Why I am not mourning Bill Compton
I
am not mourning Bill Compton because I have faith in his character and I
think he will still be redeemable in an emotional and heart breaking
moment of clarity for the character. I think this is really the only
thing Bill could do. I mean, do we really want him to be the character
of nonexistance like Charlaine Harris has made him, lurking in Sookie's
woods and declaring his eternal love for her while she throws his heart
away? I don't. Frankly, Charlaine Harris has turned Bill into just
another of Sookie's sycophants. Believe me, I agree with Pam, I am so
over Sookie and her precious fairy vagina.
I know it is tough to see Bill be something other than the courtly Ashley Wilkes type, Louis, Barnabus, Angel, Vampire with a heart of gold but really, Bill has been working up to this. He has lost everything and now he thinks he has found something to replace and protect him from the hurt and pain and loss he has experienced. Now, we know this is a bad way to experience this sense of grace and being lost and now I am found sort of thing, but dammit, it is the most human thing he has ever done. There are real humans who immerse themselves in all sorts of religions and cults and practices because they think it somehow makes their life better. Like I tell anyone who comes up to me and says: I wanna be a witch! I tell them simply the craft does not solve all your problems and in a way, it may make your problems worse so really think about it. Bill didn't, most don't and he will find a way out in the end.
Now, the thing is, I felt bad for Eric too. When he was looking for Godric and and when he was looking for himself when he was amnesiac, I felt bad for him. And I feel bad for Eric now. Eric has finally come to a conclusion about Bill. Maybe it was because the both of them had tried to kill each other and both of them had saved each other's lives. Maybe it is because Eric knows a little about what it is like to not have control of himself when Marnie was petting his sweet foggy little bean like he was a lap dog (Damn you unhand my Viking, you foul old crone). Whatever the reason, Eric now has a real respect for Bill and he obviously thought Bill was worthy of saving except Bill pulled a trick on them and reconstituted himself as a saber toothed Vampire in terrible need of a good hot shower.
I don't go in for the reverse hating thing and say the Eric Girls have pressured AB and the writers to make Bill's character evil no more than I went for the palaver about AB being a Bill Boy and gonna make it Sookie and Bill forever because Stephen and Anna are married in real life. It's just stupid to think that way. And I think it is a rush to judgement to say Bill is lost for all time and can't be redeemed. I think he still can. Even if it is the last episode of the last season, I believe Bill can be redeemed.
So I am not going to mourn Bill Compton. I am going to go with the flow. If Stephen didn't think he would want to play Bill that way, I would say he could say no and his word would have a lot of sway by now. Stephen likes the direction of his character. He is enjoying the opening up of his character, just as Alex said he enjoyed playing sweet innocent Eric when he was amnesiac. He also said something on one of those behind the scenes things on HBO GO that Eric has discovered he liked Bill and that is something really new for Eric because he is a lot like Pam and really had no respect for Bill but now he does and Bill is actually the closest he has to a best friend. So I say, tear off the black crepe ladies, put away your widows weeds. Admire the wonderful job Stephen does playing this established character in a new and amazing way.
Eric once said Trust me...I say the same thing..Trust Bill....
I know it is tough to see Bill be something other than the courtly Ashley Wilkes type, Louis, Barnabus, Angel, Vampire with a heart of gold but really, Bill has been working up to this. He has lost everything and now he thinks he has found something to replace and protect him from the hurt and pain and loss he has experienced. Now, we know this is a bad way to experience this sense of grace and being lost and now I am found sort of thing, but dammit, it is the most human thing he has ever done. There are real humans who immerse themselves in all sorts of religions and cults and practices because they think it somehow makes their life better. Like I tell anyone who comes up to me and says: I wanna be a witch! I tell them simply the craft does not solve all your problems and in a way, it may make your problems worse so really think about it. Bill didn't, most don't and he will find a way out in the end.
Now, the thing is, I felt bad for Eric too. When he was looking for Godric and and when he was looking for himself when he was amnesiac, I felt bad for him. And I feel bad for Eric now. Eric has finally come to a conclusion about Bill. Maybe it was because the both of them had tried to kill each other and both of them had saved each other's lives. Maybe it is because Eric knows a little about what it is like to not have control of himself when Marnie was petting his sweet foggy little bean like he was a lap dog (Damn you unhand my Viking, you foul old crone). Whatever the reason, Eric now has a real respect for Bill and he obviously thought Bill was worthy of saving except Bill pulled a trick on them and reconstituted himself as a saber toothed Vampire in terrible need of a good hot shower.
I don't go in for the reverse hating thing and say the Eric Girls have pressured AB and the writers to make Bill's character evil no more than I went for the palaver about AB being a Bill Boy and gonna make it Sookie and Bill forever because Stephen and Anna are married in real life. It's just stupid to think that way. And I think it is a rush to judgement to say Bill is lost for all time and can't be redeemed. I think he still can. Even if it is the last episode of the last season, I believe Bill can be redeemed.
So I am not going to mourn Bill Compton. I am going to go with the flow. If Stephen didn't think he would want to play Bill that way, I would say he could say no and his word would have a lot of sway by now. Stephen likes the direction of his character. He is enjoying the opening up of his character, just as Alex said he enjoyed playing sweet innocent Eric when he was amnesiac. He also said something on one of those behind the scenes things on HBO GO that Eric has discovered he liked Bill and that is something really new for Eric because he is a lot like Pam and really had no respect for Bill but now he does and Bill is actually the closest he has to a best friend. So I say, tear off the black crepe ladies, put away your widows weeds. Admire the wonderful job Stephen does playing this established character in a new and amazing way.
Eric once said Trust me...I say the same thing..Trust Bill....
