11 Reasons To Read The Sookie Stackhouse Books (via @EricSookieLover)
For my last and final fangalicious (Day 30) Fangathon 2012 post *sniff, sniff*, we’re going to be focusing on the books once again. I wanted to end this on a positive note, and I haven’t posted about the books for the last week or so.
Before I get into this, I just wanted to let my staff know how much I appreciate the encouragement and support I received from them during this fangathon. They were really sweet…always asking me; if I wanted to use certain ideas or topics in my posts, and letting me use them, when it might’ve been easier for them to do it themselves. They also acted as a sounding board to bounce ideas from. Thank you so much, ladies! I also want to thank you; Eric and Sookie lovers, for participating and (I hope) enjoying the posts!
Now it’s time for the very last one. I just wanted to point out one more thing before I get started…this is harder than it looks! LOL
Are you ready? Let’s get it on! (Those that subscribe to The Gracious Plenty, know what that means! 
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This last and final Fang-A-Thon post takes a look at the 11 reasons why you should read the books (if you haven’t read them already). This was NOT written by me, but when I came across it, I thought I would share it with you. I think you’ll enjoy reading what this person has to say about the series.
This was written by Annie Agle from Everyday eBook;
With season five of “True Blood,” the HBO adaption of Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels, premiering this month, we think it’s high time you got into the book series as well. Here are eleven reasons why the Sookie Stackhouse novels are our vampire mystery/romance/action series of choice.
1. Unlike some other vampire novel series intended for a young adult audience, the Sookie Stackhouse novels actually have main characters that are over the age of eighteen — so you don’t have to deal with all that teenage angst! Plus, those character crushes you’ve developed are a little less creepy.
2. It takes place in the South (Bon Temps, Louisiana, to be exact), which really makes you want to go hang out there and do Southern things like cook biscuits, go to Baptist church, fight off gators, and tan with Sookie.
3. Sookie could kick Bella’s butt.
4. ERIC NORTHMAN: Be seduced by the smoldering bad-boy vampire who always has the perfect witty quip. Just see if you aren’t hooked by the end of book one.
5. The writing is actually good! Finally, guilty-pleasure books without the occasional episodes of nausea, induced by overtly saccharine plotlines and adverbs.
6. Speaking of guilty pleasures — we all know a main reason to read these books is for the romance. Harris definitely delivers, with a slew of relationships, love triangles, and steamy plotlines that involve — just to name a few — humans, fairies, vampires, and were-panthers. After reading these books, normal human romance novels seem so … dull.
7. Pam. Eric’s right-hand woman and vampire progeny is the most badass person you will never meet because she’s fictional. She’ll make you want to cast off reality and become her BFF in fiction land. And her interactions with Sookie, a mixture of amusement and condescension, crack us up.
8. Sookie is funny. Name one other female character in a vampire series that has a sense of humor … that’s right, you can’t.
9. Sookie is no damsel in distress. Just after defeating a malevolent batch of memory-stealing witches, she has to take out crazed, jealous, werewolf psychopath, Debbie, with a shotgun. Does Sookie whine and moan? Nope, she just gets it done, and has Eric bury the remains in the woods. Her non-human kill count would impress the toughest Navy SEAL sniper.
10. With twelve books in the series, and more to come, you won’t run out of your Sookie fix so quickly! No trilogies here — read on!
11. Oh … did we mention Eric Northman?
Numbers: 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 and 11 are my personal fave reasons for reading the books! There’s nothing we could add to this list, which hasn’t already been stated. The person who wrote this is obviously an Eric and Sookie lover, just like us. I wonder if she knows about our site?
As someone who is sick and tired of hearing about Twilight, Edward and Bella…it warms my heart to read someone saying that Sookie could kick Bella’s butt – because she COULD – in a heartbeat! As for what she said about Eric…well, who am I to argue? We could probably write a novel on how much we love Eric Northman. The man is a Viking God!
Now my fangathon has come to an end…hope you enjoyed these 30 days/nights as much as I enjoyed writing them!
What are your favorite numbers, and what do you think of these 11 reasons? Share your thoughts
True Blood Females: Drained (via @DarlingSookie)
If you have ever heard me speaking on True Bites, you know how much I dislike what Alan has done to the character, Sookie Stackhouse. That is why I wrote A Telepathic Barmaid: A Tale of a Realistic and Modern Heroine. Because I love the character that Charlaine Harris created.
Sookie Stackhouse is a strong-willed, independent character who would risk everything, including her own life to protect and save those she cares for. She is extremely humble and good-natured. But in the imagination of Alan Ball, she serves as nothing more than a pawn. She is merely there as a seductive prospect to many of the males around her. There is little depth and even some of her more admirable qualities have been discarded. A prime example is her insistence at Pam paying her to babysit Eric. Sookie was embarrassed when Jason suggested such a thing in the books and this was extremely out of character for her.
In fact, Alan Ball tends to have a love for his male characters and very little appreciation for the female ones (hence Pam’s fall from grace last season). Perhaps I can suggest that he fears the idea of a strong, independent female character outshining the men around him?
