True Blood - 1x10 - I Don't Wanna Know

[fembuck]

Keep on wearing those sunglasses at night Pam!  Fierce bish!

Michelle Forbes!  Naked! ... with a pig WTF?  Um, yeah, I don't know what that last part was about but Forbes looked sexy as shit, and that smirk on her face after the car crashed made me think that she will stir things up in Bon Temps in a truly delicious way.

My heart aches for Tara.  Jeebus, man.  This girl cannot catch a break.  First heartache this episode, and then humiliation upon humiliation.  The prom dress and make up made me cringe so much, and then her throwing herself at Sam.  CRINGE.  *hugs Tara ... dodges fist flying at my face*

How much do I love Layfayette?  A lot, that's how much.  First him acting out the movie on his TV, and then him pushing the shit out of Jason Stackhouse and verbal kicking the crap out of him!  Perfect!  God, someone needed to hand Jason his ass and I'm so glad that it was Lafayette.

I don't care how hot Lizzy Caplan is, Amy needs to die ... horribly.  Her speech about her lecturing Eddie on morality as she tortured him was terrifying.  That bitch is crazy as shit, and she doesn't give a shit, she doesn't even know it.  She is a twisted, narcissitic fuck and will do ANYTHING to serve her own needs.

Not enough PAM!  *cries*  My Pammy didn't even get a speaking line, she just stood around looking all glamorous and hot and shit (which is nice), but it needed MOAR Pam.

Also, don't front, you all were turned on by Pam's fangs at the end too, I know you were.  Mm, bite me Vampire!Pam, bite me!

Bill was actually quite terrifying at the end there.  It'll be interesting to see what happens to Jessica next week (and to find out the real reason she was seleceted, because I doubt that it was really random.  The Evangelical mention had to mean something).

The vampire court itself was scary was fuck too.  I didn't expect larger vampire society to be so dark and cruel.  I'm not sure I'm understanding the metaphor of the show any more, because if vampire's are supposed to be a stand in for disenfranchised groups, minorities, and gays etc., then there's a really fucked up message going on, because the majority of vampires (except for Bill and the pretty vampire CNN lady) all seem to be egomanical, murderous, condescending douche-bags.  Seriously, like everything muttered by the Magistar was horrific.  AB, MAKE METAPHOR CLEARER PLEASE.

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[crys-22.livejournal.com]

Keep on wearing those sunglasses at night Pam!

You can just picture Pam thinking, 'I don't care if I technically don't need them, these sunglasses go with my outfit, so I'm sure as hell going to wear it, dammit!

with a pig WTF?

LOL, so that was a pig. I was wondering if my eyes were deceiving me during that scene. Of course that was after I took good notice of Michelle Forbes. I cannot wait to see what she has in store.

It is so weird how I used to be so annoyed by Tara, but now it's Sookie I can't stand. The writers are doing a really good job with Tara's storyline. And that prom dress, yikes. She should ask Pam for some fashion tips.

I still can't believe how hot Lizzy Caplan got. Anyway, it doesn't matter because her character needs to go. She would probably fit right in with the vamps at the court.

*tear* I was hoping for more Pam too. Whenever they were at the vampire court I could hardly pay attention to what was going on because I was looking for Pam. I was trying to gauge her reaction the whole time. I wonder if Pam has groupies at Fangtasia. You know I'd be one of them.

It'll be interesting to see what happens to Jessica next week

I wonder if Jessica is in the books. I've always been intrigued by the whole Sire/Childe dynamic. So I'm hoping they'll delve into Bill/Jessica more.

[trancer21.livejournal.com]

Michelle Forbes!

Heh, yeah, I think I may have squealed when they showed her face.. but not like a pig!

My heart aches for Tara. Jeebus, man. This girl cannot catch a break.

I mean, you *knew* it was going to end badly but I always figured it'd be because Mom went back on the bottle (which I'm sure is going to happen eventually) but, Jeebus, it was just one kick to the gut after the other for that poor girl.

God, someone needed to hand Jason his ass and I'm so glad that it was Lafayette.

And for once it looked like what Lafayette might have actually stuck. Sadly, I've discovered the person on the writing staff with a serious boner for Jason is none other than Mr. Six Feet Under himself. I think this ep struck the right balance of Jason without going overboard like the past few weeks but.. still, I could do with a little less of him.

Bill was actually quite terrifying at the end there.

As intrigued as I was by the vampire courts had they not cutaway to Bill I wouldn't have missed him during this ep.. at all.

