Line #16 Heartwarming/TrueBlood


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3	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiquZPiaLik One of the promotional videos for the series]] is about a human busker who got the idea to play really old songs on old instruments in order to appeal to the nostalgia of wealthy vampires. It worked. The vampire who walks up to him when he's playing "When the Cock Begins to Crow" has the nostalgia trip he's going on plastered all over his face, and it's enough to move someone to tears.
4	* Terry comforting Lafayette after Andy sets off his [=PTSD=].
5	* How about Sookie, Bill, Lafayette and Lettie Mae working together to free Tara from Maryann's mind control?
6	* Eric begging Godric not to up and kill himself.
7	** AKA TearJerker.
8	* Jason standing up for Sookie when Gabe slut-shames her, and beating the crap out of him. He may have his problems, but Jason is protective of Sookie and isn't going to stand for anyone trash-talking his sister like that.
9	* Jason's behavior in "Timebomb" is surprisingly heartwarming. At this point, Jason was almost killed when Steve (who mistakenly thought Jason was a spy for the vampires) sent Gabe to murder him in the woods, which forced Jason to run for it (after beating up Gabe and escaping). However, when he is later told by Sarah that the church has his sister captive and that she's in danger, he immediately goes back to save her without hesitation, and comes to her aid when Steve threatens to shoot her with a gun. Later on (after Godric defuses the conflict), he runs over to hug Sookie in relief that she's okay and asks for forgiveness. For all of Jason's flaws, it's really telling how much he loves his sister that he was willing to risk getting captured or killed by the same people who tried to murder him earlier just to protect her.
10	** Jason's apology towards Godric also counts as well, and Godric telling Jason he helped saved lives and that he has friends here.
11	** Also, Jason's apology towards Bill, as well as the awkward hug he shares with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHe3uFx4GNw him.]] It says something about the kind of man Jason is that he's willing to admit he was wrong to judge Bill the way he did, and humbly ask forgiveness for his behavior towards him. You can tell that Jason is being sincere, and that he wants to support Sookie's relationship with Bill. Bill crediting Jason with helping to save Sookie is nice as well.
12	** It's a "blink and you'll miss it" moment, but when Lorena and Sookie get into their spat at Godric's nest and Lorena attacks Sookie, Jason immediately runs to defend her before Godric intervenes. It's an incredibly brave thing for Jason to go against a vampire who's that dangerous and powerful just to protect Sookie. It's further proof he really loves his sister and is protective of her.
13	* Sookie and Jason's conversation at the Hotel in "I Will Rise Up." It's nice seeing them connecting again after an extremely scary experience, and getting the chance to mourn Gran together. Them vowing to be there for each other is really sweet:
14	-->'''Jason:''' Our whole family's gone, Sook. Everybody who counts. We're all alone. We're all that's left.
15	-->'''Sookie:''' So you know that we gotta do? We gotta grow up, we gotta stick together and we gotta be good to each other or we're letting them down.
16	* Terry briefly breaking through Maryann's brainwashing to ask Jason to spare Arlene's life when Jason bluffs to kill her in an attempt to force all of Maryann's followers to vacate Merlotte's.
17	* Andy and Jason resolving their differences in "Frenzy".
18	** Jason and Andy's relationship in general is heartwarming. Here are two guys who go from barely liking each other in season 1 (well, Andy barely liked Jason and was secretly envious of him) to developing a friendship that lasts for the entire show (especially in comparison to other romantic and non-romantic relationships that get destroyed towards the end).
19	* Doubles as both an Awesome Moment and a Heartwarming Moment, but Jason and Andy helping to save Sam from Maryann's followers by pretending to be "The God Who Comes."
20	** Jason and Andy accepting Sam as a shapeshifter is also heartwarming in its own right. Keep in mind that Sam's biggest fear was that people would turn on him when they found out what he really was (which is a fear Maraynn exploited during season 2). The only reason he shifts in front of Andy and Jason is because they provide a distraction from Maryann's brainwashed followers so that Sam can escape, and Sam is forced to take advantage of that. When Sam comes clean to them about being a shapeshifter, both of them immediately accept him for who he is without any judgment and keep it a secret for his sake. Jason even thinks it's cool that Sam is a shapeshifter. Not only is it heartwarming to see Sam get a break, but it also goes to show Jason's character development in becoming more open-minded and accepting of the supernatural world around him.
21	* Practically every Hoyt/Jessica scene in Season 2.
