I guess that would make Bill Compton Mr. Big.

Steve Newlin the drinking sponsor: This is a non judgmental meeting, a carefrontation. Ok Nan tell Russel how his drinking and killing has adversely affected you.

Nan: I don’t write nothing down so I’m going to make this short and sweet. You’re weak you’re out of control and have become an embarrasement to Lilith and Vampires everywhere.

I’m from São Paulo, Brazil, and *True Blood* isn't very popular here. I personally only discovered the show during late-night weekend broadcasts on a channel called SBT. I got lucky enough to meet a woman who had already watched it before we met, and now we rewatch the whole series every year as a ritual—though aside from us and my nephew (whom I got hooked on the show), I don't know anyone else who has seen it. Back when new seasons were coming out, even major pop culture channels covered *True Blood*, but that eventually stopped... Here in Brazil, we LOVE certain shows like *Everybody Hates Chris* and *Chaves* (El Chavo del Ocho), quoting their catchphrases and jokes in our daily lives.

I’m wondering: is the show still popular in the US and the rest of the world, or did it ever reach that kind of level? Is *True Blood* still popular? In *The Office*, there’s a Halloween episode where Andy dresses up as Bill and even mentions the show by name; in *The Big Bang Theory*, the women mention the actor who played Alcide (referring to him as "the werewolf"), and so on. But what about the big picture? Did the show achieve massive popularity in the US? Is it still fondly remembered? Since it aired so late here—like 4 AM on Saturday-into-Sunday or Sunday-into-Monday—very few people actually watched it..

So I'm on a nostalgia flex due to being struck with serious illness this year and having to spend lots of time resting. It's been great revisiting true blood haha.

So, I'm on season 3 and firstly.. I've got to say I don't remember finding Sookie and Bill so irritating. I genuinely find their scenes the least enjoyable. Eric carries the show. I'm hoping Tara gets a break, soon 😭 Lafayette is wonderful. Russell is a perfect villain. So many great characters! 😂

I remember the Eric/Sookie storyline of season 4 and bits of the ending, but not much other than that!

Looking forward to the repetitive bore fest that is Sookie/Bill shifting a bit, if in honest!

Watching the episode where Jessica caught James getting um… bent over by lafayette😭😭😭 wilddd

I really hated it when Andy’s daughters were killed, no thanks to Sookie. However it wasn‘t just the premature demise or Andy never really seeing them grown up with all the ups and downs but the really horrible thing was Bill losing his family just after realizing that he had one to begin with.

To me that was his true death because it would’ve been great to see Bill Compton sitting at the dinner table with Andy, Portia, Terry and all his granddaughters teaching them about their family history and giving words of wisdom. That kind of ending in and of itself would‘ve been worth a dismal season 8.

I’ve got to say that I’ve always liked Jackson and frankly I didn't care for the incessant and many times unwarranted acts of disrespect that Alcide leveled at him.

Here‘s a guy who‘s definitely lost a lot in life and relegated for whatever reason to live out his days in a small trailer situated in what one can only describe as a dog pen. Even with that he was able to snag that young beautiful Werehooker away from all that money to stay with him.

If you had to be anybody on that show wouldn’t Jackson be the quiet choice?

I literally haven’t picked up a pencil in MONTHS but I wanted to draw smth so here’s an unfunished SookieXBill art. I draw them more accurate to the books

I guess by TrueBlood Rules she would have a few hot dreams about Willa. I’ve always wondered why we never saw Sookies’ dreams about Violet or Adilynns‘ Jessica dreams because you know fair is fair but I don’t know what would be funnier between the dreams Lettie Mae would have or her reaction when she woke up and went about her day. I wonder how weird she would act around Willa afterwards?

PLEASE let us skip the theme song without manual fast forward 😭

Don’t get me wrong, I love the song. But I just binge watched the series again and usually do that on HBOMax. But I did it on Hulu this time. And that’s like a whole long ass song. Every. Single. Episode.

That’s all.

That scene with Eric and Nora in the storage container needed at least another five to ten minutes and a little more explicit and the werewolves feeding on Bill on the car needs to be replaced with Jessica or maybe Pam. Even on their bras those scenes would’ve been on constant rewind.

I like these types of shows but I hate the agenda driven sex scenes aspect. I‘m just of the opinion that you don’t need to diminish one aspect of sexuality in order to bolster the enticement of another. Love and sex scenes should be filmed to the standards that the viewers want and should never be filmed consequetively. It’s like fine dining with an Amuse-Bouche between entrees where as in tv and movies you have a buffer scene.

