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ok, that was a little dorky. It sounds like I'm a step away from writing fan fiction. hahaha
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The finale was...hm. Well, I think it's interesting that Ball is choosing to treat it as an on-going narrative, where each season basically picks up in real time after a cliffhanger. For a viewer, though, the pacing feels odd and then it just gets frustrating.
I mean, I like long narratives that have a lot of themes and threads. But I'm not a fan of dropping them for an entire season so you can "surprise" people with them later. And there are way too many convenient coincidences and characters making stupid choices just to force the plot.
But personally, I'm more concerned with larger inconsistencies like the fact that, apparently, vamps, shifters, werewolves, maenads, and other things have been existing alongside humans since forever and no one seems to know about each other...unless they're really old like Godric or the Queen (in which case they end up being Captain Information). And there's probably a reason, but it's the end of Season 2. We should have some inkling of an answer or more of what is going on in this "world" by now. Too much is left dangling for the sake of a "surprise" later...and it's an odd storytelling choice.
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Jason wasn't using it for health reasons, so he got more of the drug side effects from it. And let's not forget how Lafeyette reacted to Eric's blood -- I believe his little dance was pretty energetic. And Sookie mowing her Gran's lawn and having those naughty dreams about Bill and/or Eric.
Their reaction seems to depend on how much they 'needed' or 'used' the blood they drank + the blood potency.
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If the blood sexually effects folks from humans to supes, then that should be consistent, like the other effects. And if different people react differently, that should be clear, too. Especially since V is being farmed out as a drug. If having vamp blood "connects" you to them, in any quantity, that seems important. I suspect that's coming next season, but, I'm a little disappointed at how threads like that are dropped/handled. It shouldn't become a non-issue just because you're building towards something.
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Yeah, there is that. However we've really only seen the affects of two kinds of V: 1) from a realtively young vampire who can't even glamour people yet and 2) the Queen's, and we haven't seen anyone who has ingested her blood yet. (As V.)
I think that will become part of the Queen's storyline next season. Why would she need to be connected to so many humans (and presumably some supes)? Guessing here, since its not at all a plot from the books, that its going to be a political move.
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I don't know why they're dragging their feet so much, they have nine books to work through plus Harris is probably going to keep writing new ones every year with their continued success.
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Sam, walking away from the annoying lady patron in the bar. The lady says, "God bless him in those jeans. I'd wear him like a scrunchie."
SO WOULD I, HONEY. SO WOULD I.
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Who do you guys think would make a better Vampire Queen?
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But it would make for a more interesting juxtaposition, and eliminating the outright sex (just for that one character!) could make for a fascinating power dynamic. Plus, Fanning is 100x the actress of ERW.
But I agree that either going older or younger than the current Queen would be a hell of a lot more interesting. There is nothing about a woman obstensibly in her 20s that is particularly polarizing to men. If anything, it comes off as bit laughable on the show, such as when she tackles Eric. Even her minions aren't impressed or even seemingly intimidated. Now, if she was in her forties or in her teens, it would throw the whole thing off kilter and push up against our most hidden yet obvious feelings about how much power women on the precipice of their childbearing years or in the twilight of them can have.
On that note, what if Sean Young or Courtney Love played the Queen? Not sure how that would turn out, but at least these women literally make people squirm a bit. ERW just pretends to.
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Anyone but Evan Rachel Wood. Seriously...her acting is the most painful thing in the show other than the dreadful accents.
Dominique Swain is a good call...although heaven help me I think it might actually be a perfect role for Miley Cyrus.
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