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I think that is my problem, too, sj. I don't find either of them particularly interesting or well-acted.
I think I also have a low-tolerance for stupid-with-a-southern-accent in general.
I contrast the characters on True Blood with the ones on Justified, and find them wanting.
I have written No Reservations: Bon Temps fanfic. Should I link to it in the fanfic thread? It was fun describing that stuff from the outside and borrowing Bourdain's...outsized voice for the occasion. I think Season one was kind of my favorite...maybe you never forget your first time? One thing I appreciate about the show is that we can*see* Sookie wearing her clothes so that Charlaine doesn't need to describe them to us. That shit gets OLD fast.(Maybe it wouldn't if I wasn't wearing a t-shirt with the Leverage team on it.) And I've kind of given up on the books cause she's ended up in clinches with everyone cause OMG, Sookie is just SO irresistible(And I LIKE Sookie...she's just approaching a situation where her biggest flaw is being too awesome in the book!verse) I wish I hadn't read them all in a big bunch. I just missed the show...
I think I also have a low-tolerance for stupid-with-a-southern-accent in general.
Well, don't hold season 1 against Jason. He got awesome in season 2 without getting any smarter, just more self-aware. I'm trying to ignore the regression in season 3, because he was that much better in season 2.
Ok, maybe I'll give Season 2 a try.
One thing I appreciate about the show is that we can*see* Sookie wearing her clothes so that Charlaine doesn't need to describe them to us. That shit gets OLD fast.
Oh Lord, yes. While I appreciate that the book character has more agency and practicality than Anna Paquin's benighted simpleton, the focus on describing her Wal-mart ensemble du jour every chapter drives me up the wall.
This is especially annoying when you listen to the books. A bit like the first two Potter books when JK was in her adverbial period, I said disappointedly.
One of the few things I remember about the one or two Anita Blake books I managed was the emphasis on her clothes. Usually including the color of stripe on her Nikes.
I had to stop reading the Sookie Stackhouse books because of the clothing descriptions. It also really dates the book- much like all of the explainations of "the electronic mail- or e-mail" in the early Kay Scarpetta books
Anita Blake wears clothes at some point? But wouldn't that result in whole seconds she couldn't spend banging every supernatural creature in her immediate vicinity?
This was in the first book, back when she wasn't having sex.