More True Blood season 2
Jun. 3rd, 2010 03:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shapinglightSo I'm still a rubbish LJ'er and have absolutely nothing intelligent to say about anything.
:sigh:
Have been watching more True Blood season 2, though. In fact, I've been racing through the episodes much quicker than I meant to because it's so addictive. I'm up to episode 10 now. Spoilers behind cut, and please don't spoiler me for the last three eps.
For the most part, I'm enjoying the show enormously. In fact, I love it. In fact, I suspect I've loved it from season 1 onwards. That said, I am sick to death of the Maryann plot. I want her to bugger off and stop getting in the way of the good stuff, and am very miffed that the Maryann story has monopolised Tara all season. I know it gave her her own storyline, rather than leaving her an adjunct of Sookie's storyline, but it's just not a very good storyline. The bits I've enjoyed of it most have been her scenes with Lafayette. I'd like more of those, please. I'd also like her to be a bit more proactive.
Of course, not everything about the Maryann storyline is bad, and it's not the only storyline either, but it has dragged on for too long, and I would rather that storyline had been wound up early than the Hunt for Godric one.
Loved that, btw. Got almost (but not quite) tearful over Godric's death in the episode I watched yesterday. However, I failed to get any slashy vibes off Eric and Godric, the way I do off Eric and Bill. Is my slashometer faulty or do others of you feel the same? This is not to say I didn't find the Eric/Godric interaction quite moving, and feel that the intensity of their relationship was well-portrayed.
Yeah, so all that stuff was good, as was Jason's exit from the Fellowship of the Sun. His heart's in the right place really, even if he is an idiot. Also, the final scene of the Reverend and Mrs Newlin arguing on TV was completely hilarious.
I loved the flashbacks with Bill and Lorena. In fact, I really like dear old Bill, and I like him more and more with every episode. My only regret with these latest episodes is that there isn't much Bill and Jessica. Jessica and Hoyt continue to be a delight, though. So much so, that I'm getting really worried for them. Should I? No details please.
As for Sookie, it's a good thing I like her, because with Eric and Bill fighting over her, it would be way too easy to write her off as a sort of Mary Sue. But I do like her, though she can be irritating.
In fact, I like all the characters - so much so that I don't know if I'd care that much if there wasn't much plot, as long as they all got to interact together. So let's have more of that, please, and less of the seasonal Big Bad stuff. The serial killer plot in season 1 was the least interesting aspect of it, and now in season 2, the Maryann plot is the same.
But (mostly) yay! True Blood! Love it!
And yep, I just re-read what I've written and it seems the very opposite of intelligent. :(
:sigh:
Have been watching more True Blood season 2, though. In fact, I've been racing through the episodes much quicker than I meant to because it's so addictive. I'm up to episode 10 now. Spoilers behind cut, and please don't spoiler me for the last three eps.
For the most part, I'm enjoying the show enormously. In fact, I love it. In fact, I suspect I've loved it from season 1 onwards. That said, I am sick to death of the Maryann plot. I want her to bugger off and stop getting in the way of the good stuff, and am very miffed that the Maryann story has monopolised Tara all season. I know it gave her her own storyline, rather than leaving her an adjunct of Sookie's storyline, but it's just not a very good storyline. The bits I've enjoyed of it most have been her scenes with Lafayette. I'd like more of those, please. I'd also like her to be a bit more proactive.
Of course, not everything about the Maryann storyline is bad, and it's not the only storyline either, but it has dragged on for too long, and I would rather that storyline had been wound up early than the Hunt for Godric one.
Loved that, btw. Got almost (but not quite) tearful over Godric's death in the episode I watched yesterday. However, I failed to get any slashy vibes off Eric and Godric, the way I do off Eric and Bill. Is my slashometer faulty or do others of you feel the same? This is not to say I didn't find the Eric/Godric interaction quite moving, and feel that the intensity of their relationship was well-portrayed.
Yeah, so all that stuff was good, as was Jason's exit from the Fellowship of the Sun. His heart's in the right place really, even if he is an idiot. Also, the final scene of the Reverend and Mrs Newlin arguing on TV was completely hilarious.
I loved the flashbacks with Bill and Lorena. In fact, I really like dear old Bill, and I like him more and more with every episode. My only regret with these latest episodes is that there isn't much Bill and Jessica. Jessica and Hoyt continue to be a delight, though. So much so, that I'm getting really worried for them. Should I? No details please.
As for Sookie, it's a good thing I like her, because with Eric and Bill fighting over her, it would be way too easy to write her off as a sort of Mary Sue. But I do like her, though she can be irritating.
In fact, I like all the characters - so much so that I don't know if I'd care that much if there wasn't much plot, as long as they all got to interact together. So let's have more of that, please, and less of the seasonal Big Bad stuff. The serial killer plot in season 1 was the least interesting aspect of it, and now in season 2, the Maryann plot is the same.
But (mostly) yay! True Blood! Love it!
And yep, I just re-read what I've written and it seems the very opposite of intelligent. :(