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]

The Godric/Goddfrey thing is similar to the books, but adjusted -- Eric only mentions his maker in book 9, whereas Godric is book 2. This entire season is a mash-up of book 2 & 3. They are making a point about Makers, about the ability to love and be loyal, or how to betray, and how that is passed down through generations. Lorena was a horrible maker and so is Bill, whereas Godric inspired loyalty in Eric and he inspired loyalty in Pam.

Also, the flashbacks with Lorena pointed out how much Bill has been lying to Sookie from the beginning with his "I only killed by accident when I was turned, but stopped once I knew better." As for what it might be foreshadowing for the Bill/Sookie relationship... I can only hope; I .. ummm... have BIG issues with how he treats her.

I too hated the Jessica/Eggs scene. awful, awful, awful. Though it was kind of funny how that was immediately followed by Lorena making comment about there being no excuse for domestic violence.

I loved how amused Eric was by Jason and by Bill attempting to pick a fight with him. GO ERIC! \o/

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

They are making a point about Makers, about the ability to love and be loyal, or how to betray, and how that is passed down through generations.
Yeah, I got that. It's rather heavy handed, but I can deal.

I have a really different take on Bill/Sookie than anyone I know who's read the books. I think Bill is a flawed individual but I don't see Sookie as a victim here. They're both very limited characters (all the charactes in the show are--and they use that very well). I don't want them to break up, I want them to hash it out.

Eric was very amusing with Bill yes. *nods* Bill's stubborn heterosexuality cracks me up.

[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.