Minisode #5 – A One Human Vampire
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Aemac on May 25 2010 |
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The long awaited Vampire Bill minisode has now been released for our viewing pleasure. Just so y’all know, I share in Ms. Smallwood’s frustration, as I’m sure many of you do. Hmmm… Pirate-style… Not my choice of imagery, but I like the general idea. I wonder if Mr. Ball is poking fun at all the rabid fan(g)s who would love to jump Vampire Bill (and Eric… and Pam…)
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Son of a mother! That makes me laugh until I nearly pee. And HOT! Damp, half dressed Bill is a fine thing for a Tuesday afternoon.
awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I giggled the entire time……love, love , love it!!!!
thanks AB, best one yet :D
amen sister :D
You said it Honey. I was LMAO with this one, of course when I wasn’t drooling all over myself over sexy wet Bill in his robe. He could have just dispensed with the whole thing if you ask me, but then Mrs. Smallwood may have a heart attack and then where would we be, LOL.
Bill was the considerate gentleman as always. So happy in his quest to make Sookies “night out” a wonderful one. Jeeze, where can I get a guy like that???
As to the money business, well we can see he is “money/business” saavy. He obvioulsy is aware of the high markup of retailers esp. jewelry, and I bet he would have never considered glamouring her if she did not insult his integrity first.
Just because he is a vampire, why would he want to have sex with her? Maybe there are others of his kind that would do so in a heartbeat, like have meaningless sex with a stranger for hours, but as our wonderfully devoted Bill said,
“I am a one woman man, and a one human vamp”.
That by far is a real man!!!!!
Great minisode, best so far. Although I really enjoyed the Fangtasia one as well, gotto love the oh so talented stripper tryouts, but this minisode was all great BILL !!!!
Bring it on daddy!!!!
Agree, Nia!! Bill is a shrewd businessman and he would have have paid full price if she had not revealed all to Bill! He was just punishing her! Bill looked really good in this ‘sode and I loved his beautiful eyes! So glad he is a one human one girl vamp!
Funny LOL
even if Bill glamoured the ladies to get his engagement ring for her beloved….i guess even the restaurant and other stuff were made with his heart….
But funny…..is still a vampire in this, the non-honest thing…but still funny, especially the old ladies who wanna jump on him….i guess Tara was right with sookie to suspect how he get his money and Sookie will not be happy with the lies…in the books she knows, in the tv show not.
Alan Ball love surprises….
oh ..Please.
Just had to poison the well, didn’t you.
I’m surprised you found anything funny with all the bizarre, anti-Bill subtext spewed here.
No wonder latban is giving up. You lunatic Team Erics have gotten on her last nerve!
Sorry latbfan!
I was a little hot under the collar and TOTALLY misspelled your name.
I’m an Eric fan and I just have to say I LOVED this clip and Stephen was brilliant and hilarious.
You know what would have been even funnier? If at the end he would have said something like “I have the perfect Vampire for you” and then sent her to ERIC!!
ROFL … now that would havew been funny!
I think some Eric fans just strike back because so many Bill fans hate him. I think they’re both hot and may the best “man” win. Bring it ON. Either way all of US win!
Tis true really. And we cannot rule out Alcide…..who is a threat in himself!
I actually like Eric alot but Bill just does it for me. But we need both characters, and I love Bill and Eric together.
“tell me what you want…daddy” LMAO!!!
In Bill’s defense, he could’ve glamoured her to give him the ring for free. They do absurdly mark up jewelry. And in the woman’s defense, who wouldn’t want to jump him in that robe? *grrr* His chest is lovely. I’m glad make-up has stopped manscaping him…
Jeezus pleezus! You people can turn a fun, little vignette about getting a discount on a ring into another tiresome attempt to make Eric look more noble than Bill. If you’re going to play that card every effing time, then make a rational argument with proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation. I mean, really.
Agreed.
they won’t stop.
The Bill hatred is viral.
Didn’t see a mention of Eric’s name. What post are you referring to?
Holy hot as hell! First, who in their right mind would tell that man to put clothes on??
Miss….Smallwood, you have read the minds of many Bill fans – however, “gently” is not in our vocabulary. ;)
Velvet couch, hidey hole – grave yard. Does it really matter??
