Really? I got the feeling that he was using the necromancy as an excuse. That was just my interpretation, though.

If Necromancy was just an excuse, the Authority would not have authorized the true death. Necromancy is feared for a reason... And I believe the single event we know about is one of many, rather than just one isolated incident... Bill's personal issues are the reason why he requested it immediately, rather than waiting a day or two, as he could have.

After seeing what happened with that other Sheriff(and likely what will happen with him next week), I highly doubt that Bill wouldn't have requested it of Eric immediately upon learning of it, had he waited...

edited 3rd Aug '11 1:48:54 AM by Swish

This is what Bill knew about necromancy: it caused a bunch of vampires deaths in the past (that one guy told the story), Eric had his memory wiped, and Pam had been turned into a decomposing corpse. Considering the evidence, he views necromancy (for good reason) as a very serious threat.

edited 3rd Aug '11 2:16:57 AM by ViralLamb

IMHO, Bill honestly believes what he said at the end of last season — that any vampire who has tasted Sookie's blood (possibly including him) will eventually lose control and kill her. Now, since Bill himself is a self-denying junkie, *I* don't necessarily believe it, but I think Bill does, or did until the end of this episode.

I think he was shading the truth to get Eric killed, but not by much — I still wonder why Marnie/mysterious Spanish witch whose name I can't remember would pick an amnesia spell over a "be my slave" spell.

It was the first(legitimate) spell to be used with their conjoined power, and there wasn't an awful lot of time before Eric killed them all? "Forget" is rather powerful in its own right, though...

But I'll put money on a "be my slave" spell being on that other sheriff...

edited 3rd Aug '11 10:33:43 AM by Swish

Speaking of Eric nearly killing Marnie... why would he do that? He has to be aware of the new no-killing policy. He could've been put to death for that.

Only if someone survived to tell...

This.

If there is evidence that a specific vampire did something "bad, " that vamp gets staked. The moment Eric kills Marnie during that meeting, he effectively sentences everyone else there to die(or be glamoured), or himself to die.

Eric's plan, when they refused to disband, was probably to kill Marnie, glamour Tara, Laffayette and his boyfriend(so Sookie doesn't get angry), and debate(likely kill) what to do with the rest of them...

Wouldn't Bill have found out?

Yes... But where is the problem? So long as a body never turns up, Marnie(and the rest of the coven) just decided to leave town without telling anyone where they were going... Tara did that just last year, right?

Vampires don't punish each other for shit they do to humans unless they are caught...

edited 3rd Aug '11 8:12:46 PM by Swish

Bill "sent" Eric to kill them didn't he? I don't think he said to kill them specifically, but whatever. The Authority later said that they can't kill the necromancers, and Bill was arguing against them but yeah....it was before this conversation that Bill sent Eric to deal with them.

He argued against them? I don't remember that part. I just remember Nan scolding him for sending Eric to deal with them.

I also understood the true death rule as something that only applies if you are caught killing someone. (Or feeding on someone)

Kind of like "It's ok to kill, just don't get caught."

If I remember correctly, Bill disagreed with the "no killing the humans who we still aren't convinced yet are necromancers", at that point the authority had no proof of the necromancy claim and Bill was saying how dangerous they were.

I tried getting my friend into American Vampire by comparing it to this series. Am I too far off?

Holy shit. Antonia really wasn't holding back there. I can presume that it's only going to escalate from here.

I'm really having difficulty not siding with the witches in this crisis, even after what they did to Jessica, which leaves me feeling a little conflicted.

... The ending makes it possible Jessica survives... Even though we know it's not going to happen. As such, I'm going to boycott True Blood from here on out.

... No, I'm not. But I'm not going to enjoy watching it as much as I used to.

And, as much as Tara want's vampires out of her life, I don't think Antonia's thing about "anyone who likes/helps vampires are as bad as vampires" is going to fly with her... And I truly believe that Antonia(and everyone else involved in that circle) is going to have to worry more about Jason and Hoyt getting a hold of them than anyone else...

edited 7th Aug '11 11:13:11 PM by Swish

It kind of annoys me how ruthless Antonia was portrayed in this episode. It really seemed like they were just making her seem more evil so that the viewers would side with the vampires. Like the way she had Katerina murdered in cold blood. Having a popular character like Jessica say Marnie deserves to die clinched it. But maybe I'm overthinking things.

I highly doubt Jessica's going to die because they seem to be setting her up for love triangle drama with Jason and Hoyt. Why would they even introduce that plot point if they were going to kill her off in the very next episode?

Shock factor?

Or you're possibly right. Hmmm.

I don't blame Tara in the slightest, but it's going to be sad when Sookie finds out and (understandibly) yells at her.

I think those two are rapidly on the way to ex-friendship.

Noooo damn you cliffhanger

If Sookie chooses Eric over Tara then I say fuck her anyway. :V

All of my sympathy in regard to Eric is tempered by the fact that he will almost certainly get his memories back and return to being an entertaining Jerk Ass by the end of the season (if he hasn't already reverted and is just playing with Sookie).

I know that's the problem with Eric is that we LIKE Mean!Eric.