More True Blood season 2

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Yes, I'm galloping through this way too fast. Better slow down.

Today, I watched eps two and three and uploaded a few new icons.

Slight spoilers behind cut.



Still enjoying it enormously. I think I might be a bit of a Bill/Sookie 'shipper. Does this mean that I have to burn my Spuffy 'shipper card and start 'shipping Bangel?

No seriously, I do enjoy their banter, and the fact that dear old Bill is such a stick-in-the-mud (in a nice way), and I love the addition of Jessica to the mix. Am definitely a Hoyt/Jessica 'shipper. That only took one scene. He is such a sweetie, and so is she, even if she is a vampire.

All the rest is good too, though I'm not terribly interested in Maryann as yet, have to admit, though the scene where Sookie reads her thoughts and she's thinking in Greek was very chilling. She's Circe, isn't she? Seems a little odd and out of place. Is she a character from the original books or has Alan Ball (?)nicked the concept from Neil Gaiman's American Gods?



In other news, I just had a timely reminder of how unsophisticated we were back in the 1970s compared to now. Watched the songs from the famous old Bollywood movie, Sholay - the film that made Amitabh Bachchan a superstar. The first song (Yeh Dosti) is the slashiest thing I've seen in years, yet I'm pretty sure that never would have occurred to me back then, any more than it would to the makers of the movie.

In other, other news, I quite enjoyed today's Doctor Who. Nobody on my flist seems to have mentioned it yet. Did no one like it except me?

Comments

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Jessica is such a fabulous character! And she's an original show character - she wasn't in the books at all.

Really? I can't imagine the show without her now. She throws such an interesting spanner into the works re: Bill/Sookie, plus she's a great counterpoint to Bill's old-fashioned stuffiness. Their dynamic is such fun.

As for Bill/Sookie, I know it peters out in the books, but I'm sure I remember Alan Ball saying it would continue to be an important factor in the show, and with Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin being an actual couple, might it make it awkward to pair Sookie off with other characters, if they're going to do as many sex scenes as Bill and Sookie do?

I suppose that shouldn't matter. After all, they're actors.

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I think Bill/Sookie will continue to be an important factor on the show. The relationship is different on the show anyway, and I'm not expecting anything to be the same as it was in the books, as they've changed so much already. They seem to be keeping most of the big plot points, but changing things around to suit themselves (which is fine by me). Bill is a much more interesting and likeable character on the show to how he is in the books.

It's so difficult to say things without spoiling you! *sits on typing fingers until you've seen S2*

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Bill is a much more interesting and likeable character on the show to how he is in the books.

Ah, good to know. It took me long enough to warm to him in the show. I don't think I'll bother with the books.