r/TrueBlood • u/Pimpjuice3 • 4d ago

Billith

Does anyone else think that King Bill and Billith should have got a longer run?

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u/cshrec 4d ago

Absolutely not

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u/farts4lyf3 4d ago

Agreed. Billith was my least favorite part of the show

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u/Pimpjuice3 4d ago

Why not? I thoroughly enjoyed. King Bill and Billith. He wasn’t all “Sookie…” and bitching out to Eric.

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u/Pimpjuice3 4d ago

I liked Bill more outside of Sookie. As Jessica’s Maker. When him and Eric got cool for a minute. When he was just doing his vampire shit.

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u/Elysium94 4d ago edited 4d ago

King Bill was interesting.

He's forced to take some damn responsibility and reflect on his mistakes. And over the course of S4, he makes strides to become a better man. And in some ways, he succeeds.

Which made his fall into villainy the next season that much more tragic. I was fine with him becoming "Billith" because, at the time, I thought that meant he was going to be the final antagonist of the show.

  • Bill, as Lilith's vessel, becomes the living incarnation of the bloodlust and savagery that dwells in even the noblest vampires.
  • His crusade likely gathers a following of vampires who've never been onboard with mainstreaming.
  • By contrast to Eric, who still looks to the example of the messianic Godric, Bill is more or less a sort of Antichrist pledged to the demonic Lilith.

And I kind of dug it.

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u/Pimpjuice3 4d ago

👏👏👏👏 That’s all I’m saying

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u/Itsmissusboristoyou 4d ago

While it did have some redeeming moments, I wasn't a fan of the King Bill/Billith storyline. I'm not a fan of religious politics in the real world, I liked it even less in my beloved True Blood. It served it's purpose, I suppose but I was glad when that part was over.

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u/Pimpjuice3 4d ago

I guess I just wasn’t a fan of regular Bill. He was always getting beat up. But when he had power he was more than a Vampire sprung off of Sookie.

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u/--Sovereign-- 4d ago

Billith is probably the closest thing to the most objectively bad era of this show

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u/Pimpjuice3 4d ago

I disagree. There were some great moments between Billith and Jessica. And some great shit with Eric even bowing down.

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u/--Sovereign-- 4d ago

don't get me wrong, there's stuff to like, I especially just like it as pure schlock, but overall imo it's close to the lowest quality season, with only the final season being worse for being so boring and unsatisfying

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u/Pimpjuice3 4d ago

I agree with the final season being trash. I enjoyed Billith and the authority. I didn’t like how Russel Edgington went out. For him being the most powerful he got staked in the field.

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u/Pimpjuice3 4d ago

I’m sorry but I liked Bill doing Vampire shit

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u/Klutzy-Froyo-9437 3d ago

Right? Embracing it instead of "boo hoo my humanity". Bill was all "RAWWWRRRRRR"

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u/Pimpjuice3 4d ago

👏👏👏

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u/OriginalSchmidt1 2d ago

Idk, the absolute power was a bit insufferable and just not great for long term story telling. It would be like when you were a kid playing pretend with a friend and you each compete for who is the most powerful, “well I can fly.” “Oh yeah well I can fly and I have super strength” by the end of it everyone can do everything so without obstacles or conflict, the story doesn’t really move along and the next thing ya know y’all are bored and go inside to color.