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  • 30th May
    2012
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truebloodwillpsychuout:

nwalmn:

unreconstructedfangirl:

sunsetshark:

stillhidden:

sunsetshark:

stillhidden:

sunsetshark:

hsm7:

thatcolorfullights:

Sookie’s face, nothing to say.

Her face speaks volumes.  When looking at Bill, there’s a weight to her expression. She’s pensive…totally in her head.  When she looks at Eric, there’s a lightness to her face. It’s open and caring, with a little bit of hope tossed in….a reflection of her heart. 
The look on the men’s faces are of note, too. Bill has a darker, brooding expression, while Eric has a distant, yet sad look to him.
I think when Eric was kneeling waiting for Bill to shoot him, he was aware of what Sookie felt for Eric.  She eyed Eric tragically, while crying, seemingly devastated at the prospect of him dying.  Notably, we see Bill turn to look at Sookie at this moment. I think he knows just how much she loves Eric and we see that expression on his face, with this look in the aftermath of MGE a continuation of that realization. 

Couldn’t have said it better.

I find the men’s expressions telling, too. Bill has is patented bitchface on. Like someone owes him money or something. And Eric’s eyes are questioning, hopeful. :)

I split them up to make it look clearer for the discussion’s sake:

Ew. This does not look very loving, or even happy. They almost look hostile towards each other. hsm7 picked the perfect word for Sookie: “pensive”. What is she thinking so hard about though? Remains to be seen. Bill looks straight up like a little brat being dragged out of a candy shop. 

HUGE difference in Sookie’s whole demeanor. Her head is up higher, her eyebrows raised, her whole face is more responsive. You can tell she’s standing up straighter too. Eric looks like he physically can’t take his eyes off Sookie. There’s sadness and seriousness, yes. But there’s also curiosity, and you can almost see that spark in his eye. Nowhere near accusatory, unlike Bill.
Another scene in which Bill and Eric are juxtaposed, and Bill just isn’t “up to snuff” :)

They, all of them, have been through something tremendous together just now. Less than have an hour before the men offered to lay down their lives for hers. There are all sorts of speculations I won’t go into about whether they had a plan, or would have gone through with it, or whatever. But I don’t doubt at least one thing: Eric would have. He already sacrificed himself once (if not more) for Sookie. She knows that, she has said so herself. 
With Bill there’s always doubt. If he has proven anything it’s that his most altruistic acts could be a lie and hiding an agenda. Now that the immediate danger is over, it’s something to ponder.
But I don’t think it’s what she is doing at the moment. In this instance, I think, if Sookie is pondering anything, it’s her own feelings for these two men. It’s how much she can trust those feelings, and how much of them is the blood talking. And her face kind of says it clearly how she instinctively feels in regards to both.
It’s Bill’s bitch face that’s a bit of a mystery. Like, what is he so pissed about? They got Marnie, Sookie didn’t die, they didn’t die, and he’d just recently filled Sookie up with a fresh “tank” of his blood. You’d think the guy would be jumping with joy and anticipation. Instead, he really does look like a 6-year-old brat being denied toys. :)

If I didn’t think Bill had a secret plan in motion outside of Moon Goddess before, I sure do now. 
Just throwing another idea out there: It’s no secret Bill doesn’t like Eric, and if some other theories are right, he’s been gunning at Eric for over a year now. If the little suicide pact had gone down, how would normal bullets have killed him and Eric? Was Bill maybe a little to conveniently prepared with some wooden bullets, wooden bullets that Pam wouldn’t have (so Pam couldn’t kill him)? That would have to mean that Bill saw this coming…
I’m not going to go any deeper into that, I’m just going to say thank Godric Pam intervened the way she did!!

I’m pretty convinced there’s something we do not know about that scene. It just doesn’t make much sense without another layer. Bill is thinking: “Curses! Foiled again!” or something like it, and Eric is thinking “Can she love me?”
I agree with SH — Sookie is thinking about her own feelings, and they are written all over her face.

The things i miss when i sleep.
Damn!

