History YMMV / TrueBlood

** Likewise, the Sookie Stackhouse of the books is considerably more harder edged.

* EvilIsSexy: Most of the vampires.
** Maryann also qualifies, considering her orgy powers.
** Subverted with Franklin Mott. He's a dark, suave, mysterious vampire with an ''amazing'' accent and the kind of rough-hewn looks that a lot of people go for, and he comes to Tara's rescue when she picks a fight she can't finish. All of which goes right out the window when you find out how ''completely batshit insane'' he is!

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Has [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation/TrueBlood its own page.]]

** Eggs is clearly one of [[Series/{{Supergirl 2015}} Jimmy Olsen's]] alternate earth counterparts in the {{Multiverse}}.

** Marnie for the most part had her moments where she was sympathetic (especially in comparison to the vampires who had grown increasingly unsympathetic during the show), but that completely disappears in the second-to-last episode of season 4 when [[spoiler: she kills Casey, casts a binding spell that prevents Antonia from leaving her, and tries to murder Sookie when she interferes with her attempts to drag the vampires into the deadly force-field).]] She crosses it again when, [[spoiler: after she dies, she possesses Lafayette and uses his body to murder Jesus in cold-blood for his magic.]] At that point, any remaining sympathy for her character is gone.

** Sookie's actress Creator/AnnaPaquin previously portrayed [[Film/XMenFilmSeries Rogue]], a Southern woman with special powers. Her real-life husband Creator/StephenMoyer would be cast in ''Series/TheGifted'', a show where his character had children who have powers.

** Jessica, though still sometimes annoying, has gotten much more sympathetic since she visited her family. Not to mention her developing relationship with Hoyt is seven different kinds of cute. Others liked her better when [[AWorldwidePunonemon she had more bite]].

** Season 6 averts and plays it straight. While it's also criticized for some of the plotlines (mainly Alcide's and Sam's), the main storyline is generally liked and it is addressing the biggest problem of the previous three seasons - too many characters [[spoiler:by effectively trimming the cast, killing off Luna, Terry, Nora, Steve Newlin, and three out of the four Bellefleur hybrids, and [[PutOnABus putting Emma on a bus]]]], setting up smaller, and potentially better Season 7.

** The scene where Eric, Pam, Jessica and Bill walk out of a black van, [[ClicheStorm armed with guns and black leather outfits]]...[[{{Troperiffic}} and then action music plays]] [[PowerWalk while they do a slow motion walk]].

** Nola, a bride-to-be singing an entrende-laden karaoke number to her fiancee in season 5, [[MoodWhiplash right before Russell appears on-stage singing as well and then attacks the reception with his followers]].

** [[ManipulativeBitch Maryann Forrester]], from the last 3 episodes of season 1 and the BigBad of season 2, is a maenad, a [[TheHedonist hedonistic]] creature [[ReligionOfEvil devoted to bringing about the god Dionysus]], and enjoys spreading violence and lust in her wake with ritualistic orgies and mass brainwashing. [[BitchInSheepsClothing Posing as a caring and wealthy social worker]], Maryann takes Tara in from her mother, trying to keep Tara dependent on her and brainwashing her into an abusive relationship with her other patient Benedict, who has been unwittingly brainwashed into killing people and carving out their hearts at Maryann's behest; Maryann would then bake these hearts into her food and serve them to her guests. Years ago, Maryann raped a teenage Sam Merlotte, and in the present sets her sights on him as her sacrifice. Maryann sends a shapeshifter named Daphne to get close to Sam and lure him, but when she fails, Maryann has her killed to frame Sam. Maryann uses her influence to brainwash all but a few of the town of Bon Temps into a hedonistic cult. When Sookie and her friends arrive to save their town, Maryann deflects a bullet intended for her into her henchmen Karl's head, dismissing his death before brainwashing Sookie's human friends. Maryann tries to use Sookie to lure Sam to her, and when Sookie foils the ritual, Maryann tries to sacrifice all her followers and kill Sookie in a mad rage.

** [[PosthumousCharacter Don Santiago]] (from season 4's "Me and the Devil" & "I Wish I Was the Moon") was a vampire who infiltrated the Catholic Church's hierarchy in the 17th century. A sadistic monster who abducted suspected witches and innocent women, Santiago would feed from them, torture them and [[SerialRapist rape]] them along with his allies and progeny before killing them or having them burnt alive. With the witch Antonia, Santiago murders her coven members and has Antonia tortured and violently raped by his own progeny Luis before sentencing her to the pyre as well.

** Seasons 5 & 6: Myth/{{Lilith}} the primordial vampiric "[[AGodAmI god]]", is the personification of the evils of vampirism. Believing [[FantasticRacism vampires to be above humans]], Lilith's followers commit atrocities in her name to prevent peace with humans, with Lilith [[ManipulativeBitch directly influencing]] members of the Authority to her own ends. Under Lilith's influence, the Authority has massacred numerous people and committed terror attacks on Tru Blood factories, abducting and imprisoning hundreds people to feed on in an effort to start a war. Lilith appears to members of the Authority convincing them they are to be her vessel, with Bill killing all of them before [[HumanoidAbomination she possesses him]]. When Godric's spirit reaches out to Eric and Nora to warn them of Lilith's true nature, Lilith appears and [[OffWithHisHead decapitates Godric]]. Lilith has Bill conduct experiments with fairy blood to further empower the vampires; it's revealed Lilith's previous attempt was when she seduced and turned Mackyn Warlow into a vampire and the monster he is today. When Bill's experiments work and he's successful in saving captive vampires, Lilith sends her sirens to try to kill him, now that he fulfilled his purpose. Despite claiming to be above other vampires and morality, the characters who see through her, see her as a devil figure with Bill [[GreaterScopeVillain blaming her for the misery of their world]].

