The Real Lucky One

[peppermintyrose]

There is this assertion in the community - you can find it anywhere - that Sookie is lucky to have Eric. That out of all of the women in the world, she is the one lucky bitch he chose.

Huh. That's not my thinking at all.

So let's look at Eric Northman, eligible bachelor, and the lovely ladies he's turned down in Sookie's favour. The unlucky ones.

Comments

[elbly]

As always - very interesting and thought provoking read.

[peppermintyrose]

Aww thanks. :-*

[jan_of_arc]

Everytime you post something, it changes my view on things. Every. Time. If everyone (including me!) took the time to really look at the source material, the quality of fanfic would be so much better.

[peppermintyrose]

That's my selfish Eric motivation - creating good reading material for me. :D Thanks so much for saying such sweet things though. :)

Eric, I think, is so persistent because it is a rare thing. And the books are about tolerance - for gays - but it's hard to see that because Sookie is so even-handed.

[peppermintyrose]

I completely agree. Her otherness might have initially pulled them in, but certainly, it's not what keeps them pursuing her.

Sean and Layla are an interesting couple too, because Layla is trying to hide. Without her traumatic past, she wouldn't be around vampires either.

She does deserve more credit, but I think ironically the hate *Sookie* endures shows what a rare creature she is. I mean, she finds it in herself to be courteous to all manner of heinous creature, and yet the online SVM fandom can't do the same for her. Like the Fellowship of the Sun, they think they're better than her, but laughably, they think they're on the side of right.