And so it came to pass that I got my hands on one of the latest Pathfinder Campaign Setting accessories - "Fey Revisited". And among the multitude of fey-related campaign ideas and elements I came upon the mention of "Lost Girl" - that's right, that "Lost Girl" that is a TV series Michelle Lovretta.
What can I say? At this moment I felt what was probably dramatic irony. From the beginning, "Lost Girl's" strategy was to incorporated everything into Fey, including vampires, werewolves (Dyson) and succubae (Bo), regardless of how they were seen as in the real world. (A succubus, for example, is a demon - not a Fey.) Only in the last half of the 3rd season does "Lost Girl" begins to identify other, non-Fey creatures/magic-users in its universe. Fair enough.
In any case, perhaps as a response to this cultural omnivory, we've got "Fey Revisited" that lists "Lost Girl" as a Fey-themed inspiration story alongside such different works as Algernon Blackwood's "Willows" and Guillermo Del Toro's "Pan's Labyrinth", not to mention Lewis Carroll's "Alice". No offense, but only some of those sources talk about Fey of any sort, and yes, I know that real life is no barrier for a RPG campaign - I am just saying that that "Lost Girl" didn't differentiate between various creatures that it made into Fey, and now it made into a Fey-related campaign inspiration with an equal amount of indiscretion. Talk about karma!
PS: As for "Fey Revisited", it is quite a decent campaign sourcebook, though I am not sure that it is 28 bucks worth, you know?
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