22	* Terry (an Iraq War veteran) embracing Bill (a Civil War veteran) in "Sparks Fly Out" recognizing the connection they share as two former soldiers, even though they fought in wars separated by almost 150 years.
23	** Terry later on using his experience as a sufferer of PTSD to calm down Lafayette when Andy brings his memories of Eric locking him up in the cellar to the surface, holding him close.
24	* Jason comforting Sookie after Bill's disappearance and helping her to clean Gran's house after Maryann's rampage.
25	* Jesus and Lafayette's initial courtship. There's something cute about seeing the usually so unflappable Lafayette acting like an awkward teenager at prom.
26	** Jesus comforting Lafayette in the season 3 finale when Lafayette starts having visions of other people (Sam's hands covered in blood, Arlene being strangled by Rene, etc) and is freaking out.
27	* Lafayette, Tara, Jason, and Alcide all being there for Sookie in "Hitting the Ground" when she's in the hospital, and praying for her to make a recovery.
28	* This exchange in "Night on the Sun" after Bill returns and releases Jessica so she can escape and not be hunted down from the Wolfpack and or the King of Mississippi. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6IP0dFnb3c Jessica confesses she screwed up and needs Bill's guidance.]]
29	-->'''Jessica''': No! You listen to me. I drained someone. And I was hungry and I was sad and it was an accident, and and I didn't know how to control myself because you never taught me! No. I need you. You're the only maker I got.
30	--> '''Bill''': I can't take care of you! I can't protect you! I'm no good to you.
31	--> '''Jessica''': Well, I'm no good either, and I don't care what you say, I am not leaving!
32	--> ''(She begins to cry, looks up.)''
33	-->'''Jessica''': [[{{TearJerker}} I don't want to be alone anymore.]] ''(She breaks down and Bill slowly approaches her and cradles her as she clings to his waist like she's drowning and he's her lifejacket)''
34	** Bill finally acting like a Maker, and training Jessica. Her excitement at her speed and his patient teaching ends up like a father and daughter moment.
35	*** Especially if you watch Jessica's video-blogs, and she talks about how lonely and confused she feels without Bill there.
36	* Eric and Pam in "Everything Is Broken" especially when he tells her she should make her own vampire child should he not survive his upcoming tussle with BigBad Russell Edgington. Aww.
37	* Arlene admits to Terry that her baby is Rene's, and Terry immediately agrees to still raise it as his own.
38	* Terry's quiet astonishment at moving in with his girlfriend. [[IJustWantToBeNormal Anyone who's ever despaired at getting the sort of life that most people take for granted can relate.]]
39	-->'''Terry:''' This is what ''normal'' people do, Sam. They fall in love. They make each other laugh. And they move in together. They raise kids. They fight over money. They get old and fat together, and it's normal. And it's happening to ''me.'' I can't believe it.
40	-->'''Sam:''' Well, I can. Nobody deserves it more.
41	* Jason coming to Tara's aid against Franklin, and shooting him when he refuses to back down. It's a nice call-back to when Jason protected Tara when they were kids, and how he's still trying to protect her now as an adult. It also goes to show that Jason isn't afraid of taking on beings more powerful (and dangerous) than him just to protect the people he loves.
42	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el3xAZgOOLc You can see the full scene here]]
43	* Before the conversation goes to hell, Tara and Jason's moment in "I Smell A Rat" was exceedingly sweet and touching considering what they'd both been through and the fact that Tara still has residual feelings for Jason and vice versa. Too bad the [[ShipSinking ship had to sink yet again]].
44	* Eric and Pam saying their goodbyes before Eric tries to kill Russell in "Fresh Blood".
45	-->'''Eric:''' ''(Pam is crying)'' C'mon, what's this?\
46	'''Pam:''' Nothing. Just the bleeds.\
47	'''Eric:''' You know I love you more when you're cold and heartless. ''(kisses her)''
48	* Sookie paying for Egg's Funeral. It's a remarkably touching moment that will sadly go forgotten after the [[NightmareFuel ending]] [[FetishRetardant of]] [[BodyHorror the]] [[{{Squick}} episode]].
49	* Really, basically any scene with Terry.
50	* Regardless of what comes later, it was really heartwarming to see Jason step up at Crystal's request and try to take care of the werepanther community to the best of his ability. It really shows a caring and selfless side to Jason. What makes it even better is that he keeps that promise and is still providing for them a year later, even when he easily could've walked away at any point. It really goes to show that Jason's isn't as shallow as people make him out to be.
