Tuesday, August 13, 2013

My POV on HBOs True Blood

I saw it early on, but it didn't hit me until the latter part of this season. Vampires really are gay, metaphorically speaking. For those of you not familiar with the cable tv series, it's a show based on Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire Mystery books. It takes place in the fictional town of Bon Temps in the southern part of Louisisana, and tells the story of the coexistence between humans and vampires.

So there's the first revelation. Vampires = Homosexuals. Get it? Vampires are often thought of as monsters. For many, gays are still considered monsters. If you don't believe me, ask the fuckers of the Westboro Baptist Church. They wouldn't give a second thought to staking us in the heart. Then again, the jerks who run WBC are monsters in their own right. Vampires are creatures of the night. Gays enjoy the nightlife. Do you see a pattern forming. It's like they're telling the story of homos and heteros coexisting, right? Right.

"Maybe we should be scared. There's more of them than us, and they're pissed!" -Pam Swynford De Beaufort


Pam is an interesting character but has seemed more vulnerable as of late. Her character is snarky and not afraid to hold back how she really feels about someone. She's the perfect gay man: style savvy and successful. I pulled her quote from season six because there was a time when it was scary to be gay. In some places it still is. In fact it's this season that really had me thinking about how much of a correlation I see between this show and real life.

Anna Camp plays the role of Sarah Newlin. Her character is cold blooded and heartless, even I'm afraid of her (and this is a fictional character I'm talking about). She's not even a vampire, but she's dead-set on destroying every last one of them. Think of her as any pastor who's believes that God is telling them to do anything in their power to do away with homosexuality. In the series, she is a pastor's ex-wife. Not only do we later discover in the show that her ex is gay, but he also becomes a vampire himself....uh-oh! Only difference is, Sarah is a character we love to hate on tv. In real life, we would just hate her.

In this latest season, the government comes so close to doing away with vampires, which made me think of people trying to over turn the decision of many states allowing homosexual marriage. Yeah, it's not quite the same, then again it kind of is. It was such an eerie scene when Sarah Newlin nearly escapes death to slowly climb up the stairs as she's citing Psalms 23:4 and 23:6 (King James version) with the intention of killing almost half of the main cast. It's like watching the news when some conservative literally thinks it's God's will to end the homo lifestyle, and you say to yourself: "This bitch gone crazy!" Imagine Michele Bachmann, but with real balls.

Of course the gays are going to be big fans of this show. The vampires are hot (lots of nudity in this show), they dress immaculately, and they'll glamour you. This sunday is the season six finale. Follow the link below to watch the teaser for last week's episode. Just this clip alone gets me all wet. Enjoy :)

http://youtu.be/a3xwfoGkxoo