Sookie, Get Your…Chopsticks?: The Racialicious Roundtable For True Blood 5.10
Finally! Some action. Two more episodes and the plot is starting to rise from the grave. Joe, Tami, Alea, and Carly join in our latest episode of “Decipher That Plot Point!”
That Newscast
Joe: I really hope they didn’t just use Japan earthquake coverage for that news segment.
Tami: Okay, True Blood, this storytelling is simply sloppy. First, according to the show’s canon, vampires existed for thousands of years under the radar without calling attention to their feeding on humans. But after two years with Tru Blood, vamps are unable to keep it together, despite the fact that there are plenty of “fangbangers” willing to donate blood willingly and despite possessing the ability to glamour the memory of a feeding out of any human. And doesn’t all this public slaughter undermine the public relations line Rev. Newlin is selling? I’m just sayin’…
Alea: I see what you mean, but I’m wondering if the 50% increase in vampire attacks stems not just from vampires being hungry, but also from mass hysteria [and/or previously underground factions of Sanguinistas just going buck wild]. If panic is indeed driving the lack of prudence on the part of vampires, then perhaps it’s supposed to be reminiscent of the increase of gun sales after Obama’s election?
Sookie’s Armed And Dangerous
Alea: This scene is seriously like a nightmare come true. Imagine if every creepy jerk in town suddenly gained the power to eat you. [Shudder.]
Tami: Also, regarding the cold open, wouldn’t it have been easier for Sookie to just rescind Coroner Mike’s invitation rather than impaling him on a chopstick? I can barely pick up a spicy tuna roll with chopsticks and Sookie is strong and dexterous enough to pierce flesh and bone with hers. I guess it’s the fae blood.
Joe: I’m assuming wood goes in a vampire like a hot knife through butter. Just grossed myself out.
Carly: Also all the chopsticks I get would’ve broken in my own freakin’ hand before making its way through clothing and flesh. That’s some high-quality product!
So This Is Eric’s Replacement?
Latoya: This new sheriff is the worst.
Alea: His weave looks like shit.
Tami: Though, if this were 1985, and I were still in high school, I’d probably find him hot.
He’s got a New Romantic thing going on. He’s like one part pre-plastic surgery trauma Pete Burns and one part Noel Fielding without the charm, talent, or endearing accent. Good Blockbuster reference, though, Vampire Pete Fielding.
Latoya: Eh, I just see him and feel an overwhelming urge to blast The Cure.
Alea: Maybe Pam, Tara, and the new sheriff all got their outfits from the same time capsule. Tara looks like she stole that jacket from Adam Ant and shrunk it. Also, who, exactly, is giving Elijah these directives? The order to breed–à la Quiverfull–is perfectly in line with the reactionary conservatism of the new regime.
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