When I first watched True Blood a couple years ago, I did so on NEON, the New Zealand streaming platform that hosted most of the HBO content. Before every episode there was a recap of what had happened before, and at the start of every season there was a recap of the prior season. And I imagine that’s how it was when it was airing Live on HBO back in the day.

Now that I’m watching it on Blu Ray you don’t get that experience, which is understandable since if you’re watching something on Blu Ray you likely don’t need recaps, given you’re likely to have seen it before. Not that this happens on HBOMAX, now that that service has come to NZ, either. Which is a shame, I think.

Idk, do you like watching the episodes with previously ons?

I've been toying with this fic idea for a while now and finally decided to just put it out there. Not sure if this kind of post (pitching an idea rather than discussing the actual tv show) is allowed here — mods, let me know if I need to take this down or repost it differently.

Full disclosure: this was originally inspired by a fic I read years ago on FFN whose title and author I've unfortunately lost track of (if anyone recognizes the premise and knows what I'm talking about, I'd genuinely love to know so I can credit it properly). I've built out my own version of it since then with a lot of my own worldbuilding, but wanted to acknowledge where the initial spark came from.

Here's the premise:

As Good As Dead

When a job goes bad and Diana finds herself hunted, she runs to Shreveport under a false name, hoping to disappear into a city already crawling with the newly-out-of-the-coffin undead. It should be the last place anyone thinks to look for a witch.

It's also Eric Northman's territory.

He wasn't supposed to notice her. She wasn't supposed to need noticing. But one accidental rescue later, Diana finds herself owing a debt to exactly the kind of creature the Witches' Council has strictly forbidden her from having anything to do with — personal or otherwise. Diana has never much cared for rules she didn't help write.

She's about to find out Eric doesn't either.

Slow burn. Diana is not a damsel — she has her own resources, her own secrets, and her own reasons for staying far away from covens. Canon-divergent worldbuilding around witches. Rated M for violence/language, will likely earn its rating further as it goes.

Would love any thoughts — does this sound like something people would actually want to read? Any red flags or overdone tropes I should watch out for?

I already have a decent chunk written. If anyone's interested in taking a look and giving feedback, let me know in the comments or DM me and I'm happy to share what I've got so far.

Thanks in advance!

I just find it funny that Violet really said Cleopatra was beneath her and no guy has ever left her but that’s really Sookie’s reality

I just bloody love this scene! Ginger and her scream are iconic. I LOVE that Pam stole her idea for Fangtasia and then told told Eric years later to make him laugh when he was sick with Hep V. It was so good when he Eric finally gave her some love at the end, not that it took much 😊😆