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* ''All Together Dead'' has some of the best examples of IdiotBall juggling by millennia old master vamps in the series. Best example: Queen Sophie-Anne's party flies to Rhodes in a daytime flight. Why??? The entire cream of Louisiana vamps were helpless, 20,000 feet in the air, in wooden coffins, during daylight. One bomb or one random plane crash would have destroyed the lot of them. I would expect them to do any of the following: (1) fly under their own power at night; (2) in (1) was not possible, fly in a plane at night, where at least they would have a chance to fly to safety if anything happened; (3) if neither (1) nor (2) would be possible, at least fly in an armored, foam-packed coffin that locks from the inside and that might survive an impact from flying altitude. Then there is the whole [[spoiler:suitcase incident]]. . .
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* ''All Together Dead'' has some of the best examples of IdiotBall juggling by millennia old master vamps in the series. Best example: Queen Sophie-Anne's party flies to Rhodes in a daytime flight. Why??? The entire cream of Louisiana vamps were helpless, 20,000 feet in the air, in wooden coffins, during daylight. One bomb or one random plane crash would have destroyed the lot of them. I would expect them to do any of the following: (1) fly under their own power at night; (2) in if (1) was not possible, fly in a plane at night, where at least they would have a chance to fly to safety if anything happened; (3) if neither (1) nor (2) would be possible, at least fly in an armored, foam-packed coffin that locks from the inside and that might survive an impact from flying altitude. Then there is the whole [[spoiler:suitcase incident]]. . .
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* Sookie misses an awful lot of work to go galavanting around and solving crimes. In the second book, she and Sam arrange it so she can work a lot before her trip to Dallas, to make up the hours she'd miss. But in later books, she goes on more adventures, and she makes no effort to work up a special schedule.
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* Sookie misses an awful lot of work to go galavanting gallivanting around and solving crimes. In the second book, she and Sam arrange it so she can work a lot before her trip to Dallas, to make up the hours she'd miss. But in later books, she goes on more adventures, and she makes no effort to work up a special schedule.
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* Sookie/Harris make sure to mention the word-of-the-day calender every single time a word with more than three syllables shows up in order to excuse an "uneducated bar waitress" knowing such "big" words. How condescending this is to both educated and uneducated people is a matter of YMMV, but I don't get why they bother when it's also made evident that Sookie enjoys reading a lot. Wouldn't that be enough to bolster her vocabulary?
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*** Poker would be a game in which she could use her telepathy, to find out what everyone else's hands are.
* Sookie/Harris make sure to mention the word-of-the-daycalender calendar every single time a word with more than three syllables shows up in order to excuse an "uneducated bar waitress" knowing such "big" words. How condescending this is to both educated and uneducated people is a matter of YMMV, but I don't get why they bother when it's also made evident that Sookie enjoys reading a lot. Wouldn't that be enough to bolster her vocabulary?
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* It's established that only the first-born of a were or shifter couple can become a were or shifter. But why don't parents just bite their kids and turn them into weres/shifters (albeit not on the same level as others?) That way, they could join packs with the rest of the family and add to their numbers.
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* It's established that only the first-born of a were or shifter couple can become a were or shifter. But why don't parents just bite their kids and turn them into weres/shifters (albeit not on the same level as others?) That way, they could join packs with the rest of the family and add to their numbers.numbers.
** Don't know what it would do to the gene pool if full shifters routinely procreated with what we might call half shifters. In any event, they can maintain a population growth rate higher than one if every female has at least two children each by a different man. Their real problem is inbreeding, and adding their non-shifter kids to the gene pool sure wouldn't help with ''that''. Assuming a born shifter and a bitten shifter could have a kid that's a full shifter, the optimum solution would be to bite a bunch of humans who are not related to the pack. Another, more cold-hearted solution would be aggressive culling; inbreeding is beneficial if there are no bad genes in the gene pool, since good genes are reinforced, and this is often practiced in breeding animals and plants.
** Don't know what it would do to the gene pool if full shifters routinely procreated with what we might call half shifters. In any event, they can maintain a population growth rate higher than one if every female has at least two children each by a different man. Their real problem is inbreeding, and adding their non-shifter kids to the gene pool sure wouldn't help with ''that''. Assuming a born shifter and a bitten shifter could have a kid that's a full shifter, the optimum solution would be to bite a bunch of humans who are not related to the pack. Another, more cold-hearted solution would be aggressive culling; inbreeding is beneficial if there are no bad genes in the gene pool, since good genes are reinforced, and this is often practiced in breeding animals and plants.
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*** Shifters maintain full intelligence in animal formation, it's their '''instincts''' that are affected, which wouldn't explain a desire to look at a naked human.
** To be fair since Sookie believed him to be a real dog his looking away or turning around would have probably seemed like odd behaviour for an animal.
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** Ingesting blood isn't the same as receiving a transfusion. Since vampire blood is ingested, it would pass through the digestive system and be expelled as waste along with everything else she eats or drinks not replace her own blood.
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* This one came to me while watching ''TrueBlood'': One of the things that drew Sookie to Bill was that she couldn't hear his thoughts. So how could Sookie miss the fact that she couldn't read Sam's mind, either?
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* This one came to me while watching ''TrueBlood'': ''Series/TrueBlood'': One of the things that drew Sookie to Bill was that she couldn't hear his thoughts. So how could Sookie miss the fact that she couldn't read Sam's mind, either?
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* Anyone else feel that the characters are more insufferable in later books? YMMV, I know, but Sookie just makes me want to rip her arms off.
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** In Harris' mythology, angels and demons are sub-types of fae and Sookie knows this when she meets them.
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** It had been years since she was molested; with a caring grandmother, she would have had a lot of time and help to get over much of her trauma and put that past her.
