"I can smell the sunshine in your hair"

Yes, my love (more like obsession) for True Blood has finally spilled over to the blog. Thanks to Judy and everyone else who's been bugging me to see this series, we finally caved in and started watching and oh man... I am hooked!

From Wikipedia naturally,
"Following the creation of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed from legendary monsters to fellow citizens overnight. Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) is a telepath and waitress at Merlotte's in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, owned by Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell), a shapeshifter—though this secret is kept hidden. One night, Sookie meets Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), a handsome 173-year-old vampire who has returned to Bon Temps following the death of his last remaining relative. As she cannot hear his thoughts, she finds it easy to be in his company and, over the first season, the two become romantically involved."

Its very easy to just say a love story, but its much more complicated than that. It deals with prejudice - vampires being the outsiders of society, to dealing with people who maybe slightly different to you and me. But I must say, it does help when you have a good looking cast.

The actors on this show are very good - from Anna Paquin (Sookie), Stephen Moyer (Bill), Sam Trammell (Sam), Rutina Wesley (Tara), Nelsen Ellis (Lafayette), Ryan Kwanten (Jason) among many many others. Their characters are multifaceted because of them. It makes you think, if you cast different actors in those roles, how different it would be. For example, it would be very easy to see Bill as a whiny, very old fashioned guy but Moyer makes him sympathetic and romantic. Even the character of Lafayette could easily be a stereotypical gay man but Ellis creates a vunerability and a personality to the character.

I know there are many people who love this show, probably more than me, so do comment away, I enjoy hearing from you :)