I absolutely adore Eric and his completely weird relationships with all the other characters. I honestly prefer Eric over Bill 100%. Bill isn't terrible or anything, but he reminds me of Edward Cullen from Twilight and that's no bueno. Bill is TOO clingy and protective and kind of.. irritating. What I like about Eric (besides the fact that he's drop dead sexy -shifty eyes-) is how there seems to be so much more to him. He has substance compared to Bill. With Bill, I think if I could read his mind it would be nothing but, "SookieSookieSookieSookieSookie!!!" and I like how Eric kinda leaves me scratching my head at times. There's so much darkness to him, but you can catch that light sometimes and it's clear he's a good soul.. just conflicted and troubled. Bill is, in a nutshell, "I AM SO DARK BECAUSE I HATE MYSELF AND I HATE MY KIND..... I LOVE SOOOOOKIIIIEEE!!!!" and what I get off Eric is that, he knows that darkness and accepts it. And he doesn't feel sorry himself because he is the way he is, he lives and even embraces it a little.
And I love to look at him, just sayin'. :D
Also, a friend asked me if I could handle Sookie's telepathy if I had that gift. Kind of a toss up, I think. Sometimes, I can get a good feel at what she's feeling. People around here are like open books. Open books that yell. People are so easy to read around here. Maybe I'm more astute compared to some? I'unno. It's kind of nice being able to read people so well, yet at the same time it's boring and I almost feel bombarded. I've come across very few people who can keep me on my toes because they're just SO clear to me.
It's hard to say if I would find comfort in the silence she feels around the vampires, though. I do hate screaming open books, but some people are like books with 90% of the text faded and I'm fairly certain that said text is in Latin.. XD I've only experienced two very different spectrums. People who lay it all on the table, whether they just dump it all at my feet or I can just read it off of them.. and then the people who I just can't get a good idea of who they are or what they're about unless they tell me themselves. I enjoy people like that, yes, but I can't say I never get frustrated. There's so much I could ask, so much I'd like to bring up but because of that confusion I get, I never really know what to say or what to do. Then I do that thing where I get awkward, and then they get awkward. And then everyone gets awkward.
And then I get scared. T_T And because of that fear I get along with the awkward confusion, a lot of what I'd like to say stays as whispers in my head.