This just confirms that I suck at interpreting people’s faces.  I could tell that Sookie gave different looks to Bill and Eric, but I couldn’t really understand them. She’s clearly thinking, but the emotion was hard to read for me. I think Sookie is always giving a mixed facial expression when it comes to Bill—just like in the sex scenes, it’s always a mixture of pleasure and pain. Here it seems like she’s trying to reassure Bill, but having to do so pains her. With Eric, it’s like she’s trying not to become emotional, but she can’t quite hide the wonder and hope and sadness that she feels. Bill is giving his drama queen/I’m a tragic victim of circumstances look, while Eric looks open and hopeful. That’s the best I could do.

truebloodwillpsychuout:

nwalmn:

unreconstructedfangirl:

sunsetshark:

stillhidden:

sunsetshark:

stillhidden:

sunsetshark:

hsm7:

thatcolorfullights:

Sookie’s face, nothing to say.

Her face speaks volumes.  When looking at Bill, there’s a weight to her expression. She’s pensive…totally in her head.  When she looks at Eric, there’s a lightness to her face. It’s open and caring, with a little bit of hope tossed in….a reflection of her heart. 

The look on the men’s faces are of note, too. Bill has a darker, brooding expression, while Eric has a distant, yet sad look to him.

I think when Eric was kneeling waiting for Bill to shoot him, he was aware of what Sookie felt for Eric.  She eyed Eric tragically, while crying, seemingly devastated at the prospect of him dying.  Notably, we see Bill turn to look at Sookie at this moment. I think he knows just how much she loves Eric and we see that expression on his face, with this look in the aftermath of MGE a continuation of that realization. 

Couldn’t have said it better.

I find the men’s expressions telling, too. Bill has is patented bitchface on. Like someone owes him money or something. And Eric’s eyes are questioning, hopeful. :)

I split them up to make it look clearer for the discussion’s sake:

Ew. This does not look very loving, or even happy. They almost look hostile towards each other. hsm7 picked the perfect word for Sookie: “pensive”. What is she thinking so hard about though? Remains to be seen. Bill looks straight up like a little brat being dragged out of a candy shop. 

HUGE difference in Sookie’s whole demeanor. Her head is up higher, her eyebrows raised, her whole face is more responsive. You can tell she’s standing up straighter too. Eric looks like he physically can’t take his eyes off Sookie. There’s sadness and seriousness, yes. But there’s also curiosity, and you can almost see that spark in his eye. Nowhere near accusatory, unlike Bill.

Another scene in which Bill and Eric are juxtaposed, and Bill just isn’t “up to snuff” :)

They, all of them, have been through something tremendous together just now. Less than have an hour before the men offered to lay down their lives for hers. There are all sorts of speculations I won’t go into about whether they had a plan, or would have gone through with it, or whatever. But I don’t doubt at least one thing: Eric would have. He already sacrificed himself once (if not more) for Sookie. She knows that, she has said so herself. 

With Bill there’s always doubt. If he has proven anything it’s that his most altruistic acts could be a lie and hiding an agenda. Now that the immediate danger is over, it’s something to ponder.

But I don’t think it’s what she is doing at the moment. In this instance, I think, if Sookie is pondering anything, it’s her own feelings for these two men. It’s how much she can trust those feelings, and how much of them is the blood talking. And her face kind of says it clearly how she instinctively feels in regards to both.

It’s Bill’s bitch face that’s a bit of a mystery. Like, what is he so pissed about? They got Marnie, Sookie didn’t die, they didn’t die, and he’d just recently filled Sookie up with a fresh “tank” of his blood. You’d think the guy would be jumping with joy and anticipation. Instead, he really does look like a 6-year-old brat being denied toys. :)

If I didn’t think Bill had a secret plan in motion outside of Moon Goddess before, I sure do now. 

Just throwing another idea out there: It’s no secret Bill doesn’t like Eric, and if some other theories are right, he’s been gunning at Eric for over a year now. If the little suicide pact had gone down, how would normal bullets have killed him and Eric? Was Bill maybe a little to conveniently prepared with some wooden bullets, wooden bullets that Pam wouldn’t have (so Pam couldn’t kill him)? That would have to mean that Bill saw this coming…

I’m not going to go any deeper into that, I’m just going to say thank Godric Pam intervened the way she did!!