* BrokenAesop: Vampires on this series are often used as a clumsy metaphor for everything from gays to oppressed minorities and so on. The show also tries to push the idea that anyone who doesn't like vampires is bigoted against them and that humans should learn to tolerate them. There are several problems with this Aesop: 1.) There are already human characters on the show (Lafayette, Jesus, Tara, etc) who are either part of the LGBT+ community or are people of color, and they don't need to become vampires in order to represent themselves and their issues. 2.) The show constantly demonstrates there are valid reasons humans don't like vampires outside of simple bigotry: Namely, ''vampires are dangerous to the people around them.'' Many vampires have an ugly history of glamouring, kidnapping, raping, draining, and and killing humans, and then proceeding to cover up their atrocities. There's also an extremely bigoted attitude vampires have towards humans where they see them as either pets, slaves, or disposable commodities, and they DON'T consider humans to be equal to them. It's also mentioned by Bill in season 4 that vampires have always embedded themselves into humans affairs to further their agendas (such as infiltrating organizations like the Catholic Church or Google and Fox News), which calls into question if they're really as oppressed as they claim to be. All of this leads to a very ugly DoubleStandard on the show: Humans must learn to tolerate vampires (no matter how evil their behavior is) but it's okay for vampires to continue hurting and killing humans because that's just who they are. That doesn't really work when you're trying to push a message about tolerance.

* BrokenAesop: Vampires on this series are often used as a clumsy metaphor for everything from gays to oppressed minorities and so on. The show also tries to push the idea that anyone who doesn't like vampires is bigoted against them and that humans should learn to tolerate them. There are several problems with this Aesop: 1.) There are already human characters on the show (Lafayette, Jesus, Tara, etc) who are either part of the LGBT+ community or are people of color, and they don't need to become vampires in order to represent themselves and their issues. 2.) The show constantly demonstrates there are valid reasons humans don't like vampires outside of simple bigotry: Namely, ''vampires are dangerous to the people around them.'' Many vampires have an ugly history of glamouring, kidnapping, raping, draining, and and killing humans, and then proceeding to cover up their atrocities. There's also an extremely bigoted attitude vampires have towards humans where they see them as either pets, slaves, or disposable commodities, and they DON'T consider humans to be equal to them. It's also mentioned by Bill in season 4 that vampires have always embedded themselves into humans affairs to further their agendas (such as infiltrating organizations like the Catholic Church or Google and Fox News), which calls into question if they're really as oppressed as they claim to be. All of this leads to a very ugly DoubleStandard on the show: Humans must learn to tolerate vampires (no matter how evil their behavior is) but it's okay for vampires to continue hurting and killing humans because that's just who they are. That doesn't really work when you're trying to push a message about tolerance.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** Jason's werepanther story in season 4 got harsh backlash from fans and critics for how it was handled, namely for WordOfGod claiming [[spoiler: Jason being gang-raped by werepanthers was his comeuppance for being promiscuous.]] It was also criticized for being extremely mean-spirited, and for [[AngstWhatAngst glossing over Jason's trauma in the aftermath.]] Season 5 tried to amend this by [[spoiler: giving Jason a brief story where it's revealed he was sexually molested by a teacher named Mrs. Steeler when he was 13 years old, which led him to believe his only worth as a person was in sex and nothing else.]] Unlike the werepanther story, not only was the narration more sympathetic towards Jason's pain [[spoiler: when he realizes what his teacher did to him all those years ago was rape,]] but it also provides an interesting perspective on Jason's sexual escapades and gives some depth to his character. It's also one of the few instances where [[spoiler: Male Rape]] is taken seriously on a TV show.

* UnfortunateImplications:
** ''True Blood'' has a lot of sex. ''True Blood'' has a lot of gay/bisexual characters. And yet nearly all of the sex scenes are either hetero or between two hot women. We've even had not one but ''two'' hetero on-screen rapes, one of them [[spoiler: a ''gang'' rape (of Jason).]] Of the few (and brief) male-male scenes we've had, one [[BuryYourGays ended in death]] ([[spoiler: Eric and Talbot]]). It's like HBO is... suddenly squeamish all of a sudden. [[http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2011/09/lafayette-and-jesus-continue-to-depress.html This]] pretty much sums it up.
** Jason being [[spoiler: gang-raped by the female werepanthers of Hot Shot is a direct case of DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale, the more so because WordOfGod implies that this was his "comeuppance" for his life as a lady's man. However, it is revealed in episode 5x03 that Jason's sexually compulsive behavior may be linked to the fact that he was molested by a female teacher when he was a minor.]] It has been stated that the primary attribute that Jason gained from his fae ancestry was his exceptional attractiveness to women and gay men. While in Sookie's case, this is treated an an explanation for why supes find her irresistible, it is treated as clearly being a bad thing when she does not want the attention. In Jason's case it is treated as being lucky, even if it leads to BlackComedyRape.
** [[http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2013/08/true-blood-dubious-consent-abuse-and.html This]] article makes a valid case that Jason's relationship with Violet invokes DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale, and calls into question whether or not Jason had a choice when it came to this relationship.

* WhatAnIdiot:
** Steve's television appearances mostly make him look like a bigoted douchebag. There are plenty of good arguments he could be making against vampires, but he has somehow managed to fail to bring up a single one of them, instead relying on wild vague accusations with no proof and talking over anyone with a different opinion instead of acting with dignity. Of course this is probably intentional on the show's part.
** In season 6, [[spoiler: Bill Compton (now known as Billith) has finally taken Warlow's blood and now has the ability to walk in the sun.]] He then goes to confront [[spoiler: the Governor of Louisiana who has declared war on vampires and is rounding them up and sending them to a secret prison that's actually a concentration camp. Billith has been having visions of a white room that's part of the camp where vampires burn, but the problem is he doesn't know where it's located. Only the Governor and his cronies know that.]] After [[spoiler: Billith kills the Governor's guards]], he has the man at his mercy.\\
'''You'd Expect''': That [[spoiler: Billith would force the Governor to reveal the location of the camp.]] He has several ways of doing this: He can torture the guy, or he can [[spoiler: rip the glamouring contacts out of his eyes]] and force him to tell where it is.\\
'''Instead''': He [[spoiler: tears the Governor's head off]] before he can reveal anything.\\
'''The Result''': [[spoiler: Bill still doesn't know where the location is, and the camps haven't been shut down]].\\
'''Even Worse''': The next episode shows [[spoiler: Sarah Newlin (a far worse person than the Governor) taking over as head of the camps and beginning to ship out boxes of True Blood that are tainted with Hep-V (a disease that's lethal to vampires) to different parts of the world. By the time the camps are destroyed several days later, it's too late.]] This arguably [[spoiler: makes Bill indirectly responsible for the spread of Hep-V, which results in millions of vampires and humans dying]].\\

