Working the NIGHT SHIFT: Biology is not Destiny, The Supernatural Lessons of Lost Girl

There is a good reason I have chosen October 25 as the date for this post. It marks the series finale of Lost Girl on this day in 2015. One might expect me to go with the premiere anniversary for something like this, but the finale feels more appropriate for what I want to talk about here. For one thing, by the time Lost Girl was over, we had a clear view of what Bo had put behind her and what she had achieved. Lost Girl (2010-2015)Bo, Anna Silk’s character in Lost Girl, discovers she is a succubus and that there is a whole supernatural world she was never aware of. More to the point, she finds that this world has its own set of rules as to who you are to be, who you are to keep company with, and which side you have to pick. She is forced to choose. Bo’s response to all of that is a resounding "No."And that is the most valuable thing the show offered me. The Fae that inhabit the world of Lost Girl are not a single species. The term does not denote a single type of creature. They may…