I’m pretty convinced there’s something we do not know about that scene. It just doesn’t make much sense without another layer. Bill is thinking: “Curses! Foiled again!” or something like it, and Eric is thinking “Can she love me?”

I agree with SH — Sookie is thinking about her own feelings, and they are written all over her face.

The things i miss when i sleep.

Damn!

This just confirms that I suck at interpreting people’s faces.  I could tell that Sookie gave different looks to Bill and Eric, but I couldn’t really understand them. She’s clearly thinking, but the emotion was hard to read for me. I think Sookie is always giving a mixed facial expression when it comes to Bill—just like in the sex scenes, it’s always a mixture of pleasure and pain. Here it seems like she’s trying to reassure Bill, but having to do so pains her. With Eric, it’s like she’s trying not to become emotional, but she can’t quite hide the wonder and hope and sadness that she feels. Bill is giving his drama queen/I’m a tragic victim of circumstances look, while Eric looks open and hopeful. That’s the best I could do.

  • 30th May
    2012
  • 30

stillhidden:

fangnation:

This is interesting, I have never seen this before. It is a deleted scene from S01E01. Claudine is seen helping Sookie.  BUT what I really noticed was Bill. Take a look at the 5th gif, he sees Claudine hiding in the woods, Claudine notices this and then proceeds to ran away. Hmmm?? Bill saw Claudine (the fae) the very first night he met Sookie! How much did he know back then?

Here is the link to the video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JH6DDfsJ8Y

It was said that they deleted the scene because it was giving away too much too soon. It was assumed that the part being given away was Claudine and who/what she is and why she was helping Sookie. But it’s also very probable that this was giving away the fact that Bill knew about the fairies/Sookie’s origins all along.

We’ve speculated about that, even without this scene. Sophie-Anne certainly knew. She didn’t send him for a telepath, she sent him for a fairy she wanted to use as a “sunscreen,” so she could buy a yacht (or however it is she put it). The assumption was that she didn’t tell Bill this, but I think she did.

The way she talked when Bill finally called her to come and “pick up” Sookie, it was clear she wasn’t revealing anything to Bill he did not know already. And how would Sophie-Anne know Bill had a heart-to-heart with Claudine when he was tripping on too much Sookie blood? I doubt he had shared that tidbit with the Queen. I say Bill knew all along. It’s just one more lie in the series of unending lies he told Sookie. 

  • 29th May
    2012
  • 29

santress:

Alexander Skarsgard discusses True Blood in the new issue of Bullet Magazine

“Eric runs into someone very special,” says Skarsgård, referring to the new character, Nora (played by British actor Lucy Griffiths), Eric’s sister and a member of the Vampire Authority, a council of powerful bloodsuckers who control institutionalized vampire-dom across the globe. “There aren’t a lot of human people who Eric really cares about—he’s only loyal to a few,” Skarsgård says. “We saw his passion with his maker Godric, with Pam, and with Sookie. Nora is definitely just as important; she’s played a significant part in his life. She still does.”

— Alex on Eric and Nora

“Bill and Eric have to set aside their disputes and team up. They bond in the process; they have no choice. There’s definitely a bit of a bromance going on there,” says Skarsgård, smiling. “It’s a little like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” referring to the Wild West outlaws immortalized on screen by Paul Newman and Robert Redford.

— Alex on Eric and Bill’s bromance in Season 5

(Source:  Bullett Magazine:  The Sin Issue, Photo credit:  HBO Facebook)

  • 29th May
    2012
  • 29
  • 29th May
    2012
  • 29

stillhidden:

ifoundsammysshoe:

When Sookie and Bill have sex, why is it that Bill just has to bite her? He is a greedy liar and manipulator who wants Sookie’s blood all day, everyday…and will do anything to get it. I mean, Sookie is having sex with the man she loves. She feel good, sexy, heated up…and he bites her. I’m sure his fangs digging into her neck hurts! So, from going to horny to in pain…no. What is wrong with you Bill?