51	* Sookie's grandfather's {{Heroic Sacrifice}} to get her back to Earth, and using his last moments to say he loves her.
52	* Jason reuniting with Sookie in the season 4 premiere. You can tell he's genuinely happy to see her again, and she also gives him Grandfather Earl's watch as a way of letting him know he never meant to abandon them. They later bond over hot chocolate, which is also really sweet.
53	--> '''Jason:''' Having you back, it's about the happiest I've been in my entire life. And I don't want it to end.
54	** Also, Grandfather Earl asking Sookie to give Jason his watch so that Jason can have closure over his death and know that he never meant to leave them.
55	* Sam and Tommy mutually taking the first step to repairing their relationship, agreeing to try to trust each other a little more each day. Sure, it quickly goes to hell, but that one moment is nice.
56	* Tara and Lafayette's relationship. Despite how much they call each other "bitch" and "hooker", the two cousins are utterly devoted to each other; he convinced her not to kill herself in the third season, and when she visits Bon Temps in the fourth after moving to New Orleans, she refuses to leave Lafayette until the whole mess with Eric and the witches is squared away.
57	* All of Sookie and Eric's interaction in 4x5 (besides the dream sequence). Alexander Skarsgard's "lost little boy" performance really lets you buy how close they're growing.
58	* [=S4E6=], "I Wish I Was The Moon" -- Erik is down on his knees, before King Bill. He asks first for Pam to be set free, since she seems to be dying already. But then he gives a beautiful speech about what knowing and loving Sookie has meant to him. But then he tops it off by wishing that after his death, that Sookie and Bill can patch things up, because [[IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Sookie deserves]] happiness from whoever it is that can give it to her. All of this in a soft, sincere voice without a hint of irony.
59	* Jason and Jessica's talk in the woods. It's nice seeing the two of them get to know each other more, with Jason finding out about what it's like for Jessica being a vampire, and Jessica helping to comfort Jason when he was scared of turning.
60	* Sookie comforting Jason when he was scared of being turned into a werepanther, and their talk later in the night. It's also sweet that Jason was concerned about accidentally hurting Sookie if he transformed, and tried to prevent that from happening.
61	* Mavis being reunited with her baby.
62	* Debbie moving past her jealousy of Sookie to help her sneak into Antonia's place.
63	** Ruined in the Season 4 finale when she attempts to murder Sookie and shoots Tara instead.
64	* Joyce Watney's speech at the vampire tolerance meeting, about her family seeing the return of her missing sister (who was unintentionally turned into a vampire before TheMasquerade ended) as a miracle, and thanking the vampires for that rather than blaming them for taking her away in the first place.
65	* Sam turning into a bunny for Emma to pet.
66	* Despite having ruined any chance of reconciling with Sam, Tommy willingly takes a fatal beating from Marcus and his gang in his place.
67	* Terry forcing Andy to admit his V addiction at their old treehouse.
68	* When Bill threatens to blow up Moon Goddess Emporium with Tara inside of it, Sookie, Jason, Lafayette, and Jesus immediately ban together to help rescue her before the vampires can go through with their plan.
69	* Sam forgiving Tommy for everything, as Tommy dies.
70	* Eric not reverting to his evil ways when he gets his memory back.
71	** Pam's reaction when she learns Eric's memory has returned.
72	* Jessica healing Jason with her blood when he gets hurt, and Jason saving her life (as well as the lives of Eric, Bill, and Pam) by mentally warning Sookie about what Marnie is trying to do.
73	* Say what you want about Maxine, but seeing her comforting Sam and still referring to Tommy as her son despite everything and tells Sam to consider her his mom. Maxine may not be mother of the year but when compared to Sam's parents, it's very heartwarming. Even Sam was moved by that.
74	** Which sadly gets undone in Season 7 when the truth comes out about Sam being a shifter. Instead of holding to that promise, Maxine shows she'd much rather gleefully kill Sam just out of pure hatred for nonhumans.
75	* Ginger hugging Pam as she weeps over losing Eric, after being told she'll die if she does it.
76	* Andy and Holly starting over.
77	* "Just keep breathing baby."
78	** Followed by Lafayette being able to feel Jesus' ghost.
79	* Antonia and Gran helping Marnie pass on.
