2/23 Quopic of the day

For most True Blood and Sookie Stackhouse Novels fans our viking vampire, Eric Northman, seems to be the perfect male specimen who is fantastically good at everything he does. He’s tall, blonde, handsome, strong, witty, loyal, can keep a girl smiling all night long and could dispose of your enemies for you before you have time to even finish a sentence. However as Sookie discovered in Dead as a doornail Eric is not quite perfect ………

“Eric moved the broom experimentally and made an attempt to sweep the glass into the pan while it lay in the middle of the floor. Of course, the pan slid away. Eric scowled.
I’d finally found something Eric did poorly.”

Eric Northman, ridiculously gorgeous, slightly confused by a pan and broom!

So there you go, Eric would be completely rubbish at doing the housework for you. It’s a good bet that he’s not that great with a washing machine or tidying out the cupboard under the stairs either. (That actually reminds us of quite a few real men we know). We are sure Sookie doesn’t care, and neither would we, particularly with all his other talents!

Can anyone think of anything else that our viking vampire isn’t very good at, as quite honestly we are struggling with that one.

2/20 Quopic – Season 4, episode 3

True Blood Season 4 is now in full swing in the UK and last night in episode 3 “If you love me, why am I dyin’?” there was a further Eric Northman treat for the viewers, yet another side to everyone’s favorite viking – cute, adorable Eric.

Here at E&SL, we actually don’t think it was physically possible for him to be any cuter or more adorable. Who wouldn’t want to take him home and take good care of him?  So poor Sookie has our sympathy in today’s quopic trying (and failing) to tell him off.

“You just killed my fairy god-mother”.

“Sorry”.

To be fair to Sookie, she did try to send him to his room in the next episode!

This was the third episode in a row that ended with an Eric and Sookie scene, obviously the producers of the show knew which story-line would leave the viewers begging for more.

What did you think of cute, adorable Eric? Let us know below.

Love Letter To Eric Northman

Our friends over at the Vampire Book Club have a feature where their authors pen letters to their book boyfriends! We loved the one to Eric Northman SO MUCH…we decided to share it on here too! (It’s a really good letter.) We’re sure this is what most of you would write to him, if you could!

Read it and weep (I mean, literally – it’s so beautiful)!

From VBC: It’s hard not like a ruthless and devoted Viking vampire. Just ask Fiktshun, who wrote the Character Love Letter to him. Like me she can’t help but want Sookie to always pick Eric over Bill in Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse series. Plus, he’s a hottie to the point the closest they could get to play him on TV was the jaw-droppingly delicious Alexander Skarsgard. Read on to find out just why Eric has stolen Fiktshun’s heart.

My Dearest Eric,

From the moment I met you, I was yours. Sitting there at Fangtasia, you had every girl’s eyes on you. You were captivating, like no other man, like no other immortal.

When you searched the faces of the adoring women who only wanted to be near you, I knew that it wouldn’t be me that drew your attention. But I still hoped. I still dreamed.

I longed to feel your eyes lock with mine. I longed to feel every inch of your tall, broad-shouldered, sculpted body. Every. Single. Inch. Right there in the bar. You were sex personified. And I wanted to know you, if even for just a moment.

I longed to feel every inch of your tall, broad-shouldered, sculpted body. Every. Single. Inch. Right there in the bar. You were sex personified.

I longed to hear you tell me of your past. The life you had before you became a vampire. And I wanted to learn of the centuries that changed you from who you were then to the powerful, calculating vampire you are today.

And even though I’ve only gotten to know you from afar, I feel as if I do know you. You may not be mine now and you may never truly be mine. Not completely. But when the day comes that I won’t have you in my life any longer, at least I will have my memories of you. Memories that will keep you in my heart for years to come.

You claim to be ruthless. You pretend as if you care for nothing and no one, but I know that not to be true. The choices you’ve made show me just how much you do care, how connected you can be to another. I only wish it was me that broke through your icy exterior and captured your heart.

You’ve offered your blood to save the life of someone you care about. You’ve been there time and time again to be the hero even though you say you aren’t one.

This is why I love you. This is why I’d be willing to give up everything for you. For me there is no other. Only you.