Honestly, I have no clue what Alan Ball’s problem is in this respect. All I know and have seen is that he has left all of the female characters, with the exception of Jessica Hamby, as one-dimensional, fully defined by their male-counterpart, whiny, annoying, characters.
Unfortunately, that’s just the way the cookie has crumbled.
Male vampires = IMPORTANT
Dead-end storylines = IMPORTANT
Large cast = IMPORTANT
Strong, inspiring, independent female characters (with the exception of Jessica) = *hears nothing but the breeze blowing by*
Why has Jessica been spared?
Well, I do believe the simplest answer is probably the correct one. Alan Ball created Jessica Hamby. There is not a single character in the Southern Vampire Mysteries (SVM) series that even remotely resembles Jessica. Therefore, he is free to run wild with his own creation and with her, it has worked.
Charlaine has gone on the record and said she loves the baby vamp and I have to admit, I agree with her. Though it feels like sometimes Alan tries too hard to get her involved with everything.
For example, the Vampire A-Team sequence, why was Jessica even there? (Thanks JB for bringing up this point in one of your blogs)
I think this scene is a perfect example of how Alan operates. Jessica, a completely brand-new baby vampire who has shown no affinity for weapons or their use, is sent to rid the downtown area of Shreveport of their little “witch” problem?
On the other hand, you begin to watch Pam, who has been physically falling apart, begins to crumble before your very eyes. Her insane jealousy and desperation shows in every curse-filled insult and line. She truly is diminished within minutes of screen time. All because Alan Ball has no concept of how to handle Charlaine’s female characters.
Fortunately for us, the destroyer of all things Sookie (aka Alan Ball) will be gone after this season. The downside? The damage has been done and there may not be enough True Blood to save those who have been destroyed in the wake of Alan Ball’s attempt at fanfiction.
So, while I am excited for Season 5 to return, I am not holding my breath. After 4 seasons, I know what to expect and unfortunately, I’m sure I will have plenty of things that will upset me this season. I just look forward to those moments that I enjoy.
Such as
- Sam Trammell pretending to be Tommy, who is skinwalking as Sam.
- Nelsan’s performance as a Lafayette when he’s been possessed and so daintily picks up his shoes before walking outside.
- Tommy’s (brief and short-lived) attempt at redemption.
- Eric and Sookie finally getting together
- Bill and Jessica finally finding their way to being Maker/Childe
- Ginger riding Pam’s coffin
- Many of Pam’s one-liners and outfit choices
And those are just some of the many things I enjoyed last season. So, I hope y’all are excited and maybe, just maybe this season will be the best one ever!
Ode to Sookie (via @JBDuRoneTB)
This is an ode to Sookie Stackhouse. Most definitely not to Sookeh.
Sookie is a strong willed woman, who is forceful yet considerate, beautiful yet modest and disabled yet without self-pity. (She considers her telepathic ability to be a mental illness)
Sookie is buxom and loves to maintain a healthy tan. She works hard at keeping her house clean. Her senses of justice, fairness and “do the right thing” are pervasive in her personal interactions. She cutely and religiously studies her Word of the Day calendar and drinks beaucoup coffee.
Sookie has a strong work ethic and is Sam’s right hand person at the bar. She is even tempered; stoic while being tortured by some fae. She balances various groups of Supes in her life and does a moderately good job of keeping them in their place in her life.
Sookie is someone I like and would like to know. She smiles brightly and often, warming the world in her glow.
Sookeh, on the other hand, is simply annoying. She is shrill, easily manipulated by various groups of Supes and rarely shows up for work. She lived in a hell hole throughout Season 3 and was more interested in neutered Weres than cleaning up.
Sookeh is prone to screaming and makes the ugliest scream face to be broadcast in HD.
“Sookeh is mahne”, Bill is famous for espousing.
You can have Sookeh, Bill.
I’ll take the charming barmaid who always seems to know when I’m ready for another cold one.
via Ode to Sookie.
Night 29 Oh Sookie! (via @FangbangerEST89)
what in the universe has put you where so much has troubled and put you in so much danger? will you ever find a happy ending? i prey you do find a happy ending and hopefully with eric whom is the love of your life or one of them lol. what is in store for you now sookie? so much death and chaos are we ever to see a sign of silver lighting ahead?
Oh sookie! dear sookie! please take care.
via Night 29 Oh Sookie!.