That’s right! I am pushing for a hidey-hole scene. They can fit dammit! Alan – push them in there. There is plenty of room for a camera, a boom mic and Bill and Sookie. Let’s roll……
mmm…
hidey-hole scene…..
that could be interesting……I guess he could just spoon her….:D
Boring. But I can’t say Bill wasn’t right taking advantage of the old girl who wanted to take advantage of him.
if you read the books some day.. you will know about the truth of bill…he is a liar! Eric only lie about the stupid silver bullet thing…c’mon!
i’m sorry for you :P Eric owns bill in all aspects XD :D
btw Eric dont need to use glamour in helpless old womens for buy something lol xd he has more class ^_^
Eric would have ripped her throat open. Maybe he does have more class.
Nah. but he’d glam her.
I have read the books TWICE.
Once to well read them , then I made myself do it again to see what the fuss was about Eric….still don’t see it!
Bill is the most interesting, well written character in the books…imo.
and honestly? the books kinda suck, I may sell them at my yard sale this summer.
I was gonna burn mine, but maybe I should make some money out ‘em.
I’ve read all the books at least twice, and I didn’t didn’t even see the love for Bill in the first two. I always thought he was boring and humorless. The first suitor I loved was Alcide actually, then Eric because he’s been developed so well (at least in my eyes). I’m glad that you liked Bill so much. To me it’s more about the individual woman. If you like the tragic story of a Southern Gentlemen, then of course you’d love Bill more and never “get” why people love Eric. Two totally different guys.
I have read all the books and you make Eric out to be the honest hero. BS!
Have you forgotten how he tricked her into a vampire marriage (plus more). That was the worst of all. You really need to reread the books my dear. And this time really pay attention as Alan Ball did.
So if you are pointing fingers, Eric is a worse LIAR than Bill. Bill was ordered, whats Erics excuse, oh thats right he has none except he would do anything to anyone to get what he wants. Bill summed it up pretty well to Eric this past season……..feeble and desparate.
Sorry Aem….got off topic here!
OMG that was hilarious! Gentle, but not too gentle, like a pirate would. *falls on floor laughing*
Thank you for posting this!
This was a very entertaining little piece. Bill looks wonderful and sounds wonderful and I will surely be playing this over and over until June 13th ( and after, when things are looking grim). Thank you Alan Ball.
oh god!!
I could not stop looking at Bill… so seductive and beautiful.
I care nothing, lol!
Holy cow…..(fanning myself) I’m actually red in the face. Oh my God he is just……just…F -ing hot. Oh and please some of the Eric people, (you know who you are) be nice. This is supposed to be fun. Not like a a bad high school gym class.
Oh GAWD this hits too close to home!
I laughed my ass off the whole time.
That man is soooooooo f*ckin gorgeous. *dies*
LoL
That was funny! Poor lady many of us know how you feel. (who doesn’t want to take advantage of Bill in that rope) :)
However, Tara was right about Bill’s shady financial situations. But Overall Bill is a better person then Eric. (In my opinion)
I’m really getting tired of all these Eric fanatics. If you prefer Eric (cool). But don’t over do it.
*Robe* haha
Mmmmm… Taking advantage of Bill in ropes? That’ll work – you know, in the good way that ropes can work when done properly ;)
Sorry, I haven’t seen this yet due to my lovely overprotective firewall, so I’ll take what I can get until laterz.
Work firewalls suck.
True dat! At least I have something to look forward to later on.
Im so with you Angie!
- So tired of the Bill bashing. Some Eric fanatics are completely overdoing it.
BTW The video was hilarious. I love these Minisodes! It makes waiting a bit more bearable. But these new promos are really testing my patience – S3 looks WILD!
I’m still wondering how that lady said all that with the deadpan ‘glamored’ straight face and didn’t giggle her ass off saying such ‘naughty’ things to a hottie like Bill. lol
I know I was sure guffawing, that scene was *sighs happily* the best one and Bill looked gorgeous as always. Maybe we should petition to have him run around either in only that robe or hell just plain naked all the time. lolol
Side Note: I liked his hair in this too. :3
Yes I prefer Eric over Bill but 1) This was damn funny 2) Bill was smokin’ 3) loved how he stated he is a one woman man or a one human vampire 4) he could have easily taken ring and fed of the lady 5) Im fine with him getting the ring at cost – afterall he was offended by being seen as a sexual object by this woman
anyway I think its just stupid how everything has to turn into Bill v Eric. I can appreciate them both :)
Squee!! Totally loved it. Blimey, he’s so sexilicious and i’ve missed him terribly. The woman was hilarious and his sense of affront at being drooled over was dignified and very, very Bill. I think that was a sly hat tip to horny fangirls. LOL AB. How did he know we all fantasise about that couch? I’m glad that ‘shag me’ robe is still around.