When you lost your memory, you showed a different side of yourself. A side that was hidden underneath all the layers you built up over the centuries that hardened you, made you cruel, and left you very much alone. You revealed to me a gentler side. A tender and passionate side that made my heart melt even more than it already had.

And while I love the side of you that is strong, that is sure and powerful and merciless, just knowing that there is this other part of you makes me ache knowing that you aren’t mine.

I know you’ve been with many, many women over the centuries and even a few men. I never imagined it otherwise and never thought you could be exclusively mine. I only ever wanted the chance to be one of those lucky enough to catch your eye. I dreamed of the day I’d be able to feel your cool body against mine. To feel your penetrating gaze. To taste your lips. Your skin. To let my hands trace the path of your muscles. To feel the strength beneath them. To feel your rock hard…abs.

I worry about you my love. I know I’m not one to question your decisions, but I sense danger headed your way. A danger that maybe even a man, an immortal, as powerful as you can’t stop.

Just know that I am here for you, if ever you should decide to change your fate, to choose a different path, to leave the woman who refuses to give herself to you completely as I would.

I would give my very last heartbeat to you, Eric Northman, my Sherriff, my viking, my immortal.

Yours for all of eternity,
Fiktshun

Wow! Does that pretty much sum up your feelings for Eric Northman? Sookie is a lucky woman…hope she realizes just how lucky she really is.

Thanks to the Vampire Book Club for posting, and to Fiktshun for writing this beautiful letter!

What are your thoughts? Share them below!

Vulture tells us “Who is HBO’s biggest asshole?”

In a post by Vulture.com, they list out who they think “Who HBO’s biggest asshole?” character is. Or the more PC term of “Anti Hero”.

While Game of Thrones Joffrey takes the top honor as Top Asshole most deservedly

Our favorite bad ass vamp Eric Northman was listed at number 8.

Here is what they had to say about our beloved Viking

8. True Blood asshole: Eric (Alexander Skarssgard)
Especially in early seasons, Eric was a suave jerk, a sexual predator, a captor, and a torturer — but goddamn, that is one good-looking jerk. As the show’s gone on, he’s shown a slightly softer side, and his pouty “Sookie” is far sweeter than Bill’s huffy pronunciation.

Take a look at the complete list right here.
What do you think? Do you agree with there list? Do you think someone else should be on the list instead?
Tell us and them by leaving your comments here and at Vulture.com.

Hot Guys On TV: An In-Depth Look

Came across this, and figured you might find it interesting, mostly because it mentions Eric Northman and hot guys on TV

Lincee Ray, a writer with The Huffington Post had this to say…

From time to time, I check in with my social media followers by conducting an unofficial poll about current television. I feel it’s a pretty easy way to keep my finger on the pulse of what’s important when it comes to setting aside precious minutes for those shows worthy of the valuable space on my DVR.

My latest poll asked, “Who are the most attractive guys on current television shows?” I was overwhelmed by the huge response in such a short amount of time. After sifting through hundreds of comments and tweets, my quest resulted in certain truths that I found rather interesting.

Vampires are hot.
People may not know how to spell Ian Somerhalder’s last name, but they sure love his bad boy charm on The Vampire Diaries. Although Damon Salvatore had a multitude of votes, Eric Northman made sure to sink his teeth into the competition too.

Love it! Eric Northman is making an impact. He is ‘glamouring’ so many of us with his hot looks and charming personality.

This poll was something I was unaware of, or we would’ve posted about it on here. But it’s great to see his popularity is catching on!

Although, we’re not surprised that it always seems like he’s up against his nemesis – Damon Salvator from The Vampire Diaries. :roll: Someday…we’re going to win this battle. Yeah, right…who are we kidding? If True Blood was on the CW too…we’re sure this would be one epic battle. Since HBO has relatively fewer subscribers/viewers – it proves just how popular Eric Northman is and we are proud of that fact. GO TEAM ERIC!

I also find it interesting that if you mention ‘hot guys’, ‘poll’, ‘favorite, ‘Eric Northman’ or anything in relation to this topic – how quickly everyone becomes involved. Fans vote, and share it with their friends. Fansites become swarmed with visitors…everyone becomes excited and enthusiastic…just goes to show how bored many of us are! LOL

Is it May yet?

If you would like to find out what else she says – please click here!