Also, after this episode I'm beginning to think Anna Paquin was miscast as Sookie. I don't know, I wanna say the writing isn't doing her any favors but compared to the performances of the supporting cast (Hell I might hate the character but I think the guy playing Jason is doing a great job), I'm not finding the character as compelling as I think I'm supposed to. Let alone a character who's shoulders are supposed to carry the entire show. Heh, she's like the Meredith Grey of vampires!

Oh, any bets on if we'll see Pam and Michelle Forbes sharing screen time?

[xavacid.livejournal.com]

When I saw Layfayette handed Jason's ass to him I was like "Yeah!" Someone needed to do it. I wish he would kick the s**t out of him too, and not verbally. The boy needed to pull his head out of his ass.

I do hope Jason at least wake up enough to see Amy for what she is. Especially when Eddie exploded in his face.

Pam... *sigh* did you notice that she dressed the best out of all of those vamps.

Isn't the vampire council thing is something that largely kept away from human? And kinda ancient? I guess you need to be scarier. Biggest kid in the sandbox to keep the little ones in line. (there's suppose to be metaphor???)

[miims.livejournal.com]

i loved much more books concept of vampire trial and judge

more gracefull and with tradition, not just pack of lowlifes

and i was kinda hoping to see vampire queen (what's with that almost all poferfull vamire "ladys" are teenagers????)

[lishesque.livejournal.com]

Hello! I've been a fan of your writing for years, and I just found your LJ through a random friends list link. So uh... I'm adding you. :D

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

You can just picture Pam thinking, 'I don't care if I technically don't need them, these sunglasses go with my outfit, so I'm sure as hell going to wear it, dammit!

Totally. Pam doesn't give a shit. She's like "I make these look good," and is all like "Whatever, bitches! You know you jealous," to anyone who has a problem with it. I just watched episode 9 again, and Pam's giggle is even more pleasing to me, the third time around.

I cannot wait to see what she has in store.

Oh, I know. I think she's gonna stir some major shit up. She looked mischevious as hale.

but now it's Sookie I can't stand.

Yeah, I have tons of sympathy for Tara, but Sookie's getting on my last nerve. I think it's that Rutina is just a better actress and is able to bring more out of Tara.

I still can't believe how hot Lizzy Caplan got.

Yeah, I know. If only this hotness could be combined with the awesome of Janis Ian.

She would probably fit right in with the vamps at the court.

LOL! OMG, this. She spews the exact same kind of bullshit as the Magistar. I actually love the parallelism of it.

Whenever they were at the vampire court I could hardly pay attention to what was going on because I was looking for Pam. I was trying to gauge her reaction the whole time.

Me, too! She didn't even speak. I kind of loved little things she did, like peeking over Bill's shoulder when Jessica was dropped in front of him. And then the fangs at the end were my favorite. Hungry!Pam is hot.

I wonder if Pam has groupies at Fangtasia. You know I'd be one of them.

Pam better have groupies at Fangtasia. Pam is the shit. And I want to see these groupies, and I want them to be better than Ginger. I demand it. Pam is too awesome not to be followed around by enthralled admirers. She certainly seemed to charm the customers at Merlotte's ;)

I've always been intrigued by the whole Sire/Childe dynamic. So I'm hoping they'll delve into Bill/Jessica more.

This. I really hope they do to, but I'm wondering if it's going to be fast-trakced/by passed because there's only 2 episodes left this season.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

I think I may have squealed when they showed her face.. but not like a pig!

lol! I kind of did a little clap. And then I squeed when she smirked. I love Michelle Forbes, I can't wait for her to have dialogue (and hopefully screen time with Pam)

I mean, you *knew* it was going to end badly but I always figured it'd be because Mom went back on the bottle (which I'm sure is going to happen eventually) but, Jeebus, it was just one kick to the gut after the other for that poor girl.

Word. In fact, when Tara rushed home and mom was sleeping on the couch, I thought that she had gone back to the bottle. Tara's everything is just heartbreaking right now. I need things to start to get better for her. She's got like no light at the moment.

Sadly, I've discovered the person on the writing staff with a serious boner for Jason is none other than Mr. Six Feet Under himself.

I figured as much. Unfortunately, this means we're stuck with lots of Jason for the long haul.

I think this ep struck the right balance of Jason without going overboard like the past few weeks but.. still, I could do with a little less of him.

This.

Also, after this episode I'm beginning to think Anna Paquin was miscast as Sookie.