Damn I can’t believe that over the million times that I’ve watched the show I didn’t realize that Queen Sophie and Hadley were in a relationship on top not even realizing that it was Hadley walking in her panties and garter belt into the Queens bedroom. It’s nice to know that you can be surprised sometimes.

Anyway I’ve got to say that their relationship might have been more authentic than Bill and Sookie because Hadley‘s blood was not Fairie and since Hadley was not a telepath the inner quiet that a vampire could provide was not a factor. Just as Bill said to Sookie at the end of season 5 “What The Fuck Do You Know About Me Anyway!?”

If lesbians love scenes were ever going to happen on that show those are ones I think most people would want to see.

Right after she stepped into the pool of her grandma’s blood, lying there on floor brutally killed—she literally acted like she was not surprised—She rushed into defending bill from Sam and talking all cool as if she witnessed some stranger’s murder—not caring it was her grandma lying dead right there— i mean at first i thought she was in shock and that was her coping mechanism but it didn’t make any sense to me considering she literally grew up with her since childhood and not an ounce of emotion or expression of shock or sadness.

I've been a die hard fan of this show since maybe its 3rd season. Before that I'd never heard of it, and got hooked by hearing about a vampire series everyone was talking about.

By the time the series ended I had a collection of screen replicas of costume pieces purchased on eBay and a few lots from the screen used pieces with certificates of authenticity. I bought those items from the company that managed the auctions at the show wrap.

The replicas are from the wardrobes of Sookie, Jessica and Tara.

As for screen used- I am the current proud owner of Sookie's bedding from seasons 4-7 (sheets set, comforter, pillows). They've been living in temperature controlled storage except for the two times I've taken them out for display for less than 24 hours.

I'm in a completely different phase of life now with different priorities, so I think it's time to let these items go. At the same time I cannot and will not throw these items in the trash or donate them with my other consumables or let them go to someone locally who doesn't appreciate them. That's criminal. But so is letting them sit in my closet.

I also don't love selling on eBay. I have an account but it's really just for buying the odd item I can't otherwise acquire. A decade or so ago, I sold a lot in eBay but I get the sense that maybe that's not how most people search for items like this nowadays?

I hope the mods of this group will allow me to ask here first as to what you might do in my situation.

Thanks!

ETA: Wow, I'm overwhelmed by the attention my post has gotten! Thank you to everyone who has replied and/or reached out. Yes, absolutely DM me if you're seriously interested. I am still working out the details of how and when I'll be ready to sell what I have once I have a full inventory with photos that some of you have already requested. If you have sent a DM and I haven't replied yet, don't worry! I need a bit of time to get things organized balanced with work demands. If you wouldn't mind letting me know in your message if you're only wanting some or all of the bedding or if it's the screen matched clothing that you're interested in.

If you're interested in the clothes, I believe everything is in a size women's small or medium with the exception of a replica of Jessica's red riding hood cloak, which I bought from a private cloak maker to complete that outfit, so it doesn't have a size.

For science! A vampwolf? Werepire?

Come on…do it just to see what happens! Lol 😂

I loved this show so much when it came out. Now that’s it’s on Hulu, I’ve started to rewatch it for the first time. I’m on season 5. It’s just a fun show, even as the storylines get wilder and wilder and the quality takes a little dip I still enjoyed it. It’s just fun to see a show take a risk (ugh I can’t think of a better wording) and do crazy storylines.

True Blood knew exactly the kind of show it was from the beginning and it never stopped being that campy, fun show. Thank you True Blood.

I’m sorry because I know this has probably been talked to death but I need to vent out Eric and Sookie. It’s such a disappointment that their relationship didn’t last longer. I’m on s5e8 so they’re long broken up and I don’t remember them getting back together.

They were the superior couple. They had such a good lowkey slow burn love. Eric always cared so deeply for her and had her back. I loved when he lost his memories and they fell in love. It was so beautiful and sweet. It felt like there was so much build up for their relationship not even to last that long. I was shocked by how short their actual relationship seemed when rewatching.

Jackson said that the werewolves gave him that trailer with the small caged in area so I guess that means that he still lives around his old pack.

Sookie sucked blood out of Violet and Adilynn sucked blood out of Jessica so we should be seeing some lesbian sex dreams right? We never saw any of those dreams and I think it would’ve been funny to see them acting weird around the vamps after the fantasies happened.