  1. Their first time - he had to bite her. I know Sookie told him to, but still…
  2. When Bill busted out of his grave and scared the crap out of Sookie. He then took her right then and there, raped her, and bit her.
  3. Episode 2x01, their make-up sex…couldn’t let her have that one either, could you, Beehl?
  4. Episode 3x08, the ending, when the have sex…he must have bit her because in the shower scene of 3x09, she has holes in her neck

It is ridiculous! Hmm…how many times did Eric bite Sookie during sex? Let’s count…

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Pretty much THIS!

  • 29th May
    2012
  • 29
stillhidden:

sunsetshark:

stillhidden:

sunsetshark:

hsm7:

thatcolorfullights:

Sookie’s face, nothing to say.

Her face speaks volumes.  When looking at Bill, there’s a weight to her expression. She’s pensive…totally in her head.  When she looks at Eric, there’s a lightness to her face. It’s open and caring, with a little bit of hope tossed in….a reflection of her heart. 
The look on the men’s faces are of note, too. Bill has a darker, brooding expression, while Eric has a distant, yet sad look to him.
I think when Eric was kneeling waiting for Bill to shoot him, he was aware of what Sookie felt for Eric.  She eyed Eric tragically, while crying, seemingly devastated at the prospect of him dying.  Notably, we see Bill turn to look at Sookie at this moment. I think he knows just how much she loves Eric and we see that expression on his face, with this look in the aftermath of MGE a continuation of that realization. 

Couldn’t have said it better.

I find the men’s expressions telling, too. Bill has is patented bitchface on. Like someone owes him money or something. And Eric’s eyes are questioning, hopeful. :)

I split them up to make it look clearer for the discussion’s sake:

Ew. This does not look very loving, or even happy. They almost look hostile towards each other. hsm7 picked the perfect word for Sookie: “pensive”. What is she thinking so hard about though? Remains to be seen. Bill looks straight up like a little brat being dragged out of a candy shop. 

HUGE difference in Sookie’s whole demeanor. Her head is up higher, her eyebrows raised, her whole face is more responsive. You can tell she’s standing up straighter too. Eric looks like he physically can’t take his eyes off Sookie. There’s sadness and seriousness, yes. But there’s also curiosity, and you can almost see that spark in his eye. Nowhere near accusatory, unlike Bill.
Another scene in which Bill and Eric are juxtaposed, and Bill just isn’t “up to snuff” :)

They, all of them, have been through something tremendous together just now. Less than have an hour before the men offered to lay down their lives for hers. There are all sorts of speculations I won’t go into about whether they had a plan, or would have gone through with it, or whatever. But I don’t doubt at least one thing: Eric would have. He already sacrificed himself once (if not more) for Sookie. She knows that, she has said so herself. 
With Bill there’s always doubt. If he has proven anything it’s that his most altruistic acts could be a lie and hiding an agenda. Now that the immediate danger is over, it’s something to ponder.
But I don’t think it’s what she is doing at the moment. In this instance, I think, if Sookie is pondering anything, it’s her own feelings for these two men. It’s how much she can trust those feelings, and how much of them is the blood talking. And her face kind of says it clearly how she instinctively feels in regards to both.
It’s Bill’s bitch face that’s a bit of a mystery. Like, what is he so pissed about? They got Marnie, Sookie didn’t die, they didn’t die, and he’d just recently filled Sookie up with a fresh “tank” of his blood. You’d think the guy would be jumping with joy and anticipation. Instead, he really does look like a 6-year-old brat being denied toys. :)

stillhidden:

sunsetshark:

stillhidden:

sunsetshark:

hsm7:

thatcolorfullights:

Sookie’s face, nothing to say.

Her face speaks volumes.  When looking at Bill, there’s a weight to her expression. She’s pensive…totally in her head.  When she looks at Eric, there’s a lightness to her face. It’s open and caring, with a little bit of hope tossed in….a reflection of her heart. 

