More True Blood season 2

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Had a very frustrating day yesterday, in which the only worthwhile thing I did until the late evening was to watch ep 4 of season 2 of True Blood.

Spoilers behind cut, and please no spoilers for later eps in comments.



Apart from the Maryann plot, which I'm still not that interested in (though intrigued to know what she is - a Cretan earth goddess? The Minotaur? the great god Pan?)I'm still loving this show to pieces. It's a different sort of love than the love I have for BtVS/AtS. I can't really describe what the difference is, though. Maybe one is 'home' and the other is 'the little cabin in the woods'? Heh!

The first scene of this episode was an absolute delight. This is the scene where Bill throws Hoyt out of the house and Hoyt thinks Bill's mad at him for making out with Jessica, only for Bill to insist he was trying to protect Hoyt, and then both Sookie and Jessica make fun of him (Bill, that is) while sweet, good-natured Hoyt plain refuses to believe him. The whole thing is completely hilarious because it takes a stock teen romance movie scene and turns it upside down.

That said, I think Bill was lying to himself. I think he really is beginning to feel fatherly towards Jessica, even though he finds her so annoying. I mean, he taught her to 'glamour'. That was so cute!

Can someone please tell me, though, what it was Jessica got the glamoured man to shout out loud in the vamp hotel lobby? Something rude about Jesus, I think, but though I sat through the scene twice, I couldn't make it out. Should've put the subtitles on. Why do people have to mumble?

Speaking of the vamp hotel, I loved it, right down to the 'room service'. That was so funny! Also, every Eric/Bill scene is ridiculously slashy. The one in the ladies' wear department in the store in ep 3 was the best so far, but the couch scene in this ep was pretty slashy too.

Still enjoying the Jason stuff as well, though can see he's getting sucked down a very dark path. Things are going to get nasty, aren't they?

And great to see Lafayette get his groove back.

Wish I could watch some more, but I think that's it now until next week. :(

Comments

[flake-sake.livejournal.com]

The whole Maryann thing drags a bit, the only upside being that they undress egg a lot and I already found the actor already hot on Dollhouse, though the role is not really interesting.

But the rest of the season is so much brilliance. I love the Bill/Eric slashyness, especially the bit where they both stand in the women's department, with Eric in that weird training suit :)
Love it!

Deto for all things Jessica and Hoyt.

I thought Jason's plot works great that season, mainly because those fellowshipguys are such a brilliant parody on christian fundamentalism.

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the only upside being that they undress egg a lot and I already found the actor already hot on Dollhouse, though the role is not really interesting.

I agree, he's very pretty to look at and it's a pity the role isn't that interesting. It detracts from the physical chemistry between the two actors, which is great.

I love the Bill/Eric slashyness, especially the bit where they both stand in the women's department, with Eric in that weird training suit :)

Yes, that was hilarious, especially when the saleslady does that sort of knowing smirk and sidles off leaving them to it.

I thought Jason's plot works great that season, mainly because those fellowshipguys are such a brilliant parody on christian fundamentalism.

I agree. I'm enjoying the Jason plot. It's very hard to know what's going through his head, though (if anything, which you always have to ask with Jason).

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Apart from the Maryann plot, which I'm still not that interested in (though intrigued to know what she is - a Cretan earth goddess? The Minotaur? the great god Pan?)I'm

Not a minotaur (I don't think. I don't know the myth of minotaurs well enough to completely dismiss it. It could be a variation, but I don't think so. That's not the explanation they gave anyway. And, yeah, there is an explanation of what she is. I won't spoil).

Re: Jason... it's Jason. He gets into trouble, but he usually finds his way out again. His heart is usually is in the right place (even if his dick is always in the wrong one). I rather love him in the waning parts of the season -- he's a really dumb dufus but it's hilarious and awesome. I actually think some of his stuff at the end of the season was some of the best stuff on the show -- in a totally lighthearted and unserious way. Some of the stuff in the middle (and the very end) is dark. But he's has a nice stint of hilarious fun (though of course he is dead serious. It's hilarious to us. Heh.)

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I agree about Jason. I can't help liking him even if he is so utterly dim. He's a bit like Harmony really. :)

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Marianne is a Maenad .

I can't remember what Jessica had that man shout but it was obscene.

Still enjoying the Jason stuff as well, though can see he's getting sucked down a very dark path. Things are going to get nasty, aren't they?


