In the first episode, the succubus does not have sex, shows no more skin than any other female character in the media (mostly tanktops with/without jacket over them), does kick butt, and acquires a pretty awesome sidekick girl with plenty of Bechdel-compatible banter.
The succubus thing is kinda like a vampire thing without blood - hypnotic gaze + an addiction that can leave corpses behind, which if one is not evil is not at all a convenient power to have.
It is "yet another PI show, this one with faery-themed politics and mystery past", but Sci Fi Channel has recently been pretty darn good at writing women I like to watch. I don't at all see 'Lost Girl' going porntastic or Hamiltonian.
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Date: 2012-02-02 01:56 pm (UTC)In the first episode, the succubus does not have sex, shows no more skin than any other female character in the media (mostly tanktops with/without jacket over them), does kick butt, and acquires a pretty awesome sidekick girl with plenty of Bechdel-compatible banter.
The succubus thing is kinda like a vampire thing without blood - hypnotic gaze + an addiction that can leave corpses behind, which if one is not evil is not at all a convenient power to have.
It is "yet another PI show, this one with faery-themed politics and mystery past", but Sci Fi Channel has recently been pretty darn good at writing women I like to watch. I don't at all see 'Lost Girl' going porntastic or Hamiltonian.