Dragonfey's Keep

This, that and the other

[henricavyll]

[skarsgardfans]

I know that Eric is just putting his hair back in place but this cap also looks like he’s going what the heck did I just do…a bit like I feel after watching this episode. 

It was a funny scene but makes me again wonder if this is what they thought Eric fans really wanted to see. They love to use Eric to grab ratings. Only one more episode left..

[dragonfeyskeep-blog]

I don't think so, a lot of us are big Ginger fans too. I certainly like her over Bill and Sookie, or Sam, or well the list is long.

I have always enjoyed her comic relief in the show and her screams. And now she sounds like a bird of prey. Poor Eric, I don't he got off. Since he can go six hours and it only took two thrusts for Ginger.

[askarsswedishmeatballs]

[stillhidden]

Plot twist: Eric gives Mr. Gus Bill's address instead of Sookie's and they blow up his house before Bill leaves to see her. ;)

I like this plot twist! :)

[dragonfeyskeep-blog]

Yeah but the preview had Bill talking to Sookie. And the grave was for two.

I do think since the guards couldn't speak English Pam and Sarah came up with a plan. Pam likened her to a hooker, and we know that Pam didn't like being that. Wonder if they work out a deal.

[dragonfeyskeep-blog]

ONE QUESTION

who the hell is getting the proceeds from this hbo auction. I can't find anything so is it all going to HBO?

[kohenari]

The photos and information coming out of Ferguson, MO this evening are shocking.

SWAT teams clearing out fast food restaurants, journalists arrested, full-scale police-as-military response to non-violent protest.

And yet perhaps the most amazing thing is that there seem not to be any elected officials willing to tell this police force to stand down.

[dragonfeyskeep-blog]

They won't. My ex inlaws, yes I am white, live there. i got married in 79.  The attitude was there then. It is highly segregated and I have heard worse names from the ex family than I hear down here in Oklahoma from the KKK.

[withasideofepic]

Ok, explain why Bill is so shitty? Eric has done far worse things in his life - but because he's super attractive everyone doesn't care. But Bill temporarily lies to someone - DOESNT KILL THEM- and he's demonized even though he's done more than made up for it.

Here’s the thing. Bill’s whole relationship with Sookie was a lie. “Oh, but he really fell for her.” But he never told her the truth? Eric did. Bill asked Sookie to marry him without him telling her the truth. “He said he was going to tell her!” When? Before or after their vows?

And second, Bill has never apologized for that. He’s all like, “Oh, I was so terrible and evil and dark and you were the only light in my life” blah blah blah. Did he ever say, “I’m sorry I lied to you and manipulated you into falling in love with me”? NO.

And Eric has never pretended to be the good guy. He’s always been honest about the fact that he’s a selfish asshole. But Bill, who is also a selfish asshole, is constantly trying to affirm that he’s a good guy. He’s not a good guy! Are we honestly supposed to believe he’s a good person now? He killed that lawyer in cold blood! Yeah, she was corrupt, but guess what? That doesn’t mean she should get murdered.

Basically, Bill Compton is an asshole who basically wallows in self-pity and then tries to assert that he’s a good person.

And that’s why I don’t like him.

[pedrospascaled]

I understand your thoughts, but why would you want Eric with someone who doesn’t love him? Sookie, despite what he has done, has always and will always love Bill. Sookie has never loved Eric. She loves him (cares about him), but has never been IN love with him. I feel like Eric, who is also not the most amazing person on the show should actually have someone who cares about him…thick through thin. You know? which is why Eric should be with someone like Pam. She has always loved him. Way more than Sookie ever did. 

[tempella]

I actually do agree on the bold statements, I think Eric deserves to be with someone who does truly loves him. I use to love Sookie but the writers damaged her character to the point of no return, I honesty don’t care who she ends up with. Not going to waste my time on bill cuz we all know what he did in the books and show.

