The Sookie Stackhouse Mysteries: Difference between revisions

* [[Anyone Can Die]] - No main characters yet, but as the books go on, supporting cast members are dropping like flies...

* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]] - Vampires exist and are known the world over as such, though they've managed to convince people that it's a medical condition and not supernatural in nature. But even with this knowledge, people don't believe in Sookie's telepathy, or in any of the other supernatural entities roaming the earth.

{{quote| "...on Debbie Pelt, whom I despised because she had {{spoiler|been cruel to Alcide, insulted me grievously, burned a hole in my favorite wrap and--oh--tried to kill me by proxy.}} Also she had stupid hair."}}

* [[Badass Normal]]: Sookie Stackhouse. Though she doesn't have any supernatural abilities beyond the ability to read human thoughts, she believably comes out on top of countless dangerous situations through practicality, resourcefulness, intelligence and a refusal to back down or sit on her hands.

* [[Blessed With Suck]] - Sookie's mind reading not only gets her embroiled in vampire, werewolf and faerie politics in turn - exposing her to horrific violence - it also prevents her from forming close relationships with humans, since she can literally hear every thought that passes through their head and it's extremely hard for her to even dampen the effect.

* [[Bi the Way]] - The revelation of both Sophie-Anne and Pam's bisexuality is very offhand, not to mention Amelia.

* [[Bury Your Gays]] - Several examples, [[Unfortunate Implications|unfortunately.]] {{spoiler|Lafayette, Adabelle Yancy, Mel, Hadley Stackhouse (who was probably bisexual, but the trope still stands)...}}

* [[Cat Fight]] - Both played straight and averted, as the people who frequently kick the daylights out of Sookie are either supernatural and consider humans beneath them; or are thugs and badguys whom the reader's supposed to dislike anyway. But occasionally Sookie goes up against another female and holds her own just fine.

** One comes in the form of a borrowed gun in ''Dead To The World''. Sookie uses it to kill {{spoiler|Debbie.}}

* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Lorena. Good god, Lorena.

* [[Costume Porn]]: Every time Sookie changes clothes, her new outfit is described in loving detail.

* [[Country Mouse]] - Sookie is very much the [[Fish Out of Water]] in the big city when the story takes her there.

* [[Fantastic Racism]] - Vampires consider themselves the best, other supernaturals beneath them, and humans the bottom of the barrel; despite having been human once themselves, some vampires are offended if a human dares speak to them in the manner of an equal. Werewolves and [[Shape Shifter|ShapeShifter]]s have friction between them, and have been known to comment on how tacky it is if one sleeps with the other. The shifters also have a justified wariness of humans, who they believe will treat them more like animals than people. The faerie are split decision. Some like humans just fine and find them fun; others find them disgusting.

* [[Fetish]] - There's an entire subculture of people who dig the idea of sleeping with or getting bitten by vampires. Plus, vampires can put the woogie on most humans (Telepaths like Sookie are immune) to get what they want from them. The "Fangbangers" all dress in black and spend time indoors to look like vampires, or attractive to them.

* [[Hemo Erotic]]

* [[Ho Yay]] - Jason and Hoyt, Jason and Mel. {{spoiler|Deliberately on Mel's side, because he's gay.}}

** Sookie's parents were killed when she was small. {{spoiler|Murdered, we find out in ''Dead and Gone''}}.

* [[Power Incontinence]] - None of the telepaths in the series can turn it off, though Sookie has gotten better at shielding.

** Averted. Sookie takes off, angry, after Bill does something thoughtless. Bill does not rush after her.

* [[Rape Tropes]]:

** [[Near Rape Experience]] - {{spoiler|Bill actually started with Sookie but she managed to get through to him, and he stopped. Sookie tries to rationalize this, and not to think about it, by turns.}}

* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]] - Considering the series is set mainly in Louisiana, Hurricane Katrina had a ''massive'' effect on later volumes' politics.

* [[Shape Shifter]] - {{spoiler|Sookie's boss Sam is a [[Shape Shifter]] whose preferred form is that of a friendly dog. And he's not the only shapeshifter in the series by a longshot.}}

* [[Shout Out]] - Anne Rice