The look on the men’s faces are of note, too. Bill has a darker, brooding expression, while Eric has a distant, yet sad look to him.

I think when Eric was kneeling waiting for Bill to shoot him, he was aware of what Sookie felt for Eric.  She eyed Eric tragically, while crying, seemingly devastated at the prospect of him dying.  Notably, we see Bill turn to look at Sookie at this moment. I think he knows just how much she loves Eric and we see that expression on his face, with this look in the aftermath of MGE a continuation of that realization. 

Couldn’t have said it better.

I find the men’s expressions telling, too. Bill has is patented bitchface on. Like someone owes him money or something. And Eric’s eyes are questioning, hopeful. :)

I split them up to make it look clearer for the discussion’s sake:

Ew. This does not look very loving, or even happy. They almost look hostile towards each other. hsm7 picked the perfect word for Sookie: “pensive”. What is she thinking so hard about though? Remains to be seen. Bill looks straight up like a little brat being dragged out of a candy shop. 

HUGE difference in Sookie’s whole demeanor. Her head is up higher, her eyebrows raised, her whole face is more responsive. You can tell she’s standing up straighter too. Eric looks like he physically can’t take his eyes off Sookie. There’s sadness and seriousness, yes. But there’s also curiosity, and you can almost see that spark in his eye. Nowhere near accusatory, unlike Bill.

Another scene in which Bill and Eric are juxtaposed, and Bill just isn’t “up to snuff” :)

They, all of them, have been through something tremendous together just now. Less than have an hour before the men offered to lay down their lives for hers. There are all sorts of speculations I won’t go into about whether they had a plan, or would have gone through with it, or whatever. But I don’t doubt at least one thing: Eric would have. He already sacrificed himself once (if not more) for Sookie. She knows that, she has said so herself. 

With Bill there’s always doubt. If he has proven anything it’s that his most altruistic acts could be a lie and hiding an agenda. Now that the immediate danger is over, it’s something to ponder.

But I don’t think it’s what she is doing at the moment. In this instance, I think, if Sookie is pondering anything, it’s her own feelings for these two men. It’s how much she can trust those feelings, and how much of them is the blood talking. And her face kind of says it clearly how she instinctively feels in regards to both.

It’s Bill’s bitch face that’s a bit of a mystery. Like, what is he so pissed about? They got Marnie, Sookie didn’t die, they didn’t die, and he’d just recently filled Sookie up with a fresh “tank” of his blood. You’d think the guy would be jumping with joy and anticipation. Instead, he really does look like a 6-year-old brat being denied toys. :)

  • 29th May
    2012
  • 29
sunsetshark:

stillhidden:

sunsetshark:

hsm7:

thatcolorfullights:

Sookie’s face, nothing to say.

Her face speaks volumes.  When looking at Bill, there’s a weight to her expression. She’s pensive…totally in her head.  When she looks at Eric, there’s a lightness to her face. It’s open and caring, with a little bit of hope tossed in….a reflection of her heart. 
The look on the men’s faces are of note, too. Bill has a darker, brooding expression, while Eric has a distant, yet sad look to him.
I think when Eric was kneeling waiting for Bill to shoot him, he was aware of what Sookie felt for Eric.  She eyed Eric tragically, while crying, seemingly devastated at the prospect of him dying.  Notably, we see Bill turn to look at Sookie at this moment. I think he knows just how much she loves Eric and we see that expression on his face, with this look in the aftermath of MGE a continuation of that realization. 

Couldn’t have said it better.

I find the men’s expressions telling, too. Bill has is patented bitchface on. Like someone owes him money or something. And Eric’s eyes are questioning, hopeful. :)

I split them up to make it look clearer for the discussion’s sake:

Ew. This does not look very loving, or even happy. They almost look hostile towards each other. hsm7 picked the perfect word for Sookie: “pensive”. What is she thinking so hard about though? Remains to be seen. Bill looks straight up like a little brat being dragged out of a candy shop. 