* FanonDiscontinuity: There is a significant chunk of the fanbase that likes to pretend season 7 never happened for a variety of reasons: [[spoiler: Tara and Alcide's unceremonious deaths (which angered many fans), the deaths of previously known characters (Kenya, Kevin, Rosie, Maxine, etc) for shock value, the widely disliked Hep-V story, the reliance on OutOfCharacter moments and the IdiotPlot to keep the story going (Sookie throwing away her phone and not telling other people about it, characters taking 4 episodes to realize the human hostages are at Fangtasia, etc) Bill's HeelFaceTurn (which many fans felt was contrived, unearned, and also turned Bill into a KarmaHoudini), the increased focus on Bill's flashbacks (which fans found to be boring and time-consuming), the consistent {{Retcons}}, PlotHoles, and SeriesContinuityErrors that began popping up, the rush to pair off couples (Jessica/Hoyt, Jason/Brigette, Arlene/Keith, Sookie/Faceless Man, etc) without giving them the proper development they deserved, the increased focus on characters (Lettie Mae, Violet, Sarah, The Yakutza, etc) who were BaseBreakingCharacters at best and [[TheScrappy Scrappies]] at worst, the lack of CharacterDevelopment that some characters experienced by the end of the series (Sookie, Hoyt, Bill, etc), and the universally-panned series finale (which to this day is still regarded as one of the worst finales in TV history.)]]

* IdiotPlot: The first half of season 7 centers around finding a bunch of people who were kidnapped by vampires, who are hiding out in the first place anyone with a pair of functioning brain cells would look for them.

** Queen Sophie Anne was already a nasty piece-of-work to begin with (being a vain and greedy narcissist) but what makes her irredeemable is how she had humans procured for her for decades to feed on, rape, whore out to vampires who visited her, parade around as her pets, and then callously dispose of (i.e. kill off) once she was done with them. There's also her having vampires drained just so she could use their blood to pay off her IRS taxes. [[ItsAllAboutMe She's someone who doesn't care who she hurts as long as she gets what she wants, which is all kinds of despicable.]]

** The revelation in season 4 that Bill [[spoiler: was hired by Nan Flanagan to work as a double-agent for the Authority]]. Unlike the twist in season 3 where Bill [[spoiler: was sent by Sophie Anne to procure Sookie]], which at least was foreshadowed at different points in the previous seasons (to say nothing about how it was a twist that came directly from the books), this revelation about Bill's character comes out of nowhere. It's never once hinted at that Bill had [[spoiler: any association with Nan Flanagan or the Authority]] prior to season 4. What makes it egregious is both Bill and [[spoiler: Nan]] had a scene together in season 2 at the Hotel Carmilla and the show never implies during that scene that either of them knew each other on a personal level. The only reason this twist was introduced was to [[spoiler: give an explanation for how Bill became king]] and to keep his character relevant to the main story after [[spoiler: Sookie breaks up with him.]]

** The way the [[spoiler: Billith arc]] is resolved counts as well: From the end of season 5 through-out most of season 6, there's a whole bunch of emphasis placed on how Bill [[spoiler: is no longer the same person anymore since he drank Lilith's blood, and has now become a powerful and dangerous entity to be reckoned with, which is bad news for everyone else.]] Nora makes a huge deal about how [[spoiler: Warlow (Lilith's progeny) is the only one who can stop Billith, and it seems like the show is setting up Billith as the BigBad while Warlow will have some kind of role in defeating him.]] However, what ultimately happens is [[spoiler: Warlow almost gets drained by Eric for his blood (which takes him out of commission), and Billith later goes to the Vampire Camps and allows several vampires to feed on him so they can walk in the sunlight, which..........somehow makes Lilith's blood disappear from Bill entirely, and reverts Bill back to being himself. No logical explanation is given for how this works (especially since Bill was suppose to have been reincarnated as Lilith at the end of season 5 with Lilith's blood in his veins), or whether or not the vampires who drank from Bill are also experiencing Lilith's hallucinations (since one drop of her blood is powerful enough to affect vampires), and Lilith and her sirens quietly drop out of the story at this point and are never seen again. Furthermore, Warlow's connection to Lilith ultimately goes nowhere, and the entire thing about him being chosen to save the vampire race amounts to nothing, especially since season 7 shows that Hep-V killed way more vampires and humans combined than the white room ever did.]]

** Jason's werepanther story in season 4 got harsh backlash from fans and critics for how it was handled, namely for WordOfGod claiming [[spoiler: that Jason being gang-raped by werepanthers was his comeuppance for being promiscuous.]] It was also criticized for being extremely mean-spirited, and for [[AngstWhatAngst glossing over Jason's trauma in the aftermath.]] Season 5 somewhat rectified this by [[spoiler: giving Jason a brief story where it's revealed he was sexually molested by a teacher named Mrs. Steeler when he was 13 years old, which led him to believe his only worth as a person was in sex and nothing else.]] Unlike with the werepanther story, not only was the narration more sympathetic towards Jason's pain [[spoiler: when he realizes that what his teacher did to him all those years ago was rape,]] but it also provided an interesting perspective on Jason's sexual escapades and gave some depth to his character. It's also one of the few instances where [[spoiler: Male Rape]] is taken seriously on a TV show.

** When it comes to vampires on this show, there is a startling amount of fans who go out of their way to make excuses for their vile behavior (including for serious crimes like rape, sexual assault, kidnapping, abuse, etc) on the grounds that "it's just their nature" and "they don't have the same consciousness as humans." This is ignoring how one of the main themes of the show is that, in spite of drinking blood, vampires and humans are MirroringFactions in many ways: They are sentient, they do possess consciousnesses similar to humans, they have the ability to feel emotions like love, guilt, and empathy, they can form relationships, they were once human (and still retain human memories), and they have the ability to understand morality and the differences between right and wrong. It also ignores how those vampires who claim it's their nature to rape, torture, hurt, and kill humans are usually framed by the show as [[NeverMyFault ones who are trying to justify their evil behavior without having to change.]] Bill even points out in season 4 that those excuses have not only caused vampires to be hated and feared by all, but they have also led to humans like [[spoiler: Antonia]] to take revenge on vampires for the atrocities they've committed. On top of that, the show is pretty clear that being a vampire and being a rapist are NOT mutually exclusive, and that RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil still applies to vampires. This is best demonstrated in season 6 when vampire James refuses to rape [[spoiler: Jessica]] and tells his captors that while he is a vampire, he is not a rapist.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: Hoyt's bedtime song for his girlfriend. Normally these two manage to stay just narrowly on the good side of the awwwww so cuuute/Tastes Like Diabetes line, but this time Hoyt crossed it.

