That’s No Lady, That’s My Sister!: The Racialicious Roundtable For True Blood S5, E1

Meanwhile, back in Bon Temps, True Blood hit the ground running this week. Lucky for us, so did our Roundtable. Discussing the proceedings this week are Alea Adigweme, Kendra James, Jordan St. John, Joseph Lamour, and Tami Winfrey Harris to discuss Bill and Eric’s excellent adventurealliance, the new threats awaiting Sookie, and give their take on what’s going on between Eric and…his sister. Sort of.

Alea: Watching Eric play housemaid is kinda hilarious.

Jordan: Love that Eric kept his outfit on, just added those purple gloves and doesn’t have a spec of blood on him.

Joe: That fast forward cleaning was pretty delightful.

Jordan: Ohhh, that would come in handy. Wouldn’t it be lovely if you could speed up some tasks in life? I don’t think I would ever have a reason to clean up vampire guts super quickly but it would be nice to know that I could.

Kendra: So, is “f-ck Sookie” going to be the theme of the season then? Because I could be okay with that.

Tami: It’s my theme for every season. How’s that?

Jordan: Ha. It is my personal feminist dream that Sookie spends the entire season saving her own damn self. Also so good to have that wide-eyed imposter Eric gone. F-ck Sookie indeed. Bill, ever the savior, runs out anyway.

Alea: “Turn her for us”?!?! Oh, shit.

Joe: I. Was. RIGHT!! I knew that they were going to turn her. Considering how much she hates vampires, it’ll be interesting to see how she deals with actually being one.

Alea: “Super snatch.” I love all of the Sookie slams so far this episode. “F-ck Sookie,” indeed, Eric and Kendra.

Tami: I think in recent seasons, True Blood has become more and more about fan service. I suspect that’s why, beginning in season four, Sookie gets called on more shit. Fans of the show may disagree on a lot of things, but we almost all agree that Sookie sucks.

Jordan: Agreed. Sookie used to have a life and job and now she’s running from one tragic situation to the next looking for rescue. If this is the season of Sookie truth-telling, I am all for it.

Joe: Ooo, Janina Gavankar is in the titles now. Congrats on the season regular upgrade! I love that girl. (PS: If you’re a nerd of color, her twitter is pretty entertaining, too)

Tami: Joe, what’s her Twitter handle? (Note: It’s @Janina. –Arturo)

Kendra: That’s awesome and all, but I’m still going to be pressed that they couldn’t find a Native actor to play a Native character. The whole “we’re all interchangeable” thing is incredibly bothersome. On the plus side, these remain some of the better-edited opening credits on television.

Alea: I’m going to cosign with both of y’all on this one. It’s always nice to see another nerd-of-color creative be down and get work, but I have a hard time believing that there are no talented, sexy Native femme actors who could do as good of a job.

Ryan Kwanten as Jason Stackhouse. Courtesy: TrueBloodGuide.net

Joe: Naked Jason, always a welcome sight.

Alea: His quads are phenomenal; and he is still a f-cking sucker.

Jordan: Only Jason would open the door fully naked and then proceed to have full conversation, that way getting a nice breeze on his bits. Ridiculous.

Kendra: I think I’m going to end up crushing on Prep School Vampire Newlin by the time this is over.

Joe: That looked somewhat suggestive.

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