HUGE difference in Sookie’s whole demeanor. Her head is up higher, her eyebrows raised, her whole face is more responsive. You can tell she’s standing up straighter too. Eric looks like he physically can’t take his eyes off Sookie. There’s sadness and seriousness, yes. But there’s also curiosity, and you can almost see that spark in his eye. Nowhere near accusatory, unlike Bill.
In both sets, Sookie’s tone matches that of the man she’s looking at. So it’s just another instance in which Bill is dragging her down, and Eric is bringing her up.
This also serves as another scene in which Bill and Eric are juxtaposed, and Bill just isn’t “up to snuff” :)

sunsetshark:

stillhidden:

sunsetshark:

hsm7:

thatcolorfullights:

Sookie’s face, nothing to say.

Her face speaks volumes.  When looking at Bill, there’s a weight to her expression. She’s pensive…totally in her head.  When she looks at Eric, there’s a lightness to her face. It’s open and caring, with a little bit of hope tossed in….a reflection of her heart. 

The look on the men’s faces are of note, too. Bill has a darker, brooding expression, while Eric has a distant, yet sad look to him.

I think when Eric was kneeling waiting for Bill to shoot him, he was aware of what Sookie felt for Eric.  She eyed Eric tragically, while crying, seemingly devastated at the prospect of him dying.  Notably, we see Bill turn to look at Sookie at this moment. I think he knows just how much she loves Eric and we see that expression on his face, with this look in the aftermath of MGE a continuation of that realization. 

Couldn’t have said it better.

I find the men’s expressions telling, too. Bill has is patented bitchface on. Like someone owes him money or something. And Eric’s eyes are questioning, hopeful. :)

I split them up to make it look clearer for the discussion’s sake:

Ew. This does not look very loving, or even happy. They almost look hostile towards each other. hsm7 picked the perfect word for Sookie: “pensive”. What is she thinking so hard about though? Remains to be seen. Bill looks straight up like a little brat being dragged out of a candy shop. 

HUGE difference in Sookie’s whole demeanor. Her head is up higher, her eyebrows raised, her whole face is more responsive. You can tell she’s standing up straighter too. Eric looks like he physically can’t take his eyes off Sookie. There’s sadness and seriousness, yes. But there’s also curiosity, and you can almost see that spark in his eye. Nowhere near accusatory, unlike Bill.

In both sets, Sookie’s tone matches that of the man she’s looking at. So it’s just another instance in which Bill is dragging her down, and Eric is bringing her up.

This also serves as another scene in which Bill and Eric are juxtaposed, and Bill just isn’t “up to snuff” :)

  • 28th May
    2012
  • 28

Season 4 Marathon on HBO

stillhidden:

him-e:

stillhidden:

hsm7:

Watching 4x02 and just saw the flashback of SA dying and am just struck with the hollowness and grandiosity of his “I have nothing left to lose” statement when SA said “you dare challenge me…I’m over twice your age” considering he knew he was going to lose absolutely nothing…not with Nan and the GSTs waiting on the wings.  

As a cliffhanger for Season 3, it sounds like he’s so broken up about Sookie that he’s willing to die in order to protect her…and we’re suppose to admire this.  But, we find out that it was misdirection, again. He knew he wasn’t going to die, he had been in cahoots with Nan for some time now, and he knew he was going to succeed SA and become King.  We were left at the end of the season thinking that his challenge was entirely about Sookie and then we find out in the following season there was a much larger backstory that we (and Sookie) were unaware of.  

I think there was an element of protecting Sookie (two birds, one stone and all), as I do think he loves her in his own twisted way, but it wasn’t the romantic gesture the writers would have had us believe.

Just a thought. :)

I don’t think the writers really would have us believe that any gesture of Bill’s is a purely romantic gesture. :)

There’s a pattern that is formed pretty consistently with Bill’s gestures.

Surface: Bill “saves” Sookie from the Ratrays’ beating and gives her his blood so she doesn’t die. Reality: Bill calmly watches the Ratrays beat Sookie within an inch of her life, so he can swoop in, be the hero, and give her his blood. So he can control her through that (since he realized she cannot be glamoured). 

