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Character name: Sookie Stackhouse
Series: True Blood
Age: 25
Job: Supernatural Guidance Counselor and Resident Lie Detector
Canon: Sookie Stackhouse lives in the sleepy backwater town of Bon Temps, Louisiana, where she works as a waitress in the local bar. It's an alternate reality in which synthetic blood has just been invented, allowing vampires to out themselves to the world. They even make regular PR appearances on Oprah, although to her disappointment none have visited Sookie-- until the vampire Bill comes to town. Her relationship with him plunges her into the realm of the supernatural, where vampires, shapeshifters, and even maenads appear.
Sookie herself is far from normal, although she does her best to hide it. She's a telepath who can't help but hear other people's thoughts-- a fact that's landed her in therapy, given her a local reputation for being simple-minded, and ruined her chances at dating human men. Supernatural beings, however, are different story, because she has more difficulty hearing their thoughts. Despite her isolation, she keeps a friendly and upbeat persona, can be funny, kind, and sympathetic, and has a strict sense of propriety, as people's thoughts tend to be somewhat less than savory. While her "disability," as she likes to call it, keeps her from pursuing higher education, she is well read and fairly intelligent. Having survived a traumatic childhood, she is also incredibly strong-willed and loyal to her remaining friends and family. Which is good-- she needs all the strength she can get to survive the challenges of dating a vampire. And unlike some other heroines, she has no intention of becoming one herself.
Sample Entry:
Oh gosh, I must have taken a wrong turning somewhere. I mean, this still looks like I'm in Louisiana--it's got that charmin' swamp feel to it-- but I've never seen a lake like that 'round my way. Are lakes supposed to glow? That's more than a little unhealthy, to my way of thinking. Maybe I'm on some company's waste disposal land or something. It's a real shame what modern society does to perfectly good nature reserves these days--now, wait, hold on a second! I can't seriously be hearing something from in there.
Oh my god, there's a person caught in that lake! Or, it's not a person, it's a...sea monster? An honest-to-god sea monster? What the hell is this place?! Okay. Okay, uh, well, that's odd I'm able to read her mind, but she's broadcasting clear as day... it's kinda surprising no one else has reached out to her yet. And seems like every time she tries to do the reaching out herself, people run away, thinking she's got some ulterior motives. Poor baby, why are they so mean to you, keepin' you all isolated here? It's obvious you're just lonely... hey, now, just you watch where that tentacle is going. I can understand loneliness, but I'm not having any of that. Didn't your mother teach you any manners? That's inappropriate without a lady's consent. We're gonna have to spend some quality time together talking about bad touch, aren't we? Maybe that's why you have a hard time makin' friends.
I know, let's start you out connecting with those people shambling along over there. Oh, but, they sure don't look too healthy. And, well that's strange. I can't hear any thoughts coming from them... Jesus! Did one of them just lose an arm? Oh, no way! Shambling, rotten flesh, no thinking going on? They can't seriously be zombies! I've seem some weird stuff, and I mean weird, but I ain't never seen the walking dead. Well, unless you count vampires, but they're a lot more attractive; at least they aren't missing body parts. And they might want my blood, but they certainly don't want my brains!
Well now, that's okay, we can still try and make friends, can't we honey? After all, a sea monster can't be too discriminating in her acquaintances. I'm sure eventually they might make for more stimulating conversation. I want you to just introduce yourself and shake hands, nice and polite. No, their hands are not down there! And you zombies, quit trying to bite her! Oh honey, no, that was not an invitation to mangle them! Although, on second thought...you just do what you like, and we'll work on manners later.
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