Barely Alive, and Only Alcide was On Fire: True Blood Roundtable S4, E4
This episode was fairly short on plot – most of the crew agreed that this was an episode designed to move the plot forward. However, there was one thing this episode had a plenty – fanservice! Joseph Lamour, Kendra Pettis, Jordan St. John, Alea Adigweme and Amber Jones join me to shake our heads at Sookie and start our support group.
On the rape and rescue of Jason Stackhouse…
Joseph: Man, a two episode rape arc? This is worse than SVU.
Kendra: @Joseph, Should we really be surprised? Tara had practically a full season rape arc last season. For Ball & Co. this is old hat at this point.
Latoya: Will someone please save Jason?
Jordan: brother husband?
Alea: Eek.
Amber: @Jordan Right?! They are killing me with these familial titles. The writers keep overemphasizing the incest that takes place within Hotshot…you know, just in case we forgot about it since last season or something…
Latoya: …
Jordan: ewwwww… on a number of different levels
Latoya: Jason is being gang raped ON TV!
Alea: “Next.” Called it last week. Jason’s being “married” to all the ladies of Hotshot.
Joseph: I wonder if the writers have a “Big Book of White Trash Stereotypes” they dig into when these Hotshot people need to speak
Latoya: @Joseph – Yes, clearly.
Amber: @Joseph OMG they definitely do and they keep it on the bookshelf right next to “Upholding the Cult of True Womanhood: A Handbook” and “On Screen Torture Using American Slavery References.”
Alea: Absolutely. “White trash” equals incest. That they’re werepanthers attempting to preserve their bloodline is a thin cover for what is otherwise a pretty cheap narrative move.
Jordan: Oh I think this might be a new chapter though…
Latoya: Never did I think I’d feel so pained for Jason. He’s trying to help this girl.
Jordan: I know. Jason is practically saint like and wise this season
Alea: I feel pained for nearly everyone involved. Rape is endemic in Hotshot culture and Jason, by entering the community in an attempt to help people, became “fair game” to be a victim of the same abuse that women in Hotshot endure. And I love that Jason is the one giving the “your first time should be special” advice. Didn’t see that coming in the first season.
Kendra: @Alea I think it’s more than the rape experience inspiring the the wise advice? That’s definitely part of it, but I think the wise thing started a bit last season during that whole miniarc with the football player and the V. He had a whole bunch of sage advice for that Quarterback, even if it was fueled by a bit of jealousy.
Alea: Also, if they’re all breeding with the same man, how’s that going to help the genetic flaws caused by incest in the long-term?
Jason is released and manages to escape…
Latoya: THANK GOD
Joseph: Seriously
Jordan: Run free!
Latoya: I couldn’t take another rape scene
Jordan: I know… too much… too much
Alea: Becky is in deep shit.
Joseph: BrotherHusband, UncleDaddy
Alea: Dear god. Felton is a creep and a half.
Jordan: Ohhhh.. I’m going to need them to elevate this hot shot group soon. This is just a little too much
Joseph: MotherSecondAuntTwiceRemoved
Jordan: Is there no one half way sane of the whole group… reallly..Joseph Lamour: I think the trashing and incest happens after puberty?
Latoya: Seriously – this SisterNiece rape-incest thing is just….no.
Jason survives his showdown with the Werepanthers…only to collapse on the road.
Latoya: Okay, again. Will someone please save Jason?
Joseph: Well ain’t that the worst way to pass out, Head all in the road
Latoya: Oh God. Vamp, Were, Fae Jason?
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