Thoughts? Share ‘em below!

Latest Poll: TV’s Most Crushworthy Supernatural Creature

In honor of Valentine’s Day, Zap2it is celebrating some of the greatest loves on television. They want to know who TV’s Most Crushworthy are, starting with the Most Crushworthy Supernatural Creatures.

The winners of the various categories will be announced later this month (and then they’ll face off against each other to find out who the Ultimate TV Crush is).

Eric Northman is the only guy to be nominated in this poll from True Blood! Hehehe. You don’t know how happy this makes me, because there’s SO many other supernatural male characters on True Blood! I guess this means they think both Bill and Alcide SUCK?! Hahahahaha…

Jessica Hamby is the only girl to be nominated in the poll from True Blood. Wait a minute…why isn’t Pam on there? WTF?

Anyways, you can cast your votes here: TV’s Most Crushworthy Supernatural Creatures

At the time of this post; Eric Northman had 2.45% of the votes, and Jessica Hamby had 6.08%, in their respective polls.

We have an uphill battle to climb, because Eric is up against both Damon Salvatore (The Vampire Diaries) and Castiel (Supernatural), who are in a neck-in-neck race for 1st.

Thanks Eric & Sookie Lovers!

2/16 Quopic – Season 4 revisited

Here in the UK we were (legally) treated to Season 4, episode 2 this week. It is without doubt a great Eric Northman episode. From his saucy kitchen exchange with Sookie to his sarcastic bowing to the unworthy king, from his grand entrance into The Moon Goddess Emporium to his dazed and confused wandering down the side of the road. It’s all so good. And let’s not forget Sookie either, her reaction to Eric’s unauthorized cubby building is one of her season highlights. So just how are we to choose a single quopic from this episode?

Well, on the same night True Blood aired, the British Film Academy gave their highest award, Best Film, to a silent movie (The Artist), which just goes to show that sometimes something can be so good you don’t need to speak at all. So here is our first (and possibly last) silent Quopic.

And whilst we are on the subject of something so good it doesn’t need words, the award for the season’s most awesomely incredible acting goes to this gentleman here

Alexander Skarsgard proving that there are some actors who, without even uttering a word, are so good they can make a scene completely perfect.

Don’t forget to let us know in the comments what you remember from episode 2, do you agree it was a great episode for the viking?

Valentine’s Day Quopic

It’s February 14th, the most romantic day of the year, and our quopics today don’t really need an explanation. If one thing is for sure though in Sookie Stackhouse’s crazy world it is that Eric loves Sookie and Sookie loves Eric. It’s right there on the page and there is nothing anyone else can do about it. So let the viking vampire and telepathic fairy waitress love begin.

“Are you still mad?” I said, trying not to cry. Weeping would be craven, and I was forcing myself some steel into my backbone.

“Do you still love me?” he asked.

“You first”. Childish.

“I’m not angry”, he said. “At least, not anymore. At least not right now. I should have encouraged you to find a way to break the bond, and in fact we have a ritual for it. I should have offered it to you. I was afraid that without it we would be parted, whether because you didn’t want to be dragged into my troubles or because Victor found you were vulnerable. If he chooses to ignore the marriage, without the bond I won’t know that you are in danger”.

“I should have asked you what you thought, or at least warned you what we were going to do”, I said. I took a deep breath. “I do love you, all on my own”.

Dead Reckoning

“Sookie…….Tell her I was born the night she found me and because of her I went to my true death knowing what it means to love. Tell her thank you”.

I wish I was the moon tonight

 “I won’t forget the day we met or the day we kissed. The sky may fall and the stars may too, but in the end, I will still love you …”

Source Unknown

Happy Valentine’s Day Eric and Sookie lovers!

Sookie & Eric cartoon source 

2/11 Quopic of the day

With New York Fashion Week in full swing, a girl’s mind can’t help but turn to the greatest male model of them all.

But just which of the True Blood characters would have been most at home this week, strutting their stuff on the cat-walk and sipping gratuitous amounts of orange mocha frappuccino?

Of course it can only be a man so overwhelmed by the sight of beauty that he couldn’t see the vengeful viking warrior king from the walking personification of gorgeous that stood before him.

