Well, I finally watched the series finale of True Blood and I must say it was a true disappointment. My quarrel with the ending of the show mainly centered on the fate of Sookie Stackhouse and Bill Compton. Don't misunderstand me, I was never really one to support their relationship.
However, I found too many holes in Bill's decision not to drink Sarah Newlin's blood, which would act as a cure for the disease of Hep-V. During the episode "Love is to Die," Bill explained his decision to Eric Northman. He claimed that in order for Sookie to move on with a normal and safe life, he must give up his own undead existence. He believed that her love for him and her attraction to vampires, due to her faerie blood, would lead to a life of constant darkness and death. Bill also admitted he had a fever dream that showed him a future in which Sookie gave birth to a baby composed of darkness.
All I can say is that Bill should have spent less time feeling self-pity and self-importance and more time thinking about his plan. First of all, we all have bad dreams. It is a senseless act to commit suicide just because we have a nightmare. Second, and most important in my opinion, I believe that Bill put Sookie in more danger than he prevented. In the episode "Thank You," Bill wanted Sookie to provide him with the true death by using her one-time ball of light, which would destroy him and turn her into a full human. He believed that Sookie would have a normal and safe life. In some way this made sense, but only if she used her ball of light. Spoiler alert, she did not.
Bill was extremely selfish by asking his love to end his
undead existence. If you want to stop living, you should not end your life by
making your loved ones do the deed. Sookie did kill Bill by putting a stake
through his heart. This meant that Sookie still attracted, and was attracted to,
vampires because she did not rid herself of her faerie blood. By Bill dying in
this manner, he left Sookie without a vampire to protect her. Sookie also lost
her other protector when Eric pursued his business ventures. With Alcide
Herveaux dead, this left Sookie with only Jessica and a couple of recently
introduced vampires to save her in case of danger.
My second disappointment with the show's ending, was that we
spent seven seasons of Sookie going back and forth between her three love interests:
Bill, Eric, and Alcide. Instead of giving us some kind of resolution between
which of the three she finally settled down with, we are given only a back shot
of an unknown man who impregnated her. This was so frustrating, and to be
frank, really anticlimactic. In my opinion, the final scene was extremely lame
and sexist.
After all Sookie has been through, all the strength she built up and all she learned about herself, she ends up being a wife and a mother. Although some may think this is the right way for anyone to end up, some may want more in their life. I would have been very happy if Sookie would have used her faerie powers and knowledge of the supernatural to help the world and become stronger without the male characters trying to domesticate her. Instead she is shown in the typical role that women are constantly shoved into. I was disappointed that her character was not built up into a stronger and more independent force, one that could spread her wings without being tied to a love interest. I feel that we need more female characters that flex their muscles and brain power, rather than their cleaning and breeding skills.
The only ending that did make sense to me was the fate of Eric Northman and Pam. Throughout the seasons, Eric's greed and need for power was made perfectly clear. It is not surprising at all that Eric and his protégé Pam would jump on the opportunity to benefit from Sarah's cure. In a weird way it just seems right that Eric and Pam be together at the end. Although they never really showed romance between each other, I think their bond was the strongest of all the characters, in twisted sense.
After all Sookie has been through, all the strength she built up and all she learned about herself, she ends up being a wife and a mother. Although some may think this is the right way for anyone to end up, some may want more in their life. I would have been very happy if Sookie would have used her faerie powers and knowledge of the supernatural to help the world and become stronger without the male characters trying to domesticate her. Instead she is shown in the typical role that women are constantly shoved into. I was disappointed that her character was not built up into a stronger and more independent force, one that could spread her wings without being tied to a love interest. I feel that we need more female characters that flex their muscles and brain power, rather than their cleaning and breeding skills.
The only ending that did make sense to me was the fate of Eric Northman and Pam. Throughout the seasons, Eric's greed and need for power was made perfectly clear. It is not surprising at all that Eric and his protégé Pam would jump on the opportunity to benefit from Sarah's cure. In a weird way it just seems right that Eric and Pam be together at the end. Although they never really showed romance between each other, I think their bond was the strongest of all the characters, in twisted sense.
