I have seen minor similarities in the HBO original series Tru Blood and the Stephenie Meyer saga Twilight. Really minor similarities. But, last night's episode "Plaisir D'Amour", gave us one of the biggest similarities. From the start, Sookie Stackhouse has been caught in the middle of tug-o-war between the Vampire Bill Compton and the neighborhood bar owner Sam Merlotte.In Twilight, Bella is caught between a tug-o-war between Edward and Jacob.
Well, last night's episode of Tru Blood pretty much cinched up a big similarity. Sam Merlotte is special in much the same way Jacob in Twilight is special. Sam isn't just a man who owns a popular bar in Louisiana. He isn't just a man at all. Jacob isn't just a teenage boy at all either. Jacob is a werewolf. Sam is the friendly neighborhood stray dog. I love it! I love that we get to see the tug and pull between Vampire and Dog for their lady love like we read the push and pull between Jacob and Edward in Twilight.
Basically, Tru Blood is a dirtier, scarier, more violent, sexier version of a very dirty, scary, violent and sexy Twilight. Tru Blood is written for adults while Twilight is written more for the teen crowd. But both of them have me spellbound! Even all these months since the final book in the Twilight series, I am still as spellbound by Stephenie Meyer's saga as the day I first cracked open that series.
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