Our favorite TV show True Blood has now ended, but there are looming questions left still unanswered which we can’t ignore. Some of these I think are easy to imagine the answers to, but True Blood didn’t address them in any significant way.
Check out the list from Vulture below:
Why was Bill not bloodthirsty?
The other Hep-V–infected vamps needed more and more blood to satisfy their cravings as the disease progressed from stage one to stage four. Isn’t that why the whole town of St. Alice was wiped out, and why the Hep-V vamps continued on to Bon Temps? (“I have to eat every hour on the hour,” one of the infected vamps complained.) Somehow Bill was immune from this?
The Vault’s guess at an answer: Since Bill had a different strain of the disease as a result of being infected by Sookie’s faery blood, his symptoms were completely different than the usual Hep-V vamp.
Why didn’t vamps use their blood to heal all bite marks?
If ever vampires were worried about their bite marks giving them away, why didn’t they make the logical decision to use a dab of their blood to make the marks go away? Of course, without those marks, we wouldn’t have known who the fangbangers were, so there’s that.
The Vault’s guess at an answer: Before mainstreaming, presumably vampires did this. Once they were in the mainstream the only time they needed to do this was when they were concerned of being recognized. Take note of Bill’s flashback to the 1980’s where after drinking from the bartender, he healed the bite marks before letting his victim go. Another reason might be that vamps are just lazy or find it somehow a mark of honor when left on their dinner.
Why didn’t medical science ever exploit vampires for their healing properties?
If capitalism is alive and well, as evidenced by Eric and Pam’s flash-forward careers as purveyors of New Blood, why didn’t any doctors or hospitals get in on the action? Instead of just using V for its ecstasylike properties, humans could have kept vials of V around for medical emergencies — vampires could have made a tidy profit in providing this of their own free will. How did the people of Bon Temps not clue in the nearest hospital in Monroe? Or set up a clinic in their own town, perhaps side-by-side with the testing-for-Hep-V station? It’s not like these people never got injured …
If Bill’s house is left to Andy, but Jessica and Hoyt live there, does only Andy have the power to invite vamps in?
When Sookie’s house belonged to Eric, she lost her ability to extend and rescind invitations to vampires. If Bill’s house belongs to Andy, but Hoyt is the human inhabitant, does he have to call Andy over every time he wants to have a vampire dinner party with Jessica’s friends?
The Vault’s guess at an answer: Unless the permission is withdrawn, as long as Jessica has permission to enter, she’s in the door. You might remember that the couple lived together before.
Is there any remaining body of vampire government?
The Authority is dead. The Magister is dead. The queen of Louisiana is dead. The king of Mississippi is dead. Nan Flanagan is dead. Steve Newlin, the new Nan Flanagan, is dead. Bill is dead. Is there anyone left advocating for vampire rights? Because as Jessica and Hoyt’s rushed nuptials pointed out, their marriage is not recognized by the state of Louisiana.
Couldn’t Jason Stackhouse have also been part faery?
Niall, their faery grandfather, said it was Sookie who carried the fae, not Jason. But Jason comes from the same bloodline as Sookie, so it would stand to reason that he would have some faery abilities. In the books, Jason seemed to; his faery blood helped explain his prowess with sports and how every woman in Louisiana found herself drawn to him. The show flirted with the idea — Jason had visions of his parents, and he was able to take part of a faery energy circle — but Maryann the maenad was able to entrance him and vampires were able to glamour him. It seems that the show chose to have it both ways.
Who was Steve Newlin’s maker?
Could it have been Salome, as Michael McMillian told Vulture recently that it had once been written in a script, before the idea was scrapped? Or perhaps Pam, who revealed while she was turning Tara that she had made one other vampire before, but it didn’t exactly work out? All we know is that it was a woman, someone Steve didn’t recognize (so not Nan Flanagan), and it was a form of punishment. (Punishment for whom? The vampire, as it was for Bill when he had to make Jessica? Or punishment for Steve, for all his anti-vampire rights work?) Without Steve alive to recognize her, we may never know.
Who is the faceless guy Sookie ends up with?
Seriously, who is the bearded baby-daddy and why was he allowed to sit at the head of the table?
Has no one in Bon Temps heard of condoms?
Just saying.
The Vault’s guess at an answer: I assume that Arlene and Keith figured this out. I can’t imagine a relationship going this long in Bon Temps without consummation.