Pity about the fuckwits leaving comments here but next time they’ll be shown the door, I assure you. I’ve had enough and I do bite. Hard. The only other option is to let people start insulting the other guy to make it fair, and then there would be war. And then this site would suck like other places. Do we want that, people?
Nah, just ban ‘em. :P Though I personally love a good fight I’ll take the high road and prefer them banned without further comment, than getting their butts handed to them in an e-fight. lol
Mrs. Smallwood did play that perfectly. I don’t know how those people keep a straight face… But seriously, Bill wasn’t attempting to cover himself. Not that I’m objecting. He could’ve ditched the robe, as far as I’m concerned. What’s a fan(g) to do except try to jump a man who looks like that? And yes, CE. AB was totally giving us our fan-girl dues. That’d be us! :-)
And everyone needs to play nicely in the sandbox. I, for one, don’t like the idea of banning people, but throwing toys and kicking sand is not permitted in this Nest.
That’s what I don’t get. He *could* have used vampire speed to go and put on a shirt or even tied the robe closed – but he didn’t. He left it open exposing his chest then got uppity when she viewed him in a sexual way, total con artist – the robe open and the flirting was purposeful so he could con her into a discount. Cheapskate.
I would say that Bill is comfortable with himself and asked twice whether or not he should change…..I think his mind was preoccupied for the evening ahead.
Bill was very human here except for the glamouring. Somewhat nervous about choosing a ring and his upcoming proposal. Well played out Stephen, excellent.
The sales lady asked him twice if he wanted to go and change and both times he babbled about running late, yet he listened to her drone on about her maiden name versus her surname rather than hurrying her up.
The open robe and glamouring her into telling him what she wanted to do was a lead in for the con. I can understand trying to get a discount – an engagment ring is a very expensive thing, but to manipulate her into giving it to him at cost price (which would probably lead to her getting fired) kind of tarnishes the proposal. Isn’t Sookie worth getting a ring by more legitimate means?
Oh dear, a rabid Hamster. You may think you’re being clever there, but your irrational and frankly creepy hatred for a fictional character is showing loud and proud. Shall I just add this one to the ban list as well? *yawns*
Maybe it’s because i come from the UK but i am slightly bemused at just how literally and vitriolically some people are responding to a fictional tv clip – albeit a highly amusing and well acted one .
I enjoy True Blood for what it is – a brilliantly written , well acted tv programme and although i may like one character more than another i wouldn’t dream of posting hate posts or criticisms of other characters . Every forum i have looked at today has had a very similar quota of anti/hate posts !
My intention is not to offend anyone by posting my view but if i have inadvertently offended anyone then i apologise profusely .
I was just pointing out the things that struck me about the video. There’s no need to be insulting and insinuate that I hate certain characters (at no point did I say that I hated anyone) there’s also no need to say I’m rabid or that anything I have said is creepy.
Censor and prevent debate by all means, it’s your site, but I came here to express my views. If you don’t want people to offer alternative insight into things then ban them, stay in your own little world where everyone agrees, I prefer to have my views challenged (note: NOT insulted) so I can continue to shed new light on my opinions.
You ask visitors to be adult, yet when they do nothing but have a different viewpoint from yourself you go against your own words. Surely presenting evidence to dispute what I’ve said would have been the more appropriate action? Banning someone for having a POV is very childish.
what is your deal? I have read your comments at another TB fan area today and I just don’t get your hatred. Its loud and clear.
Where have I said that I hated anyone? Anywhere? Any posts I’ve made have stated my opinion on what I took from the TB minisode. Yet now TWICE on this site rather than acting like adults, posters have accused me of hate rather than simply saying “Okay we’ll agree to disagree” or “You’re seeing *this* where I’m seeing *that*”.
