Anyone else realize that Bill Compton fought for the South in the Civil War? And his parents owned slaves. He was for sure at least racist at one point in time. Do you think he’s racist still.

I randomly put on true blood (because I loved vampire diaries) and couldn’t believe how cringey season 1 was - I actually thought it was supposed to be a parody of all the vampire teenage movies/shows. I almost turned it off several times but pushed through and now I keep going because the plot is weirdly good. I really can’t stand Tara! I’m starting season 4 and am literally fast forwarding every scene she is in. She is so agro/ self destructive, always throwing tantrums, and then lashing out when anyone cares for her. Am I the only one who feels like this?!

First time viewer here. I'm not even to the seasons where everyone says it goes off the rails and I just can't believe how silly it is. Is it supposed to be this ridiculous? I'm tempted to call it bad, but I keep watching...

The writing is horrible and way too literal. Like I'm offended the writers don't trust us to understand what's going on without a character spelling it out every damn thought for us. The acting is so over dramatic and half the time certain characters sound like they are doing a cold reading for a HS play... bad acting, bad scripts, or bad directing? And there seems to be no consensus on how how seriously the actors should be taking the characters. It seems like some are going for prestige drama and some are going for pee-wee's playhouse and it's so confusing.

Is it so bad it's good? Were my expectations wrong? Would it have been better if I'd watched it younger? WHAT IS THIS WITCHCRAFT THAT KEEPS ME WATCHING?!

I’m not sure if she was directed to behave that way but she tried so hard to be sexy and it was so cringe and irritating. True sex appeal is natural, it’s in you and you don’t have to try hard or try and speak in a sexy manner. When she wasn’t having sex, trying to be sexy or made to be a sex symbol she was self righteous and annoying 😒

Maybe it’s just me but I’m about to start season 4 and I just can’t stand her man.. like, “oh let’s pull race into the argument for no reason!” Or “let’s just be a loudmouth cunt for no reason!” I can’t find a single redeeming quality in her at all, no reason to root for her existence. Was really hoping Franklin would’ve killed her, and definitely done with her whining about her dead boyfriend Ben (yes I know they called him “Eggs” but holy shit I can’t take it seriously omg) “no eggs! Please don’t be dead!!” Cut to me laughing my ass off because his name is eggs lmao, maybe I’m just a monster idk, my favourite characters are Lafayette and Terry so

SO I posted this thread some weeks ago http://www.reddit.com/r/TrueBlood/comments/wf6wg/is_it_me_or_is_pam_liking_the_new_tara/. I talked about Pam liking what she created and might be a fling between them. Tonight they proved I was right and I freaking out. Finales are ALWAYS the best! Enjoy the rest of you guys night :)

Yall...not only are these (literally) demonic entities that are supernaturally strong, fast, AND capable of glamouring you to do whatever they want...but these are also creatures whose diet is STRICTLY that of human blood. These are superhumans who both easily overpower you in a million different ways but also HAVE to eat you for their own survival. Sure, there's Tru Blood, but every vampire we see use it dislikes it and finds a human for sustenance relatively quickly. "Main streaming" is basically just a PR lie. If the vampires of this show all weren't fighting amongst each other and unanimously decided to make the human race go instinct...they could probably do it within a couple weeks, and even that might be an underestimation.

This show having vampire characters be part of its central protagonists distracts a lot of fans from how utterly fucking horrifying their existence would be irl. Realistically, I think a lot more of us than we care to admit would be anti-vampire. I mean, irl example, but look at all the trepidation around AI developments, which haven't even formed a tangible threat yet.

Edit: I don't get why this post is already so heavily downvoted/ratioed lol. It's literally just speaking an objective truth about how vampires in this show are genuinely a threat to humanity. Dk why that seems to piss some of yall off.

Last episode was the first I have enjoyed in a long time.

Ever since season 4/5, the common consensus has been that there was a decline of quality. Keep in mind, that was 3 years ago. Three years in which Lilith, Ifrit, witches, Warlow, King Bill, the authority , Mayor Sam have happened. Does anyone expects anything from True Blood at this point?

