Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Day 6: Lions and tigers and shape shifters, Oh my!


I've been reading all the Fangathon blogs and I've noticed something: Sam's pretty much a no-show, so today, I'm writing a love letter to Sam Merlotte, owner of Merlotte's bar and grill in Bon Temps.
Well, we all knew that, and we know he's a shape shifter. We also know he has been sweet on one of his employees since day one.

Even in the first book, Charlaine Harris made it plain that Sam has it bad for Sookie. He was about ready to ask her out the fateful night Vampire Bill walked into his bar.
Makes you want to compare Sam to Rick, the world weary bar owner in Casablanca.
"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world he walks into mine."
First, Bill breaks Sookie's heart. Then, she and Alcide are always out of step. She's interested, he's not, and vice versa. Then, Eric wins her over when he can't remember what he did. In the book, Quinn and Sookie have all the right intentions of having a relationship, but a bomb literally blows that relationship to kingdom come. Eric steps back in, but the in book does something much more surprising than anything imagined in True Blood.
Actually, way back in the early days of both the books and the show, Sookie and Sam kiss, but that's quickly quashed by an extremely jealous Bill.
In the book, Sam has dated several other women, ending with werewolf Jannalynn, the Shreveport Pack's enforcer. If you're read "Deadlocked," you know how that turns out and you also know there is a very big "IF" left at the end of the book, leaving fans practically drooling for the final Sookie Stackhouse novel, "Dead Ever After."
In True Blood he had a standard booty call with Tara. Other than that, most of his relationships end badly. The jury is still out on how his relationship will go with Luna, a fellow shape shifter who was married to a werewolf, who happened to be Shreveport's Pack Leader. He's gone now, thanks to Alcide, so the jury is out on how this will affect Sam and Luna's dating life.
I like the way Sam is described in the book. I love the "red gold" description of his hair, the way he is always just a tiny bit scruffy. He's a good-hearted guy, the kind most girls would be happy to take home to mom and dad. He just doesn't seem to ever get that far, which I find sad.
Did I mention he has a killer smile?
I'll go out on a limb here and flat out say that I wish Sookie and Sam would wind up together. So many people think I am insane, that either Bill or Eric would be better for her because she can't read their minds, but she has trouble reading Sam's a lot of the time too.
Sam has never hurt Sookie. (Well his brother did when he was pretending to be Sam in the show, but Sam himself never has). He respects her as a person and her decisions, even when he disagrees with them. He doesn't make decisions for her, like both vampires have.
Also in his favor, he has saved Sookies like more than once, just like Bill and Eric. In my world, he's a serious contender. In the book, he shifts into a lion to defend Sookie. A LION. Now that's someone willing to protect you in any way possible.
And, since he still has a beating heart, he can stay out in the sun, something Sookie won't give up. She loves the daylight and she can only share it with Bill and Eric if they get a big ole Sookie cocktail before they step outside, and even then they can only stay a little while.
And hey, if they had a fight and Sookie told him he was in the doghouse, he should simply shift to Dean to collie and go for it. What more could a girl want?
So Sam, this blog's for you. You're a great guy, you deserve a great girl and I hope you find one. Personally, I hope it's Sookie, both in the book and in the series.




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