I’m done. I came here to get a different point of view on my opinions and all I’ve received are insults. With this attitude it’s no wonder you have to ask visitors to behave themselves – all the people capable of reasonable intelligent debate won’t want to visit if they’re accused of hate because they have a differing POV, that’s why you get troublemakers.
Try being a little more friendly and your standard of visitor might get better.
I’m a new poster here but I think I love you.
This was a response to Citizen’s post…..
darnit.
Thank you baby. I mean it visitors, respect people’s choice of eye candy on this website, blonde or brunette, or face my goddamn wrath. For fuck’s sake, we’re ADULTS.
Yeah, as much as I enjoy flaming ignorant twits into the Stone Age, I agree with banning ‘em.
Holy shit!!!!! If Steve/Bill gets any hotter I’ll need a respirator. Loved his hair, loved the whole exchange between Ms. Smallwood and Bill. FUNNY! The look on Bill’s face when she wouldn’t stop talking about her hubby. Adorable. The wait was worth it, the best one yet.
Totally agree, aem….this is definitely the best minisode yet!! He is such a gorgeous man…and the dialogue plus his expressions at her were funny!!
One thing about it, Bill gets more attention than any other character on the show!! His fans adore him and the haters can’t resist talking about him!! No wonder he’s the main male character on the show…besides being the hottest! YUMMY
aem and bb! Totally agree! with you both! I love this minisode and do think it is the best! I also loved the Fangtasia one too. Very funny!
OMG this is bloody brilliant from start to finish – am LMAO especially at Bill’s bemused expressions when Ms Smallwood is coming onto him . And half -dressed Bill = another cold shower for me !
Sarah, your above post is brilliantly written regarding the fictional character melt downs. Just wanted to let you know, we appreciate your post.
Thankyou for your kind comment Tincar .
You know, this minisode reminded me why I liked Bill. I think he’s actually funnier and far more charismatic without Sookie. I think breaking them up, if that is indeed where AB is going, will make Bill a much more versatile character. I, for one am excited to see Bill a little badder this season. Kudos to AB, for a hilarious minisode, start to finish.
Cares, I have to agree with you. Bill with Sookie (ie Bill in S2) was not the Bill I fell in love with. He clenched his jaw and did his best to protect her, and while I appreciate the pickle he found himself in, it wasn’t nearly as interesting as slightly dangerous Bill in the early episodes of S1. I love the tension of the triangle, and I suppose Sookie has to be with one of them for that to work, but I don’t care who. Not really…
“I’m a one woman man and a one human vampire.”
Now, I have a suggestion to make, Mr Compton. What about another male vampire then?
Not that I could think of any.
Ideas anyone?
And just for the record: this is not objectifying you sexually because you are a vampire, so I’m not to be glamoured into doing something stupid that could make me lose my job. Except the stupidity would include me being late because you exhausted me by uhm making me play scrabble wth you on the velvet couch till dawn, although I wouldn’t need to be glamoured into that. Just do your hair like you used to, you know, back then in the good old hairdays at the beginning of season one and wear that robe again and we’d be good to go.
Oh…yeah…forgot…one woman man…right right.
so, back to the topic, another male vampire…ideas anyone?
So basically, respect everyone’s opinions…as long as you agree with them…correct? Because if someone displays a differing opinion you are free to insult and even (OMG) BAN them! Cool…good to know before any more time is wsted here. Enjoy the show ladies!
I actually loved the minisode, because we are seeing another side to Bill. I tend to like him more when he’s alone rather than when he’s with Sookie.
I don’t mind that he glamoured her to get the ring at cost because, as I said before, it’s showing us a different side to him. The bell that goes off in my head at seeing this one though is that the proposal came on so fast that he bought the ring the night of. When the finale aired last season I felt something was off about it. There’s no doubt in my mind that Bill loves Sookie, but to me there is more to the proposal than meets the eye. Can’t wait for season 3 to air so we can keep exploring Bill’s character.
Of course there’s more to it. Chief rival Eric managed to sneak a few drops of his blood into gullible Sookie. Bill is…or was…desperate to tie her down.
OMG, so I finally got to see this. This is what all the killjoys are bleating about today? I mean really people, this *is* supposed to be fun and silly. Some of you need to visit the lost & found as you’ve clearly lost your sense of humor somewhere down the road.
