I, for one, would have happily written it off if she'd had a conversation with someone explaining that after the accidental death of her first boyfriend, she fed exclusively on scumbags like the GHB barfly who nearly raped Kenzi in the pilot
YES! It would be so much easier to for me to deal with Bo's past if she was a Succubus!Dexter. And honestly, it only would have required like one line of dialogue. Instead of the "if waking up next to a string of dead lovers, isn't sick, then I want a second opinion" line (which, I'm sorry didn't make me feel sorry for Bo at all), they could have had her say something like, "If having to spend my days hunting down the scum of the earth so that I can live and still sleep at night isn't sick, then I want another opinion." THAT'S IT! That one sentence would have made Bo's past palpable, and it would explain why she's not that angsty about her past because killing scumbags will weigh on a person less than killing innocent people.
This bespeaks an ugly lack of compassion and is nigh impossible to fanwank away. Bad writers. Bad!
To steal ic1pher's phrase, it makes Bo seem 'horribly irresponsible' at best, and like a sociopath at worst.
I am cutting Lost Girl a lot of slack because there isn't anything else like it on the air right now.
Word. Despite my complaints I don't plan on stopping watching the show. It's got enough things going for it to keep me around.
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YES! It would be so much easier to for me to deal with Bo's past if she was a Succubus!Dexter. And honestly, it only would have required like one line of dialogue. Instead of the "if waking up next to a string of dead lovers, isn't sick, then I want a second opinion" line (which, I'm sorry didn't make me feel sorry for Bo at all), they could have had her say something like, "If having to spend my days hunting down the scum of the earth so that I can live and still sleep at night isn't sick, then I want another opinion." THAT'S IT! That one sentence would have made Bo's past palpable, and it would explain why she's not that angsty about her past because killing scumbags will weigh on a person less than killing innocent people.
This bespeaks an ugly lack of compassion and is nigh impossible to fanwank away. Bad writers. Bad!
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I am cutting Lost Girl a lot of slack because there isn't anything else like it on the air right now.
Word. Despite my complaints I don't plan on stopping watching the show. It's got enough things going for it to keep me around.