* UncannyValley: Instead of stylizing the characters, some of the comics' art styles tend to try to appear as realistic as possible and yet still manage to be cheap enough for a monthly production. The result is...not very nice to look at.

* {{Unintentionally Unsympathetic}}: [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic Has its own page now.]]

** Sam's arc in seasons 3-4 [[spoiler: where he deals with his biological parents and brother Tommy]] counts as well. None of it ties into the main story, it ultimately gets dropped by the end of season 4, and it just comes off like it was added to give Sam something to do. It doesn't particularly help that [[spoiler: both Tommy and his parents were extremely unpleasant and unlikable,]] [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy which made it hard to get emotionally invested in them or in Sam's story.]]

* {{Unintentionally Unsympathetic}}:
** '''Bill Compton'''. Part of the reason he's so controversial in the fandom is because there are numerous moments when the show tries to frame him as sympathetic but instead achieves the opposite effect. Most of that has to do with Bill committing some pretty vile acts over the course of the show, and intentionally screwing people over for petty and selfish reasons (which results in those people either getting hurt or killed), and yet the show continues to present him as a likable character the audience is suppose to root for in spite of that.
*** In Season 1, we're suppose to applaud Bill for kicking Malcolm, Liam, and Diane, a trio of bloodthirsty vampires out of his life becaues their behavior is disgusting. This falls apart for a couple of reasons: The first is that Bill still had these vampires over at his house despite knowing what kind of people they were, and only seemed to have a problem with it when Sookie freaked out after coming over to his house and considered dumping him. This makes it look like his reasons for cutting ties with the trio isn't because he had any moral qualms about what they were doing, but because they made him look bad in front of Sookie, which forced him to save face with her. The second problem is that in the previous episode, Bill told Sookie that when he first turned into a vampire, he only ever killed a few humans on accident. Yet this episode reveals that not only did Bill lie about that, but that he was an active participant in this nest going all the way back to the 1930s, and he still continued to hang out with them behind Sookie's back despite claiming he's a mainstreamer. At best, this makes him look like a {{Hypocrite}}, and at worst, it makes him look untrustworthy. It also calls into question whether he's actually genuine about mainstreaming, or if this is just an act for Sookie and he secretly has a hidden agenda.
*** The graveyard scene in seaseon 1 between Bill and Sookie. According to Stephen Moyer (the actor who plays Bill), [[https://www.trueblood-online.com/anna-paquin-nylon-magazine-september-2009/ Bill's intention was to rape Sookie in that scene]]. Where the "unintentional" part comes into this is that the show tries to sell this relationship as romantic (and that Bill has truly fallen in love with Sookie at this point) yet he is still willing to force himself on her regardless of whether or not she gives consent. This leads to [[RomanticizedAbuse ugly implications]] about how this relationship is being portrayed. Season 3 only makes this scene worse when it's revealed that [[spoiler: Bill let the Rattarays beat the shit out of Sookie so he could feed her his blood (which has been described as an aphrodisiac and a powerful drug that messes around with a person's mental and emotional state), and use that to manipulate her during their relationship.]] So not only was Bill [[AttemptedRape trying to force himself on Sookie]], he was doing it [[spoiler: after he deliberately drugged her and while his blood was still in her system.]]
*** We're suppose to have sympathy for Bill in his flashbacks when he cuts ties with Lorena (his maker) and see it as him reclaiming his humanity despite being a vampire. While there's no question that Lorena was a truly awful person, the issue has to do with Bill's motivations for finally dumping Lorena. He claims to be disgusted with her and says he wants "No more bloody beds; No more cruelty for sport." However, the moment he gets free from Lorena, he immediately joins up with Malcolm, Liam, and Diane (three vampires who were shown to be just as cruel and bloodthirsty as Lorena) and participates with them in their sadistic escapes while still affiliating with them at the beginning of season 1. We also find out later that [[spoiler: he's been employed by Queen Sophie Anne for 35 years to procure humans for her and [[HumanTrafficking force them into prostitution]] on her behalf.]] It doesn't help that during a conversation between Lorena and Bill in season 3, it's revealed that [[spoiler: Bill took just as much delight in the carnage and suffering he caused with Lorena, and that she didn't force him to enjoy it.]] In addition to how disingenous and hypocritical it makes Bill look when he claims to care about humans, it also gives the impression Bill only cut ties with Lorena because he grew tired of her and not because he was morally revolted with what they had been doing for 70 years.
*** Speaking of which, the reveal that [[spoiler: Bill works as a procurer for Queen Sophie Anne]] counts. In season 3, Russell finds out about this and has Bill [[spoiler: go to a strip club to procure a human for them to feast on.]] We're suppose to feel bad for Bill here because [[EveryoneHasStandards he appears reluctant to do this,]] and because [[spoiler: he apparently sympathizes with the woman he procures.]] The problem is that [[spoiler: ''Bill has been doing this exact same thing to other humans for 35 years,'' with his actions being forced prostitution at best and [[HumanTraffickers Human Trafficking]] at worst. And unlike with Russell, it's stated Bill was specifically employed by the Queen for this job, which means he was getting paid to do it.]] Furthermore, we later find out at the end of season 3 that [[spoiler: the entire reason Bill came to Bon Temps at the beginning of the show was because he had been sent by QSA to procure Sookie, which means he was still in the Queen's employment during the period of time he claimed to be mainstreaming.]] All of this makes Bill's reluctance look insincere. And then there's the entire matter of [[spoiler: the woman he procures]]: The show tries to frame this as [[spoiler: a MercyKill on Bill's part since the woman is depressed and feels like she has nothing else in her life to look forward to.]] In addition to this scene being laced with UnfortunateImplications, the problem is that what Bill is doing [[spoiler: is eerily similar to those mission-oriented [[SerialKiller Serial Killers]] in real life who target vulnerable people: He goes after the most broken, beaten-down person he can find in that club who has no family and friends (and therefore no one would miss if she disappeared) and uses the fact that's she's already suicidal as a justification for why it's okay to procure her for Russell so she can die and be spared her misery. Given that Bill has been procuring humans for the Queen for decades, it's implied that he used similar rationalizations when he found humans to hand off to the Queen so she could use them however she wanted to.]] Not only is this despicable, it makes Bill's behavior look downright villanous instead of sympathetic.