Me too. I was giving her the benefit of the doubt at the beginning, but I definitely feel this way too. Sookie comes off too whiny, spastic teenager the way Paquin plays her. I mean, the writing isn't really bad, and I think another, slightly more mature actress could deliver these lines without making you want to smack Sookie upside the head. Even the "Shut the fuck up" line, which should have been awesome, was just OKAY because of the delivery.

but compared to the performances of the supporting cast (Hell I might hate the character but I think the guy playing Jason is doing a great job), I'm not finding the character as compelling as I think I'm supposed to.

Word. Everyone else has deepened their characters and given them layers, and made them feel REAL, but Sookie's just there. Everyone else is always more interesting then her when they're on screen with her.

any bets on if we'll see Pam and Michelle Forbes sharing screen time?

I certainly hope so! I don't know for sure, but I don't want to believe in a world cruel enough to keep those two characters separated. I mean, if Bauer managed to generate some heat with Paquin, then the Bauer/Forbes pairing will make my computer screen explode!

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

I wish he would kick the s**t out of him too, and not verbally. The boy needed to pull his head out of his ass.

Word. Jason got off lucky. If Layfayette really knew what he did to Eddie, Jason's ass would have been grass.

I do hope Jason at least wake up enough to see Amy for what she is. Especially when Eddie exploded in his face.

If Jason doesn't run away from her pyscho ass fast as his legs can carry him, I will lose the ounce of sympathy I have for him.

Isn't the vampire council thing is something that largely kept away from human?

I think the only humans that end up at the tribunals end up like Jessica, or in even worse shape. It's definitely not something that humans know about.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

more gracefull and with tradition, not just pack of lowlifes


I would have liked this too. I mean, I don't see why we're getting so many depictions of vampires as being completely crazy assholes. I mean, they managed to stay hidden and live among humans for thousands of years, as a rule they must be able to control themselves.

and i was kinda hoping to see vampire queen (what's with that almost all poferfull vamire "ladys" are teenagers????)

Hopefully she'll show up next season (or maybe in the last two episodes!). I'd love to see a vampire queen.

So she's a teenager in the books? Interesting. She must be incredibly old.

[fembuck.livejournal.com]

Hey! Nice to meet you :D Gotta love friend lists, huh.

Hope to see you around!

queens story

[miims.livejournal.com]

"I began my life in what became northern France, about… one thousand, one hundred years ago.
I didn't know where I was, of course, but I think it was Lotharingia. In the last century I tried to find the place I spent my first twelve years, but I couldn't, even if my life depended on it." She gave a barking laugh at the turn of phrase. "My mother was the wife of the wealthiest man in the town, which meant he had two more pigs than anyone else. My name then was Judith.
When I was about ten or twelve, I think, a peddler came to us from down the road. We hadn't seen a new face in six months. We were excited."
But she didn't smile or look as if she remembered the feeling of that excitement, only the fact of it. Her shoulders rose and fell, once. "He carried an illness that had never come to us before. I think now that it was some form of influenza. Within two weeks of his stay in our town, everyone in it was dead, excepting me and a boy somewhat older."
"Clovis did not like me," the queen said. "I've forgotten why. Our fathers… I don't remember. Things might have gone differently if he had cared for me. As it was, he raped me and then he took me to the next town, where he began offering me about. For money, of course, or food. Though the influenza traveled across our region, we never got sick."
"what happened next was, we were camped in the woods, and a vampire got him. The vampire was very hungry and started on Clovis first, because he was bigger, but when he was through with Clovis, he could take a minute to look at me and think it might be nice to have a companion. His name was Alain. For three years or more I traveled with Alain. Vampires were secret then, of course. Their existence was only in stories told by old women by the fire. And Alain was good at keeping it that way. Alain had been a priest, and he was very fond of surprising priests in their beds Alain promised and promised to bring me over, because of course I wanted to be as he was. I wanted the strength.
Then one night we came into a village where the head-man knew Alain for what he was. Stupid Alain had forgotten he had passed through before and drained the headman's wife! So the villagers bound him with a silver chain, which was amazing to find in a small village, I can tell you… and they threw him into a hut, planning to keep him until the village priest returned from a trip. Then they meant to put him in the sun with some church ceremony. It was a poor village, but on top of him they piled all the bits of silver and all the garlic the people possessed, in an effort to keep him subdued.
They knew I was a human, and they knew he had abused me," she said. "So they didn't tie me up. The headman's family discussed taking me as a slave, since they had lost a woman to the vampire. I knew what that would be like."
The expression on her face was both heartbreaking and absolutely chilling. I held very still.
"That night, I pulled out some weak planks from the rear of the hut and crawled in. I told Alain that when he'd brought me over, I'd free him. We bargained for quite a time, and then he agreed. I dug a hole in the floor, big enough for my body. We planned that Alain would drain me and bury me under the pallet he lay on, smoothing the dirt floor over as best he could. He could move enough for that. On the third night, I would rise. I would break his chain and toss away the garlic, though it would burn my hands. We would flee into the darkness." She laughed out loud. "But the priest returned before three days were up. By the time I clawed my way out of the dirt, Alain was blackened ash in the wind. It was the priest's hut they'd stored Alain in. The old priest was the one who told me what had happened."
I had a feeling I knew the punch line to this story. "Okay," I said quickly, "I guess the priest was your first meal." I smiled brightly.
"Oh, no," said Sophie-Anne, formerly Judith. "I told him I was the angel of death, and that I was passing him over since he had been so virtuous."