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** It's a conundrum. The author tries to set up a world with a lot of lore and structure, and keep a strong sense of continuity. When you keep trying to throw in so much continuity, you're bound to get a few details wrong.
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** Considering vampires (for the most part) aren't the evil monsters people believed them to be, not stereotyping demons as evil only seems fair.
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** And it's starting to show in later books. Now she's sort of unpleasant, [[YourMileageMayVary in my opinion.]]
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** There could easily have been non-humans in the house. She can usually sense the 'blank' space left by vampires, but a shifter who can shield their mind or one of the fae species could have caught her unawares.
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* In ''Dead and Gone'', Sookie calls Bill and asks him to come over and check Tray's darkened house because she's afraid to go in by herself. Why didn't she just use her telepathy to see if anyone was home and what their mental state might be?
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* In the later books, characters suddenly start saying "you-all" when addressing more than one person. WTF? Any Southerner will tell you the word is ''y'all.'' We might say "you all" when we're being extra careful about our speech, but I have literally never seen "you all" spelled with a hyphen before.
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* Why does Sookie randomly decide to introduce Quinn to the lieutenant governor and his wife as "John Quinn"? If she didn't know his first name and thought it would be weird to introduce him by his last name only, then why not let him introduce himself?
* Why does Sookie randomly decide to introduce Quinn to the lieutenant governor and his wife as "John Quinn"? If she didn't know his first name and thought it would be weird to introduce him by his last name only, then why not let him introduce himself?
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** Using her power to gamble may not have occurred to her, or she may think that would be unethical.
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* Sookie doesn't have much of a reaction to learning that Mr. Cataliades and his nieces are part demon. I realize that by this point she's become pretty desensitized to supernatural stuff, but still, they're ''demons,'' and Sookie considers herself a Christian. Wouldn't she at least make sure they aren't really servants of Satan before she gets in a car with them?
* Sookie doesn't have much of a reaction to learning that Mr. Cataliades and his nieces are part demon. I realize that by this point she's become pretty desensitized to supernatural stuff, but still, they're ''demons,'' and Sookie considers herself a Christian. Wouldn't she at least make sure they aren't really servants of Satan before she gets in a car with them?
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*** Weres and shifters are harder to read but not impossible, but some ordinary people are harder to read too. Until she knew that weres and shifters existed, Sookie just thought they were harder than usual. (Sam can also shield completely when he tries, but Sookie never noticed him doing it until the first book).
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** Bubba is stated in 'Dead To The World' to not need an invitation to enter. He's 'Special'.
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**** Sookie's pretty good at ignoring things she doesn't want to think about. Doubtless she developed this as a self-defense mechanism for eavesdropping on people's brains, plus her childhood rape (see IJBM below this one). The fact that her boss is a Peeping Tom is much lower on the list than knowing that Bob beats his wife or Alice wishes her kids had never been born. I agree it's obnoxious, but I think it's consistent with Sookie's characterization.
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**** Sookie's pretty good at ignoring things she doesn't want to think about. Doubtless she developed this as a self-defense mechanism for eavesdropping on people's brains, plus her childhood rape sexual abuse (see IJBM below this one). The fact that her boss is a Peeping Tom is much lower on the list than knowing that Bob beats his wife or Alice wishes her kids had never been born. I agree it's obnoxious, but I think it's consistent with Sookie's characterization.
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* In ''Club Dead'', how did [[spoiler:Bubba]] get into [[spoiler:Alcide's apartment]] without an invitation?
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* Speaking of money, why isn't Sookie using her mental powers to get money? She says she enjoys her job: fine. But she also seems to be constantly worried about money. I'm not talking become a millionaire or anything, but a few trips to a casino is too much to ask?
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** Sam's her friend and a good worker (and also lusts after her), which would explain why she still has a job. As for her money, she mentions she still has money from the estates of [[spoiler: Claudine]] and Hadley.
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* Sookie misses an awful lot of work to go galavanting around and solving crimes. In the second book, she and Sam arrange it so she can work a lot before her trip to Dallas, to make up the hours she'd miss. But in later books, she goes on more adventures, and she makes no effort to work up a special schedule.
* Speaking of her work schedule, Sookie tells us how lenient her hours are (as Merlotte's is a quiet family place.) How is it that Sam let's her take off work and gives her barely any hours, yet she's able to afford her taxes, houses, upkeep, Internet, T.V., and such? Does she earn that much?
** She gets paid for her work with the supes (though that aspect seems to have been dropped), and she probably has some money from her grandma's will.
* Speaking of her work schedule, Sookie tells us how lenient her hours are (as Merlotte's is a quiet family place.) How is it that Sam let's her take off work and gives her barely any hours, yet she's able to afford her taxes, houses, upkeep, Internet, T.V., and such? Does she earn that much?
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* Whatever happened to the kittens Bob had with that cat? They never explicityly said he fathered them, but it's implied. Are they with the mother? Did Bella drink them?
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* Sookie must taste awful and should be drained dry any day now. Vampire blood seems to be as permanent in the human body as the donor themselves (therefore the human's blood cells will never be able to produce enough heme to overtake it), and she has been on the receiving end of enough "transfusions" that Eric is wary of giving her any more in case he turns her. She mentions in ''Dead in the Family'' that he has stopped feeding from her entirely except for in his "happy moments", which is problematic on account of the fact that 1] she's mostly comprised of his and Bill's blood so she can't taste very human (or good) anymore and 2] if he keeps at it, he should eventually turn her even if he doesn't mean to, simply by eliminating all of her blood cells.
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** People accept the quasi-immorality and addictive blood as part of the "condition". It's as simple as that. And since Sookie is the narrator, once she is disabused of the notion that vampirism is "just a disease" it doesn't get mentioned again because she doesn't believe it anymore. Again: it's as simple as that.
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