True Blood 2.08

[bop_radar]

Godric: Aiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeee!!!! BEST. THING. EVER. (is absolutely NOT allowed to sacrifice himself to save vampires from suicide bombers)

Eric's love for Godric: :D (Sookie ships 'em! Woot!) Eric kind of mutually PWNed this episode--I feel like Eric + Godric = greater than the sum of their parts!

Tara: :((((((((( NOT HAPPY. Cannibalism-enduced domestic/sexual violence very rapey. NOT HAPPY.

Jessica: Oh, darling! My heart bleeds for you! Most moving part of story all season and beautifully played (also I heart the writing that allowed that to be a problem).

Godric: You know... other than totally PWNing the whole show... I do have one question: what the fuck was he doing at the Fellowship all that time? Treating it as a zen-retreat? o.O Writing seemed sloppy (Church!dude seemed to be on good terms with him but then he was all 'will not negotiate'?): suspect this comes direct from books?

Sam: Bored. Don't care.

Lafayette: They need to give you a plot, dude!

Jason: Rocking back into form: hooray! Loved the cathartic rage against being taken in by cult. Loved 'let her go, fuckwad!'

Bill: Also rocking back into form after boring!Maker let him go. TOO hilarious in his growliness and Bill/Jason hug hysterical.

Boring!Maker I am oddly sad to see you go. Combined with Bill you bring the boring, but on your own you intrigue me and frankly I feel like your plot raises some legit. issues about Sookie's relationship with Bill that were somewhat lost thanks to the Boring you brought with you. *conflicted*

As you can see, it was an episode that provoked some violent extremes of emotion in me.

Godric better not die. :( Eric alone = more boring. :(

Comments

[deathisyourart.livejournal.com]

You are not missing anything by not reading the books; they are CRACK! Also, they are from Sookie's POV, so you get very little insight into other characters. Save your sanity and stay away.... unless you enjoy that kind of pain, in which case I can send you the books. :P

It's rather heavy handed, but I can deal.
*nods* It IS heavy handed, and I am amazed by how many people who are not getting it.

Bill in the books is less likable, but as charming as I find Stephen Moyer to be, I don't like his Bill either. I won't hash that out here; you like Bill/Sookie as a couple and I have no wish to harsh your squee. I don't think of Sookie as a victim, but I do find her to be really naive.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Haha, yeah, I've picked up that general vibe about the books. ;) I probably wouldn't enjoy them, I suspect.

Sookie is chronically naive. We agree on that! I find both her and Bill comically so. I don't really take Sookie all that seriously as a character, which isn't really a good thing (and would be very different to being in her pov!), but it doesn't seem to dent my enjoyment of the show. :)

[deathisyourart.livejournal.com]

I really need to load up my TB icons... Only having 50 icons sucks!

I have this ... let's call it a "condition", where I know that the show is crack, and derived from crack, but because it is HBO I still keep expecting it to get better. *shrug*

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

50 icons is faaar too few! *nod*

let's call it a "condition"
OMG! *clings* You have it too!! I thought I was the only one. It's like... it's probably the crackiest crack of all time (though I watch Smallville so that's a BIG call!) but even still I keep vastly overestimating it (like I expect twists) and then being brought down to earth with a thud. Plus, it's the only show I'm watching at the moment so all my hopes are pinned on it.