara's bad-assness, but having the breath of life will be a step in the right direction.

It's seemed pretty obvious that Bo has only started to scratch the surface of what she can do as a succubus, so a Bo Goes to Succubus School episode seems like it should be pretty fun.

Also, the other succubus is a hottie, and the perv in me kind of wants to see Bo being topped.

Comments

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

Who gives him sympathy and benefit of the doubt? (Haven't watched the episode yet tho)

Fans. Basically, there are a lot of scenes where Dyson's feelings (love) for Bo are laid out for the audience. Whether you are Team Dyson, Team Lauren, or refuse to pick a team, nobody can say that Dyson doesn't care deeply for/love Bo or that he isn't trying to protect her.

Because of the lack of screen time for Lauren, and the fact that we don't see her interacting meaningfully with anyone besides Bo (the way Dyson has Trick and Hale and even occasionally Kenzi to talk to), there are fans out there that distrust Lauren's motives and are uncertain how she actually feels about Bo. I've never seen any speculation about Dyson being evil, because we've seen enough of him to know that while he can be misguided that his heart is in the right place. I've seen more than a few people speculating about whether Lauren is "evil" however, because non-Team Lauren people haven't seen enough of her to be convinced that her heart is in the right place.

I think they're building his character as an asshole so he can have some actual character growth and conflict, which to me is interesting to watch.

He definitely has his asshole moments, but I don't think the show is trying to set him up as an actual asshole that people are supposed to end up truly disliking because all of his asshole-ness comes from:

a) his struggle to pretend like he only wants to be friends with benefits with Bo, while he is really in lurve with her (something he's being forced to do by Trick).

b) his pissing contest with Lauren over Bo's affections (which I think we're supposed to sympathize with as well, because it's gotta be hard for a guy to see the lady he's in love with flirting with someone else because he's being forced to pretend he doesn't love her for her own good!)

Other than the lying (which the show keeps emphasizing he's doing for Bo's own good!) and the jealously, he's been presented as a fairly stand-up guy. I'd love to believe that the show was setting him up to be a complete asshole who might actually become a villain or something down the road, but I think that the show actually wants us to like him and root for him.

Makes me pissed if there's no significant development in Bo/Lauren like really soon.

Stuff like having no Lauren after what happened in last weeks episode also makes me think that the show is trying to skew viewer opinion in favor of Dyson.

Haven't watched Leverage in ages but IIRC Kenzi is basically an immature child as Parker has some actual responsibilities and takes things slightly more serious.

Kenzi actually showed a bit of a serious side this week. She still wise-cracked and whatnot, but she was also fairly mature. Hopefully this means that the writers have found a balance with the character which was missing in earlier episodes.

Sorry for the rambling response, the inequality in screen time when it comes to Bo/Dyson and Bo/Lauren, and the effect that it's having on my ability to ship Bo/Lauren is a hot button issue with me right now.

[ic1pher.livejournal.com]

It didn't read rambling at all to me. I see your points.

but I think that the show actually wants us to like him and root for him.

I do like Dyson but it's more credit to the actor than how he's written. The stuff he said to Lauren in the end of episode 7 (was it?) about how Lauren is completely unfeeling... whatever. That sounded so bad and made me see the character as a short-sighted egomaniac. I don't understand how people could see him in any other way.

It's really weird that people see Lauren as evil. If that were actually the case, Zoie would have, in my opinion, taken some really peculiar acting choices in portraying that kind of a character. I guess it's the same effect where Ivy and Rachel can't be seen as anything else but "wonderful friends and nothing but". "They are great friends. They would never work as a couple!" Basically any explanation is better than being gay for each other, and living Happily Ever After.

[kharrisonfan.livejournal.com]

I guess it's the same effect where Ivy and Rachel can't be seen as anything else but "wonderful friends and nothing but". "They are great friends. They would never work as a couple!" Basically any explanation is better than being gay for each other, and living Happily Ever After

I completely agree with this. I despair of the writers allowing a real lasting romantic relationship between Bo & Lauren the same way I despair of Kim Harrison ever letting Ivy & Rachel finally be together as more than friends :'(

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

I do like Dyson but it's more credit to the actor than how he's written

This. Kris Holden-Reid has a calm, coolness to him that makes Dyson pretty neat (when he isn't saying and doing douche-y things, but Dyson says and does douchey things a lot so it's hard to remember that he isn't awful all the time.)

That sounded so bad and made me see the character as a short-sighted egomaniac. I don't understand how people could see him in any other way.

I don't really understand how people don't see him as being a raging asshole either. He'll never really come back in my opinion from the stuff he said about Lauren (especially once it was reveal what Lauren's position in the Light Fae really was). He is a reactive, immature, petty, asshat.

If that were actually the case, Zoie would have, in my opinion, taken some really peculiar acting choices in portraying that kind of a character.

To be honest, I don't understand how people could see Lauren as evil either. Nothing that's she's ever done on the show would lead to that interpretation imo. I've never even understood how people can sometimes describe her as cold or unfeeling either, because she's seemed pretty emotive every time she's been on screen. If anything she comes across as a goodie two shoes, but considering how impulsive everyone else on the show is it's nice to see someone who thinks before they act. Honestly, I think the Lauren hate mostly comes from Dyson stans.

I guess it's the same effect where Ivy and Rachel can't be seen as anything else but "wonderful friends and nothing but". "They are great friends.

This *shudder* The Lauren/Bo situation is reminding too much a certain K.H's cock-blocking and I don't know if I can put myself through this again. Bo isn't quite the manipulative, selfish mind-fucker that Rachel is (and that's saying something because Bo is plenty manipulative and selfish), but I'm already feeling Rachel Morgan levels of irritation with Bo (i.e. wanting Lauren to get a girlfriend who will treat her right while Bo is left with lying, punk-ass bitch Dyson). Just like Ivy, Lauren has put herself in harms way with very little appreciation from Bo, and like Ivy, Lauren is in a position where she is institutionally victimized. At least Bo had the decency not to sleep with a close-human friend of Lauren's while complaining about how dangerous sleeping with humans is. *sigh* Must stop thinking about the Hollows, it will put me in a foul mood and it's already a Monday.