[thatgashinasundress]

The bolded statements contradict themselves though. Besides that fact, Sookie DID love Eric in season 4. She said it. It was said multiple times, sometimes with Bill right there in the same room. She even said it wasn’t Amnesia!Eric she fell for, but the real Eric. Maybe this Sookie, the Sookie of seasons 6 and 7, doesn’t feel that way but I’m blaming it on the writers. Every single character is so far removed from who they were for 5 seasons that I can’t hold their current actions against them. Sookie’s love for Eric, and Bill being an abusive, manipulative, lying, raping psycho, are both canon up until the start of season 6 and that’s good enough for me. The dumpster fire that has been seasons 6 and 7 isn’t the fault of the characters, it’s all the writers.

[ohiogurl-blog-blog]

Are you sure she loves Bill? Sure, Sookie SAYS she loves him. But look at her behavior. She’s cold to him for three seasons (4-6). Suddenly she’s a little nostalgic, a bit interested, but nothing significant happens until 1) she’s had his blood again 2) she infects him with Hep-V and she feels tremendously guilty. If the writers were trying to prove Sookie loves Bill without the influence of vampire blood or emotional manipulation they have gone about it in the exact wrong way. Instead, it feels like a redux of season one. Get Bill’s blood into Sookie by whatever means necessary. Add lots of emotional manipulation. Stir. Instant love affair. 

Despite what she says about Eric, she certainly acts like she cares about him. She runs into his arms. She cries when she realizes he’s sick. She refuses to risk his life by taking Sarah to Bill, specifically mentioning it’s to protect someone she loves. All this WITHOUT his blood or massive amounts of guilt affecting her behavior. Hmm. Maybe the scales aren’t so unevenly weighted after all. Again, if the writers aren’t trying to show that Sookie cares deeply for Eric WITHOUT emotional manipulation or the drug of vampire blood, then what the hell are they doing? 

I can believe the writers are this incompetent. Maybe they don’t want us to notice this stuff. But I have to point out that their incompetence has a certain bias, and it is internally consistent (so far). What it means, who the hell knows? But they certainly aren’t doing a good job convincing viewers that Sookie loves Bill all on her own, and she feels nothing for Eric. The narrative is not telling that story. 

[hsm7]

The bold, in particular. This is what I don’t understand. If Sookie loving Bill is without question, why have her drink his blood again for a plot that went no where? He never had to use it to track her. Also, why make Sookie’s guilt drive her back into Bill’s bed (or firefplace)? All of these things put Sookie’s real feelings into question.  I don’t get it. If they wanted this to look like true love, they should have removed anything to suggest a manipulation, but they purposely wrote them in. Mind boggling.

[thatgashinasundress]

Exactly. They could have spent a season trying to show that Sookie loved Bill along without the blood just to prove us wrong, but they proved us right. They got his blood back into her as soon as they could.

[wayofthelotus]

I wrote a longer response on this same thread, but I’m wondering if maybe they are trying to address the blood and what it means? Arlene, who has never even considered a vampire, is now drawn to Keith after having had his blood. Jessica, who had an affair with Jason not because she fell for him but because he had her blood, is now content with being complicated friends with him as her feelings for Hoyt, who she loved before ever having his blood, have seen a resurgence. Jason, who was involved with a masochistic, jealous psycho, didn’t stay with Violet because he loved her. He stayed because he was bound to her by the blood, which she used against Jason because she wanted to be worshiped like a god. We find out the vampires and humans share their dreams, thanks to the blood, which confirms a whole lot of interesting things about Sookie’s history with Eric in dreams. James uses his blood to transport them all (ugh this storyline) into a state of being where they can communicate with the dead. The vamps have a blood virus. Sarah Newlin’s blood is the cure. Sookie’s blood accelerates Bill’s disease.

There’s just something more here, it seems.

[thatgashinasundress]

I was just reading your comment. I’m also on the fence about the spoilers. ‘No’ seems to be an unreliable source who gets lucky now and then and is the only one to mention Bill becoming human. There’s also the fact that HBO has done nothing to shut them up. The comments haven’t been taken down and ‘No’ keeps posting. It’s leaving the door open as far as I’m concerned.

As for humans and vampires sharing dreams, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I’m still watching through osmosis so I miss details but is this canon now?

