Day 18 - Favorite title sequence.
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osprey_archerDay 18 - Favorite title sequence.
I must confess, my first thought when I read this question was “Who has a favorite title sequence?” But then I realized that I do. The title sequence for The Borgias is just perfect: the Renaissance art interspersed with shots from the show, the creepy chant in the background (Gregorian chant? Extra creepy?), the drops of blood and/or ink that burst across the screen - it sets the mood perfectly for the show.
I also have a least favorite title sequence: the Lost Girl title sequence that hasn’t changed since episode one (at least, as of season 3; I’m still a season behind). Not only are the clips outdated, but that its canned summary of what the show is about is no longer accurate. Bo has known what she is for years now, the fact that she belongs to a world hidden from humans does not need to be reestablished every episode.
Having complained about the title sequence, I have to add that I am otherwise really enjoying season 3 of Lost Girl. Having spent two seasons indifferent to all of Bo’s love interests - Dyson, Lauren, that dark fae dude whose name I always forget - I am totally psyched about Tamsin and her Dark Secret Past.
She had me at that episode where she and Bo (and Dyson) get hit with the mental de-aging spell that makes them all act like eighth-graders, and Tamsin and Bo write poetry (“but real poetry! The kind that rhymes!” oh Bo) about their deepest secrets, and then they eat their poems so no one can ever read them, and then Tamsin is all “BUT EVEN ANGSTY POETRY CANNOT CONTAIN MY ANGST.” The details of which she does not reveal, because even in her de-aged state she knows her darkest secret must be kept secret (partly because it seems to involve betraying Bo and Dyson somehow).
Oh! And! And then! Tamsin goes on an episodes-long drunken bender, because she is all torn up about her conflicting loyalties, and then she shows up at Bo’s place while Bo is taking a bath and is all “I have always thought that loyalty and friendship were concepts invented to mock me, but now I see you living them, living them, how are you so perfect? Why must you be so perfect at me?”
And then Tamsin climbs into Bo’s bathtub fully clothed and is all touching Bo’s face and Bo is like “What. What even is this, Tamsin?” Never mind that Tamsin is clearly far too intoxicated to know herself exactly what she’s doing.
Aside from the whole face-touching scene (the face-touching. The face-touching. I clearly need to look for fic of this, but I don’t want to spoil myself for season four, I am so toooorn), the season finale is actually kind of a mess, because we never do learn exactly who Tamsin is working for or what her dark secret is (unless it is meant to be “being a Valkyrie”)... but the face-touching. Nothing will take this away from me.
Probably my favorite episode this season, though - and probably the ones that have the best argument for being actually quality - are the ones where Kenzie gets kidnapped by the kitsune who proceeds to impersonate her, because apparently there is never enough Kenzie In Peril in my life. (My other favorite Lost Girl episode is the one where Kenzie got kidnapped by Baba Yaga. Apparently I am also psyched about damsel in distress storylines as long as the knight in shining armor is the damsel’s BFF and not an actualfax knight.)
I was sorry the kitsune got unceremoniously stabbed at the end of that two-parter, though. All the kitsune ever wanted was a friend! I thought that was a sad and compelling backstory, and surely could have led to a redemption arc for the kitsune, particularly given that the show-runners think a slimeball like Vex can be one of the good guys. (Just as an aside, I find the repeated scenes of Vex using his powers to make the Morrigan into a usually-scantily-clad human puppet really gross.)
….Wow, that got far afield from the title sequence question. Apparently I have lots of Lost Girl feelings right now.
I must confess, my first thought when I read this question was “Who has a favorite title sequence?” But then I realized that I do. The title sequence for The Borgias is just perfect: the Renaissance art interspersed with shots from the show, the creepy chant in the background (Gregorian chant? Extra creepy?), the drops of blood and/or ink that burst across the screen - it sets the mood perfectly for the show.
I also have a least favorite title sequence: the Lost Girl title sequence that hasn’t changed since episode one (at least, as of season 3; I’m still a season behind). Not only are the clips outdated, but that its canned summary of what the show is about is no longer accurate. Bo has known what she is for years now, the fact that she belongs to a world hidden from humans does not need to be reestablished every episode.
Having complained about the title sequence, I have to add that I am otherwise really enjoying season 3 of Lost Girl. Having spent two seasons indifferent to all of Bo’s love interests - Dyson, Lauren, that dark fae dude whose name I always forget - I am totally psyched about Tamsin and her Dark Secret Past.
She had me at that episode where she and Bo (and Dyson) get hit with the mental de-aging spell that makes them all act like eighth-graders, and Tamsin and Bo write poetry (“but real poetry! The kind that rhymes!” oh Bo) about their deepest secrets, and then they eat their poems so no one can ever read them, and then Tamsin is all “BUT EVEN ANGSTY POETRY CANNOT CONTAIN MY ANGST.” The details of which she does not reveal, because even in her de-aged state she knows her darkest secret must be kept secret (partly because it seems to involve betraying Bo and Dyson somehow).
Oh! And! And then! Tamsin goes on an episodes-long drunken bender, because she is all torn up about her conflicting loyalties, and then she shows up at Bo’s place while Bo is taking a bath and is all “I have always thought that loyalty and friendship were concepts invented to mock me, but now I see you living them, living them, how are you so perfect? Why must you be so perfect at me?”
And then Tamsin climbs into Bo’s bathtub fully clothed and is all touching Bo’s face and Bo is like “What. What even is this, Tamsin?” Never mind that Tamsin is clearly far too intoxicated to know herself exactly what she’s doing.
Aside from the whole face-touching scene (the face-touching. The face-touching. I clearly need to look for fic of this, but I don’t want to spoil myself for season four, I am so toooorn), the season finale is actually kind of a mess, because we never do learn exactly who Tamsin is working for or what her dark secret is (unless it is meant to be “being a Valkyrie”)... but the face-touching. Nothing will take this away from me.
Probably my favorite episode this season, though - and probably the ones that have the best argument for being actually quality - are the ones where Kenzie gets kidnapped by the kitsune who proceeds to impersonate her, because apparently there is never enough Kenzie In Peril in my life. (My other favorite Lost Girl episode is the one where Kenzie got kidnapped by Baba Yaga. Apparently I am also psyched about damsel in distress storylines as long as the knight in shining armor is the damsel’s BFF and not an actualfax knight.)
I was sorry the kitsune got unceremoniously stabbed at the end of that two-parter, though. All the kitsune ever wanted was a friend! I thought that was a sad and compelling backstory, and surely could have led to a redemption arc for the kitsune, particularly given that the show-runners think a slimeball like Vex can be one of the good guys. (Just as an aside, I find the repeated scenes of Vex using his powers to make the Morrigan into a usually-scantily-clad human puppet really gross.)
….Wow, that got far afield from the title sequence question. Apparently I have lots of Lost Girl feelings right now.