*** The ending of season 3 drops the twist that [[spoiler: Bill had been sent by Queen Sophie Anne to procure her, and that in order to get into a relationship with Sookie, Bill intentionally stood by when the Rattarays were beating Sookie up so that she would have no choice except to take his blood (which was a powerful drug and an aphrodisiac) so he could manipulate her feelings.]] This is pretty heinous on its own, but the issue is the show tries to make it out like Bill is the victim when Eric reveals this information to Sookie as a way of breaking apart their relationship. The problem is that, regardless of whether or not he developed genuine feelings for Sookie, Bill had '''multiple opportunities''' to come clean about what he had done. Not only does he refuse to do this, he [[spoiler: attempts to have Eric and Pam killed since they know his dirty secrets, and tried {{Gaslighting}} Sookie into believing he was killing people to protect her when the reality was he was trying to protect himself and had zero intention of ever telling Sookie the truth.]] Furthermore, the revelation not only [[spoiler: makes Bill look like an abusive boyfriend]], [[FridgeHorror it paints his entire relationship with Sookie in a more horrifying light]]: [[spoiler: He let Sookie get beat up, drugged her, used that to get into her pants, and was manipulating her at various points during the relationship.]] Because of this, it's hard not to see [[spoiler: an enraged Sookie throwing Bill out of her house]] as LaserGuidedKarma.
** Sookie. and usually to her own best friend and others who are trying to help her! Throughout the show, she manages to anger and hurt a lot of people around her for her own selfish needs, ususally involving whomever she's screwing at the time. In season 2, while Tara is still dealing with the trauma of having witnessed the corpse of the woman who [[spoiler: gave her and her mom an exorcism that turned out to be a fraud]], Sookie makes Tara talk to the police, which leads to her seeing her estranged mother yet again abusing Tara.
*** In the beginning of Season 3, Sookie confesses to Tara that she helped Eggs, Tara's [[spoiler: ex by death]], remember everything he did with [[spoiler: Maryann when she put a spell on the entire town.]] Tara is understandably upset, seeing as that was her boyfriend. What really drives this home is that Sookie has the nerve to tell Tara that they're in the same boat because [[spoiler: Bill is gone]] too.
*** Another egregious example is in Season 3. When Tara is [[spoiler: kidnapped by Franklin]], after escaping--which, mind you, ''Tara'' orchestrated while Sookie was crying in the next room over Bill, Sookie actually gets mad at Tara for having not-so-friendly thoughts towards Bill, who could have [[spoiler: saved her]] if he really wanted to, but chose not to. Despite Tara's repeated and ''understandable'' reaction after being [[spoiler: raped by Franklin]] for quite some time, Sookie is extremely unsympathetic to Tara. She even has the nerve to call her insensitive as they carry Bill's [[spoiler: almost dead body]] into the getaway truck! In the same season, Sookie forces Alcide to take her to a bar so she can get whereabouts on Bill, although Alcide is fresh off of a breakup [[spoiler: with his ex, Debbie Pelt]] and probably does not want to hang around the gang who associates with her new man. After Jason tells Sookie that he [[spoiler: killed Eggs]], Sookie demands that he tell Tara, her best friend who literally just got done being [[spoiler: raped]] repeatedly by a vampire on a ''plantation'' no less so that he's not lying to her. But this isn't because she genuinely cares about Tara's feelings. It's because she is speaking for herself, since she doesn't trust Bill at the time. Jason even lampshades this by telling her that nobody can lie to her. Sookie responds by saying that vampires can, which shows us that she wants Bill to tell her the truth about why he's being so secretive when it comes to her supernatural genetics. This has nothing to do with helping her ''best friend'' who literally just dealth with a boatload of trauma. She also misses work so much that Sam constantly has to hire new bartenders, yet expects to have a job when she returns from her latest vampire drama just because her boss is in love with her. Also, in the last season, Sookie, after ignoring all of Sam's advances for years, actually has the nerve to run back to Sam and [[spoiler: ask him to be with her!]] Seeing Sookie almost die on numerous occasions almost feels gratifying considering everything that she puts her friends and family through!
*** In Season 4, Sookie begins dating [[spoiler: amnesia Eric]] despite the fact that Eric [[spoiler: tortured Lafayette for weeks]] and almost killed [[spoiler: Tara]]! She also invades the privacy of her friends' minds whenever she feels like it, although they have explicity expressed that they do not like that.
** Hoyt falls into this for some fans during his relationship with Jessica, like dumping all responsibility on Jessica (like demanding she cook him dinner) while being dismissive of her (like when she tried to heal him), and then blaming her for the relationship deteriorating without accepting any responsibility on his part. Even after the break-up, he doesn't really try to mend fences with Jessica, and just expects her to take him back after being nasty over the break-up. Even if what happened wasn't okay, it's not like Hoyt doesn't deserve some blame for his acting incredibly self-absorbed.
*** Hoyt's behavior in season 5 deserves special mention here: [[spoiler: While it might be understandable that he feels hurt over his breakup with Jessica and Jason getting together with her, the way that he behaves in the aftermath is less understandable. For one thing, despite having been cruel towards Jessica during their break-up and throwing her out of his house, there is never an instance where he apologizes to her for this or tries to talk with her about what went wrong in their relationship. Instead, [[EntitledToHaveYou he continues to act like he's entitled to Jessica]] even though they're no longer together. At one point, he expects her to take him back even when Jessica makes it clear that she's done with him, and gets angry with her when she refuses to do so. Later on, Hoyt gets picked up by a hate group and proceeds to trash-talk Jessica to them. Now keep in mind that when this is going on, he had just witnessed this group kill a vampire right in front of him in the previous episode, which means he's perfectly aware of who these people are and that they're targeting innocent supernaturals. Instead of recognizing that they're a bunch of dangerous psychopaths that need to be reported to the police, Hoyt proceeds to join this group (including willingly going with them on one of their hunts) and verbally expresses a desire to see Jessica dead. To accomidate him, members of the Hate Group kidnap Jessica, take her to their hideout, bind her with silver, and give Hoyt a gun to kill her while they leave the room. Rather than recognizing that Jessica's life is in danger and immediately helping her, he proceeds to sit there with her for several hours (even when she begs him to take the silver off), [[SlutShaming slut-shames her for sleeping with Jason,]] tries to justify why it's okay to kill her, holds a gun to her head, and only asks why Jessica broke up with him when she's tied up and not in a position to argue with him. While he does eventually let her go, it's still doesn't change the fact that he nearly endangered Jessica's life: If one of the members of the hate group had come back into the room and stayed there to make sure Hoyt followed through, it's very likely Jessica could have been killed. Even after letting her go, [[KickTheDog he still tells her to go fuck herself]] before leaving.]] [[https://gizmodo.com/true-bloods-blood-orgy-has-given-us-a-vampire-hangover-5930308 Several]] [[https://www.tor.com/2012/07/30/but-you-didnt-have-to-stoop-so-low-true-blood-somebody-that-i-used-to-know/ critics]] [[http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2012/07/true-blood-season-five-episode-eight.html and fans]] have pointed out that not only is Hoyt's behavior deeply unsympathetic, it makes him look like a misogynist who has no respect for Jessica. Even when [[spoiler:he comes back in season 7,]] there is no instance where he ever apologizes or owns up to how nasty and hateful he became.
* TheWoobie:
** Eddie, and it doesn't hurt that he's easily the most cuddly and harmless vampire we've yet seen on the show. Then sadly things went downhill.
** There's plenty on the human side of things as well. Sam had no idea what was happening to him when he started shapeshifting as a child, and his adoptive family ''abandoned'' him because of it. The flashback to Sam coming home as a child to find his house deserted and all of his family's things gone except for his is one of the most [[{{Tearjerker}} heartbreaking]] moments in the show.
** Tara: Abusive religious wack-a-doodle for a mom? Check. Amazing boyfriend who gets shot in the head after one season? Check. Thinking you have someone who actually cares about your well-being when you were really part of a plot to summon the god Dionysus by a screwed up Maenad who wants to kill everyone in Bon Temps? Check! Being kidnapped, held hostage, terrorized and fucking ''raped'' by a psycho yandere vampire? Check!! Oh, and to top it all off, you find out that your childhood friend/crush is the one responsible for the death of the man you loved? Forget Woobie, goddamn it. This is a cruel case of KickTheDog.
** The sadness of Russell Edgington after [[spoiler:Talbot's death]] is heartbreaking. Even if he is, you know, [[MagnificentBastard Russell]] [[TheSocialDarwinist Edgington]].
** Terry Bellefleur. The man is positively gushing with Woobie qualities; his PTSD makes him gentle as a lamb; and when he reveals in Season 3 that he nursed an injured armadillo back to health, named him Felix, and now lets him sleep under his bed, you can't tell me your heart didn't melt.
** Jessica not only is turned against her will, she constantly has issues with her maker, her boyfriend Hoyt has a bigoted old hag for a mother, and on top of that her new job is almost ruined by Arlene's constant antagonizing of her. To make matters worse, Bill's behavior during the show towards Jessica is constantly neglectful as best and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqhBz7HVTU8 even later turns abusive towards her]] in the later seasons. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueBlood/comments/oggvjy/bills_treatment_of_jessica_during_the_course_of/ This post here]] outlines some of the biggest problems in their relationship. Even Hoyt turns nasty towards Jessica later on and [[spoiler: almost considers murdering her]] simply because she fell out of love with him. Poor girl really can't catch a break.
** Jason qualifies as well. In the first season, his girlfriend and Gran (whom he both loves) are murdered. He's blamed for these deaths by the police, despite not committing them (and even turns himself over when he believes he did). Later on, he falls for Crystal Norris, who betrays him, allows him to be kidnapped, takes part in biting him to turn him into a werepanther. If that weren't bad enough, Crystal and two dozen other women take turns raping him. It's especially HarsherInHindsight since Jason kept his promise to Crystal to look after the werepanther community as best he could, and she still hurt him in the most horrific way possible. Don't forget he was also orphaned as a young kid, believed he was at fault for his parents dying, got beat up regularly as a kid for defending Sookie, and believed that she was dead for over a year and was left grieving for her.
** Eric after being mind-wiped by Marnie. His helpless PuppyDogEyes and total awkwardness around Sookie almost makes you forget his total bastardry just an episode prior. Almost.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:
** Did Maryann's god, Dionysus, [[spoiler: not appear due to not existing, deeming making an appearance beneath his importance, or feeling disgusted by what he saw as her corrupting his worship?]]
** Did Sophie-Anne really start [[spoiler: selling V just to pay the IRS]] or did she have some inkling of [[spoiler: Russell's plans and needed money to finance a potential conflict with him?]]
** Eric's reasons for waiting until the end of season 3 to tell Sookie about [[spoiler: Bill's mission from Queen Sophie Anne and the fact Bill allowed the Rattarays to beat Sookie up so he could drug her with his blood]]. Did Eric intend to tell her once Russell had been dealt with? Or was Eric willing to give Bill the chance to confess to Sookie on his own until [[spoiler: Bill tried to have him and Pam killed]], at which point Eric decided all bets were off?
** Sophie-Anne [[spoiler: moments before her death]] in season 4: Was she caught off-guard by [[spoiler: Bill's betrayal and the revelation he was a double-agent for the Authority and didn't have time to fully process it before Bill ordered her to be shot?]] Or did she realize that [[spoiler: she was a dead woman walking, and that even if she did escape, the Authority would come after her and subject her to a sadistic punishment, and she just decided to bitterly accept her quick death rather than go through that?]]
** One possible explanation for why we never see [[spoiler: Crystal and the other werepanthers]] again after season 4 is [[spoiler: Crystal may have had a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment once she came down from her V-high and realized Jason was never coming back and could possibly send the cops (or the Feds) to Hotshot when (or if) Jason told them about his gang-rape and how Hotshot still kept V in their community. This probably prompted Crystal to round up the other werepanthers to leave Hotshot ASAP while she also made a run for it.]] It would at least explain why [[spoiler: Crystal]] never shows up at Jason's house for the rest of the series despite knowing where he lives, or why [[spoiler: none of the other werepanther women show up claiming that they're pregnant with Jason's kids.]] Also, WordOfGod mentions that [[spoiler: the werepanther tribe is on the verge of extinction. Considering this was a tribe that was already suffering from incest, inbreeding, disease, and insanity, and was going sterile (Crystal and Felton mentioned they tried to make a baby and were unable to), it's most likely their plan to impregnate the women of Hotshot by having them gang-rape Jason didn't work, and they're now in serious trouble knowing they've alienated the only person who would have helped them.]]
** Bill in the season 4 flashback: Did he [[spoiler: become a double-agent for the Authority because he genuinely believed in mainstreaming?]] Or did he just see an opportunity to get [[spoiler: a position of power within the Authority?]]