80	* Pam helping Tara transition to being a vampire. It's a very "tough love" approach, but it's still clear that she wants her progeny to have a good unlife, and it only took her three days to start taking an interest, in stark contrast to Bill with Jessica.
81	** Pam goes one better in 'In the Beginning.' After Lettie Mae effectively disowns Tara for daring to be a vampire, Pam finds Tara crying in her office. Tara expresses surprise that she can still weep over everything Lettie Mae has done to her, and shrugs, saying that she's 'still my Mama.' Pam's response? "In a hundred years, you won't even remember her. And she's not your mother. Not anymore." Cue Tara getting up to hug Pam, and Pam actually being affected by it. Awww.
82	** Mixing it with CMOA, she first seems to be angry at Tara for arguing with a racist bully from her high school while on the job, but then abducts the woman and glamors her into being Tara's willing food slave.
83	** After Tara kills the newly appointed Bon Temps sheriff, Pam [[HeroicSacrifice tells his maker that she did it, after forbidding Tara from discussing it with their sire bond.]]
84	* Jason telling Sookie not to blame herself for their parents' death, after Claude reveals that it was her blood in the car that drew the vampire to them in the first place.
85	* Terry saying goodbye to Arlene before he goes to wait for the Ifrit to kill him and Patrick. Doubles as an effective {{TearJerker}}.
86	* Martha Boozeman disowning JD and effectively joining Alcide when JD attempts to feed Emma some V.
87	* Either the ghost or a hallucination of Godric snapping Eric out of his Lilith-induced trance and begging him to save Nora and the others.
88	* Sam telling Andy he's ''not'' the worst sheriff the town has had.
89	* Russell giving Steve Newlin his first pet, and the look of surprise and happiness on Steve's face.
90	** Although this is made sour by the fact that said pet is an eight-year old werewolf puppy, snatched from her grandmother to ensure the obedience of the pack.
91	* Jessica glamoring Hoyt to forget about him and Jason as he heads to Alaska, and telling him he'll meet someone there who will make him just as happy as she did. Doubles as a TearJerker
92	* Andy and Holly getting to spend a night together at Merlotte's. It's sweet seeing them on a date with all that's been going on.
93	* Doubles as both Heartwarming and TearJerker, but Jason and Sookie's hug right before Jason goes to act as bait to lure Steve and Russell into a trap that the faeries planned for them. It really emphasizes that these two are in the fight for their lives and care deeply for one another.
94	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD6V_A-ex5k Here's the video]]
95	* Tara opening Pam's cell door, burning her hand in the process, and passionately making out with her, to the {{Shipper On Deck}} delight of Jessica.
96	* Andy's face lighting up like a little kid at the birth of his fairy daughters.
97	** Although this quickly becomes an OhCrap moment when he learns that he has to take care of all four of them without the help of the mother.
98	* Arlene and Terry giving Andy parenting advice.
99	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekahJ5FW67A Jessica's tentative and tearful prayer]] for all of her friends, including Jason who had been so harsh and cruel to her seemingly out of the blue. The fact that she acknowledges that he is in emotional pain rather than just being a jerk makes this extra poignant. Plus her pleading for Bill to wake from his coma reminds us just how much she looks up to him, no matter what.
100	-->'''Jessica:''' I don't know if you can hear me. My great-aunt Matilda was in a coma once when I was a kid. The doctor said she could hear us talking to her, so. You said you could feel the pain of all vampires? I was wondering if you can feel mine. Because I'm scared. It feels like the world is spinning out of control and I have this terrible feeling. Out there it's just chaos, and in here...''[trails off]'' I was raised on the human Bible and then you gave me the vampire bible and I...I don't know if I believe any of it, but...are you Lilith? Are you? Are you God?\
101	''[kneels down next to Bill]''\
102	'''Jessica:''' Heavenly Father, I don't know the last time I prayed to you. I have been greedy and lustful and wrathful. I've killed people. I've lied. I've taken your name in vain. I beg you for your forgiveness. Please watch over my friends, if that's what they are. Please bless Jason. He's such a good man and he's hurting so bad. Please bless Sookie. I know she tried to kill you, but she's been good to me, and she loves you. I know she does. And bless Eric, even in his anger and wrongheadedness. Bless Pam. Give her the courage to let happiness in. And bless Tara, that she may find whatever it is she's looking for. And bless Sam and Lafayette and Arlene all the good people of Bon Temps. They know not what they do. And bless Hoyt, wherever he is. Watch out for him for me. And bless Bill. If you are him or he is you, bless him. Please bring him back to me.
