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Fantasy books – don’t you just love them? They’re so deep.

Oh, follow me down to the land of Nerry-Nu,

Where the Bibbug Tree is to be found.

WIth a hey nonny nonny, the twiddle beast sings

And the fairies do dance in the round.

Actually, not that I’m biased, but “meaningless guff with sub-adult characterisation and obvious symbolism designed to tap into the ids of the repressed and introverted” would pretty much sum up 90% of it. I’m looking at you here Vampire Diaries and Twilight in particular. Yes, yes, I know Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Being Human, etc. But 90% of it.

Maybe that’s why I can’t take Lost Girl at all seriously. Obviously “young adult” fare that pretends to be for an older audience, this sees a young woman (she’s really not a girl, despite the title) with strange powers discover that the reason her parents always told her sex was bad was because she’s a succubus and her kiss can kill. So she goes wandering from place to place until she comes across a young street waif and a Chris Martin-alike vampire cop and discovers who she really is, that sex isn’t all bad, she isn’t really alone and that she’s really, really important.

Are you spotting the sub-text yet?

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