“Hello, have we met”

“Eric Northman, Sheriff Louisiana Area 5, come to see the king”

“Talbot royal consort, permit me to facilitate”

Poor old Talbot, he was doomed from the start, but I do kind of miss him and his exquisite taste in decor. Anyone else have fond memories of Russell’s toy-boy? Did he really deserve to be emptied down the drain in such an unbecoming manner?

Zoolander gif source Kamehouse

2/8 Quopic of the day – Nancy Oliver

Today is the birthday of one of our favorite True Blood writers, Nancy Oliver. A woman responsible not only for the greatest episode of the show EVER, season 2 “I will rise up”, but also for one of the absolute highlights of last season – Drunk Amnesic Eric. Here at Eric & Sookie headquarters we are more than a little fraught that Nancy’s name has not yet appeared as one of the writers for the first half of season 5, but fingers crossed her writing pen will grace the second half with its trademark emotional punch.

As Nancy is so damned good – I’m cheating today and it’s a double quopic!

“There’s gators in there you crazy viking, get on out and let’s go home before  one of them chomps off your you know what”.

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“You’ll care for him, Eric?”

“I’m not sure, you know how he is”

“I can take the blame for that too”

“Maybe not, Eric’s pretty much himself. Are you afraid?”

“No, no I’m full of joy”

We hope you have a wonderful birthday Nancy, and thanks for all the amazing True Blood moments you have given us!

Let us know how you rate Nancy Oliver’s writing in the comments below.

2/7 Quopic – Season 4 revisited

Being a native of the UK I have made it my mission to find a quopic from each episode of True Blood season 4 over the next 12 weeks as it finally legally airs over here. Will 6 months have dulled the pain? Will I be able to look at it more constructively? Well one thing is for sure, I enjoyed episode one the other night, there’s some good stuff in there that I had all but forgotten about. And by good stuff of course I mean good Eric stuff. Sure, Bill Compton bugged the hell out of me, but that’s nothing new, he’s done that since the night his mournful, lying face first appeared in Bon Temps.

It was a hard call. Eric’s sexy public service address was completely inspired in the way it was interwoven with Bill’s smarmy political speech. I certainly know which one I would trust if my life depended on it. And the final scene in Sookie’s bedroom is one of the sexiest scenes in True Blood EVER. Just don’t get me started on the growl, because if I start I won’t stop.

In the end I’ve gone for Eric and Sookie meeting up again for the first time, after her return from the land of fairy-fail. Eric calmly tells Sookie and the audience what the state of play has been whilst she was away.

Understand this – everyone who claims to love you, your friends, your brother, even Bill Compton, they all gave up on you. I never did.

Yes, Sookie do listen to him (of course she will) Jason has moved on and sold the house, Andy has moved on and didn’t get his plaque (ok perhaps he didn’t love her but I like the plaque bit), Alcide, we will discover, has moved on and moved Debbie back in, and as for Bill, he’s been so busy participating in the cold-blooded assassination of his reigning monarch, and sexing up his wiccan spy, he’s probably hardly noticed she was gone. Eric of course, not only bought her house so she would have a home to return to, but from the clues we are given, has been spending an awful lot of his time there patiently waiting for her return.

Oh and then there’s his exit line.

Don’t forget to let us know what you thought were the highs and lows of episode one, or is it all just a dull blur these days?

Gorgeous Eric gif from graciousplenty

2/4 Quopic of the day

One of the many, many, many things we love about our favorite viking is his magical ability to enter and exit a scene in the most dramatic and sexy way. Picture the scene in All together dead – Sookie is stood holding what she at first believed was just an innocent can of Dr Pepper, she is unable to put it down for fear of blowing up the entire building, the bomb squad are on their way and everyone’s least favorite were-tiger Quinn is chastising our girl for trying to be a martyr for the vampires.

“Ha,” I said. “Oh, ha-ha. Yeah, ’cause they love me. You see how many vampires are up here? Zero, right?”


“One,” said Eric, stepping out of the stairwell.

“We’re bound a bit too tightly to suit me Sookie”. He was visibly tense; I couldn’t remember ever seeing Eric so notably anxious. “I’m here to die right along with you, it seems”.

Poor old Quinn, like all the rest of the wannabes, against the viking he never really stood a chance.

