but one thing really bugged me: that was a life or death situation. Tamsin could very well have died and Kenzi was practically shoving her into the ring.

And on top of that, Tamsin's reaction to killing her opponent (though it probably should've been made a heavier moment) was heartbreaking. Poor Tam-Tam.

Wow, you have surpassed me! Congrats on being Kitsune, Isabel_Q

My thoughts, Kenzi doesn't know that it will be a duel to the death at first, and when she realized its serious, its already too late to back out. No choice but to proceed, since Tamsin is the challenger. I mean she and Bo didn't really have a clue of what the dark faes do, their rules and how they roll. So, since they are dark faes, everything is settled when the other is dead.

It's like she said to Kenzi.  Everything in her life is confusing to her...and she never imagined her bestie would be a part of that confusion.

Again, this doesn't mean that Kamsin is a no go, I seriously think it was just a somewhat continuity-out-the-window attempt at making the entire moment seem less heavy and dark. The dancing emphasizes that considering the event could have been made into a brawl to the death that left Tamsin emotionally shaky - the perfect opportunity for her memories to start flooding back.

Then we'd be left to deal with the aftermath of an impending, painful character development for her. But they've chickened out of it. We won't get to see this onscreen and it's a shame.

I found Bo's attitude throughout the whole episode off-putting. Does she really have to instantly get in everyone's face all the time? This street tug, "punch first, use your brain later" act isn't making her come off as tough, it's making her look like a jerk. And an idiot, too: the Fae Overbeing is in town, and she really thinks she could just kill it, just like that? (Unprovoked, even). Did she really learn nothing all this time?
 
And it looked like she had a problem with the Dark allegiance not because she wanted to be unaligned, but because she wanted to be Light. She never treated Light Fae such condescendingly. I hate to say it, but Lauren has a point, they're pretty much the same but the Dark are less hypocritical. And in season 1, Bo was portrayed as having contacts within the Dark as much as within the Light. What happened to that?
 
And now apparently every kind of Fae "feeds" on humans? Like, a Mesmer too? Since when? And how, even? They're taking the vampire route here, which is just awful.
 
And the writers and editors keep being drunk when they work, because the entire deal with Pietra was beyond messy. She shows up like if we – and Bo/Lauren – already met her before, then suddenly she was in contact with Vex? And why did she have to retrieve that dagger from the body of the murdered bride behind the corner?! Like, WTF? Aren't they able to tell a fucking story in a coherent way anymore?
And Dyson moved into a gym? I'm sorry, what?! And it's not awkward at all justifying the fact that they don't have the budget to feature all the regulars in every episode with "Dyson is away, looking for you". Away? Where, exactly? Following which clues?
I don't even comment on what the hell was Vex doing, what was the business with his hand (an effect of the poison of the Una Mens, I assume, but it was never actually explained), and why did he hire Clio to... what? Kill Bo? Kidnap Bo? I don't know, Bo didn't even bother to raise the subject. Everything seems to happen at random now, the scenes and dialogues barely hold together.
 
For the rest, Tamsin/Kenzi was fun as expected, but Rachel Skarsten is kinda doing her character fromBirds of Prey now. Which, okay. But if they're gonna play "Kenzi, Valkyrie Handler", I'm all for that. It kinda makes me forgive how everything else around them feels crappier and crappier.

Acting on Falala's demand, here's a post I found at TWoP that perfectly sums up how OOC Bo is acting and the rather incoherent writing of the season so far.

I love baby Tamsin and everything but I'm just counting the seconds and minutes until we get our snarky Tamsin back. That's the character I fell in love with.  I get where they're going with all of these "d'aawww she's so adorable" scenes but I feel they are really making light of a potentially emotionally devastating situation for her once she gets her memories back. Had the duel been anything other than a dance-off, I believe Tamsin's memories would have triggered prematurely on instinct to protect her. Then we'd be left to deal with the aftermath of an impending, painful character development for her. But they've chickened out of it. We won't get to see this onscreen and it's a shame.

Anyway, I'm rambling. I just hope we see SOMETHING instead of a fully-grown Tamsin popping up out of nowhere.

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