Hooligans (via @mswriteok)
In Charlaine Harris’ books, Claude Crane owns a strip club called “Hooligans.” While it appears to be a run-on-the-mill club featuring both female and male strippers, the majority of them are supernatural beings of one type or another. In the later books, it is a haven for elves, goblins, fairies and other non-human folk who need a place to be themselves, albeit in disguise. “Deadlocked” opens with a girl’s night out at the club and we are treated to descriptions of various men, their costumes and the ruckus they cause. I’d like to propose a post-Fangathon night out at Hooligans for all of us who have tried to stave off fangovers by writing every night. Let’s say, next Tuesday night we all meet at Hooligans for a night of fun and frivolity and since it’s just us, maybe we can convince our favorite characters to take it all off for us. I feel strongly that Sookie will sit at the table with us, but for the rest, it’s fair game. Here’s what I’d like to see. Eric Northman: I’d love to see him come out covered in furs that he can drop with tantalizing slowness to “Lady Marmalade.” I’m bring $20 one-dollar bills all for him. I can see now I’m going to be broke by the end of the evening. King Bill Compton: I think he can afford to have one of his suits altered with velcro and come out dressed to the nines. He can strip to ZZ Top’s “Sharp Dressed Man” and I’m probably going to spend $20 on him too. Pam Ravenscroft: She should come out in some teasingly little red leather outfit, complete with whip. Devo’s “Whip It” comes to mind, and though I don’t play for that team, I’d spend $5 or so. The men will pay considerably more. Lafayette Reynold: He’ll come out dressed out in complete chef’s regalia and shake his moneymaker to the Kink’s “Lola.” Another five bucks here. After seeing the MTV movie awards, AlcideHerveaux must come out dressed as a fireman. Holy cow he looked good. His song? “Hungry Like the Wolf” of course. He’ll get about $15 from me. Tara Thornton: She’ll be taking off an animal print ensemble of course to the suggestive moaning of Lou Reed’s “Take a Walk on the Wild Side.” She gets five ones from me. Sam Merlotte: He can make a pair of jeans and a plaid shirt look so good, he gets to dress in full Western gear from hat to boots and of course will strip to “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy” and he’ll get 15 bucks from me. Jessica Hamby: I loved her Little Red Riding Hood outfit so she can wear that and disrobe to Elvis’ tune “Devil in Disguise.” $5 from me. Hoyt Fortenberry, Jason Stackhouse and J.B. du Rhone: They may not be supernatural, but they are spectacularly handsome, so they will be in the big finale. Hoyt will wear construction gear, Jason a police officer’s uniform and J.B. a military uniform. Because of their outfits, we bring out the Village People’s “Macho Man” for them. That’ll be $5 each. Whoa. That’s $105 before drinks. They’d better be really good.
via Hooligans
TV’s Best Bad Boys – Eric Northman Named (via @EricSookieLover)
There’s only 3 more days until True Blood Season 5…which also means that Fang-A-Thon 2012 will soon be over. This is Day 28, of my fangalicious Fang-A-Thon posts! And this one is definitely something you’ll enjoy!
I was going to switch to the books, but when I came across this bad boy I couldn’t resist! So, this post will focus on True Blood once again! And contrary to my last few posts – this doesn’t contain any spoilers either! I know, I’m shocked too! LOL
Do you remember when Sookie and Pam caught Eric banging Yvetta in the basement in Season 3? I’m still impressed they were at it for 6 hours. Do you remember when Eric pleaded with Sookie to suck the bullets out of his chest (even though he would eventually heal) wearing a sexy, devious smile while she’s doing it? Eric was a big A-hole, but was definitely sexy too. Do you remember when he conveniently arranged for Bill’s maker, Lorena to show up so he would be the one to save Sookie from the FOtS in Season 2? Oh yes, as if we could forget when Eric pretended to be one of the members, speaking in a Southern twang.
Those are all reasons we think Eric is a naughty bad boy! (We won’t get into what he’s done in the books, which convinces us of this fact too.) We love bad boys and Eric is the sexiest of the bunch! This is why when I read this post from MSNBC.com, I just had to share it with you! I know you’ll happen to agree with what they said too.
Blood. Sex. Deliciously bad boys. It must be time for the return of “True Blood”! Few shows currently on the air have perfected misbehaving, yet undeniably irresistible guys as well as the HBO drama has — or packed one program with so many of them. Consider vampires Russell Edgington and Franklin Mott, killer Rene Lenier and shapeshifter Tommy Mickens, just for starters.
Of course, there’s also Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgard), who takes the attractiveness of bad boys to a whole new level. At 1,100 years old (give or take a few), he’s among the oldest baddies of the bunch, and given some of his past deeds, he’s arguably the baddest. The easy-on-the-eyes vamp is known to get plenty of use out of his own personal dungeon, but in fairness to him, his pursuits there aren’t always evil – sometimes they’re sexy and evil. But there’s another side to him too. Remember when he lost his memory last season and reverted to the vampire equivalent of a sweet little puppy? (It was cute while it lasted.) But even when he’s not forced into the good-guy role, Eric has a fiercely loyal and protective and good-ish side he reserves for those he loves.
Yep, yep, yep and yep!
We love him, because he’s naughty. He will do ANYTHING to get what he wants, within reason of course. He’s devious and very, very sexy when he’s being bad. We all feel a combination of wanting to spank him or just having sex with him! But yet…he’s not all bad and he does have a good side too. It’s a killer combination (no pun intended).
The fact that Eric Northman chooses to wear clothing such as; the black tank top and leather jacket fits the image of a bad boy in and of itself, and the Viking definitely has swagger.
They mention other bad boy characters from other popular shows too, like Jaime from Game of Thrones, Dexter from Dexter, and Damon from The Vampire Diaries. If you want to find out what they said about those characters too – please click here!
What are your bad boy thoughts? Please share ‘em no matter how naughty they are via TV’s Best Bad Boys – Eric Northman Named.
