HBO aired another video tonight before Game of Thrones (after the Waiting Sucks video). This one shows their spring & summer programming, and there is a new look at a sad Sookie and a cool painted photo of Bill. (The other scenes were shown in their first promo of Season 5).
So this picture of Sookie makes me wonder, this must be after they buried someone in the yard. Does she look sad over Tara, or is this remorse over Debbie, or both?
I know we’ve all heard about the bromance between Eric & Bill in Season 5 of True Blood, but it’s always nice to get a little more info on the subject, right? Kristin at E! gave us the scoop:
Eileen in Brooklyn: Anything you can tease about True Blood, like who is Sookie going to choose, Bill or Eric?
How about…neither? “We call it season of the bromance,” sexy star Alexander Skarsgård told us at a presser for his new movie Battleship. “We just started [filming] and we’re on episode four of season five. I have a lot with Steve [Stephen Moyer] this year,” he said, quipping, “Eric is very intrigued by Bill now.” Honestly, we’re Team Eric no matter whom he hooks up with (especially if he’s nekkid)! TV’s Top Couple round two, y’all?
Having trouble finding that perfect Valentine’s Day present for your vampire loving mate? Worried that s/he spends all day reading fanfiction about her/his favorite vampire from True Blood? Or maybe you are experiencing huge withdrawals from the adventures of Sookie Stackhouse?
Well, look no further. Book By You® has released their newest personalized romance book, Dark Embrace, under its Romance By You series. Personalized you ask? That’s right, it’s a vampire story where you can add the hero & heroine to the action! And wait, that’s not all, they have several books for you to choose from.
Here’s a sample of the fun you could have…
As Sookie let her fingertips dance upon his face, Bill shuddered. Deep cold, mingled with a sudden, intense desire, clutched at his athletic body. He jerked forward against his bonds, only to fall back as she released her touch. Sookie tilted her head and asked, “Well? Do I feel real to you? Solid enough?”
~or this~
Eric trailed kisses along her collarbone, nibbled her earlobe, making his way to the nape of her neck. Sookie moaned beneath his attention, the sound making him shake with yearning, thirst, desire, and love. He hesitated for one eternal moment, fangs extended to their full length, throbbing, dripping the essence of his need onto Sookie, her perfect skin glistening in the dim light.
And the stories are not all about vampires, they even have pirates!
Chuckling, Lividity turned and pointed to the harbor in the distance. See that ship at the very end of the docks? The one with no sails; listing badly to one side? Well, that’s it! A real pirate ship, ZZ sighed romantically. Lividity glanced toward her bedside table where she kept a folded piece of parchment containing an etching of Andy Bellefleur, the famous pirate Sea Wolf, wanted by authorities on two continents.
It’s like fanfiction Mad Libs! So whaddya say? Is this a brilliant idea or hugely cheesy?
SFX have conducted their annual poll of everyone’s favourite vampires, and released the results on their website to coincide with the publication of their Vampires special edition magazine. You’ll be pleased to know that FIVE True Blood characters made the list!
2. Eric Northman – “Eric the Viking. Once a phrase that immediately meant “flop comedy from the Monty Python guy.” Now it means, “Top Nordic vampire hottie.” Bill was supposed to be the alpha vampire on True Blood, but – although far from unpopular – he was eclipsed by his blond nightclub owner boss in the popularity stakes (if “stakes” isn’t too sensitive a word to use). As in so many other cases (Spike and Damon, for instance) he benefited from the fact that he didn’t have to be the nice guy. Far from it – he’s an utter git, chaining Lafayette to a slave wheel, and tricking Sookie into drinking his blood. Not to mention all the killing. But it’s more than that. Eric is just so inherently cool. So cool it doesn’t matter if he does a bit of killing while getting his hair dyed; or if he cries when his maker dies; or if he wears a shell suit. He remains untouchable cool. Hell, he’s survived centuries with the name Eric. That’s how cool he is.”
5. Pam DeBeaufort – “True Blood has come up with many memorable vamps, but none quite as reliably foul-mouthed as Pam. Her dialogue (which we can’t reproduce here for taste reasons) is often the highlight of an episode. Devoted to her maker, Eric, she’s also a bit of a badass… and kinda hot. And unlike Eric or Bill, she’s never going to be won over by Sookie’s charms. She may not be one of the show’s main players, but she’s definitely one of the most fun. And we loved her anti-Sookie rant in the season four finale.”
9. Bill Compton – “After seeing death up close even before he became a vampire in the American Civil War, there’s no wonder True Blood’s Bill Compton rarely cracks a smile. Played with seductive relish by Essex-born Stephen Moyer, he’s the Bon Temps vamp who it’s possible to believe we’ve only scratched the surface of.”
11. Jessica Hamby – “Jessica, a vampire so-so easy to love, because of her combination of naivety and sexual/vampiric awakening. She’s the suppressed teenager who’s suddenly discovered alcohol and is rebelling, but taken to ludicrous extremes. Savage and fragile, sensitive but headstrong, she a mass of adorable contradictions, whose fangs pop out at the most embarrassing moments. Stuck as an eternal teenager, doomed to losing her virginity each time she makes love thanks to a self-repairing hymen, she is one of True Blood’s greatest creations.”
21. Russell Edgington - “There were a lot of things to grumble about in True Blood’s third season, but King Russell wasn’t one of them. The oldest and strongest vampire in the world, he’s also one of the funniest. A charming psychopath with a hatred for humans, he was responsible for the single best scene in all of True Blood, when he ripped out a news anchor’s heart, live on air, and declared war on humanity. That he was then squandered for the rest of the season was a shame, but no matter. The end of season four is pretty clear… Russell is coming back. Sookie and co had better watch out…”
Thank you Alexis for asking TVGuide.com a question that we want to know:
Is there still hope for Sookie and Eric on True Blood? — Alexis
NATALIE: Considering that Sookie swore off both Bill and Eric in the season finale, it’ll be a while before we see any movement on that front. “The feelings are still there for both Eric and Bill,” Alexander Skarsgard tells us. “The attraction is still there, but they’re preoccupied, and so is she.” Instead, look for Bill and Eric to team up while the vampire world begins to both expand and collapse in the coming season. “The guys have usually tried to kill each other and now suddenly have to learn to become friends and protect each other and work together.”
The True Blood YouTube Channel just posted a new video. Okay, so the footage is not new, but the video is.
Having trouble finding that perfect Valentine’s Day present for your vampire loving mate? Worried that s/he spends all day reading fanfiction about her/his favorite vampire from True Blood? Or maybe you are experiencing huge withdrawals from the adventures of Sookie Stackhouse?
9. Bill Compton – “After seeing death up close even before he became a vampire in the American Civil War, there’s no wonder True Blood’s Bill Compton rarely cracks a smile. Played with seductive relish by Essex-born Stephen Moyer, he’s the Bon Temps vamp who it’s possible to believe we’ve only scratched the surface of.”