** Nan Flanagan at the end of season 4: Were her reasons for [[spoiler: joining with the Sanguinistas]] really a TakeThat to [[spoiler: the Authority for "firing" her?]] Or had she been planning to [[spoiler: secretly defect for some time?]] While it's likely that she was angry with [[spoiler: the Authority]] over what happened, it's also possible she may have grown disillusioned with [[spoiler: mainstreaming]] in general and [[spoiler: was secretly planning to mutiny beforehand because she was sick of all the political infighting and felt like the Authority's current agenda wasn't working.]]
** Did Debbie [[spoiler: really cheat on Alcide, or did he just overact when he saw her and Marcus talking in a massive KickTheDog moment? She'd seemed a little tempted by Marcus's offer to have sex (and father the cubs she wanted), but struggling to resist it right before the cutaway, and had been completely faithful to Alcide throughout the season.]]
*** On a related note, did Debbie [[spoiler: attack Sookie out of simple anger and bitternesss afterwards, or was she high again and out of her mind?]] What had happened in the previous episode is the kind of thing that might make a recovered addict fall off the wagon.
** Did Alcide ever really love Debbie? Or was he secretly pining for Sookie during their relationship? It should be noted that when [[spoiler: both Alcide and Sookie almost have sex in season 5 (only a few days after Debbie's death) Alcide tells Sookie "I've waited a long time for this."]] This gives the impression that Alcide had been eyeing Sookie for a while and secretly wanted her (something Debbie noticed in season 4, which contributed to her insecurity over losing Alcide) and that Alcide either fell out of love with Debbie at some point, or never really loved her at all.
** Was Roman's blindness to [[spoiler: the sanguistas infiltration of the Vampire Authority]] rooted in idealism, arrogance, or [[spoiler: Salome's seduction of him]].
** Roman and Salome's relationship:
*** Was Salome [[spoiler: always a Sanguinista during Roman's reign]]? Or did she [[spoiler: only become one when Roman started championing for mainstreaming]]?
*** How much of Salome's [[spoiler: love for Roman was genuine, and how much was a manipulation on her part]]? It's mentioned that they've been together for nearly 400 years, and she had never [[spoiler: attempted a coup against him in all that time until mainstreaming started to cause problems within the vampire community]]. Furthermore, there are multiple instances when she [[spoiler: attempts to warn Roman about how his WellIntentionedExtremist approach to peaceful coexistence with humans was alienating vampires and putting a target on his back. While it's possible she was just being a [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]], it's also likely she may have been genuinely trying to appeal to him to change his stance, and was reluctant to go through with killing off Roman until it became abundantly clear to her that he wasn't going to budge and finally wrote him off as a lost cause]]. Then there's the scene when [[spoiler: Roman is killed by Russell and Salome is shown shedding tears]]. Depending on you look at the scene, [[spoiler: these could either be TearsOfJoy at finally freeing the Sanguinistas from Roman's tyranny, or tears of sadness at having to kill the man she loved for the cause she was loyal towards]].
** Were [[spoiler: Alexander and Kibwe]] loyal converts to the Sanguista cause, or were they BrainwashedAndCrazy like [[spoiler: Nora]] was after drinking Lillith's blood.
** Does Chelsea the Vampire Authority secretary serve the Sanguistas out of conviction and/or bloodlust, or is she simply feigning compliance and loyalty to avoid being killed like [[spoiler: Molly and Dieter]] were? It's noteworthy that she's never seen working as a receptionist at the Authority until AFTER [[spoiler: Roman is killed off and Salome takes over]], which gives the impression the Sanguinistas brought her on as a new employee. Also, WordOfGod claims that Chelsea was only loyal to whichever Guardian was in charge at the time, which makes her sound like a ProfessionalButtKisser who's willing to do anything to keep her job, even if it means turning a blind eye to the atrocities the Authority commits. The fact she never visibly demonstrates any guilt or hesitancy for what she's doing is also notable.
** In a general sense, does Lilith's blood truly make vampires BrainwashedAndCrazy? Or does it just enhance the worst attributes of a person that were already there to begin with, and the vampire still retains the ability to make choices and even turn away from Lilith's influence if they want to?
** Could the help that the Cranes supply to Sookie be because, like in the novels, they are distant cousins of hers but just keep that a secret in the show?
** Did the Faerie Elder in season 5 overestimate her ability to take on [[spoiler: Russell by herself, which resulted in her death?]] Or did she intentionally [[spoiler: sacrifice herself so that Russell would be so drunk on her blood that he would be in a vulnerable position to be killed off?]] There is some evidence that backs up the latter interpretation: The Faerie Elder mentions that she can channel different frequencies, and those frequencies allow her to know whose destiny is intertwined with whom. Considering how horrified she was when she found out [[spoiler: Russell was alive, she may have realized her destiny was intertwined with his.]] She may have also [[spoiler: picked up via frequencies that Eric was coming to save Sookie and kill Russell. It would at least explain why she told Sookie "the plan's changed" and why she refused to let Sookie or the other faeries outside, and instead opts to take on Russell and Steve herself. That way, if Russell did drain her, he'd be so intoxicated on her blood that Eric could easily kill Russell without him putting up a fight.]]
** Lilith:
*** Is she a CompleteMonster (as suggested on this page)? Or does she operate on BlueAndOrangeMorality and believes herself to be AboveGoodAndEvil?
*** Is she really the first vampire to ever exist? Or is that a lie, and there are there others out there who are exactly like her?
*** Who are the three sirens that follow Lilith in season 6? Are they former progenies of her? Are they vampires who are exactly like her in that they're the first of their kind? Are they manifestations of Lilith's consciousness? Is there a reason they are tied to Lilith, even in death?
*** Lilith destroying [[spoiler: Ghost Godric in front of Eric and Nora]] in season 5: Was the idea suppose to be that Lilith's blood was corrupting them from the inside and poisoning the blood they inherited from [[spoiler: Godric (hence the vision)?]] Did Lilith realize that [[spoiler: Eric and Nora]] were resisting her, and she destroyed [[spoiler: Ghost Godric]] as both an act of spite and a way to demoralize them? Was the entire vision [[spoiler: Godric's]] way of showing [[spoiler: Nora]] that Lilith was a "Godless God" who cared for no one but herself so that [[spoiler: Nora]] would snap out of her fanaticism?
