loony_moony

1. OKAY, SO THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED FIRST: I'm now okay with what they did to Eric. I WASN'T okay with premiere!Eric who basically went all "YEEEH EEEERRRR MEEEEEEEEN SOOKKIIE" a-la Beel (only Viking), but now it seems someone forced sanity pills on Alan Ball, and so Eric reverts to the same characterization he's had since season 2, especially his relationship with Sookie. This is the kind of relationship in which Eric and Sookie have a lovely little UST-infused powerplay that, let me tell you, hits all my buttons the right way. I LOVED their interactions, with Eric calling Sookie out on her double standards and Sookie in turn calls him a psychopathic fratboy. LOVES IT, I DOES, PRECIOUS. :D

I love it simply for the same reason I loved it in season 2's Dallas arc, because it's a great buildup to them having a relationship without the rules book 4 sets.

1.5. Btw, SEE, ANNA PAQUIN? THIS IS HOW ACTUAL CHEMISTRY WORKS. FFS that delivery on her "do you think that my legs are going to just magically open for you?" line was fucking STELLAR. Why oh why do people STILL think she acts better with Stephen Moyer. ACTUAL IRL CHEMISTRY DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN ONSCREEN CHEMISTRY, Y'ALL.

1.75. AND ALSO, I love how mob-like Eric sounds when he tries to convince Sookie to be his. "You'll need protection". LULZ YES, you could offer her SO MUCH PROTECTION WITH YOUR PENIS.

2.

'NOUGH SAID.

3. Nan Flanagan was a HBIC in the 80's and she's a HBIC now. She's even out-HBIC-ing Pam at this point, who mostly looks like TB's wardrobe department's Barbie. How much do I LOVE her sending out her hit men to get Sophie-Anne? Because really, there was no way Beel would've won that fight otherwise. But then, who would you rather having to deal with, Beel's obnoxiousness or hers? I'M LEANING TOWARDS THE LATTER TBQH.

4. Eric's sardonic bow to Beel = A+++

How telling that little scene was, in terms of the universe TB's sketching. A universe where Eric, for all his age and experience, would never advance beyond being a mere sheriff, because his views on vampires vs. humans don't fit with the AVL's, and they're the ones calling the shots. I actually like how TB is eliminating the whole royalty-states-mythologically named areas, because it was really silly already in the books.

4.5. That said, the endgame of the AVL is probably not going to be just vampires living out in the open and legally protected, so who knows how this will change.

5. HOLY FUCK THAT CURSE SCENE WAS CREEPY. Marnie's face morphing into whatever settled in her body was AWESOME and amazing and OH, ASKARS, KUDOS TO YOUR SUBTLE ACTING.

6. Which leads me to the whole "YAY BOOK 4 IS HAPPENING OMG!" section of this post:

YAY OMG BOOK 4 IS HAPPENING! WOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO! SADLKJASDLAKDJAKJAJDALD GIMME ALL THE SHOWER SEX KTX

7. In the realm of whatever, though: Jason's little were-panther adventure, Andy's spiralling vee addiction, Arleen's little baby drama, Sam's horsey tiems, Jessica and Hoyt's slowly deconstructing relationship. WHY HAVE YOU MADE JESSICA AND HOYT INTO A WHATEVER, ALAN BALL, FFFFFFUUUUUUU.

7.5. Slightly more caring about: Lafayette and Jesus' mystical adventures. HOW WILL THIS EVER END WELL. D:

7.75. That said, Lafayette and Jesus knowing about everything that happened to Tara-sorry-TONI plus the conned girlfriend is slightly less wtf-y, I guess. I mean, at least she's not misleading EVERYONE.

(Tara does look amazing, though)

8. AND THEN THERE WERE PUNKS.