Rebekah seems to be only interested in women when it’s for the enjoyment of a straight man - a destructive and fetishistic trope that constantly reduces female bisexuality to a performance for the straight male gaze and consumption. But neither of these characters express any kind of interest in women after this (or before in Rebekah’s case) and it’s not like we haven’t seen Rebekah’s many (male) love interests in The Vampire Diaries, The Originals and even the book of the series. Could Rebekah and Nadia be bisexual women? Certainly. The only other LGBT representation we have is the highly dubious single scene of Rebekah and Nadia having a threesome with Matt. Again, with this many episodes and this many characters, the lack of a broader representation of the LGBT community is glaring. Furthermore, when are writers going to realise that having the antagonist confess and then connect the dots for the protagonist is a cheap device?įor the number of characters on these shows, the LGBT representation has been late, sparse and also very much limited to gay men. It became apparent very early on who the murderer was and how Stacy failed to connect the dots amazed me? The big Perry Mason like confession was supposed to be startling but I couldn't get through it fast enough. Stacy spent most of the time in Opal Fire chasing her own tail. Did we really need every single detail of what Stacy ate and why? Was I really supposed to be amused that her grandparents, who have difficulty getting alone, went on a marriage retreat and then sent her text messages about it? Why was that even in the story? Even more importantly, why should I care? Opal Fire was so over written that at some points it became difficult to keep my eyes on the page. Opal Fire was meant to be a quirky paranormal chick lit mystery/romance and therefore essentially a light read. Unfortunately, Annino was far from successful at this attempt. It became apparent to me early on in Opal Fire that Annino was trying to capture the essence of the movie Practical Magic and infuse her novel with it. With her cousin accused of arson, Stacy decides to investigate, forcing her to finally acknowledge her latent witch powers and to stop dismissing her witch aunts as simply weird. In a small town, things are supposed to be slow but Stacy quickly discovers that small towns also harbor secrets, when her cousins bar burns down and the remains of a woman are found hidden in the walls. Stacy Justice gives up her promising career as a journalist to return home and help her witch family.
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