Surface:  Bill “shields” Sookie from the basest of the vampire nature and life-style. By trying to keep her away from the likes of Malcolm, Liam, Dianne, and yes, Eric. Reality: Bill let’s her get exposed to the vagaries of the basest of the vampire nature via Malcolm, Liam, and Dianne, and promotes the worst assumptions about Eric, so he can shine by comparison, be her hero, and prevent her from “straying.”

Surface: Bill is the one vampire who has a conscience, still possesses the ability to love, and thus, he is the only one worthy of love in return. Reality: Bill is no special snowflake, other vampires love, feel regret, remorse, and pain, and Bill’s claim to anyone’s affections is tenuous at best.

Surface:  Bill tells an occasional lie, but it’s only to protect Sookie, it’s for her own benefit, he is always sorry after it’s found out, and will never do that again. It’s commendable how he risks Sookie’s ire for the sake of her safety and well-being. Reality:Bill’s entire stance, his whole relationship with Sookie is based on a giant lie, and anything he does or doesn’t do with or around it is tainted by that. Every time he promises to never lie again, it’s pretty much a guarantee that he will. And the only thing he is sorry for is being caught. There’s nothing commendable about him, because his bottom line motivation is not Sookie’s well-being but Bill’s own self-interest.

Surface: Bill is the warrior for the cause. We learn that he has been recruited by Nan to work within the system in order to promote a loftier goal and to ultimately advance a kinder, more humane agenda. Reality: Bill couldn’t give a rat’s ass about the agenda when push came to shove. Once the agenda was chafing at his collar (as opposed to providing him with privileges), he was staking “the agenda” quicker than you can say “I am not a puppy dog!” 

Surface:  Bill’s journey is a painful struggle of good-at-heart-but-fucked-by-the-circumstances man, who, while he makes mistakes, is always ready to fight for what’s right in the end. Reality:Bill’s journey is that of making the most of his circumstances, enjoying the benefits they bring (while, of course, complaining incessantly), and always looking out for something better. His loyalties are always split, and no woman in power is safe around him. He seems to have an especially itchy trigger finger with those. He is always ready to fight for his own best interest.

Surface:  Bill is often a tragic figure with nothing left to lose, ready to lay down his life in an unequal fight to the death. Reality: Bill usually has a backup (often dirty, often involving the work and the sacrifice by someone else) plan and intends to lose not a single thing, but gain more. 

In other words, whatever the writers intend us to do, I don’t think they intend us to not look beyond the surface. And given just how many people despise Bill, I’d say they are doing it right. :)

This sums pretty well the reasons why I dislike Bill. I’m all for complex, troubled, dark, sometimes truly devious characters, but the way Bill constantly deforms the truth of what he really is, in order to look like he’s suffering, he’s self-sacrificial, he’s the one who loses all and is ready to die if that means protecting the one he loves, well, to me is pretty disgusting. Even a villain can have his own moral compass, his dignity, some kind of honesty. I mean, look at Russell for example: he’s many awful things, but he is not dishonest. These are the villains that I love and sometimes root for. But Bill? Albeit not being a true villain, he is, in a way, worse than a villain.

Actually, I think he is a villain. Straight up. The thing is, there’s no hard and fast rule on how a villain should be. He does not have to be charismatic, he doesn’t need to be tortured or appealing in any way. Of course Russell is very appealing, and that is one kind of villain. The popular kind in today’s fiction. The kind that makes us mistake charm and relatability for actual goodness sometimes. It’s not bad to have those, because it mixes things up, it makes it harder to not root for him. But it’s not a requirement.

What makes it hard for some people to not root for Bill is that he is a villain with a firm set up and just as firm a belief that he is the hero. 

Case in point:

But the grand speech before Nan’s stormtroopers waltz in makes me also think that Bill likes to deceive himself more than anyone else. I think that what he says to QSA is for his own benefit only, since QSA’s opinion doesn’t matter anymore at this point, and no one else is here to watch and listen to his theatrics. Bill loves to think of himself as a tragic hero. He has been practicing so hard, and for so long, in order to look like a hero, that he has come to a point that he really believes he is one. 