some pieces of trial

[miims.livejournal.com]

"We strolled the gauntlet until it terminated in the room where the wedding had been held. The crowd in this room was almost 100 percent vampire. A notable absence: human servers, and any other human hotel staff. The only ones circulating with drinks trays were vampires. Things were going to happen in this room that weren’t for human consumption. The low platform had been rearranged. The giant ankh had been put away, and two lecterns had been added. On the spot where Mississippi and his loved one had taken their vows, about midway between the two lecterns, there sat a thronelike chair. In it was an ancient woman with wild white hair. I had never seen a vampire who had been turned when she was so old, and though I’d sworn I wasn’t going to speak to him, I said as much to Andre.
“That is the Ancient Pythoness,” he said absently
“Who’s on the council?” I asked the dark-haired vamp, and she nodded to the group of five vampires seated right before the low stage, facing the Ancient Pythoness.
“The King of Kentucky, the Queen of Iowa, the King of Wisconsin, the King of Missouri, the Queen of Alabama,” she said, pointing to them in order.
Quinn leaped up on the stage. He was wearing a gray suit, white shirt, and tie, and he carried a long staff covered with carvings. He beckoned to Isaiah, King of Kentucky, who floated onto the stage. With a flourish, Quinn handed the staff to Kentucky, who was dressed much more stylishly than he had been earlier. The vampire thudded the staff against the floor, and all conversation ceased. Quinn retreated to the back of the stage.
“I am the elected master-at-arms of this judicial session,” Kentucky announced in a voice that carried easily to the corners of the room. He held the staff up so it could not be ignored. “Following the traditions of the vampire race, I call you all to witness the trial of Sophie-Anne Leclerq, Queen of Louisiana, on the charge that she murdered her signed and sealed spouse, Peter Threadgill, King of Arkansas.”
“I call the lawyers for the two parties to be ready to present their cases.”
“I am ready,” said the part-demon lawyer. “I am Simon Maimonides, and I represent the bereaved state of Arkansas.”
“I am ready,” said our murderous lawyer, reading from a pamphlet. “I am Johan Glassport, and I represent the bereaved widow, Sophie-Anne Leclerq, falsely charged with the murder of her signed and sealed spouse.”
“Ancient Pythoness, are you ready to hear the case?” Kentucky asked, and the crone turned her head toward him.
“Is she blind?” I whispered.
Cleo nodded. “From birth,” she said.
“How come she’s the judge?” I asked.
“Yes,” said the Ancient Pythoness. “I am ready to hear the case.” She had a very heavy accent that I couldn’t begin to identify. There was a stirring of anticipation in the crowd.
King Isaiah did a little staff-pounding again. “Let the accused be brought forth,” he said with no small amount of drama.
Sophie-Anne, looking very delicate, walked up to the stage, escorted by two guards. Like the rest of us, she’d gotten ready for the ball, and she was wearing purple. I wondered if the royal color had been a coincidence. Probably not. I had a feeling Sophie-Anne arranged her own coincidences.
The dress was high-collared and long-sleeved, and it actually had a train.
“Henrik Feith, state your case,” Isaiah said with no further ado.
…
I glanced around and spotted Sophie-Anne pretty quickly. She was surrounded by a crowd of people congratulating her on the favorable verdict. Of course, they would have been just as glad to see her executed, or whatever would have happened if the Ancient Pythoness had turned thumbs down. Speaking of the A.P….
“Eric, where’d the old gal go?” I asked.
“The Ancient Pythoness is the original oracle that Alexander consulted,” he said, his voice quite neutral. “She was considered so revered that even in her old age, she was converted by the very primitive vampires of her time. And now she has outlasted all of them.” "