103	* Andy and his faerie daughters, full stop. Even with their hand lasers and telepathy and rapid aging (they go from being infants to preteens in less than twenty-four hours), Andy really does love them and is trying his best. Which makes episode four all the more heartbreaking...
104	** The true crowning moment is his granting his one remaining daughter a real name, plus three middle names so she can remember her sisters.
105	* Jessica and a vampire named James are put into a room and ordered to have sex with each other. James refuses and declares that he is not a rapist. He continues to refuse even when their captors repeatedly burn him with UV lights.
106	* Jason's reunion with Jessica at Vamp Camp, and him hugging her. Despite the problems the two of them have had, Jason makes it clear that he wants to help Jessica and do right by her.
107	* Eric's tearful goodbye to Nora as she dies from hepatitis V.
108	* Sookie comforts Arlene in the cemetery after Terry dies. Terry's death is also a TearJerker for the entire series.
109	* The speeches at Terry's funeral. ''All of them.''
110	** Sookie's in particular. "He loved you since the second you walked into his life. Not too many people can say they were loved like that but you can, Arlene. I just want you to know."
111	* The vampires in the White Room dancing in the sun unharmed, thanks to Billith's/Warlow's blood. It should be noted that some of them haven't been out in the daylight for centuries.
112	* Pam warmly hugging Sookie and saying she actually missed her, then telling Tara to take care of Willa before leaving to search for Eric.
113	* Jason and Niall saving Sookie from Warlow, and both Sookie and Jason reuniting with Niall.
114	* In a subtle way, Alcide and Sookie in a relationship after the time jump. It's nice seeing her with someone with absolutely no agenda with her other than to make her happy.
115	* Tara hugging Sookie. Even if she was high on Bill's blood]], it's heartwarming to see the two best friends (although the card is still out on whether or not they can really be considered 'friends' now) embrace considering Tara loathed Sookie for all of last season because of her making Pam turn her.
116	* Wade and Adilyn's relationship in Season 7 is all kinds of cute and heartwarming. Sure, causes a bit of a stir between Andy (Adilyn's Dad) and Holly (Wade's Mom). But seeing it grow and work out in the end is fun.
117	* After Alcide's death, everyone throws a party to try and cheer Sookie up. Among the highlights: Arelene trying to offer Sookie advice about dealing with grief, Sookie finding out that people don't hate her as much anymore, Andy extending an olive branch towards Jessica, and Andy finally proposing to Holly.
118	* Lafayette and James bonding. It's not clear if Sam realized how exceptionally compatible they would be or if he just paired up the unclaimed vampire and human for convenience, but it turned out to be a match made in heaven. Whatever crap is going down in the rest of Bon Temps, these two are taking care of each other...and apparently anyone else they can manage to take under their collective wings, thus far including Jessica (James trying to talk her into eating and Lafayette feeding her), Sookie (the party), Lettie Mae (Lafayette taking her home and James offering his blood to help her "quest").
119	* Despite the limited screen-time they get, Brigette and Jason's relationship is also pretty heartwarming. Both of them are genuinely interested in getting to know each other without jumping into sex right away, and it's nice to see Jason finally find someone who recognizes his flaws but still likes him all the same. It's also nice to see them start a family where they're genuinely happy with each other (especially after Violet cruelly belittled Jason earlier when he expressed his desire to have kids).
120	* Jason's sibling relationship with Sookie is a CMOH on its own when you really think about it: Despite the issues they had early on, both Sookie and Jason grew close over the course of the show, and worked to support and protect each other. Jason had a BigBrotherInstinct for Sookie and went out of his way to keep her safe (even when it caused chaos in his own life) and act as a source of comfort for her when she needed someone to talk to. Sookie would often give advice to Jason when he was struggling with his own problems, and also acted as a source of comfort for him.
121	** The discussion they have in the series finale is also heartwarming: Sookie goes to Jason to tell him about her conversation with Bill the previous night and whether or not she should go through with his request and become human. While Jason isn't able to give any advice about how she should handle it (and it's pretty clear that Sookie wasn't looking for advice, but just needed someone close to her to listen while she poured out her feelings), he does tell her that regardless of whether or not she chooses to become human or remain fae, he will love her and support her either way (which is arguably the best thing he could have told her). And Sookie tells him the same thing. It really goes to show how far their relationship has come since season 1, and how they still lean on each other for emotional support.

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