A Most Shocking Turn

[peppermintyrose]

So, so, so. I've been thinking about that blurb while I was gone. Thanks to those who think of me and message me, while I am gone. At the moment, I think of you all regularly, because the wili wili flower grows by our clothesline and it's in bloom. I see what I consider the peculiar red flower Eric gave to Sookie and think of my lovely friends.

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[fffbone]

I just thought of something... CH said that she would go into hiding when the last book comes out. Didn't she also mention that she might lose some readers. I'm sure everyone including me think it would have to do with Eric and Sookie.

Now I'm thinking it just might have to do with murder of a child. I brushed that off when it crossed my mind. Thinking would she write that. Now thinking, Yeah she would. She wrote Dead and Gone the torture that Sookie went through. Crystal and Claudine killed both being pregnant. Holly's son being abducted. Also had the threat the witches put on Holly. They would hurt her family.

[peppermintyrose]

Lol - I'm sure they do. But killing a child? Look how much shit she got over the death of Claudine. I also think that a lot of readers slam her for not enough. Sookie and Eric's talks are never enough for example. Sookie and Eric have been together for 4 books now, and the bitching hasn't stopped. That's a good reason to go into hiding.

CH would have no problems killing a kid - mainly because it's the height of emotional stress, while being no physical stress. She can't leave the books with a little whimper of an issue. It's not like torture, where we have to know if Sookie's alright afterwards.

[anonymous]

Eric has always been my favoured suitor for Sookie, in part because Eric was introduced in DUD to serve as an alternative of sorts to Bill, who reminds me of an emotionally abusive ex of mine who did his level best to make me feel inferior. I hate that Bill has made Sookie feel self-conscious about not being well-traveled or having 'refined tastes'. Eric, on the other hand, seems to value what Sookie has to say. But since this is not an either-or situation, and nor should it be, Sookie's decision of who she loves and who she wants to be with is the only thing relevant here. Now back to hyperventilating fangirls, I find it surreal how some women - grown ass women - are prepared to take it as a personal slight whether two fictional characters end up together or not. Amazon book reviews are a revelation in fangirl psyche where people want to be spoonfed information and declarations of everlasting love and devotion, aka a snorefest. I do believe that a lot of people will be dissatisfied with the ending regardless of the outcome

[anonymous]

I hate the backlash that this accusation will have on Sookie, however short-termed, since she is often around children, especially since Hunter's dad in Red Ditch will probably hear the news of Sookie's arrest.

The above post is also me, ~ Toonsie

[peppermintyrose]

I hate it too - but it'll give her a good idea of who are her fast and firm friends. I'll fistpump every time someone stands up for - I know Sam will be one, which already makes me feel fluffy inside. And I think Remy will be okay - after all, he's got his own little truth detector there. :)

:D Your IP is the same with the two posts. :D

[peppermintyrose]

Bill is that quintessential ex that makes you feel inferior. I think many of the women in the fandom can relate to the guy that fucking mansplains everything to you. That guy that teaches you a lot about what you *don't* want from relationships, because he thinks he so fucking clever. I like Eric a lot better because even though he was higher in class than Sookie when he was alive, he never makes Sookie feel that

RachelW

[anonymous]

Your idea makes a lot of sense, that a child murder would be really shocking, and it's plausible to pin on Sookie as both a FoTS target and someone who has a publicly known issue with Arlene now (plus the former "friendship" to raise the stakes).

Building on that, I got to thinking about how in the very first book, Sookie worked to exonerate Jason when he was a logical suspect. Could his recent growth lead him to return the favor? Could those efforts then be what leads to Jason's death (rather than the more expected shifter bit)? Could Jason have to suck it up and work with the vampires to help Sookie? It seems like a nice bookend to the first book to have him parallel her efforts. Hmmm.

Re: RachelW

[peppermintyrose]

I think you could really twist the knife if you included the babysitting angle. And let's face it - Sookie is immune to Arlene, but I doubt she's immune to the kids. She does wonder about them separately to Arlene, and I reckon it would be easy to have Sookie come into close proximity with them again. She wouldn't be doing Arlene a solid - she'd be doing it with the kids.

I think Jason would actually put in some work to protect Sookie. He'd be pretty damn outraged that someone would accuse her of that. And he's already had that stouch with Arlene in Merlotte's at the Were Reveal. And while he's not 100% (he doesn't want her spewing her guts up in his beloved truck) I think that he would definitely stand up for her. I think Michele would bully the hell out of him anyway - she's really friendly with Sookie. :D

[anonymous]

It sounds plausible, but the sceptical part of me struggles to fully embrace the idea that the murder's really going to shock Bon Temps and the use of 'shocking' isn't just stuck in there to make the blurb sound better, or because it might shock the readers. Trouble is that I don't really want just the blurb, I want the whole damn book!

I think whatever happens, though, it'll involve Arlene and the FOTS, and if her kid/s is/are sacrificed then she'll end the series as a nice counterpoint to Sookie - the woman who lost everything, as opposed to the woman who has gained so much.
Ooshka

[peppermintyrose]

I thought about that - but I had a look at other blurbs for the series, and none of them have shocking. I think I would be able to ignore "shocking" if it didn't also "rock the town". And I'm with you there - I want the whole damn book. I will be CH's best friend forever, and release no spoilers if she gives it to me, and ends my torture.

I think it would make a nice parallel - Arlene who was always willing to do what her boyfriend said, even at the cost of her fellow humans, as opposed to Sookie who stood up for what she thought, and her own race. I doubt it'd get through the thick heads of some of the fangirls who just want her to abdicate thinking to the favoured man, but it might persuade some.

[anonymous]

This certainly would be shocking. I don't think Arlene would be in on it.

This might be the only way of finally getting through to Arlene and offering her a chance at redemption. She's sacrificed her identity, her friends, her job, her decency, all for the sake of love - not love for these men, but for her kids. Losing one or both of the children would be incredibly ironic, but in a fucked up way, justThis is a great final solution to the FotS, too. Generally, the only time governments will step in when it comes to fanatics or cults is when they can prove child abuse. Granted, this isn't the kind of systematic scenario we usually see but as it comes on the heels of Rhodes, and as there are g-men involved in the story

[peppermintyrose]

No, I don't think she would be either. But I definitely think she'd have suspicions afterwards, but may keep silent