Eric/Sookie relationship

"Sookie, my little bullet-sucker."
"Eric, my big bullshitter."


在Dead until Dark中, Sookie初次遇見Eric的那一晚

"The Vampire over there is handsome; he has scanned you twice."
Bill自知任何女人都會為Eric著迷
Sookie心想, " The Vampire he'd indicated was handsome, in fact, radiant; blond and blue-eyed, tall and broad shouldered. He was wearing boots, jeans, and a vest. Period. Kind of like the guyes on the cover of romance books. He scared me to death. "

如果從第九部劇情來看
Sookie與Eric初次見面就被吸引, 因為不認同Eric傲慢的態度而疏遠
Sookie無法讀取吸血鬼的想法, 相處更顯安心自在
接著才會在感到無比孤獨, 渴望愛的時刻, 投入Bill的懷抱. 其實在原著中這一切都發生的非常自然
對Sookie而言, 與吸血鬼交往是讓她逃避現實的方法, 所以只要是吸血鬼都OK?

Sookie與Bill交往後爭吵不斷, Bill讓Sookie覺得自己是Kept woman
無法自己作主, 需要Bill的"保護"
她讓他覺得自己像人類, 其實Bill另有苦衷, 與Sookie交往完全是吸血鬼女王的旨意
Bill其實並不了解Sookie, 他試著對她好, 卻不明白她真正需要什麼

然而Eric與Sookie每次見面都能激盪出火花, 連Sookie都說只有Eric got her (mind)

Eric不需要讀心術, 總是能察覺到Sookie的情緒, 觀察到Sookie/Bill關係的細微變化

在第一部的結尾, 會飛的Eric在深夜中, 出現在Sookie的病房窗外
他凝望著Sookie, 讓她知道 " he is right there for her"
恐怕連他自己也不知道, 為何對Sookie感到興趣
因為after 1000 years, it's hard to be impressed, 這女人令他感到好奇

我特別喜歡的Eric/Sookie moments

- Eric is a good listener. 他很有耐心, 總是靜靜聆聽Sookie的想法, 聽Sookie說發生的事情

- 他總是能逗Sookie開心, 開Sookie的玩笑, 他懂得Sookie的笑點

- 無論Eric與Sookie共同經歷了許多事, 關係如何進展, 這其中Sookie還交了其他男友, Eric總是對她很溫柔, 等待她投入他的懷抱

Eric很有自信, 他對自己的自信, 也或許是生活的歷練, 讓他不會為了芝麻小事與Sookie爭吵
他總是說總有一天我們會把話說清楚, 但不是現在; 這也顯示了他們之間的信任
或許至少到前9部小說, Eric都還是這段關係的主導者吧?
Sookie也知道只要說清楚了, 她就永遠無法離開Eric的掌握...

Eric從第一次見面就開始守護著Sookie, 如果只是為了她的天賦
then he is into her too much!
Living Dead in Dalllas 的危急關頭,
是Eric在Sookie的身邊保護她, 為她擋子彈;
(這時候Bill根本忘記Sookie, 只忙著殺敵)

Club Dead, 在她流淚的時候, 是Eric幫她脫衣洗臉蓋被 (或許為了脫衣的成份多些??哈哈!)
當她受傷的時候, Eric 冒著曝露身分的危險, 挺身而出守護她, 以致於Sookie醒來後說
" Thank you, Eric"
" For what? "
" For standing by me in the club, For coming here with me.
For not leaving me alone with all these people."

Dead as a doornail, 當她遭受槍擊的時候, 她第一個想到的是打電話給Eric

All Together Dead, 吸血鬼女王侍衛Andrea威脅Sookie, 是Eric現身救了她
在Sookie莫名其妙遭受炸彈威脅時, 是Eric出現表示願意為她而 死

太多太多時刻了, 難怪Eric在Dead as a doornail中說
"And now someone else has shot at you and I wasn't there to take the bullet...
You must be living wrong...."

不知不覺中, Eric早已變成Sookie的守護者!

最不可思議的是, 在Sookie/Bill關係中, Sookie總是等待Bill來救她
而在Eric/Sookie的關係中, 他們彼此守護
Eric視Sookie為戰士, a fighter, 他讚揚Sookie的勇敢與堅強
而Sookie也激發出Eric美好的一面, 更人性化的特質
在第四部中, Eric深夜裡失去記憶, 出現在Sookie家附近, 正是因為女巫的詛咒
讓Eric出現在他最重視, 最真實, 最靠近他心所在的地方!!
這點Eric也在後面的集數中告訴了Sookie, Sookie聽了之後不知所措

"I know you may come to hate me because I spared you the bit of Andrea,"
"But I really am the lesser of two evils."
"I know that."

Eric對Sookie來說是很重要的存在, 雖然她在第四部前還不明白哪是什麼
她多次出手救他, 甚至在all together dead中
旅館即將爆炸時, Sookie第一個想到的是衝去Eric的房間救他與Pam
Sookie甩了Eric幾巴掌都醒不來, 他是聽到了Sookie的求救尖叫聲才驚醒

也就是從這一刻開始, 我才突然發覺Sookie是真的很喜歡Eric而不自知
這一點, Eric早就在hot shower scene 中知道了!!

"Did I love you?" I knew Eric wasn't going to give up.
and I might as well figure out an answer." Maybe. Sort of.
But I knew all along that whoever was with me, it wasn't the real you. And I knew sooner or later you 'd remember who you were and what you were. "
"You don't seem to have yes or no answers about men," he said.
"You don't exactly seem to know how you feel about me, either." I said.

難怪許多書迷都認為, They were meant to be together!

在第九部Dead and gone, Eric 告訴 Sookie的Grandpa
" Fairy, I leave cleaning this place to you,"
" Your great -granddaughter is my woman, mine and mine alone.
I'll take her to her home."

許多書迷都在猜, 也許是Grandpa已經默認了Eric/Sookie
所以才會讓他帶走心愛的孫女?

這一切的伏筆, CH早在第一部就開始鋪陳
所以Eric/Sookie的發展一點也不令人驚訝
True Blood中緩慢的進展才是令廣大書迷驚訝的地方

Grandpa臨走前告訴Sookie,
"The Vampire is not a bad man, and he loves you."

是指Eric嗎? 天哪~~~真是吊足胃口.

We all hope it's Eric.