And this is the confusion factor. He is either deeply and truly self-deluded or he is incredibly good at projecting this impression. Either way, it makes a lot of people stop from classifying him as a straightforward bad guy of the piece. And in a way, it makes him the most interesting villain of all. The kind that causes constant frustration by the eternal dissonance between the things that he really does and the things that he projects. 

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ohiogurl:

imhereforsookie:

must be Thursday….

I love this scene. Anna’s great sarcastic expressions strike again! 

But let’s probe a little deeper, hmm? Look who she’s talking to-Bill and Eric. They’ve no doubt come to persuade Sookie to help them. Judging by what she’s saying, the strategy is to convince her that Russell threatens her, too, so she should pitch in.

The other promo had Bill coming up with the idea to use Sookie, Eric sadly saying she didn’t want anything to do with them, and then Bill coldly asserting he wouldn’t give her any choice in the matter. Bill did seem awfully intent on getting Sookie’s assistance, by any means necessary, while Eric had qualms about using her. Is that scene a prelude to this one, or does it come after?

(Source: askarsswedishmeatballs)

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unreconstructedfangirl:

hsm7:

nwalmn:

The Real Speech on the Hospital (or WTF he was trying to say)

Part 1.

(Will post 2 later)

For those who missed, this idea started with this GIFset here.

Alla (@stillhidden) and I are having our share of fun with this. Be assured.

To see the whole original text and understand better, go here.

Hahaha!!  This is great!!  Love the collaborations between you two. :))

Oh Bill. You dick.

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hsm7:

stillhidden:

nwalmn:

depends on who is watching.
Sookie don’t know how to ‘read’ someone who is lying because she always knew.
For us, ‘normal people’ is a bit more easy, i guess.
For example, i have CLASSES about it. If someone lies to me and i don’t catch it, then this REALLy would be a shame.
By the way, the show “lie to me” is indeed very serious and realistic.

Between his blood doing his work for him, and, indeed, the fact that Sookie is used to knowing what people think, and, therefore, isn’t used to watching for the signs of deceit, I don’t think it was all that obvious for her. She had no frame of reference, no knowledge of his abilities and his agenda, and no experience with any of this at all. Why would she be suspicious? 
Furthermore, Bill is not, in fact, a terrible liar. He is a practiced, habitual, pathological liar, and quite good at it most of the time. The reason it’s so obvious to the audience is because we get the exposition Sookie does not. We get a much fuller story, and, therefore, are watching for signs and patterns.

I would say he’s so good at lying, in fact, that there are audience members for whom the lies are not so obvious, and, in the face of a confession, still embrace the manufactured Bill. Sookie, with her inexperience and naivete, compounded by the blood, stood no chance against such accomplished mendacity.

hsm7:

stillhidden:

nwalmn:

depends on who is watching.

Sookie don’t know how to ‘read’ someone who is lying because she always knew.

For us, ‘normal people’ is a bit more easy, i guess.

For example, i have CLASSES about it. If someone lies to me and i don’t catch it, then this REALLy would be a shame.

By the way, the show “lie to me” is indeed very serious and realistic.

Between his blood doing his work for him, and, indeed, the fact that Sookie is used to knowing what people think, and, therefore, isn’t used to watching for the signs of deceit, I don’t think it was all that obvious for her. She had no frame of reference, no knowledge of his abilities and his agenda, and no experience with any of this at all. Why would she be suspicious? 

Furthermore, Bill is not, in fact, a terrible liar. He is a practiced, habitual, pathological liar, and quite good at it most of the time. The reason it’s so obvious to the audience is because we get the exposition Sookie does not. We get a much fuller story, and, therefore, are watching for signs and patterns.

I would say he’s so good at lying, in fact, that there are audience members for whom the lies are not so obvious, and, in the face of a confession, still embrace the manufactured Bill. Sookie, with her inexperience and naivete, compounded by the blood, stood no chance against such accomplished mendacity.

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