True blood at it's best was a mysterious, self-aware southern gothic, which often served as a parallel of gay rights and interracial relationships. Remember Tara's lalala, Hoyt's mom playing Wii while possessed, Sookie imitating Bill's 'Sookeh'? Incredibly self-aware. Then, the Vampire authorities and Concentration Camps and threats against vampirism, and religious dilemmas came.IMO True Blood didn't decline in quality because it watered down it's cultural stance, but because it gave too much importance to its characters in the fate of civilization; it started taking itself seriously and so it turned from a small scope girl who loves a vampire suffers discrimination in Louisiana to vampire King possessed by a religious entity stops a nationwide war against vampires by blowing up factories and saving other vampires from concentration camp. As you can see, it became less self aware and VERY politicized.

Maybe it's still too early to talk, but from the looks of last episode, it looks like the show is improving. There is ZERO chance the show evolves into a culturally important allegory at this point of this life, but at least it can become self aware again. We had hillbillies one liners, acknowledgement of the Fairy babies, Thanks Obama, two day pizza and even fan-service ( which even if it actually had basis on the fact that Jason drank Eric's blood in the last finale and it served as a establishment that Eric was alive , it is worst writing than Sookie just bringing up that there's a dead body in the forest the day after, or the mass grave, or the fact that people could just wait in their houses at night until the hep-vamps died because you know, sex is dirty, especially gay sex).

My point is, True Blood has sucked from a long time ago, get over it. There's no chance is becomes culturally important in it's final season, so if the writers replace the done-to-death political content for the Soap that everyone enjoyed early on, it's not hack writing, it's them trying to make you enjoy the show again. Consider it an apology for the last shit seasons and just fucking enjoy the show.

TL;DR: True Blood sucks, get over it, enjoy the soap.

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I love True blood. All the subplots, all the diff supernatural characters. It has a lot of really cool stuff to like & love. So I rewatched all seasons in a few days recently while I was sick. And man, there’s a lot of shit to not like! Some of the characters really r trash, ppl do some skank shit to each other. & yes I know, it’s for the stories but still. What bothers me is that ppl aren’t treated fairly or the same. Some “bad guys” (in all reality) are the “heroes”, others r given a pass and idk why bc their was no redemption in their character story arc. Idk what the fuck the writers are doing at times. So here’s some stuff I’m bothered by, and I know there’s probably way more but off the top of my head: I’m bothered by Sarah Newlin state. Yes she’s annoying and an fuckin complete weirdo. 100%. But…. A slave with a very very sexual ness feel to it? For her entire life? She dies, gets a disease fat or ugly or just old. I dunno. Her in the skimpy nightie with the guy suckin on her thigh and makeup running down her face was a bit much. I know…. But really. Think about it. All the other “bad guys” on the show, emphasis on guys, Russell, Salome, even bill got a quick death or a redemption arc. She had attempted to turn things around. Pam’s comment -her being a former sex worker made it weirder & grosser- that she was a worthless whore & would never be anything but that was…. Cringe. There was a lot of stuff that I noticed during my rewatch that’s I picked up on more. Why did bill get a redemption arc? Hell why did Jessica?? Killed the little fae baby girlies 🥺, emotionally destroyed hoyt, him & jasons lifelong friendship was ruined, makes him forget only for him to come back with a new relationship that she essentially wrecks bc she’s bored like Ariana grande but there was never any learning changes or growth… wtf. And b4 u feel bad for Hoyt, don’t! Bc he throws Bridget aside like chopped liver the moment Jessica whistles. And she looks up w/jason? I’m sad Jesus died, of course I didn’t want Lafayette to be alone but wtf is up with him yelling & defending his actions when jess walks up & catches her man James taking it from the back up against a car by Lafayette. Yes you’re right you do deserve a lil happiness too. But no, you went ab it in a super fucked up and selfish way. Also he said first let’s turn Tara after she was killed and she was never hardly mad at him ab that. Okay. But a lil strange.
I saw the second time around that bill really did just kinda suck. All along from the beginning through & through. If sookie had picked Eric from the start they could’ve had a relationship without the whole amnesia thing which was kinda creepy bc the sweet guy thing was cute but the childlike part of it was NOT. Also sookie really mistreated Sam. “I always thought we’d end up together” fuckin completely randomly now that she’s temp alone and sad and he’s finallyyyy moved on, doing okay, in a relationship (and she’s pregnant) She’s def very self centered Most of the characters are terrible people. So it’s weird and I understand there aren’t true antagonist not in a traditional sense. But some of it just seems backwards. One person who I especially think was done dirty was Debbie pelt. Poor thing! She gets sober (on her own, her parents? We r never told that “Alice’s did that for her”, also that’s something a person does for themselves at the end of the day whether they have ‘help’ or not) she’s got a YEAR of clean time under her belt, her and Alcide are back together, living together, their relationship and lives seems to be going good. Then sookie shows up, fucks up their lives with drama & chaos, making her jealous, causing conflict & issues in their relationship. She asks him to choose her, to stay away from her, admits she’s jealous. He sneaks around. He clearly jelly when they walk up on her getting fucked by Eric in the woods. He is disobeying the pack master getting involved in her bs anyway bc they r supposed to stay out of the camp issues…. Debit gets killed. By sookie. Alcide fucks sookie. Very very shortly after. And says he’s wanted this for so long. So…. Debbie was right to be jealous? And he probably really did push her to relapse with his gaslighting bs 😔 then he lies to her parents his known since he was a kid, helps get the police off cookies trail so her family essentially never have justice for her young premature death. Pretty fucked. Just imo anyway. I think she deserved better. Poor thing. Warlow was defeated WAY tf too easily. That’s all I’ll say. There’s no need to elaborate on that. Just WTH 🤦🏼‍♀️ I noticed so much stuff during the rewatch that’s it but there’s probably so much more but I didn’t take notes lol I know the writers changed but wtf was going on with the characters of this show??