WHAT CHARACTER WOULD YOU TAKE FROM SVM AND PUT IN TRUE BLOOD? (via @Aly_x)
Introduced in Dead Until Dark, Bubba is Elvis Presley in vampire form. A morgue attendant who was a vampire and a big fan discovered that The King still had a tiny spark of life left. The misguided vampire decided to bring the king over, but the resulting creature, answering only to “Bubba”, is brain damaged by or before the process. The other vampires treat him as a treasure and give him small jobs to keep him busy and out of the public eye however, occasionally he is seen by humans, resulting in the countless Elvis sightings that litter the tabloids. Bubba prefers cat blood, and does not drink human blood at all. He’s always cheerful, goodwill radiating from his fearsome smile. (But never call him Elvis, it agitates him.) He will sing only when he feels like it, and the vamps regard this as a very special event. In the third novel, Club Dead, Sookie says that “though every now and then, he exhibited a streak of shrewdness” he follows directions quite literally. He is kind of mentally challenged but is seen as the sweet little brother of the vampire world. It is safe to assume that Bubba is strong – even for a vampire – because all are careful not to upset him.
via WHAT CHARACTER WOULD YOU TAKE FROM SVM AND PUT IN TRUE BLOOD?
Sookie My Little Bullet Sucker (via @EricNorthmanSVM)
One of my favorite moments in both the books and True Blood is when Eric blocks Sookie from being harmed from the explosion that takes place in the Dallas nest. Eric guilts Sookie into tending to his wounds thereby tricking her into ingesting some of his blood. True Blood captured the moment perfectly but had an epic fail when they didn’t include this exchange between Sookie and Eric some time later.
“Sookie, my little bullet-sucker,” he said, sounding fond and warm. “Eric, my big bullshitter.” “You want something, my darling?”
~Living Dead In Dallas
Character I’d like to see (via @mswriteok)
Remember learning about sets in math?
True Blood and the Southern Vampire Mysteries share most of the same people, but each universe has characters not found in the other.
I’d like to move one character from the “Not Found in True Blood” to inclusion in both SVM and TB.
I want to meet, and get to know, Niall Brigant, Sookie’s great-grandfather and a fairy prince. What if the fact she is descended from Fae royalty is what gives her both those unique powers of telepathy and white light fingers, as well as no known blood type?
Niall is described like this: “His glamour is that of an elegant, handsome older man with green eyes and long, pale hair.”*
If the show has the budget and great persuasive skills, I have just the man in mind to play Niall.
Yup, David Bowie. He’s long, lean, elegant and a perfect Niall. This might be something that could interest him. I’d surely love to see him on True Blood. He has enough stature both as a rock star and an actor to stand up to Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer and Alexander Skarsgard.
Can’t you see the scene where Eric takes Sookie out to dinner to meet someone and introduces her to her grandfather?
And as I see it, Niall could shed some light (yes, it’s a bad pun but those are the best) on how it is Sookie has her gifts and how she can better use and control them? And who knows, maybe she has a few more powers she hasn’t manifested yet, ones Niall could clue her in on.
Now that I’ve cast Niall, what’s the next step in making my dream a reality?
Any help would be appreciated.
So You Want to RP (via @VampKingBill)
some hints that might help out the new player that’s trying to approach someone to play with them.
- If they’re in a group, have you checked out the website for that group and tried to join it?
Group websites will tell you who is taken or needed and will tell you right away the odds of getting a positive response. If you contact me as Sookie, you’re going to get declined. I have @DarlingSookie and I’m not looking for another. Most groups don’t allow duplicates in unless there’s some kind of reason for it. Also, most people in groups don’t play with those not in the group. It’s nothing personal, it just makes life easier. I will personally respond to occasional compliments/comments made by characters from another group, but you won’t see me RPing with them.
Not sure if they’re in a group? Check their profile. There will either be a link to follow, a mention of a group name, or letters that identify them. When in doubt, ask. They should get back to you with a response.
- Have you checked out their storyline?
Some groups are strictly show cannon. Some are strictly SVM novels. Some are hybrid. Some are set in a particular season. Some are canon only. Some are mostly original characters. Your character may or may not fit into the mold of the game. If your character doesn’t make sense compared to where the game is at, you’re going to get a rejection. Personally, I find it irritating when I get a request from someone that there character just won’t make sense. I remain flattered you want to play with me, but you’re just wasting both of our time.
- Don’t get angry if you get turned down.
Trust me, I know it’s hard to get established on Twitter. But getting angry won’t help your cause. If anything, it will validate the player’s decision to turn you away because no one really wants overly dramatic people in their group. If you do get turned down go back to step one and do your research. Maybe you’ll find there’s a wanted character in a group that will get you your same goal (say interaction with Eric) just with a different character.
- Feel free to start your own group.
The great thing about twitter is there are an infinite number of possible characters. Can’t find a group that’s right for you? Look for other unaffiliated characters and play with them. There are players out there who will RP with whomever, it just takes time and energy to find them. Or if you’ve got some other friends who are interested, start your own group. You don’t need to be in one of the major groups to have fun. You’ll find your niche eventually, it just may not be where you started.