*** Did Lilith actually want [[spoiler: the Chancellors in the Authority to kill each other just so one of them could drink all of her blood?]] Or was it all just Bill [[spoiler: who saw the other Chancellors as a threat and thought they needed to be eliminated so he could be Lilith's chosen one?]] It should be noted that while Lilith [[spoiler: does go around telling several Chancellors she's chosen them, she never specifically tells them to kill each other.]] Bill is the only Chancellor who does that. Steve and Russell [[spoiler: both leave the Authority because they grow tired of the Sanguinistas, and they don't kill the other Chancellors despite having the opportunity to do so.]] Eric and Nora [[spoiler: completely turn on Lilith after she destroys Ghost Godric in front of them.]] Rosalyn [[spoiler: expresses no interest in drinking Lilith's blood, nor does she ever attack the other Chancellors for it.]] The only other vampires there besides Bill [[spoiler: who express interest in being chosen by Lilith are Salome and Kibwe, and even they don't try to attack Bill or anyone else for it. [[note]] It's possible they might have if they were pushed to, but this is purely speculation as Bill manages to kill both of them before they can really do anything. [[/note]]]]
*** What exactly was the nature of Lilith's relationship with [[spoiler: Warlow? We know that Lilith turned Warlow into a vampire because she believed he was destined to save the vampire race in the distant future, and we also know she and Warlow were together for 4 years before Warlow went back to his village and massacred his people. Warlow claims he never believed Lilith's prophecies, and blames her for ruining his life, but what does it say for instance that Lilith didn't stop Warlow from returning to his village despite warning him what would happen if he did? Was this suppose to show that Warlow had some agency in this relationship, and that Lilith allowed him to make his own choices? Was she trying to teach Warlow a lesson by not stopping him and forcing him to face the consequences of his actions because he refused to listen to her (which is something Warlow completely missed)? Was Warlow right to blame Lilith for not stopping him, or was he [[NeverMyFault refusing to accept responsibility for his own choices?]]]] And then there's the entire matter of [[spoiler: her death and how easily Warlow finds her (with the impression that he knew where to locate her) and kills her. Did Lilith have a close enough relationship with Warlow that she didn't expect him to murder her? Was she arrogant enough to believe she had Warlow under her thumb and underestimated him as a result? Did she not expect Warlow to blame her for the death of his village since she warned him what would happen if he went back? Is there a reason Lilith never drank Warlow's blood so she wouldn't burn in the sun? Did she just prefer being a creature of the night? Did she not know what Warlow's blood could do at the time, and just assumed it was like regular vampire blood where it would have no effect on her? Was she warned by God not to drink from Warlow, assuming she was telling the truth about how she got her prophecies? Was it a case of EvenEvilHasItsStandards where she respected Warlow enough not to feed on him for daylight walking? Or maybe even a case of EvenEvilHasItsLovedOnes if you believe Lilith loved Warlow in her own way, and chose not to drink from him because of that?]] There's a lot of questions surrounding this relationship (especially with the limited screen-time it gets) that can lead to a bunch of different interpretations.
** Is Warlow [[spoiler: a tragically misunderstood character who got a bad break in life, who genuinely wants to be a decent person, and who loves Sookie?]] Or is he [[spoiler: an entitled creep and an attempted rapist who [[EntitledToHaveYou felt owed a relationship from Sookie]] because of a contract from 300 years ago (which Sookie did NOT consent to), who [[NeverMyFault is incapable of taking responsibility for his choices]], who only acts like a decent person when it's convenient for him, who uses his backstory as a way to milk sympathy from Sookie so she'll want him, who developed this creepy fantasy about Sookie over thousands of years that was never going to match up to the real Sookie once he met her, and who only sees Sookie as his MoralityPet to make himself feel better and doesn't really care about her as a person or her needs and wants?]] A lot of this is dependent on how sympathetic you find Warlow, and whether or not you think he's being sincere about what he says, or if this is one huge manipulation [[spoiler: to get Sookie to become his faerie-bride.]]
*** Was Warlow's decision to [[spoiler: feed Jason his blood when he was suffering a head injury and later spare Jason at the motel]] really a PetTheDog moment? Or did he want to [[spoiler: [[PragmaticVillainy keep Jason alive so he could use him as leverage against Sookie in case she gave him trouble?]]]]
*** Warlow's actions in the season 6 finale: [[spoiler: Did he believe Sookie was going to renege on the deal they made, which is why he turned violent and tried to turn Sookie into his faerie/vampire bride against her will? Or was he a ManipulativeBastard who finally dropped the "Nice Guy" act because he was done playing around, and always intended to take Sookie regardless of whether or not she consented? It's possible he may have wanted Sookie to willingly be his bride, but at the end of the day, if she refused, he always intended to claim her and make her his because he felt [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled to her based on the contract]]. Either way, it means Sookie's consent was either secondary to his wants, or it ultimately meant nothing to him.]]
** However sympathetically or unsympathetically you see his goals, was Governor Burrell always an anti-vampire bigot, or did that develop gradually from [[spoiler: being seduced by Sarah, and/or seeing the Vampire Authority turn on humanity]].
** Was Ms. Suzuki of the Yakonomo Corporation horrified by [[spoiler: Governor Burrell's plans due to how it would kill so many vampires?]] Or was she more worried about what it would do to her company? Or both?
** Corbett and Michelle Stackhouse (Sookie and Jason's parents):
*** Given what's revealed about them in season 6, were their reasons for [[spoiler: attempting to kill Sookie when she was a girl]] really a case of [[spoiler: FantasticRacism and having enough of the trouble Sookie brought them]]? Or were they [[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremists who honestly thought they were sparing their daughter AFateWorseThanDeath and were heartbroken over what they were about to do]]?
*** Furthermore, when Corbett [[spoiler: later comes back as a spirit to possess Lafayette and tries to drown Sookie again]], was it a case of [[spoiler: GoingMadFromTheIsolation since Corbett spent 20 years as a ghost]]? Or did he fear that [[spoiler: Warlow had convinced Sookie to be his bride, and believed that killing his daughter would be preferable to her being enslaved to Warlow]]?
** Does Jason ever really return Violet's affections? Or does he merely stay with her because he's terrified that she'll react violently if he tries to leave her after she claimed him ([[spoiler:which does indeed happen]]) before letting his guard down after she seemingly becomes less possessive?
** By far the most likely interpretation of Violet briefly acting nicer to Jason after hearing him have sex with Jessica is that she merely wants to manipulate and control her reluctant boyfriend. Still, there's the slightest possibility that Jason cheating on her gave Violet a HeelRealization about her awful treatment of him and that she sincerely wanted to change until he continued seeing Jessica.