Delicious gif source Tempella

Eric Northman Makes Evil Eye Candy List

SheKnows.com listed Eric Northman as one of the 5 TV Bad Boys you secretly love! Albeit, this is no secret to us! We openly admit to our obsessive infatuation with him!

We thought you might enjoy reading what they said about him!

This is what they said;

Evil Eye Candy

How can someone so bad be so good? Each week we fall prey to the smile and charm of TV’s biggest bad boys. It doesn’t matter if they’re vampires, zombie hunters or ad executives, they’re all the same. They are damaged men in desperate need of a few good women. Here are five gorgeous guys we just can’t shake.

Eric Northman – True Blood

Dead never looked so good. True Blood‘s Eric Northman is 1,000-years-old but doesn’t look a day over 30. He’s tall (6-foot-4 to be exact), lean and extremely handsome. Unfortunately, his cold personality takes away from his outward beauty. So why do we love him? Two words: Sookie Stackhouse. Whenever she’s around, there’s a visible change. He becomes civil and dare we say — warm? After one mischievous smile, we’re like putty in his hands.

We know for a fact – Eric Northman doesn’t have a cold personality. Sookie does bring out a softer, kinder, and gentler side to him. We know he tries to hide who he really is from everyone else. He’s loyal, loving and giving to those he cares about most…there just happens to be very few people he truly cares for. He has his reasons why he isn’t as open as other men may be. His actions speak louder than words.

He’s the very definition of an anti-hero. If you would like to visit the Sookieverseblog, they spell out what an anti-hero is exactly. Check it out in their “Hero Worship” blog post here!

The other characters mentioned in this list are; Chuck Bass (Gossip Girl), Don Draper (Mad Men), Damon Salvator (The Vampire Diaries) and Daryl Dixon (The Walking Dead)!

We’d love to know what you love most about Eric Northman!

Thoughts? Share ‘em below!

True Blood Claudine would like to return

Anyone who has been lucky enough to see the most recent series of “Sherlock” will know what a terrific actress Lara Pulver is, and it seems she would welcome a return to Bon Temps, where she played unfortunate fairy  Claudine. In an interview with  assignmentx yesterday she spoke about the possibility.

“It wouldn’t surprise me if she appears as some crazy Eric Northman sex dream at some point in season five,” she laughs. “I wouldn’t put that past Alan Ball at all. I can deal with. If Alex Skarsgard has to eat my neck for another season I can deal with it. We’ll see what happens. I have no idea; obviously they don’t stay rigid to the books.”

It looks to me like Lara is a fully paid up member of Team Eric – I mean who wouldn’t want to appear in an Eric Northman sex dream or have Alex bite their neck. Perhaps it is just wishful thinking on her part or perhaps we might yet get to see her twin sister Claudette? Let us know what you think.

Interview source – assignmentx

HBO Winter Image Spot

For those of us not lucky enough to have access to HBO, their latest Winter Image Spot is now on You Tube. There are no new clips, just a coming soon for season 5. The bad news is the first image of True Blood we see is ……………………… yes you guessed it – Sookie and Bill. The good news is it is Sookie turning away from Bill, and praise the lord, we hardly get to see Eric in the matching outfit from hell, so be thankful for small mercies. If you hang on until around the 1:13 mark, there is a quick viking treat. (Seriously how can it only take him a second to make me smile all over?) and any promo that has Eric Northman and the Stark boys in to gets a big thumbs up in my house.

The song for those that are interested according to you-tube is “Colors” by Grouplove.

1/29 Quopic of the day

Well tonight’s the night that HBO begins it’s marketing campaign for True Blood Season 5, with a short graphic tease. Will it be “The season of the whatever”? Or a cryptic clue to the upcoming pack wars story-line that no one gives a flying fig about? Or will it actually be something that can get us all tingling in anticipation? Whatever it is, if it ain’t viking, then we can at least use our quopic of today from our baby vamp Jesse, who of course uttered those immortal words:

Oh, You are so not Eric

Let’s face cold hard vampire facts here, the vast majority of the audience will not be watching season 5 for the shifty shifters or the weary weres, or even the frolicking fairies, however the season is marketed, it will be the fangs that keep the audience interested, and one prime set of fangs in particular. I calmly predict that Season 5 will once again be owned by our very own viking vampire god Eric Northman.