I hope this helps some new players and I wish you all the best on your RP journey!
…and the Pulitzer Prize in fiction goes to: (via @mswriteok)
IF YOU COULD MEET ONE CHARACTER FROM TB/SVM, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY? (via @Aly_x)
Godric
Why? He’s been around for over 2000 years, imagine everything he’s witnessed during that time, imagine the immense amount of knowledge he has! Seriously, I would just love to sit down with him and listen to him recount everything from the past, it would probably take years but I really wouldn’t mind, I’d happily do it! Could you imagine the stories he’d be able to tell you!? It’d be incredible! You’d gain so much knowledge from his stories, and knowledge is power. Not to mention the fact I have a feeling he’d be the sort who wouldn’t loose patience with you should you not grasp something straight away, he’d explain it to you until you understood. My only concern is how softly spoken he is, I’d worry all the time that his gentle tone and wonderful stories would act like a bedtime story and lull me into sleep in the early hours of the morning, that would be rather rude and I’d hate to appear rude.
via IF YOU COULD MEET ONE CHARACTER FROM TB/SVM, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?
Day 24: Pamela Ravenscroft (via @Eric_NorthmanTB)
My progeny. She’s fierce, an excellent business woman and she’s loyal. A vampire doesn’t truly know what he is getting himself into when he makes a vampire but I have to say that I am proud of my progeny. She is everything that I wanted in a Child. When I spotted her as a human, there was something about her that intrigued me and I could tell that she was far better than the life that her day and age dictated. She was not meant to be a housewife and birthing children until her husband got sick of her. She was meant to be a vampire. And so, I made her one.
She can test my patience at the best of time. Sometimes she has a hard time remembering what the definition of ”obedience” is but I know that Pam is the one vampire that I can trust. After all, the only vampire a vampire can trust, is the one he made.
True Blood vs. the Southern Vampire Mysteries (via @mswriteok)
An open letter to Alan Ball:
I’ve tried to stay quiet on this subject because I like both the series and the books, but today I’m taking sides.
Alan Ball, you are making a mess of my series.
I say my series, because I pay for HBO and that means that some of the money I fork over every month gets into your pocket.
At the beginning of the show, you stayed pretty true to the books. Changing Tara Thornton’s character completely was cool, as was keeping Nelson Ellis as Lafayette, but it wouldn’t have occurred to me to have them be related. Oh, well.
The show jumped the rails when MaryAnn took over Bon Temps. What the hell were you thinking Mr. Ball?
Same sentiment with the Fae Realm. Alan created a world and made it ugly.
Sookie Stackhouse represents everything that is good and lovely in the South and Alan Ball is making it his personal mission to destroy it, first by making her saga secondary to that of any man on the show, and then by downplaying anything she does, unless it goes right back to Eric or Bill.
Last season, she spent a lot of time shouting “Run” or “Watch Out” as the vamps got into one scrape after another. She was a convenient feeding stop pretty much.
He spent a whole lot of time on two characters who do not exist in the books at all. While I liked seeing Lafayette and Jesus together, their story with the witches had little or nothing to do with Sookie and her quest to find True Love.
And, I was looking forward to meeting Hallow, not Antonia.
I have a problem with Sookie suddenly using her fairy fingers to break the spell on Eric, restoring his memories at the same time, I would have liked to see Sookie have some power over Eric for a time, like she did in the books.
So far, Season 5 doesn’t look all that exciting to me. It seems there is very little Sookie and a whole lot of Tara, Lafayette, Russell Edgington, Eric, Bill, Pam and Jessica with a touch of Alcide and Sam thrown in.
I’m not saying I won’t watch it, or buy the DVDs when they come out. I surely will.
With all that said, I’m glad Alan Ball is stepping down as head honcho. I hope Mark Hudis has a bit more respect for the books and can find his way back to Charlaine Harris’ take on things.
I like hers a whole lot more.
Pet personalities (via @JBDuRoneTB)
Very often when I’m in the “getting to know” stage with people that I meet, they’ll define themselves as a “dog person” or a “cat person”. Yours truly falls squarely into the canine classification of this personality inventory. I’m watching them do their morning romp and stomp in the dog park at this moment.
I’m not sure what this designation tells us about ourselves but I’m equally sure there’s some armchair Freudians out there who have thoughts on the matter. Funny how this always seems to be something important that we need to share. And, this tells us something about the other person that I’m having a hard time putting into words. Let’s just say that a “dog person” seems to be more comfortable with another “dog person”. Ditto for “cat people”. I know peeps who have dogs and cats – they must be very confused on this topic.
So, as I ponder the cast of characters on True Blood, I can’t help but speculate on what pets each of them may gravitate toward.
Pam – cat person. Definitely a cat person. The Dr. No, long haired, aloof and strikingly beautiful cat person. And she has about three of them.
Eric – dog person. Most likely a Great Dane and just one of them. Probably has a matching blue sweater for it, too.
Lafayette – bitches, he ain’t got time for no pets! He had to work three jobs to keep his own self fed! But, if he were to indulge, he’d have a cockatoo that would cry out “hookah”, “bitches” or “veggie burger with bacon”.
