He reminds me of Elvis- if Elvis had ever said Sookie….
Speaking of- I won’t spoiler since it’s minor, but I’ll space if you want to avoid-
Elvis is a character in the books, though he’s called Bubba and it never once actually identifies him by name (though it gives enough details about his Graceland t-shirt and humming Blue Christmas and his looks and the like that it doesn’t have to). He was very brain damaged as he was being “brought over”. I’ve wondered if the Presley Estate is why the producers of the series decided not to use the character.
Gah, she is the first human being I’ve seen who falls into the uncanny valley. She looks like someone took Grace Zabriskie and gave her bad plastic surgery and made her up to look like she’s trying to pass for 23. The actress, Lauren Bowles, certainly has striking bone structure, but she clearly looks pretty when made up nicely and shot well, so I assume the show wants her to look odd.
I kinda wish when Sam’s mother said, “This ain’t gunna get us very far” he had said, “You’re right, heres two one-tickets to Nepal, that far enough for ya, cuz I’m not sure its far enough for me.”
I hope Jessica survives. She is being chased by a werewolf while she is in a weakened state. i found her annoying at first, but now she is a break out star.
She was chowing on the Swayze werewolf (in naked human form), and he wasn’t dead (at least not yet). He was begging her not to kill him. The last shot was Jessica chomping down on his neck.
What prevents Sookie from turning into a vamp at this point - he drained her, then refilled her with his blood - other than “intent to turn”, isn’t that the process for making a baby vampire?
If it does, it would most likely happen season 5, because while they have pulled some things from future books in sooner, books 4 and 5 have radically different venues so it’s unlikely that mixing and matching would work there.
I’m betting Jesus is a witch or a Santeria priest. He showed concern that Lafayette had an altar set up with orishas represented with no offerings. I think it was Shango and Elegba, yeah? Both Yoruba deities. Of course, they may just go with generic “voodoo” stuff.
That was an interesting scene as it was clear it was more than just making commentary about a potential hook-ups decor; basically “if you’re going to do this do it right”.
Something I’ve wondered about Santeria that I’ll ask here in case anybody may know: Most Catholic churches- I understand at least- have special sinks or otherwise special means of disposal for consecrated wine, and since Catholicism influenced Santeria and Voodoo I’ve wondered if there’s a special way of disposing of the offering placed on an alter. In Catholicism of course the wine is consecrated and represents the blood of Christ which isn’t the case with a shot of whiskey left on an alter, but at the same time this is a serious rite to some and so just taking it off and tossing it would seem a bit disrespectful. Does the practitioner leave it for a time and then drink it themself, or is there any set amount of time you leave out the offerings of alcohol and food before discarding them (assuming of course the god doesn’t come by and drink them)?
For that matter, what do Jews do with the glass of wine set for Elijah at Passover? Or Vietnamese and others who perform ancestor worship for the food that is set for the dead relatives?
I’ve been to 40+ Passovers and I don’t know! He doesn’t have to get a full cup, just a little one so it’s not a total waste. At my usual Passover I assume either my Dad drinks it or the lady my step-Mom hires spills it out in the sink when she cleans up.
I’m sure that there’s a list of rules that the Orthodox follow. I recall reading that back in the days of animal sacrifices at the Altar, poor people got to take the offerings after some amount of time. That’s not to say that the Orthodox donate the little bit of Elijah wine but it indicates that it doesn’t go to waste.
