World Enough and Time

Yesterday baronjanus asked me in passing if all the sex scenes on Lost Girl were het. I was about to reply "my goodness, no", but haven't had a chance yet.

But then the question got me thinking about the sex on the show. It all centres around Bo, who is a bisexual succubus, her most significant ongoing sexual relationship on the show has been that with Dyson. There was one big sex scene between Bo and Lauren, which led to them breaking up, though that may change. Since Lauren is more interesting in season 2, I'd like that.

So we have lots of m/f sex and more f/f sex than you usually see on television, and one not-terribly explicit f/f/m sex scene. No m/m sex at all. Not that I can remember. Now, Bo gets most of the sex scenes, which makes sense, because she's our protagonist, and her love life is a significant part of the story; but there are characters of all types, whose stories we see, and I can't think of any explicit implication that any of the male characters are anything but het... Well, except for the guy who said he liked a man in uniform. Okay, there's one. He didn't get a sex scene.

Am I just forgetting? In the Fae party scenes, I can't recall any background image of men making out or dancing together (as we might get in Doctor Who).

It's one of those shows which has made clear that everyone's got different personalities, powers, natures, and sexual orientation are... fluid. So anyone could be bi. As far as I recall, the only character who has verbally stated a sexual orientation is Kenzie, who, to my disappointment, said she was straight. There are two characters in the show who are human rather than Fae, both women: Kenzie and Lauren. Kenzie said she was straight. Lauren hasn't said, and from what we've seen, I'd guess she was lesbian, but who knows? She might be bi, she might be straight with everyone in the universe except Bo. We don't know, and I like that openness in the show. Women are just as sexual as men. And that's something you don't often see on television.

Villains are as likely to be female as male. I like that, too. I like it that so many of the people we see on the screen are female, unlike the many shows where the population seems to be heavily male, even when, or especially when, the protagonist is a woman. And I like it that though the relationship between Bo and Kenzie isn't portrayed as sexual, it is the most most touchy-feely, cuddly relationship on the show. Since I have a major crush on Kenzie, I'm hoping she isn't as het as she pretends.

Now that Dyson and Bo are estranged and separated, I'd love to see him get a rebound boyfriend for a while.

None of this is particularly politically correct, as far as I can see. It is in character for the characters involved. It might be inspired by nothing more enlightened than a few producers saying, "Hey, let's see a few hot women together," and they thought up a scenario that make it plausible.

Or it might be fear - not homophobia, but fear of losing sponsors, or of alienating the American audiences - something they don't have anyway, as far as I know, but they're probably hoping.

This evening, Pim and I watched last week's episode of Lost Girl and I absolutely loved it. Best episode yet, maybe. Not for any particular reason except my enjoyment factor.

But Dyson never took his shirt off. What's with that?

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Watched Lost Girl this evening with Pim and maaseru: episode 1x10, "Faetal Justice". Nice if you like an episode in which Dyson spends most of his time shirtless (which I do), and the bondage scene reached almost X-Men proportions. Kenzi as always was wonderful, and Trick is more intriguing than ever.

I was tired today. (Note to self: go to bed early, like before ten. Oops. Too late for that already.) I had to go downtown, and did so despite the snow on the ground, without much trauma - yay me. Even bought groceries, so I won't starve.

Did about half my allotted exercises. And laundry.