Tara – pit bull. Duh.
Sookie – dog person. She likes to undress in front of them (one of the shifter perks, right Sam?). She’d have one dog, a Golden Retriever girl named Beehl, who would sit on the porch with her of a morning while she drank coffee. They would communicate telepathically like in “A Boy and His Dog” and she would find out most men think exactly as a dog does; food, humping, play. (I know she had a cat, she strikes me as more of a dog person)
Sam – friggin’ Dr. Doolittle of Bon Temps! He’d have a menagerie of critters around; Ellie Mae Clampett’s long lost soulmate.
Bill – reptiles. Probably a snake (word is, he has one with him at all times. Wink, wink, nod, nod)
Jason – fish. Is mesmerized by their listless wandering around the tank. Crystal Norris gulps them down when Jason isn’t looking.
Andy – dog person. And the dog is the more intelligent of the two. They both enjoy a bowl of hot Gravy Train in the mornings. The dog makes Andy wear a bib to protect his uniform; the dog isn’t ironing a new one.
Jessica – sugar glider. Two of them. She has to stop Bill from feeding them to his snake.
Oh well, the beasts are through with romp and stomp. Time for us to go home and nuke some Gravy Train and sip coffee on the porch.
via Pet personalities.
IF YOU COULD BE ANY CHARACTER TB/SVM, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY? (via @Aly_x)
Sookie Stackhouse
I know this is quite obvious and common, a lot of women would love to be Sookie Stackhouse because of the men she takes into her bed, and while that certainly isn’t a bad thing it’s not the main reason I’d love to be her.
I’d love to be her because her life is one big roller coaster, there is never a boring moment, and while this may mean her relationships are strained (e.g. with Tara and Sam) and that she never has time to work (so her bills probably go unpaid…unless Eric helps her out…) it does mean that she gets to experience loads of different things, travel around and that she gets to meet tons of new people, all of different species and all having stories to be told. Sure she might get shot at a lot, she might have vampire monarchs after her, she might have crazy werebitches after her and she might not really get a say in a lot of things but I wouldn’t complain because there is so much more to be gained. There is no way she could ever be away from all of the Supe business considering she’s a Supe herself, and a pretty powerful one at that.
If she does die, BOOM, one of her vampires will turn her and then she’ll have forever, if she lives, even better!
She’s beautiful, funny (‘must be thursday!’) and powerful. She may not have much money and she may live in a little podunk town, but she makes the most of everything she has and everything she’s been given and I truly admire her for that.
via IF YOU COULD BE ANY CHARACTER TB/SVM, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?
The Only True Blood Mystery Left (via @TB_PamR)
Before they became the Sookie Stackhouse novels, the series of books by Charlaine Harris on which True Blood is based were the Southern Vampire Mysteries. No one really seems to remember that. The writers at True Blood certainly don’t.
The first season of True Bloodis, arguably the only one that actually had a mystery at its heart. Did anyone, who hadn’t read the books first, suspect Rene was behind all the killings? Let’s be honest, Jason made a much better and more obvious suspect. I’m really glad he turned out to be innocent by the way. One killer in a couple is plenty. -smirks-
After that, however, the mystery quotient has slowly but surely vanished from True Blood.
It made a token appearance in Season Two as fans wondered what Mary Ann was and what happened to Godric. Both questions were answered in fairly short order and replaced by other curiosities like what was Sam’s connection to Mary Ann and was Jason really stupid enough to join a religious cult?
Season Three started out strong, with the mystery of Bill’s kidnapping. That too was resolved fairly quickly. The question of what was Sookie with her telepathy and microwave fingers lingered for a while but it was never really a mystery or of pressing importance to anyone but Sookie and Bill. Even that question was answered by the end of the season.
The biggest mystery of Season Four was WTF the writers and Alan Ball were thinking. Ignoring the curiosities liek the giant mexican midget wrestler and the lady haunting Lafayette, there were enough dropped storylines to make a book of.
It’s difficult to tell from the trailers and teasers we’ve seen so far what the central question of Season Five will be. Personally, I’m putting my money on “what are all these extra people here for?” though I hope the writers will draw out the mystery of just who helped Russell escape for most of the Season. Then again, I’m hoping Russell survives the Season as well. Yeah, I don’t have much hope for either. Still hope springs eternal, even in vampires.
Fangathon Friday (via @LuvBONESnTBlood)
A New villain for True Blood: I know we are going to be having the Authority stepping in with all their new friends and the fairies and theirs but I’m looking for something different as well.
I thought of Seigbert and Wybert they would be some serious Vamp Mountains to have to go thru! Maybe in revenge towards Bill for killing Sophie Anne!
