In other words, how long he's been able to exist as himself and allow people to know who he really is. Based on the mass "coming out" of vamps in TB, it hasn't been long.
That is true. And one of the things that is interesting about this mass coming out is that vampires are having to deal with the culture fetishizing them in a way that hadn't happened before.
And without giving any spoilers, Sookie IS special. Maybe not exceedingly unique in personality, but in other ways. Including creepy ways vampires notice, like smell and taste. She would catch his attention if nothing else, and maybe he's lonely, or drawn to the fact that she is one of the few who sees the person before the vampire.
I actually know about why Sookie is so attractive to vampires, and while I think that was, in some ways, a very creative idea, I think it could have been done more interestingly.
And isn't that part of the fantasy - that someone with so much wisdom and experience has never met anyone like YOU before? That you can have such a strong affect on someone who shouldn't be affected by much of anything anymore?
That is TOTALLY the fantasy. It's why Twilight and Anita Blake is so popular and there isn't a damn thing wrong with that fantasy... but in a lot of ways it's not MY fantasy, so while some people will watch the Eric and Sookie relationship play out, I'm leaning back and drooling over Eric and being very meta about it.
And Bottom Line: Eric is a viking, a people who regarded their women highly. Bill is an Antebellum southern gentleman from a time of chattel-marriage. AND IT SHOWS. Eric >>>>>>>>>>> Bill.
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That is true. And one of the things that is interesting about this mass coming out is that vampires are having to deal with the culture fetishizing them in a way that hadn't happened before.
And without giving any spoilers, Sookie IS special. Maybe not exceedingly unique in personality, but in other ways. Including creepy ways vampires notice, like smell and taste. She would catch his attention if nothing else, and maybe he's lonely, or drawn to the fact that she is one of the few who sees the person before the vampire.
I actually know about why Sookie is so attractive to vampires, and while I think that was, in some ways, a very creative idea, I think it could have been done more interestingly.
And isn't that part of the fantasy - that someone with so much wisdom and experience has never met anyone like YOU before? That you can have such a strong affect on someone who shouldn't be affected by much of anything anymore?
That is TOTALLY the fantasy. It's why Twilight and Anita Blake is so popular and there isn't a damn thing wrong with that fantasy... but in a lot of ways it's not MY fantasy, so while some people will watch the Eric and Sookie relationship play out, I'm leaning back and drooling over Eric and being very meta about it.
And Bottom Line: Eric is a viking, a people who regarded their women highly. Bill is an Antebellum southern gentleman from a time of chattel-marriage. AND IT SHOWS. Eric >>>>>>>>>>> Bill.
Ha!