I swear I cannot understand why we all can’t enjoy all the eye candy and silliness without all the negativity. Personally I enjoyed the extra Eric Basement one and this one, and the other ones and all the other stuff HBO been dishing out for us. More True Blood can only = awesome for me ;)
It looks that there’ll be plenty of eye candy for everyone in S3.
You know what I’m missing though? One word: Bellefleurs.
This is the best minisode by far! The actress is brilliant. Her timing and expressions were absolutely perfect. She even blushed a little at times. I’d love to see her on the show. Love the part with the ring when she shoved it on. That sucker was getting on her finger no matter what. Mr. Smallwood, and a maiden name of Bushy.
Bill looks good. Said in a husky voice, “damn good”. No one but Vampire Bill could pull off that robe, and make it look sexy.
What great fun. Even if S3 isn’t perfect, we have the minisodes!
Take care all.
Hamsterbaby – I was looking at your comment about Bill trying to buy the ring at coast as being cheap. I watched it again, and my take is he did it because she wanted to feel naughty and she insulted him. She said “I’ll get in trouble.” and then was all hot when he said “which I think is only appropriate.” Cause you know, she stereotyped a vampire.
Just a quick thought to throw out there – IMO of course :)
I actually like that theory!
Thank you for your opinion. Yes, I can see what you’re getting at. She DID stereotype him and she most probably DID insult him but I just don’t see the justification in actually getting her into trouble – it seemed petty. If he thinks it’s acceptable for people to get into trouble with their jobs because they stereotype vampires then he’s gonna have to shop online to avoid them! lol!
I appreciate you taking the time to put your views across.
Hamster. I do not wish you any ill will,; but what do you think Eric’s responce would have been in the same situation? Do you have any sort of a sense of humor, because that is a major component of this great show.
I have a great sense of humour and there are a lot of parts of TB that have me laughing out loud but I also know (from his previous work) that AB doesn’t do superficial, so I like to dig a little and try to work out what’s happening underneath the surface.
At this point in TB it’s very hard to say what Eric would do because it seems like buying an engagement ring is something he would NEVER do, I doubt he’d be insulted at her objectifying him. We all know he has the ego to end all ego’s and see’s HIMSELF as a sexual object. He would have probably flirted back, and gotten a discount by glamouring her into thinking he’d had her chained in bliss for 6 hours in return for getting the ring at cost!
Bottom line is whatever vampire wanted to get the ring at a cheaper price, both of them would have used glamour and manipulation simply because that’s what vampires do. If this had been an Eric scene I’d be asking the exact same questions because IMO something is off with the vampire’s behaviour, to me it looked like a con act.
Tincar, I agree.
I totally agree TC
i must say i got confused with this minisode, at first, Bill Compton using glamour to get a bargain doesn’t match my stereotype of him. But thinking about it, sure he felt a little insulted by the ladie’s lust, but girls, he was too hot and he could have been dressed properly to keep the lady in line. so it’s a weird minisode.
in his defense i will say, he really would have put the lady in trouble, if he had commanded her to gave him the ring for free. wich he didn’t.
this opens a new theory. Is Bill having economical troubles? who knows!
oK I just got home and saw this — OMG. Smallwood, lived up to his name ROTFL. It was just so much fun, funny, great lines, well done by both characters. I so enjoyed it. Thanks for posting.
I also enjoyed the recent preview of Sookie and Eric and his reply to her shock about “for 6 hours”.
Girls let’s just have fun with this, enjoy terrific writing and whatever part of this whole experience we love. I choose to ignore snarky, mean and small.
I love Bill – I believe in AB and I hope those who love another character just as much enjoy their fantasies as well.
I really enjoyed that, all these little Minieps are great! I’m not the massive Bill fan i once was, but this was his vintage dry humour all over again. I hope they show more of this side of him in Season 3, and less of the petulant Bill of late season 2.
And Team Eric fans who have to come here and cause dramas, bugger off to some other Twilight site. I am all for Eric/Alex, but i do not think you can love one without having an appreciation for the other. If you would like to get snarky with the opposite side (who is not really your enemy!) then go to Twilight sites and debate over Edward and Jacob, as that seems to be the place where fans can go and debase themselves.
