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thelake ([personal profile] thelake) wrote2009-08-13 05:24 pm
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True Blood talk!

I'm always late on True Blood talk, but I just saw a piece of review in AV Club's comments and wanted to share.


Snarky Angel says:
For me, the reason Bill & Sookie are kinda boring is not so much a chemistry issue between Paquin and Moyer as much as it is a character issue between Bill and Eric.

Bill is a relatively young vampire (140 or so) and still remembers (fondly) something of what it was like to be human. As a human, he was a Southern Christian (with all the courtly, pious paternalism that implies), a farmer, a family man, and a veteran of the losing side of the bloodiest war ever fought by the USA - a war that haunts him still. His maker was a clingy bitch who attacked him when he was trying to go home. He HATED being turned into a vampire. He's tortured, he's earnest, and so fucking BORING.

And on the other hand, we have Eric, ex-Viking, over 1000 years old. If he remembers what it was like to he human, he doesn't care and certainly isn't whining about what he lost. He was a pagan (with all the fatalism and hedonism that implies). Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we may die! Ragnarok is coming, sin harder! When he was raiding villages back in the day, he would've knocked salt-of-the-earth farmers like Bill on the head without even thinking about it. His maker was AWESOME and rescued him from a lingering, painful death. He LOVES being a vampire. He's modern, he's got a slyly ironic sense of humor, and he's so fucking AWESOME!

When Sookie has a character like Eric making a play for her, any time she spends with Bill is going to feel flat and mopey compared to the fun, super-hot adventures she could be having with Eric.

Yes, yes and yes.

Also Jessica being a virgin forever = excellent. Compared to Twilight's "What happens when Bella has her period? Wouldn't it drive Edward crazy!?" question, this True Blood fact is like a fresh breath of spring air in my lungs. And I love Jessica.

And Eric trying to be a human? Creepiest and funniest scene ever! "Dang." =))

Yup, that was it.

[identity profile] awakencordy.livejournal.com 2009-08-13 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
LOOOL today you rock with your entries, you are old yourself!

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[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2009-08-13 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Entry h0r oldum resmen!

[identity profile] fauxkaren.livejournal.com 2009-08-13 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
UUgh. Bill Compton. He's up there with Jack Shepherd on my list of all timr most hated fictional characters. And as bad as he is in the show, he's worse in the books.

[identity profile] mchun.livejournal.com 2009-08-13 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
so agree :D and I love jessica too :D
haha omg that scene was so funny, I'm loving Eric more with every epo.

[identity profile] sakuracorr.livejournal.com 2009-08-13 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha, it's SO TRUE! <3 Eric!

I don't know, the virgin forever thing has to suck.

[identity profile] katayla.livejournal.com 2009-08-13 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
YES. That's so true about Bill vs. Eric. It's not like Bill's a bad guy. Not at all. And he loves Sookie. He really does.

But he's boring. I feel like I always know what he's going to do and say.

Eric is unpredictable and FUN. That's what I want to watch.

[identity profile] punklegolas.livejournal.com 2009-08-13 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I think the Jessica being a virgin forever thing is interesting as well. She is fantastic and it is definitely soemthing different.

And of course ERIC FTW. ♥ lol

[identity profile] torigates.livejournal.com 2009-08-14 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
Ugh, I didn't hate Bill until this week, but now it's just like PLEASE GO AWAY

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2009-08-14 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
the human!eric scene was so disturbing yet so amusing haha! =)) he is the king!

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2009-08-14 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
majorly suck. lol. poor jessica. I wonder if they ever gonna find a solution for that!

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2009-08-14 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
Eric is exactly what a 1000 year old vampire should be!!! People say Sookie is going to taste Eric's blood soon (or should have tasted? idk.) how does it happen in the books!? *curious but also too lazy to read them all)

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2009-08-14 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
I'm so glad that they stick to the healing rule 100%! Realistic as much as it can be!

ERIC OWNS THE FANDOM.

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2009-08-14 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
LOOOOL perfect reaction yes! Bill, please go away. SOON.

[identity profile] katayla.livejournal.com 2009-08-14 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
In the book, Sookie sucks a bullet out of Eric! :DDDDD

I don't know if they're going to do quite that, BUT I've heard good things will happen this week. ;)

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2009-08-14 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
OMG HOW DO YOU *SUCK* A BULLET OUT!!! SOOKIE MUST BE AN AWESOME SUCKER! *no pun intended whatsoever!*

can't wait! :D

[identity profile] katayla.livejournal.com 2009-08-14 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
HAHA. Well maybe we should see and find out! :D

The awesome part was Eric didn't even need her do it--he just wanted to get some of his blood in her. :D

[identity profile] thelake.livejournal.com 2009-08-14 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
sneaky bastard! >:)