I know this is a very weird question but Im just curious. I know that Tara Is Bisexual I’m True Blood but I'm Curious with her Girfriend do u think she would be A Top, Bottom or a Switch? (All answers are welcome)

This character is pretty hard to watch, i feel like someone needed to tell the writers that 'trauma' isnt a personality. Just seems like every scene shes going to break down crying or screaming and i dont really think it helps the show in any way (iv seen through s3 ep1) probably just gonna fast forward through half her scenes at this point

I am watching the show with my GF. I have found it intoxicating to watch but honestly I think sookie sucks as a person. Is she really that dumb? Feels like she is just super super dumb. Please enlighten me.

Obviously if you haven't seen it yet, hit the back button now, I don't want to spoil it for you!

...Every time Sookie said something else about loving Eric, the look on Bill's face was as if she were shooting him right through the gut. That was incredibly difficult to watch.

And fuck everything about the final scene, it didn't seem happy or loving to me at all, it was more like some video for The Killers' 'Mr. Brightside'. I cannot understand why she did that to him.

I really hope Bill finds someone else, someone who isn't an insufferable flake. That was just much too tough to watch.

I just realised that in true blood tv show they replaced compulsion with "glamour" which make me luck specialy when they are 2 inch from the person who get compelled 😆.

The writers didn't even make it realistic enough 😕 nor they didn't use the pupils Change like in TVD.

It's just too cringe in my opinion 😬 what do you think 🤔

Not sure if anyone has talked about this before. I'm rewatching for God knows how many times now. I didn't really pay attention to this before. She was 17 when turned and then slept with Hoyt. His mom said he was almost 30 but I'm assuming he was about 28. I wonder what the age of consent was because no one seemed to bat an eyelash at him banging a teenager.

I realized this too when she was killing the truck driver. Like dude she's a teen and ur saying how much u like that she's a virgin. Gave me the ick.

No hate to Anna Paquin, I feel she plays the ditsy blonde part very well, but for some reason her face and the allure we are supposed to feel/understand for this Sookie character is completely missed the mark. I had no idea she was supposed to be this wildly conventionally attractive person until I read the books, and that is a vital thing to understand while we see vampires, werewolves, and other creatures fawn over her like crazy and run to the rescue. Anna Paquin just doesn't do the character justice. I also find it painful to listen to her voice with that funny lilt that the actress genuinely has. She can't even mask it with the fake southern accent, it just sounds so silly.

I wish they had casted someone more conventionally attractive and not... harsh looking/uncanny looking... Anna Paquin is just NOT classically beautiful.

Someone like Margot Robbie, Amber Heard, Amanda Seyfried, or Rosie Huntington would've been perfect for this role. Sookie is supposed to be exceptionally beautiful, blue eyed, well-endowed, and blonde. I also think any of the actresses I listed would've given a 100% better Southern Louisiana accent and portrayal of Sookie than Anna Paquin.