Don’t mess up TB at the Nest for those of us who are mature enough to enjoy both men in the series.
You rocketh my world, Aussie. Thanking you. Diplomacy for the win.
I was just thinking how nice it is when Bill smiles, cos he doesn’t do it much. Happy fangirl thought over, now back to work.
CE :))
I’m with Twitchie.
Best minisode by far. Hilarious and funny, and the acting was excellent. Ms. Smallwood should get a bigger role in TB. If Bill/Sookie’ relationship goes into the dumpster this season (which I hope not, but understand because that is what T.V. is all about), I’m really looking forward to see where Bill’s story is going. The books just don’t do him proper justice…. SM is such an amazing actor, more to see, is more to love….
Definately the funniest minisode yet. Brilliantly underplayed by SM – I would love to know how many takes they have to do on scenes like this, cause it surely must be hard to keep a straight face. I’m sure the crew standing off camera must get the giggles as well.
Bill and Eric are like apples and oranges. You either like crunchy or tarty but there’s no point comparing them. After all it takes many different fruit(cakes) to make a salad. Whipped cream anyone?
Mmm, whipped cream.
I suspect they could fill an entire blu-ray dvd with the outtakes from TB. They do seem to be having fun while filming.
I get the feeling they saving this stuff for a later date. I mean hell, those outtakes would tickle everyfan in some way…
Definately! Hey HBO – Blooper Reel please!!
damn bill stop teasing bushey… i mean smallwood lol!!!
mightey fine stephen, mighty mighty fine!!!!
This was worth another look……Stephen is just awesome!! Besides his obvious physical beauty, he is such an amazingly talented actor!!
If people are already fighting over the miniep’s, what’s going to happen once the season starts lol. I see it on both sides, hopefully once the show starts people won’t go overboard attacking eachother. I’ve read comments about Eric or Eric fans that I thought were rude, but I ignored it to tell you the truth because no need to get into an internet fight. And yes, I see Eric fans who bash bill and are rude to Bill fans. Hopefully, everyone will be able to just think before they speak and choose their words carefully. Maybe then everyone can just have discussions instead of insulting eachother.
Now I’m an Eric fan but just wanted to say that they should really do his hair like this more often. I prefer it this way, looks better. From S3 trailers, seems like his hair is looking better though.
I agree TeamSookie, Bill’s having a good hair day. It looks the way it did on the Details magazine and definitely similar to the way he wears it when not filming.
I agree with Ms. Smallwood. **with a wave of hands in the air** “I don’t mind at all, let’s get down to it!”. How I would love to say that to Bill/Stephen too.
This is by far the BEST minisode ever!!! Second place goes to Jessica’s, then Fangtasia. Damn, now this is the Bill we’ve all been waiting for. Finally, they ‘revamped’ his look! I just love it now that his blue eyes are easier to see and I love it when he smiles. Plus I love all the energies (both positive and negative) that one Bill-centered ep can generate. Bill IS the man, not because he is the man in the books – It’s just because HE is STEPHEN MOYER. I love Alex for all the right (and wrong) reasons but it is what it is. And SM is the only actor in the cast who has enough star power and charisma to pull off the lead actor role. Kudos to AB for that minisode that both TEAMS obviously enjoyed and ranted over. Damn, 80+ comments? Far out!
RFLMAO. Props to both Stephen Moyer and Beth Grant for making this the best minisode yet! She said everything that I think when I see Stephen/Bill but will never say out loud.
BTW I really laughed at the pirate reference because Beth Grants’s alma mater…East Carolina Univeristy in Greenville, NC. has the Pirate as mascot. She’s a very proud Pirate as are most people in this area.
And come on AB, the outtake reel must be the best one in Hollywood.
Wow!!! I loved it.
But, since I am stupid and ignorant, what is a minisode supposed to be? Is this going to be on the series in June? If so, I might watch it (was planning not to watch it for personal reasons).
LOL, no worries. These are just fillers; they won’t be in S3 but are used to answer some of our (potentially) burning questions.
I loved this minisode, it made me chortle the whole time. Bill looked smexy, as usual, and if I was Ms. Smallwood, I would’ve thrown propriety right out the window (along with my britches) and ravished him myself.
“Jam it.” OMFG, loved it!
Daddy??Pirate???? LOLOLOL Awesome