[wayofthelotus]

Arlene has Keith’s blood when she’s dying. Later, she dreams of him and says, “But I’m so much older than you. What are you, 25??” He tells her he’s around 500 (he gives her an exact number). When Keith shows up in real life at the bar, Arlene says, “Are you really 500 blah, blah, years old?” He acknowledges that yes, he is that old. So even though they haven’t interacted beyond the blood exchange and a brief few minutes at Sookie’s party, Arlene knows his age and he confirms his age. If you ask me, that’s canon for humans and vamps sharing their dreams.

[thatgashinasundress]

This makes everything about shipping Sookie and Eric SO MUCH BETTER.

[wayofthelotus]

I’m really surprised the fandom didn’t react more strongly to this new knowledge. It has been a question almost from the beginning of the series, and it’s great to have it confirmed. :))))

[maggiesview]

Heh. I didn’t even notice. I guess I wasn’t paying very much attention to the Arlene and Keith scene. Yes we have long suspected that there was dream sharing going on. Nice to get confirmation, Does this mean Eric shared in Jason’s dream about him.?If so,I want him to refer to it in so me way to Jason.:))

[seriously-obsessed]

It’s great to have this confirmed! It only makes Sookie’s dream of her comforting Eric after Godric’s death that much more significant and beautiful,

[dragonfeyskeep-blog]

Ok for those who think Bill is kinder and nicer than Eric. And he doesn't kill people, snort gag cough. He tried to kill Eric by embedding him in cement and then sent an assassin to kill Pam. He tried to kill his make and actually HELPED Sookie kill her. But that was right before he almost killed her.

Now for those he did kill. Queen Sophie Anne with the help of Nan. Half of the people on the Vampire Authority so he could have ultimate power. But lets not forget before that he blew up ALL the Tru Blood factories. This opened up the opportunity for the Governor to infect vampires with Hep-V.   Of course that was before Bill killed him.

Now lets talk about him in his earlier vamp years. He fucked Lorena next to his slowly dying victims and covered in their blood.

Ok for Eric. Well he is around 800 years older. So of course he has killed people. Humans killed each other when he was human, everyday life. Hell he almost DIED in battle for his family and clan. If not for Godric he would have died a long time ago. He also lived through things like the Spanish Inquisition. With that kind of atmosphere I can believe lots of vampires killed a lot of people.

But one thing about Eric he doesn't go around killing people  willy nilly. He didn't bomb the Tru Blood factories. He is the one who killed Russell. He is the one who saved  both Sookie and Bill from Russell in the form of Alcide. Bill would have let Tara die there also if you recall, he turned his back on her. But Eric made sure Sookie had help and then also went in to manipulate the situation. It was never shown and I think from later dialogue that Sookie did not acknowledge or realize who sent help.

I I don't know. They are both vampires and have killed. I think Bill is the worst one of the two mainly because he has never accepted his lot in life. So he has less control and thought about his actions. Eric may have been a Viking, and he was a King, so he had to learn even in his human life how precious life was and to think things through, albiet later than he should have. Godric taught him control for a thousand years and how to blend in. Eric uses strategies that may seem ugly, and often are, but he seems to ultimately sacrifice himself.

Even now, at the end of the show, he is taking chances to help cure Bill. His supposed rival. He went back to Sookie to let her know he was ok because he thought she cared.

Oh on that thought, earlier this season Sookie said, before the blood I believe, that she could never forget all that Bill has done to her and would never be anything but friends. In the car, right before Alcide is killed.

[spygirl1129-blog]

[dragonfeyskeep-blog]

Thank those of you who can make gifs. It makes my life much richer.

[mothsplaining]

Here are some dogs enjoying Popsicles. 

[dragonfeyskeep-blog]

My ferret is like the last two. JUST GIMME THE DAMNED THING!!

[yagazieemezi-deactivated2022030]

LOOK AT HER FACE. THOSE LIPS. THOSE EYES. I CAN’T DEAL. THOSE LIPS!!!

