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Fanfiction and fanvids are great ways for fans to engage with TV shows both to offer their own take on a scene or a character or to just show their appreciation. We share some of our favorite fanfic and fanvids as well as listener’s favorites.

While Lost Girl has provided very refreshing portrayals of queer characters, it unfortunately has fallen into the same pattern as many sci-fi/fantasy shows in regards to its representation of non-white characters. We discuss how non-white characters have been portrayed on Lost Girl, including how Hale’s storyline has been treated as well as the show’s use of the human/Fae divide as a metaphor to talk about race.

Lauren’s Light Fae pendant has always been an important symbol on Lost Girl for Lauren’s servitude to The Ash. However, she left the Fae and took off the pendant in Season 3 and has not worn it since. Season 4 introduced another significant necklace, a gift from Lauren to Bo. We discuss how Bo’s necklace serves as an interesting counterpoint to Lauren’s necklace as well as talk about a couple other meaningful necklaces on the show.

Production of Season 5 of Lost Girl is underway, and we discuss our top five wishes for the upcoming season. To no one’s surprise, Annie talks a lot about Doccubus, Kris mentions Crystal and Bo, and Stephanie gets all analytical. We also share wishes from listeners’ wishlists.

Annie had the opportunity to attend Emerald City Comic Con 2014 where Zoie Palmer and Kris Holden-Ried were guests. She talks about her experience at the con, including interacting with Kris and Zoie, cosplaying as part of a trio of Zoie Palmer characters, and meeting other awesome Lost Girl fans.

Season 4 had myriad Big Bads, including one who seemed like a red herring but might not be? We discuss The Wanderer/Rainer, Pyrippus, The Una Mens, and Massimo before talking about some of the major themes of the season.

In the second part of our Season 4 review, we discuss the character arcs for the rest of the main characters besides Bo. We talk about Kenzi and Hale’s relationship, Dyson swearing fealty to Bo, Tamsin’s reboot, Trick’s Machiavellian past and more.

Our Season 4 review begins with a discussion of Bo. Her character arc in Season 4 took a darker turn with Bo doing some downright unlikeable things. We discuss how Bo’s memory loss at the beginning of the season affects her, her eschewing her friends’ assistance, and her evolving relationship with Dyson and Lauren.

As part of our ongoing series of discussions about parallels that might be made between Lost Girl and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, we discuss how Trick serves a similar role on Lost Girl as Giles does on Buffy. We also discuss that unlike the other original characters Hale lacks a clear parallel character on Buffy. But we do suggest that he shares quite a bit in common with a character from another show within the Buffyverse.

Massimo was introduced at the end of Season 3 as a mysterious, sexy troublemaker, encouraging Kenzi to feel insecure about her place in the Fae world, but by the end of Season 4 Massimo had revealed himself to be a deeply troubled individual with a massive Oedipus complex. We discuss Massimo as Kenzi’s “drug dealer,” how he compares to Bo, his sartorial choices, and more.