Finished watching True Blood

[cupcake_goth]

That ... that was a whole lot of meh.



Oh look, happy families for everyone. No screen time for Lafayette, except at the end of the big family togetherness panning shot. Bah.

At least the Stroppy One's cynical prediction of Bill becoming human didn't come to pass, because then I don't think my eyes ever would have recovered from rolling.

I am taking what glee I can in that Pam and Eric remained consistent, are being successful and wealthy predators, and are keeping Sarah locked in the basement as a blood whore. Hi, I like my vampires to be charming and monstrous. Now give me the Pam & Eric spin-off.

Now I need to go read vampire stories with consistent character development and a good plot. Yes, this means I'm going to be rereading Bandpires. BECAUSE I CAN.

Comments

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

I confess, I have been putting off watching this season of true blood. I knew they were wrapping the series up and that they had gone to meh. So... yeah... I will get to it. eventually.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

The worst show I've ever watched.

I also laughed pretty hard at this post. If only I could sell that story.

Also, I just ate a caramel apple for breakfast because that's where I am with the move. ONE WEEK. I wouldn't make a very good vampire as I love the beach and being in the sun. /being a native Folidian.

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

I figured you would laugh pretty hard at this post, because of reasons. cass404 and I still have entire conversational shorthands from that story.

When Bill laid the whole I just want to make sure you're spoken for!" guilt trip on Jess, I started bristling and muttering about she DOESN'T NEED to be spoken for! The Stroppy One pointed out it's a reasonably in-character thing for Bill to spout, but that doesn't make me less eye-rolly about it.

See, I would make a great vampire. I love the beach AT NIGHT, and thanks to various medical things, I get dizzy, sick, and headache-y in the sun. Plus possible breaking out in welts. WHY AREN'T I A VAMPIRE ALREADY?

[bork.livejournal.com]

Don't you also have actual Transylvanian heritage?

Yes. Vampire. You. Needs to happen.

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I do, on dad's side of the family. (Transylvanian/Slovanian.) DAMMIT CASTLE BRAN SHOULD BE MINE.

[solstice-lilac.livejournal.com]

Yeah. MEH. The Pam and Eric wrap-up was the only satisfying part of what I thought was a weirdly conservative conclusion. Happy marriages and pairing up for all, Sookie is practically barefoot and pregnant, all the heterosexual humans have of course had children, and everyone who's gay or a vampire (non-mainstream) has been happily assimilated into that 2-car-garage, white-bread family life.. except Pam and Eric, who are beastly and splendid. They were the best part of this whole season.

I thought Bill might turn human too after a hit from the fairy lightball. Very relieved that didn't happen. I wish there would be a Pam and Eric spinoff!

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

The "BABIES! NORMAL LIFE! TYPICAL PICKET FENCE DREAM!" message was pounded in pretty hard, wasn't it? Ugh.

[morfydd.livejournal.com]

Um. So if I have never watched any of this, but have read the first few Sookie books, is it worth watching in general? Keeping in mind I'm 20 years out of watching anything, including Buffy ( yay, season 1?)

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Honestly? Watch the first two, MAYBE three seasons, then stop. The main characters (Sookie, Bill) are annoying and boring, but the side characters (mostly Lafayette, Eric, Pam, and Russell Edgington) are fantastic.