Photographer: Bita Cuartas  Model: Alicia Garces

[grandmothercid]

This is Detroit right now. Many are trapped within our homes. Some still stranded in their vehicles. And the NEWS HAS THE BALLS TO SAY THERE IS PROBABLY NOTHING WRONG WITH THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

The middle one, btw is Henry Ford HOSPITAL

[dragonfeyskeep-blog]

Too much rain in too short a time will do this. There isn't anything wrong with drainage systems, they are overloaded.

Used to live in Houston. ever seen a sailboat going down a highway?

I hope it clears up soon and no one is seriously injured.

[babeimgonnaleaveu]

“Here is a test to find out whether your mission in life is complete. If you’re alive, it isn’t”

- Lauren Bacall (September 16, 1924 - August 12, 2014)

[lvcidrabbit]

I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless and they don’t want anyone else to feel like that.

Robin Williams (via rihahna)

Yep

(via musicnblood)

[dragonfeyskeep-blog]

Spoilers for epi 8 and speculation for rest

The overall theme tonight was forgiveness; but forgiveness of oneself and then the forgiveness of the other half of the dialogue.

Tara and Lettie Mae forgave both themselves for not doing more to make their lives bearable but also let go of the anger each had for themselves and each other. Tara took everything out on her mother, and her mother drank. It can be an escalating situation for a co-dependent to be in, even when you know it isn't their fault.

I really don't think Bill feels he should be forgiven. The opposite in fact. He has never liked being a vampire, has said many times he lost his humanity (think of him with Lorena). Although I am quite tired of the flashbacks i can now see a reason for them. Bill will not forgive his vampire self because he still wants to be with his long dead family. And the blackness of the baby with Sookie I honestly thinks represents how he feels about a relationship with Sookie, not for her not having a family, but the baby IS the relationship. It is dark and corrupt and Bill knows he cannot forgive himself for what he has done. He wants to die, the coward's way out but I think he will walk away from her.

No I don't think he dies. if you look at the trailer for the the rest of the season, he does look very healthy talking to Eric. Jason/Jessica parted as friends while still loving each other and admitting what they did to each other. Violet wouldn't forgive so she is gone, Hoyt served as the Angel of Death. Ultimately it is also the death of relationship with Jason I feel. Niall was trying to get Sookie to see last week that she needs to forgive herself for her choices and also realize Bill is not her fault. Tonight Bill said Sophia Anne was once nice. Rumor or truth? Maybe she is the parallel to Bill, she was nice but also lost her humanity.

Eric is back!! With a roar no less. but he is already plotting to get the Yakuza. What worries me is the screen cap I grabbed above. In his plans will it once again be a choice of his happiness against loosing Pam? Does he turn his back on her to have his love finally in Sookie? Is this why we see him finally flying with her?

I don't think anyone will be happy with the ending. I know rumors are there where several endings shot. Shrugs. The Bill Sookie shippers I don't think will get their HEA. Even if Eric ends up with Sookie those of us who like Eric I don't think will be happy. Sookie is too vapid although this season they finally did write her more like she should have been all along.

And Eric saying he came for Sookie? I think that just means Sookie asked him to talk to Bill. I think if this is the case then I am wrong and Bill still has Hep-V. And the old trailer when we hear Eric is gone, I do think that is Sookie talking to Bill that Eric left.

I hope we get some resolution with LaLa and James. I am afraid it will be passing.

 Like I said bunch of guessing for future. But tonight's episode I did like, the theme of forgiveness of oneself and those you love is really a theme that ties in all the previous years. The constant theme of the show has been grudges. This show is letting all that go.

[skarslovers-blog]

[theeyelinermanifesto]

Such a sad fate for these two lovelies…how could they have squandered the potential that was there??? Rutina and Nelsan deserved so much more than this wild goose chase. And to have Lettie Mae come out of this as forgiven??? I’m appalled.

[ohnoitsyouagain-deactivated2017]

This is Bill’s ‘parallelism’ at work. He thinks he should be forgiven, he should not be blamed for anything he’s ever done. And yet, while Lettie May herself has done some messed up stuff she’s not evil. She’s not raped or killed or bred fairy babies for use in factories….