I love a (fan)fiction villain I’ve been reading for a while now…
I obsessively follow this A-mazing tale Written by TexanLady & beta’d by nycsnowbird called The Arrangement.(you can click the link or find it on livejournal under tex_nyc) It is an excellent (sort of dark) love revelation story between Eric and Sookie and all characters we love and hate and some new ones she created and their future together. The author had created this villain that is an ancient hybrid vampire of sorts because he is also a phenomenal witch that is also beyond a technical genius. He wants Sookie (as any other man in True Blood or SVM) and uses technology to mastermind and one up every Vampire King and Queen in the World and all their underlings. Even Eric is stumped at the moment…
So, I think if Bill on True Blood became anything like Book Bill it would be his technical savvy with his computer and bring every supe “online” so to speak. This would be a great way to knock King Bill off his high horse a smidge by having a villan come in and just be always 10 steps ahead driving everyone on edge of insanity trying to defeat him. Thus King Bill finally knocking that chip off his shoulder, wiping that smirk off his face and teaching him a thing or two.
Either way a villain needs to step in that isn’t trying to mainstream, or cover up a problem Bill made, or even get in Sookie’s pants. Just someone that wants plain old revenge!…and with King Bill being the target!
But of course like that great story I’m reading Eric and Sookie would save the day!
Talbot: [to Russell, in a heated argument] You can’t buy your way out of everything!
Russell Edgington: Of course I can. This is America!
via Fangathon Friday.
A Telepathic Barmaid: A Tale of a Realistic and Modern Heroine (via @DarlingSookie)
In a world filled with supernatural beings just hiding within the shadows of the human world, a likely suspect for a heroine might be one of the all-powerful supernatural. But in the world created by Charlaine Harris, a young woman who is seemingly normal with the exception of her peculiar eyes and strangely tense smile stepped up as such a heroine.
Sookie Stackhouse is just your average mid-20′s Southern gal. She pays taxes, works a steady job, has plenty of friends and cares for her family. Of course, she’s got a bit of a “disability” (as she likes to refer to it), she is forced to hear the thoughts of those around her.
One wouldn’t suspect that such a simple character could ever rise to become a heroine of a sorts, but from my point of view, Charlaine has created the perfect one in her creation of the young Miss Stackhouse.
Continue reading via A Telepathic Barmaid: A Tale of a Realistic and Modern Heroine.
The Words I Wished I Could Have Heard Alexander Skarsgard Speak. (via @EricNorthmanSVM)
In Living Dead In Dallas, Sookie is attacked by the Maenad as a message to Eric. He apologizes to her but that’s not enough for Sookie. So Eric gives it another try.
“Angelic Sookie, vision of love and beauty, I am prostrate that the wicked evil maenad violated your smooth and voluptuous body, in an attempt to deliver a message to me.”
Imagine Skars saying those words in his lovely growly voice.
Wasted moment, True Blood, wasted moment.
via The Words I Wished I Could Have Heard Alexander Skarsgard Speak.
Andy’s Progeny (via @JBDuRoneTB)
I’m starting to be a bit concerned about the potential for Andy to have procreated with that wanton, nympho-fae at the end of last season.
Andy is a fun and entertaining character, but not the best and the brightest of Bon Temps. He pretty much blunders from situation to situation; his best moment occurring when he described the crime scene of Jessica’s headless snack. This scene was overshadowed by the revelation that Sheriff Bud had polyps in his ass.
But what about an Andy Jr. that retained some powers of the fae? And
I’m talking more about the SVM fae and not TB. The TB fae biggest power is to turn ugly as hell. Well, that and keeping Bill Lumbergh preserved.
I mean an Andy Jr. that can perform magic. Or kick a vamps ass. Or be a male stripper. Not a pleasant thought is it?
All that being said, I’m glad Andy got laid. He blew it with Holly and has been on a four season dry spell. He’s due.
It’s Mike Spencer’s turn this season…
via Andy’s Progeny.
Fangathon Post (via @LuvBONESnTBlood)
I see alot of posts for people’s favorite book of the series or favorite episodes or seasons, etc…
I tried to comment on the favorite book and I found I just couldn’t, yet?
I loved so many different things that one book doesn’t cut it!
So my Fangathon post today is just simply that.
My most memorable moments/characters for me so far whether they are good,
bad, sad, or ugly are:
#1 Top of My List without having to think is:
Eric and Sookie: making love, having sex, kissing, caressing, or anything, anytime anywhere for any reason!
then the rest in no necessary order:
Sookie met a Vampire! (Granted not probably the one most wanted her to meet first but it had to play out that way..start slow and work your way, way up!)
Eric meets Sookie! (Now that is a jump sized plus for sure!)
Eric stakes LongShadow (I myself like the True Blood version of Bill doing it thus getting Jessica)
Adele Stackhouse (Poor beloved grandmother of Sookie and Jason was in the wrong place at the wrong time and was killed by Rene. That was sad for me!)
Normally some would say Rene getting caught was great but not for me I loved the version on True Blood as he was killed by Sookie!
The Orgy (Who didn’t love that 
)
Dallas (I loved Godric/Godfrey, his death was sad. Eric posing as Leif)
Bubba (I just love Bubba as a constant…he’s like a favorite teddy bear you bring with you everywhere as a child then keep him on a shelf, or like,as an adult. He’s never too far away for you to smile)
Bill/Lorena/Sookie/Debbie (The whole thing made me sick, still does. So glad both bitches are gone)
The Weres (Alcide, Tray, Debbie) There were tons more but these three stand out for me. Alcide was all over for me. I liked him, then hated him, then just dealt with him. Tray was cute, fun, and it was sad to loose him. Debbie I hated from the beginning to the “happy” ending.