The Season of the Viking again!

Will we be lucky tonight and get something Eric in the teaser?

Don’t forget to let us know what you think when you have seen it!

1/28 Quopic of the day

Time for some sexy, seductive Eric for our Saturday quopic. The viking and his Sookie spend a quality moment at Fangtasia in the Charlaine Harris short story Dracula Night.

 

Eric claimed me for a slow dance, and though he was clearly distracted by thoughts of what the night might hold – Dracula wise – he made my toenails quiver.

“Some night” he whispered, “there’s going to be nothing else but you and me”.

When the song was over, I had to go back to the table and have a long, cold drink. Lots of ice.

And who can blame her, in fact a bucket of ice over your head might be more appropriate to recover from a slow dance with the viking.

 

1/25 QUOPIC OF THE DAY

The gorgeous quopic below in currently doing the rounds on facebook but we wanted to make sure that not a single Sookie and Eric lover missed it. The quote is, of course, from Dead as a Doornail, and the accompanying pictures are from Cold Grey Light of Dawn. All the hard work has been done by missford1.tumblr.com. So a great big viking thank you to her.

Unfortunately the writers of True Blood have already seen to it that we will never get to see the great DAAD scene on the show. Another great Sookie and Eric moment that has been stolen from us, as I’m pretty damned sure Anna and Alex would have knocked this one out of the park.

WARNING: Hot, naked people follow this:

 

Well in True Blood Eric already knows it was the best he ever had, we just need Sookie to get a reality check now and hopefully their love story can progress in season 5. Fingers crossed.

TOP 50 VAMPIRES

SFX Magazine have just released their list of the top 50 blood-suckers of all time, as voted for by their magazine / on-line readers. Eric Northman was a lowly 41 on their previous list in 2010, but thankfully voters have seen vampire sense this time around and he has climbed 39 places to number 2. This is what they had to say about him:

Eric the Viking. Once a phrase that immediately meant “flop comedy from the Monty Python guy”. Now it means, “Top Nordic vampire hottie.” Bill was supposed to be the alpha vampire on True Blood, but – although far from unpopular – he was eclipsed by his blond nightclub owner boss in the popularity stakes (if “stakes” isn’t too sensitive a word to use). As in so many other cases (Spike and Damon, for instance) he benefitted from the fact that he didn’t have to be the nice guy. Far from it – he’s an utter git, chaining Lafayette to a slave wheel, and tricking Sookie into drinking his blood. Not to mention all the killing. But it’s more than that. Eric is just so inherently cool. So cool it doesn’t matter if he does a bit of killing while getting his hair dyed; or if he cries when his maker dies; or if he wears a shell suit. He remains untouchable cool. Hell, he’s survived centuries with the name Eric. That’s how cool he is.

source- true blood wikia

He was beaten to top spot by Damon from The Vampire Diaires (and I think I’d better not comment on that!). All in all there was an excellent showing for True Blood, with Russell at 21, Jessica at 11, Bill at 9 and Pam at 5.

See the whole of the top 50 here and let us know what you think of the results in the comments.

1/22 QUOPIC 100 days to DEADLOCKED

That’s right folks, just 100 days until Sookie and Eric lovers across the globe kick out the cat, take the phone off the hook and settle down to devour the further adventures and romance of our favorite blonde waitress and her viking vampire sweetheart. Are we getting nervous yet or are we completely confident that Charlaine Harris will pull a future fan favorite out of the bag? To make our quopic today a little bit different in celebration, below are 5 quotes from the Sookie novels (all chapter endings) and you have to guess which book they are from. It’s just for fun and to get your brain working on a Sunday morning, and the answers are after the page jump.

  1. And though I would not have thought it was possible to go to sleep holding hands with a vampire, that’s exactly what I did.
  2. It was time to get this assassination party started. I’d think about other deaths later.
  3. I slipped into the dark house and shut the door in Bill’s face.
  4. Ignoring everything my brain was trying to tell me, ignoring the beginning of a bellow from Eric, I opened the front door and got hit with a ton of bricks.
  5. “You are bullshitting me, Sookie”, he mumured. “but I’ll show you some A-one lovemaking. Because I think you can come again”. As it turned out I could.

To find out if you got them right 

click here