[dragonfeyskeep-blog]

I really don't think Bill feels he should be forgiven. The opposite in fact. He has never liked being a vampire, has said many times he lost his humanity (think of him with Lorena). Tonight's show was all about forgiving oneself for their past mistakes. Jason/Jessica parted as friends while still loving each other and admitting what they did to each other. Violet wouldn't forgive so she is gone, Niall was trying to get Sookie to see last week that she needs to forgive herself for her choices and also realize Bill is not her fault. Tonight Bill said Sophia Anne was once nice. Rumor or truth? Maybe she is the parallel to Bill, she was nice but also lost her humanity. Eric I think is willing to help as he has never lost his humanity. He controlled it but even Godric couldn't teach him to be removed from his emotions. Bill is like Godric, he does not accept his inhumanity. But Eric once did fight side by side with Bill, and also  probably wishes to help Sookie so he is willing to take chances to cure Bill.

[marvelandwhimsy]

[dragonfeyskeep-blog]

Right there you know all the shit is hitting the fan and Eric is taking them out. lol.

[vampiresarechildrenofthenight-d]

"Eric is a really important role in the world of the show. It’s the one that Charlaine’s fans seemed to be most interested in, as far as who was going to get cast, even though they were all pitching professional wrestler’s and models. I was very pleased to find Alex, and that he was willing to do the show. He’s been voted the sexiest man in Sweden, nine times now. He’s gorgeous. The camera loves him. He’s a very good actor. He’s the right age. He’s the tallest guy in this world, just the way he is in the books. He’s a sweetheart. He brings the role to life. A lot of guys would come in and play the role as this tough guy, and he plays it very understated, which really works. It makes him that much more menacing because he doesn’t have to try to be." - Alan Ball

[mametupa]

Yes, Alan Ball knew who we all wanted to know more about and never got enough of. Too bad he left. 

[pbt1]

Understated was very important. Good looking didn’t hurt either.

[deesdiaries]

I can’t imagine anyone else playing Eric.  Even CH was satisfied with the casting of Alex in that role.

[pbt1]

CH said she was satisfied but Alex was not what she had in mind.

[dragonfeyskeep-blog]

Before she fell out with Ball and HBO she said that Alex was perfect and they were friends. She used to brag about how good he was and just  perfect.

But when she got bitchy with them, she changed her tune with Alex too. She ended up saying she didn’t like the character at all. I think if HBO and Ball hadn’t fucked things over the books would have had Eric/Sookie ending. But they cut her out, imagine the creator of the characters not sitting on the main floor for premiers but up in the rafters with the peons.

[thegiftoflettinggo]

BB brought CH back for the series finale for a cameo where she plays a “director” in a scene with Alex and Kristin.  Maybe this scene happens after the time jump that takes the characters past the year 2014.

Kristin and Carrie Preston were fairly recently photographed holding copies of CH’s latest book.  Deborah Ann and Chris Bauer also tweeted support for CH/her book (IIRC).

Paquin keeps saying that, while she knows it was not a popular ending, that CH did the “right” thing by sticking Sookie with Sam at the last minute.

CH publicly said she told Alex she blamed him for the popularity of Eric, and, in essence, “screwing up” her originally scheduled Sookie/Sam ending.  CH indicated that Alex allegedly didn’t like her saying this to him.  She then said she blamed her comment on her shoes being too tight.

[dragonfeyskeep-blog]

First not arguing with your view. But I do think Harris changed her books at the end, if she was writing them at all. The last three books had different writers, you can tell by style. I AM NOT SAYING SHE DIDN'T WORK THE STORY. But the bit about her shoes was long into the series and after the faerie war, where she was "asked" to change the part about Bill dying. He was to be killed off and she didn't start denying it or stop bitching about it until later. I honestly think after they made her change Bill being finally dead the entire arc of the books was changed because she was pissed off. And she knew it would piss off the fans too, I am wondering if she was trying to damage the numbers of TB. Speculation in part, but she did say in public about the Bill part. Someone has picked up another one of her series, HBO or Cinemax, so I bet they have everyone kissing up to promote her image and help promote the new series. They are actors, they want to work there again.