Charles Twining (really liked his story line…his personality and ultimate death in Merlotte’s)
Quinn (What can I say he’s warm blooded! A Tiger! Has Purple Eyes! Sexy Bald! But, has serious family issues.)
Amnesiac Eric (The Viking that can feel) That whole storyline was wonderful!
BIll’s reveal (forced to tell the truth of his betrayal! Loved it! Sad for Sookie but happy for Eric)
Rhodes (The whole thing was exciting, sad, and made me angry. From Evil Andre to the bombs to the blood exchange. Sookie saving Eric Pam and Bill, and others.)
Queen Sophie Ann (I definitely liked the Book version a HELL of a lot better)
Were War (Sam as Mufasa love it!)
Niall Brigant and the fairies (Liked Claudine the best)
Fae War / Breandan (That was violent, scary, sad, tragic. All of it so horrible) Poor Sookie and Eric)
Didn’t really care for the whole Hot shot mess storyline at all. Crystal, Calvin, Mel, etc
Felipe de Castro (Mostly hate him!)
Victor Madden (I’d love to drop in a wood chipper!) Sookie really wanting to kill Victor!
Vampire Ceremonial Knife (I want one! I have no problem handing it over to Eric anytime!)
Appius – Only way to describe him is from the auther herself
“Appius Livius Ocella made mistakes in his whole long existence. Perhaps changing Eric was his finest hour. He created the perfect vampire. Eric’s only flaw is you.” ― Charlaine Harris, Deadlocked
Coleman/Alexei – a confusing mess but I did love how it turned out.
Redeeming Dermot – I love his ever trying spirit in redeeming himself. I just want to hug him sometimes
The Queen we all can’t stand (Keep your hands off the Viking!)
via Fangathon Post.
UPDATE: Latest On The Status of Charlaine Harris and “Deadlocked” (via @EricSookieLover)
For today’s (Day 20) fangalicious Fang-A-Thon 2012 post, I figured I’d focus on the books once more, because Charlaine Harris updated her status on Facebook (with a special message for you), and we have an update on where “Deadlocked” is sitting on the New York Times Bestseller List!
First, we’ll share with you Charlaine’s Facebook status:
Thanks to all of you for letting me know you enjoyed the book. I’m hard at work on the last one. I put up a new Book & Blog on my website (www.charlaineharris.com). Got the advanced readering copies for “An Apple for the Creature,” the next anthology I co-edited with Toni L.P. Kelner.
Now let’s see where “Deadlocked” stacks up on the New York Times Bestseller List! A version of this list appears in the June 3, 2012 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending May 19, 2012.
Below, are the Top 5 Books under Hardcover Fiction, which represents new or just released books and doesn’t take into account ebooks, etc.
This Week Last Week Hardcover Fiction Weeks
on List1 STOLEN PREY, by John Sandford. (Putnam, $27.95.) When a Minnesota family is murdered, the Minneapolis investigator Lucas Davenport believes a Mexican drug gang is involved. 1 2 1 11TH HOUR, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club investigate a possible serial killer. 2 3 2 DEADLOCKED, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace, $27.95.) The telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse investigates a murder that has more to do with her than she imagines. 3 4 THE COLUMBUS AFFAIR, by Steve Berry. (Ballantine, $27.) The daughter of a disgraced journalist is held by a man who wants to force her father to help him discover a secret left by Columbus. 1 5 7 CALICO JOE, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $24.95.) A pitcher beans a promising rookie, ending both their careers; years later, the pitcher’s son brings them together.
If you’re worried and/or are disappointed that “Deadlocked” is slipping in the rankings…don’t be. It’s perfectly understandable. I’m sure many of us have read it by now or have at least purchased it, even if you haven’t read it yet. It’s okay, #3 isn’t bad either, especially because the book has only been on the shelves for 3 weeks.
If you read Charlaine’s Book & Blog, you might find what she says about some of the books she’s reading interesting and she also talks about Memorial Day and what it means for her. You should definitely check it out!
Thoughts? Please share ‘em below!
via UPDATE: Latest On The Status of Charlaine Harris and “Deadlocked”
Character Most Improved From Books to True Blood – Russell Edgington (via @EricNorthmanSVM)
King of Mississippi Russell Edgington shows up in the books numerous times but he’s rather an old softy. He doesn’t really hold any grudges against Sookie for Bill’s rescue and he truly seems to love the King of Indiana whom he marries in All Together Dead.
That’s nothing to compare with the glorious operatic beauty of an ego that is True Blood’s version of Russell Edgington. TB Russell is ruthless, has fun doing almost anything especially if it’s cruel and doesn’t tolerate any notion where he isn’t the ultimate power. Sure he goes a little batshit crazy after Eric stakes Talbot Russell’s consort of several centuries but that just makes him even more enthralling and possibly even endearing.
All that and I never tire of hearing his rich Southern drawl wrap around words like pumpkin and puddin’.
via Character Most Improved From Books to True Blood – Russell Edgington
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