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  • Amy Burley:
    • Was anything she told Jason about her past true? Or were they just lies made up to impress Jason? Perhaps a combination of both?
    • Did Amy only ever see Jason as someone she could use to get more V and never truly cared about him as a person? Or did she care for Jason in her own twisted way? Or was she attracted to Jason because she saw him as a kindred spirit that she could share her V-induced fantasies with? The show never clarifies on whether Amy's feelings for Jason were genuine or not, so it's up for interpretation. For what it's worth, there are several Pet the Dog moments from Amy, such as comforting Jason over Gran's death, or making friends with Sookie and attempting to mend fences between her and Jason after what happened between them when Gran died, or even standing up for Jason when Sookie was trying to convince Amy to dump him, which indicates Amy may have been able to feel some kind of affection for Jason, even if she wasn't above manipulating him.
    • Did Amy kill Eddie as a means of getting Jason back under her control and making him complicit in Eddie's murder? Or was she genuinely scared that Eddie was going to kill them the moment Jason freed him, or even run off to go tell Eric about being held captive, which would have resulted in both her and Jason being thrown into Eric's dungeon? And when she claims that Eddie was controlling Jason's mind, did she honestly believe that? Or was she just Gaslighting Jason?
  • Did Maryann's god, Dionysus, 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 selling V just to pay the IRS? Or did she have some inkling of Russell's plans and needed money to finance a potential conflict with him?
  • Did Bill truly lose control in the back of the truck with Sookie in season 3? It's been established that when vampires are severely weakened, they have a hard time "dropping fangs" in order to feed. When Eric was burnt by the sun and could barely move, Sookie assisted him in feeding on her because his fangs wouldn't pop out, and at no point did he turn rabid and try to drain her. Bill meanwhile was supposed to be weak from Lorena's tortures, and yet not only was he able to drop his fangs easily to feed on Sookie, but he was also able to effortlessly overpower Sookie by forcing her on her back and putting his hand over her mouth to prevent her from screaming while he drained her. It makes it look less like an accident and more like Bill intentionally attacked her and then lied about it later to cover his ass.
  • Did Hadley willingly tell Sophie Anne about Sookie's abilities, or did Sophie Anne glamour Hadley into revealing that information and then later gaslighted Hadley into believing she talked on her own volition?
  • Eric's reasons for waiting until the end of season 3 to tell Sookie about Bill's mission from Queen Sophie Anne and how Bill let the Rattarays beat the shit out of Sookie 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 Bill tried to have him and Pam killed, at which point Eric decided all bets were off?
  • Sophie-Anne moments before her death in season 4: Was she caught off-guard by 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 she was a dead woman walking, and that even if she did escape, the Authority would come after her and subject her to a gruesome punishment, and she just decided to bitterly accept her quick death than go through that?
  • One possible explanation for why we never see Crystal and the other werepanthers again after season 4 is Crystal may have had a My God, What Have I Done? 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 Crystal never shows up at Jason's house for the rest of the series despite knowing where he lives, or why none of the other werepanther women show up claiming that they're pregnant with Jason's kids. Also, Word of God mentioned that the werepanther tribe was on the verge of extinction. Considering this was a tribe 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 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 1982 flashback: Did he become a double-agent for the Authority because he genuinely believed in mainstreaming? Or did he just see an opportunity to get a position of power within the Authority?
  • Nan Flanagan at the end of season 4: Were her reasons for joining with the Sanguinistas really a Take That! to the Authority for "firing" her? Or had she been planning to secretly defect for some time? While it's likely that she was angry with the Authority over what happened, it's also possible she may have grown disillusioned with mainstreaming in general and 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 actually cheat on Alcide in season 4? Or did he just overact when he saw her and Marcus talking in a massive Kick the Dog 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 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 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 the Sanguistas infiltration of the Vampire Authority rooted in idealism, arrogance, or Salome's seduction of him?
  • Roman and Salome's relationship:
    • Was Salome always a Sanguinista during Roman's reign? Or did she only become one when Roman started to champion mainstreaming?
    • How much of Salome's love for Roman was genuine, and how much was a manipulation on her part? It's mentioned they were together for nearly 400 years, and she never 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 Salome attempts to warn Roman that his Well-Intentioned Extremist approach was alienating vampires and putting a target on his back. While it's possible she was just being a 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 Roman is killed by Russell and Salome is shown shedding tears: Depending on how you look at the scene, these could either be Tears of Joy 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 Alexander and Kibwe loyal converts to the Sanguista cause, or were they Brainwashed and Crazy like 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 Molly and Dieter were? It's noteworthy that she's never seen working as a receptionist at the Authority until AFTER Roman is killed off and Salome takes over, which gives the impression the Sanguinistas brought her on as a new employee. Also, Word of God claims that Chelsea was only loyal to whichever Guardian was in charge at the time, which makes her sound like a Professional Butt-Kisser 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 Brainwashed and Crazy? 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 Russell by herself, which resulted in her death? Or did she intentionally 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 Russell was alive, she may have realized her destiny was intertwined with his. She may have also 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 pure evil? Or does she operate on Blue-and-Orange Morality and believes herself to be Above Good and Evil?
    • 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 Ghost Godric in front of Eric and Nora in season 5: Was the idea supposed to be that Lilith's blood was corrupting them from the inside and poisoning the blood they inherited from Godric (hence the vision)? Did Lilith realize that Eric and Nora were resisting her, and she destroyed Ghost Godric as both an act of spite and a way to demoralize them? Was the entire vision Godric's way of showing Nora that Lilith was a "Godless God" who cared for no one but herself so that Nora would snap out of her fanaticism?
    • Did Lilith actually want the Chancellors in the Authority to kill each other just so one of them could drink her blood? Or was it just Bill 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 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 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 completely turn on Lilith after she destroys Ghost Godric in front of them. Rosalyn 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 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 
    • What exactly was the nature of Lilith's relationship with 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 supposed 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 refusing to accept responsibility for his own choices? And then there's the entire matter of 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 Even Evil Has Standards where she respected Warlow enough not to feed on him for daylight walking? Or maybe even a case of Even Evil Has Loved Ones 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 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 an entitled creep and an attempted rapist who felt owed a relationship from Sookie because of a contract from 300 years ago (which Sookie did NOT consent to), who 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 Morality Pet 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 to get Sookie to become his faerie-bride.
    • Was Warlow's decision to feed Jason his blood when he was suffering a head injury and later spare Jason at the motel really a Pet the Dog moment? Or did he want to 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: 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 Manipulative Bastard 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 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 being seduced by Sarah, and/or seeing the Vampire Authority turn on humanity?
  • Was Ms. Suzuki of the Yakonomo Corporation horrified by 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 attempting to kill Sookie when she was a girl really a case of Fantastic Racism and having enough of the trouble Sookie brought them? Or were they Well Intentioned Extremists who honestly thought they were sparing their daughter A Fate Worse Than Death and were heartbroken over what they were about to do?
    • Furthermore, when Corbett later comes back as a spirit to possess Lafayette and tries to drown Sookie again, was it a case of him having gone insane since Corbett spent 20 years as a ghost who was unable to move onto the next life? Or did he fear that 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 (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 Heel Realization about her awful treatment of him and that she sincerely wanted to change until he continued seeing Jessica.

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