Lost Girl 2.1-2.4

1.  I'm pretty sure I used to like Dyson.  Like, back in the first half of season 1, before the show decided that whether or not the straight white guy who wants to control her wanted to have sex with her that week always had to be the focus.  And before he decided the fact that her being a succubus who never indicated that monogamy* was her plan was an inconvenient habit she should get over or whatever.  Now he comes on screen and i'm all "Dyson, why are you having scenes with characters I still like?  (Which is almost everyone else.)

2.  On the flipside, there's lots more Lauren and Hale so far this season.

3.  I'm sideeying the Ash storyline pretty hard.  Especially with how the current status came to be in 2.2.

4.  This show and it's ideas about consent make me very uncomfortable at times (actually, probably at least once an episode) yet don't set me off the way other shows do.

5.  I watch for the plot.  And by "plot" I mean Lauren being sciencey, Kenzi being lippy, and Bo waiving weapons around and knowing how to use them,  (Though I kinda wonder when she became so proficient with various bladed weapons.) and hopes that we'll get more actual mythology and history mixed with the actual variety of fae races.

*I actually suspect Bo will eventually be ok with a monogamous relationship as long as it's a partner who can handle her literal needs, but right now she's a succubus who only figured out how to have sex with people without killing them to stay alive herself a few months ago.

Revenge 1.1-1.2

Revenge is being referred to as a gender swapped Count of Monte Cristo, but it's really more like "if Dantes had a daughter and Mercedes was the final villain," with a young woman whose father was destroyed by his business partners when she was a child returning to the Hamptons (of course they lived in a rich and trendy place) to get revenge.

So far it's fun, but I think I was hoping for it to be a bit cheesier or melodramatic? It takes itself a bit seriously for me and this kind of plot, and I suspect it'll be one best viewed in chunks.  Also, I'm kind of bugged by how Amanda/Emily only thinks about her father in the past.  I mean, I'm assuming her mother died when she was just a few years old, so it's more of a metanarrative "hero/ines have father figures as a driving force, not mother figures" thing than a "but Amanda/Emily, what about your mom?" thing, but still.

There's some potential for narrative fail in the future (largely in that I suspect it's going to skirt on women's sexuality largely being a weakness and/or used for evil deeds) but hasn't actually crossed that line yet for me.  But it's entertaining and lots of Bechdel passing and women smiling swtly at each other while doubleplotting and hatching schemes in their heads.

The Official Romance appears to be the rich, mysterious woman with a dark past seeking revenge and the nice poor boy from her hometown who still carries a torch.  So far their interactions are "hem" to me and I'm kind of already tired of how badly he, his father and his younger brother (naturally crushing on the rich girl who has a douche boyfriend) have it, but the gender reversal of the typical revenge romance setup (and the setup of many a kdrama) has potential to at least interest me.

Though, i'm pretty sure the writers are secretly shipping Amanda/Emily with Victoria, the Final Villain.  Their houses are on the beach and just in sight of each other, and every ten minutes there's a scene of them staring at the other's house just barely able to see each other as they plot.  Usually, they're also talking on the phone to each other being fake!sweet.