Yes... but not so much for Jason... more for other characters...

Lafayette makes everything better.

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

Spoiler much about Marianne? She didn't want that. :-/ You don't find out what she is until towards the end of the season after all. :-P

Anyway, like everyone else. Long live Lafayette! He is ze awesome. :-D

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Spoiler much about Marianne? She didn't want that. :-/ You don't find out what she is until towards the end of the season after all. :-P

Never mind. I should have made myself clearer.

And agreed about Lafayette.

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I can't remember what Jessica had that man shout but it was obscene.

I'll have to watch it again, this time with subtitles. Very funny anyway.

Lafayette makes everything better.


I agree. He's wonderful.

[calturner.livejournal.com]

I'm still loving this show to pieces. It's a different sort of love than the love I have for BtVS/AtS.

I know exactly what you mean. It's just so much fun, but I have no real desire to analyse it or read meta about it. It is what it is, and I'm just enjoying the heck out of it!

Aww, you really sound as though you've fallen for dear old Bill. ;)

But I agree with you, the Bill and Jessica scenes are delightful! I can't remember what it was Jessica got the glamoured man to say, but I'm pretty sure it was rude.

I liked Jason in S1, but he's even better (and funnier) in this season.

And yes the Eric/Bill scenes are incredibly slashy. I love that scene in the ladies wear department!

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but I have no real desire to analyse it or read meta about it. It is what it is, and I'm just enjoying the heck out of it!

Yes, that's pretty much how I feel. I know you said it was your guilty pleasure before and now you don't feel guilty about it any more. Why did you feel guilty in the first place, Cal?

And I have fallen for Bill. I can't help it. He's just a bit rubbish really, isn't he, which is very endearing.

I love that scene in the ladies wear department!

:snorfle: Yes, I should get an icon of that scene. I really should.

[calturner.livejournal.com]

Why did you feel guilty in the first place, Cal?

I think it was mainly because a lot of people seemed to ridicule the show at first (especially in the BtVS fandom), and I seemed to be in the minority of people who really enjoyed it. But then S2 happened and I completely fell in love with the show, so I stopped feeling guilty about watching it and just had fun with it instead. And now I no longer care what other people think. :)

And I have fallen for Bill. I can't help it. He's just a bit rubbish really, isn't he, which is very endearing.

Yes, I love how old fashioned Bill is. He tries so hard, bless him, and you're right, it is very endearing. I have to admit to having a bit of a soft spot for him myself.

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I've just watched ep 7, and eps 6&7 contain the Lorena/Bill flashbacks, which I thought were very well done. One can't help making parallels with Angelus and Darla, though.

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I forget exactly what the glamoured man yelled, but it was something like "Fuck Jesus!" I know there was Jesus and cussing involved, anyway.

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I know there was Jesus and cussing involved, anyway.

:) I'm pretty sure he said something about Jesus putting his finger somewhere. In fact, isn't it the same thing Jessica gets the man to shout in the recent season 3 webisode? I watched that one. I couldn't resist it.

[lyr]

I don't know; I haven't gone looking for webisodes. I shall have to do that!

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I hope they'll appear on the eventual season 3 boxset.

[mutelorelei.livejournal.com]

The main thing for me with the Maryann plot was it dragged on too long.

The Hoyt/Jessica thing just gets more and more delightful ^__^ And I usually hate that kind of cutesy thing, but they are just too damn adorable and sincere.

For such a beefcake/alpha male kind of guy, Eric does slashy very well :D

I really dislike Jason and I mostly find his scenes to be grating and difficult to get through. I think he gets a ridiculous amount of screentime.

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The main thing for me with the Maryann plot was it dragged on too long.

Yes, lots of people say that. And I love your icon. I was just saying that I needed an icon of that scene. Is it snaggable?

Jason does get a lot of screen time but I must admit I rather like him. He's endearing in a dimwitted way. He's sort of like the Harmony of the True Bloodverse.

[mutelorelei.livejournal.com]

Yes it is snaggable, and done by scarsandsecrets.

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Thank you. :)

[sentine.livejournal.com]

By the way, I re-watched episode 4 yesterday, and the glamoured man yelled: "(some girl, didn't get the name) is a stuck-up whore who let Chase finger her in the church".

That's my poetic contribution for today ;)

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Heh! Thanks for that. No doubt someone Jessica didn't like at school