True Blood finale
WTF?
Bill decides to off himself as some grand sacrifice so Sookie can live a "normal" life and have the 2.5 children she never said she wanted? Sookie, who has been a pretty strong character in this series when it comes to standing up for herself, doesn't point out that she might have different plans for her future? Bill then spoils Jessica's dream of a romantic proposal and pressures two people who've known each other for a day to get married, because dying wish and centuries-old unfinished family business trump other people's feelings?* And five minutes after being justifiably upset about these things, not to mention her maker's rapidly approaching voluntary death, Jessica says, sure, let's do it today? And Jessica and Jason and Sookie and everyone are OK with a marriage when one of the partners has been glamored into forgetting their previous troubled relationship? AND THEN EVERYONE except apparently the mixed-vampire a.k.a. LGBT-metaphor or -actual couples HAS BABIES EVERYWHERE?
*Oh, God, and Variety's right: "in terms of logic, it didn't make much sense for Bill to so eagerly marry off his vampire progeny Jessica to a human when they, too, would face much the same scenario he feared for Sookie." TVfanatic pointed this out, too.
This show has been bizarro from the beginning, but it's not usually bizarro in such a conservative way. Unless it was trying to be bizarro by slapping a traditional ending on seven years of witch orgies and vampire blood drugs and vampire sex dreams and were-panther methheads and naked blood-soaked goddesses and government conspiracies and fairy godfathers, and m/m and f/f, and kink, and way too many Sookie/Bill/Eric/Alcide relationship twists to keep track of.
I'm just confused.
Not all bad, though. I really liked how the Sookie/Bill cello theme had a different, richer harmony and a more positive-sounding resolution to mirror their story coming to an end. (Note to self: happened around 50 minutes in.) (Trying hard not to call this episode "Kill Bill." Or "death is her gift.") Despite all my eye-rolling at the drama leading up to the assisted suicide, they did manage to make me have some feelings when Sookie straddled him and he let his hand rest on her leg. I guess it was okay to retcon an arc where Sookie was trying to be Buffy, yearning to live a normal life despite having supernatural powers and being a magnet for trouble. Well, maybe the arc was stronger the whole time and I didn't care much about it. It just would have been better if the decision-making hadn't been half about Bill and if her success hadn't been demonstrated by a big round belly and a faceless mate we have no reason to be happy for her for. [/English] And of course Pam & Eric came out on top. They looked not their sexiest in the infomercial, but whatever, we've had plenty of previous opportunities to ogle them. I liked Eric's little dig about transferring ownership of Nu Blood to Sweden from Japan.
I also enjoyed how many characters they brought back this season. Tara once again got the short end of the stick, although maybe she had the right idea minimizing her part to some ghostly fluttering and a trite goodbye speech. I mean, even then, they couldn't have chosen a better dress to complement her awesome muscles?
p.s. Vulture's theory about Bill having been the secret series villain is a nice one. Even if the article author concedes that it doesn't seem to have been on purpose and won't hold up to scrutiny.
Wouldn't say it was a satisfying finale, but there were moments this season that justified its seventh year, and all in all I'm pleased True Blood existed. Sometimes because it was bizarro, sometimes because it was more or less a personal vampire fantasy played out on screen, sometimes because it was unbelievable the stuff they decided to do or were allowed to show, and sometimes because it was genuinely moving. We'll always have Eric/Godric on the rooftop.
Bill decides to off himself as some grand sacrifice so Sookie can live a "normal" life and have the 2.5 children she never said she wanted? Sookie, who has been a pretty strong character in this series when it comes to standing up for herself, doesn't point out that she might have different plans for her future? Bill then spoils Jessica's dream of a romantic proposal and pressures two people who've known each other for a day to get married, because dying wish and centuries-old unfinished family business trump other people's feelings?* And five minutes after being justifiably upset about these things, not to mention her maker's rapidly approaching voluntary death, Jessica says, sure, let's do it today? And Jessica and Jason and Sookie and everyone are OK with a marriage when one of the partners has been glamored into forgetting their previous troubled relationship? AND THEN EVERYONE except apparently the mixed-vampire a.k.a. LGBT-metaphor or -actual couples HAS BABIES EVERYWHERE?
*Oh, God, and Variety's right: "in terms of logic, it didn't make much sense for Bill to so eagerly marry off his vampire progeny Jessica to a human when they, too, would face much the same scenario he feared for Sookie." TVfanatic pointed this out, too.
This show has been bizarro from the beginning, but it's not usually bizarro in such a conservative way. Unless it was trying to be bizarro by slapping a traditional ending on seven years of witch orgies and vampire blood drugs and vampire sex dreams and were-panther methheads and naked blood-soaked goddesses and government conspiracies and fairy godfathers, and m/m and f/f, and kink, and way too many Sookie/Bill/Eric/Alcide relationship twists to keep track of.
I'm just confused.
Not all bad, though. I really liked how the Sookie/Bill cello theme had a different, richer harmony and a more positive-sounding resolution to mirror their story coming to an end. (Note to self: happened around 50 minutes in.) (Trying hard not to call this episode "Kill Bill." Or "death is her gift.") Despite all my eye-rolling at the drama leading up to the assisted suicide, they did manage to make me have some feelings when Sookie straddled him and he let his hand rest on her leg. I guess it was okay to retcon an arc where Sookie was trying to be Buffy, yearning to live a normal life despite having supernatural powers and being a magnet for trouble. Well, maybe the arc was stronger the whole time and I didn't care much about it. It just would have been better if the decision-making hadn't been half about Bill and if her success hadn't been demonstrated by a big round belly and a faceless mate we have no reason to be happy for her for. [/English] And of course Pam & Eric came out on top. They looked not their sexiest in the infomercial, but whatever, we've had plenty of previous opportunities to ogle them. I liked Eric's little dig about transferring ownership of Nu Blood to Sweden from Japan.
I also enjoyed how many characters they brought back this season. Tara once again got the short end of the stick, although maybe she had the right idea minimizing her part to some ghostly fluttering and a trite goodbye speech. I mean, even then, they couldn't have chosen a better dress to complement her awesome muscles?
p.s. Vulture's theory about Bill having been the secret series villain is a nice one. Even if the article author concedes that it doesn't seem to have been on purpose and won't hold up to scrutiny.
Wouldn't say it was a satisfying finale, but there were moments this season that justified its seventh year, and all in all I'm pleased True Blood existed. Sometimes because it was bizarro, sometimes because it was more or less a personal vampire fantasy played out on screen, sometimes because it was unbelievable the stuff they decided to do or were allowed to show, and sometimes because it was genuinely moving. We'll always have Eric/Godric on the rooftop.