That had to have been one of the goriest, bloodiest episodes ever…which is saying a lot for True Blood.
Hmm, I never would have guessed she’s a Pink Panther!
Am I wrong in thinking the reference to tears is significant? Because the only mythological creature I can think of whose tears are significant is the phoenix. Given the way they filmed the moon on the lake, I thought she was a water nymph or something.
The tears are not significant. You were actually on the right track with the “Clouseau” clue. Just stick a “were” on the front of it.
I’m using the book as my source when answering this question. If the show decides to go its own route, then a few of us are going to look like idiots. Anyway, the tears shouldn’t be significant.
There are two clues in that scene that help you figure out what she is.
Clues in spoilers
First, Jason comments on how warm she is then a little later on, she starts sniffing the air.
So given those two clues, you can assume she’s some sort of…
were-animal or shifter
And a more precise answer:
She’s a werepanther from the town of Hotshot
And super ultra mega EXTREME spoilers for that storyline:
Hotshot is an exclusive hick town for werepanthers. Because it’s such a small town for only werepanthers, they have an inbreeding problem. When Crystal gets with Jason, her cousin (Felton Norris is his name and I’m assuming it’s the guy we saw this episode) gets jealous and kidnaps and tortures Jason. The torture, which involves biting and scratching, eventually turns Jason into a lesser form of werepanther. Sookie figures this out and Felton eventually gets punished by the pack leader, Calvin.
Nitpick: Didn’t Eric or Bill say during the last season that the 2,000-year-old Godric was the oldest vampire in North America? But in this episode, Russell said that he was 3,000 years old.
Edited to add that the Wikipedia article on the characters said this about Godric, “Eric Northman claims ‘there are none above him in the New World,’ referring to the physical power he has accumulated as the oldest vampire in the Americas.”
I have a feeling Sookies blood will not agree with a vampire. She is not a human after all.
Bill hasn’t seemed to have any problems with it.
Godric was a Roman I think.
One thing I didn’t know was that Eric was older than the queen.
I wonder how strict the relationship between age and strength is.
You distracted me with “horsie” and “subset.” I thought for sure you were going for “unicorn” but I didn’t see any unicorn traits at all, so I was thinkin’… 
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Well, she did seem a little horny there…
Do those other thing as spoilered above exist anywhere other than in the True Blood universe? I never heard of them.
I have always been curious about these supernatural beasts that can only be killed by a stake or a silver bullet, because I assume a wood chipper or a massive explosion that basically dismembered the body would also work. I just wonder if, as may be the case with Franklin, there are other ways to dismantle a vampire that there is no real recovery from.
Decapitation usually works.
Same genus, but a different species are in another book series - the human protagonist becomes the babysitter of serveral of them. I’d give you a link but by the time they show up in the series you’d probably hate the author as much as most of her old fans now do.
You mean Werepanthers?
If so, yes.
They’re fairly common in games D&D has were-EVERYTHING, for instance, and come up in other places, too. And, like mentioned above, other, related species are also common. Tigers and domestic cats, mostly.
Also apparently there is no relationship between age and rank. Eric as sheriff is subordinate to the queen of Louisiana, despite being older. And Godric was only a sheriff, despite being older than the queen of Louisiana or the king of Mississippi.
I would assume royalty is passed down in the Vampire world by being made by Royalty.
That wouldn’t explain how Russell is the king of Mississippi, as he’s way older than the state of Mississippi.
I am certain that Franklin will be back. shudder The writers are not going to waste so marvellously despicable a character. And, Tara could have staked him or cut off his head, instead of bludgeoning him. Which, while it might have been satisfying in the short-term, (given that whatever went on after she bit him and prior to his sated snuggling would almost certainly have to be classified as rape), leaves the potential of him tracking her down later. Consequences! The likes of which are sure to be most creatively unpleasant, if Franklin’s character holds true.
Also, I was sad that Jesus bailed on Lafayette after finding out how he was supplementing his income, but I found it refreshing that Lafayette didn’t try to deny or explain away what he does. And Jesus didn’t try to rationalize continuing a relationship with someone who occupies what is, at best, a moral gray area. No matter how much he may have liked or lusted after him before the big reveal. So far, this brief, aborted relationship, (although I doubt it is really over in the final sense - again with writers not wasting good stuff), has been the healthiest on the show.
I did note it when Jason mentioned Crystal being unusually warm, primarily because that has come up as an indicator in other supernatural fiction I’ve run across lately. I wonder if there is an foundation for it in the pre-existing mythology, because I don’t think I’d ever heard of it before Twilight.
What is it with Jason Stackhouse? He’s in love again, after about fifteen minutes, again. And his feelings toward the kid humping that girl in the car were understandable, but him throwing his weight around in classic good-ol’-boy style was … mean. Of course, the whole character of Jason has been one big exercise in testosterone-fueled stupidity, so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.
Here’s the studio version of that song, and, damn, it’s good.
She’s Were-French. When the moon is full she develops a thick accent and hates Americans.
I love Talbot’s fit over Eric’s “disrespect” for the mansion.