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[ebonlock]

So I finished season one of True Blood this afternoon and all I can say is...

I loved it.

Seriously, nobody could be more stunned by this than I am. I'm not even into vampires as a general rule and I quite literally laughed my way through the Anne Rice books (until they got so silly that they stopped even being funny). And I'm not sure I'd like the TB books, but the series kicked ass. If there's a season two I'm totally there.

To be honest Sookie and Bill do nothing for me, I think Eric is goofy (as is his entourage), and the vampire community (the old school one) is absurd. When we saw the Court/Thunderdome I just groaned aloud and did some fast forwarding. If anyone can explain to me why all vampires seem to be forever stuck in high school I'd love to hear it. I had the intense desire to smack each and every one of them and tell them to grow the hell up.

Now the humans and...other creatures...on the show are way more interesting. I'm madly in love with Sam Merlotte (though I'd figured out his big secret by ep 2 - check out the painting in his office for a dead giveaway), adore Tara and want to hang out with LaFayette. Even Jason, raging moron that he is, was highly entertaining and weirdly likable. Terry makes me want to hug him, and when I don't want to smack Arlene I quite like her too.

The overall style of the show is well done, the soundtrack is first rate and the cliffhanger ending has me absolutely dying to see what happens in season two. Was that LaFayette in Andy's car? What's up between Sam and Mary Anne, and with all that cash in the office? What's in store for Tara and her mom? And has Jason just started bumbling his way down yet another disastrous path?

Good lord I may just have to get the books out of the library to tide me over until the next season. Do they explain much more about the universe in the books? I have some serious questions I need answered.

Also if anyone knows of any good Sam-centric fic, please point me at it!

Comments

[thunderemerald.livejournal.com]

I LOVE SAM SO VERY VERY MUCH. Seriously. That actor is actually one of the reasons I was interested in the show (he was quite good in his episode of Dexter), and I ended up falling head over heels for the character. And there is a serious shortage of Samfic, so if you find any, let me know!

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

If I find it I'll post it, believe me. The last few episodes where we got to see how horrible his childhood was just broke my heart.

[thunderemerald.livejournal.com]

Ah, mine too. None of that stuff was in the book, so I'm wondering what else they'll add in....

I read a couple of decent Sam/Tara ficlets back when the show was still on, so I'll see if I can track them down again, perhaps...

[glaciation.livejournal.com]

I haven't watched the show, but I've read all the books except the newest (still in hardcover), and definitely recommend them. You'd be welcome to borrow them, if you'd like. There's a bit of a lull around book 3-4, but the early and later books make up for it.

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

I have one question for you regarding the books, how big a role does Sam play in them? If it's small to none I may just stick with the fanfic.

[glaciation.livejournal.com]

He's present in all of them, iirc, and plays a small to moderate role in most of them. I gather from your other comments that they develop his backstory more in the show, but he has a significant role in a major chunk of plot development going on in the books.

You're going to very quickly get waaay ahead of the show plot if you read the books, it sounds like, so I shouldn't go into too many details. They're definitely quick reading; I usually get through them in 2-3 days each, and I'm currently a slow reader.

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Hmm, let me ponder. I may not want to spoil myself for the next season...

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

And yeah in the last few episodes after the big reveal about his abilities they've actually shown us quite a bit about his adoptive parents and how shabbily he was treated by them. I'm guessing we're going to get more next season with the whole Mary Anne subplot.