In Sookie’s world as told through the Southern Vampire series, when you drink a vampire’s blood you may become “bonded” to them. The vampire can feel the emotions of the human and in Sookie’s case, since she is telepathic, it works the opposite way too… or so a reader would assume. The more you drink, the deeper the bond. In the books this bond might accentuate sexual and physical attraction but not create it altogether. Which means that if you thought vampire X was disgusting and gross and you ended up drinking some of his or her blood you won’t develop an insatiable lust for them after that. However, if you did already have feelings of sexual attraction for vampire X than the blood bond accentuates and amplifies those feelings and of course the vampire can sense this and exploit it if he or she so chooses.
In Alan Ball’s adaptation True Blood, it appears as though he is reinventing this concept. The sexual attraction felt after the blood bond is not an amplification of feelings already there on some level, it is “created” by the blood bond even if no prior feelings or inclinations were there. At least this is my conclusion after reading Ausiello’s new scoop on season three.
If you’re one of the (many) True Blood viewers who suspected there might be fallout from Bill “donating” blood to save Sam’s life in the finale last September, go ahead and give yourself a gold star. The show’s boss, Alan Ball, tells me that in season 3, the hunks will forge “not just anyconnection, an erotic connection.”
I think we can all see that Sam was NOT sexually attracted to Bill prior to drinking his blood. Afterwards though he begins to have erotic dreams of Bill. Word is the opening episode of season 3 will have Sam dreaming of Bill in a sexual situation inside a seedy hotel room. This development bothers me on several levels although not because I don’t like the idea of Bill and Sam together… heck I LOVE the idea of them together if it means Sookie is free to be with Eric. It bothers me because it is DUMB and it changes the Sookie Stackhouse world in so many ways.
On one hand I like the fact that Sookie could rightfully conclude that perhaps she might never have gotten involved with Bill had she not drank his blood the night after the Ratrays beat her. Sookie’s free will is important to her. BUT she could also conclude the same about Eric and I do feel she had a genuine attraction to both Bill and Eric. The fact that Eric tricked Sookie into the blood bond and that the sexual attraction is forced by that bond could spell bad things for Sookie and Eric in Alan Ball’s world. As if Ball hasn’t screwed up Eric’s character enough! How will Sookie ever come to realize she was already attracted to Eric on some level? How can she trust the feelings she now has when the blood supposedly created them?
It also doesn’t make sense! There are many people doing “V” in the books and TV show. In the books AND the TV show there are no wild dreams of hot vampire sex after taking a hit. This makes sense in the books because how likely is it that the druggie taking V actually knew the donating vampire AND was attracted to them? Not likely. But if vampire blood creates sexual attraction where none existed previously than wouldn’t all those V users be plagued by irresistible attraction and erotic dreams of some mystery vamp? Or will they explain that away by saying you have to drink from the vein? That would be lame. If Jason Stackhouse had started having erotic dreams of some vamp dude after taking V… he would have sworn it off from day one! Also he and Amy would have become sexually attracted to Eddie. Yes, Jason did dream that Eddie was in his bed once but it was a nightmare brought on by guilt over killing Eddie, it was not an erotic dream.
So how in the heck is Alan Ball going to explain all of this mess? Or are we to believe that Sam had the hots for Bill all along?
All I can say is that I hope this does not muddy the waters for Sookie and Eric. So far season 3 spoilers are worrying me!
In closing here is a funny video I spotted on YouTube about the Sam and Bill loooove story, LOL!
You’re right! He confused the whole concept, but maybe he’s trying to make it different from the books
jk
And maybe later in the 3rd season sookie finds that she has true deep feelings for eric, since bills gone
She maybe spends more time with hom and the atracction begins. Who knows maybe I’m wrong lol but I have a feeling
That sookie and eric are going to be togeather because if they are not ill be mad
I like your theories they made me think a lot about the show, I prefer the books though (:
I wonder if Sookie is tasting less delicious now that she has had so much of Eric’s blood in her – is she a nip or two away from becoming an actual vampire or does the V fade after a few weeks? They don’t want her scintilla of fae blood, the vamps want her telepathy and she could be their slave if Eric made her into a telepathic vampire but what would Niall do about that? They also want her for the fae connection because she’s the only bait they know of to summon a fairy. They also have to think about impregnating her multiple times to see if she turns out any more telepaths who then can be turned. Eric hates Sookie so he’s not going to like keeping her around for eternity unlike Pam, his true wife.
Cleo.. Pam is a lesbian. She and Eric have a loving but platonic relationship.
are you sure shes not bi? i mean, reading the books, its obious that she has at last been straight or bi, since she had a relationship with her maker
first of all, what the hell do you mean by eric hateing sookie? shut your *blank*! he loves her, thats obious!
and in season three, tv, bill says that he cant turn her, hence the fae blood, a werewolf was turned, but then he was just a vampire, no were-vampire, no wolf-pire, nothing, just fangs.
so, i dont believe she can be turned, or if she can, she might lose her gift