Sookie's Sky Faerie Clan's enemies in the books were the Water Faeries (which would include mermaids, selkies, sirens, Lorelei and the like). So far TB Sookie seems to be aligned to the same clan with the same enemy clan (Sookie's SPF-blood, and her fear of water and her parents drowning).

 

Eric is Fae is not a new theory, and I suspect he might be aligned with the Water Clan (but he's not an enemy of Sookie). It would make sense, for a sea-faring Viking king who smells like the ocean in winter and has a penchant for hanging out in the water (Bill's bath, Lake Skinny-Dip) would be connected to the Water Fae. So maybe Miss Mermaid is an oblique reference to Eric?

 

Come to think of it, is it even a Miss Mermaid? We've never seen the mermaid's face that I can recall, and its chest lack any bosomy quality. Maybe its a merdude.

 

Heh heh heh…I just noticed the bathroom has definitely changed over time, and oh, how significant it is. Check this shit out, this is how the bathroom usually looks in seasons 3-4 (we never see the bathroom in season 2):

 

But look at how it looks when Sookie 'sees' Taryn feeding on Moustache in the Ladies Room:

First off, how many toilet paper dispensers does one stall need? I think it needs a couple more. But the painting right above the john really classes up the place. But look at this:

 

Toilet Girl and a never seen again Shadowy Stalking Vamp are painted in the actual stall, and not outside it. The Stalking Vamp has dark hair and blue eyes (Like Bill). All the bats in the bathroom have blue eyes.

 

 

Now let's take a look at the only other shot of the Fangtasia bathroom in season 1, Sookie is washing Longshadow out of her hair:

 

Toilet Girl and an even more Shadowy Stalking Vamp (you can't even see his face anymore) are in a new location, somehow right by Sookie's face (though that's were the seafoam green stalls are, and the paintings were in an actual stall when Sookie saw Moustache's thoughts). Shadowy Stalking Vamp is casting a shadow, which is a peculiar detail.

 

When Sookie looks into the mirror, there's a never-seen-again Kewpie Doll Vampire:

 

When Pam comes in, the Kewpie Doll is gone, and there's now a mirror behind Sookie, with Dracula and Pink Nightgown above it (rather than in front of the stalls where they normally are):

There's also a hooded female figure, it's not quite Little Red Riding Hood, the hood is black with a red lining, she's dressed in black, there's no basket, and there are black streaks down her face (though not runny, as blears or mascara would be, but smooth black streaks). Jess and Alcide aren't on the scene yet, which is why there's no Little Red Riding Hood with a wolf inna basket.

There's also a big wall sconce in between the mirrors, which would not be there in the future.

 

When Ginger comes in, we see the mermaid/merdude for the first time, and its the only figure that has always remained in the same location, everyone else has either moved around or not been there at some point. Which means the crew/art department has to keep painting and repainting the same figures, which they wouldn't do 'by accident'.

 

The next time we see Toilet Girl (in season 4) her vamp stalker will have completely transformed into a bat:

(Stalker Vamp only ever appears to Sookie, first in her 'seeing' Moustache's thoughts, and then again over her shoulder while she's alone in the bathroom cleaning Longshadow off her)

 

(Also, take note of the graffiti on the stall, its a little heart with SSS + SS on it…hmmm, does Sookie have a middle name? Like Sunny or Solara or Synnove or Samson? Sookie Sunny Stackhouse + SS..officer, as in Eric? Either that, or a snake somewhere has a crush and needs to tell the world about it.)

 

I'm pretty sure Toilet Girl is supposed to be Sookie (with the stalking vamp and all). I'm thinking Alice is Pam, not only because of the book reference, but because the 'smoke lines' echo the black veins that would appear on Pam in S4 (and her cigarette is no where near her hands or mouth):

 

And Toilet Girl and Alice have the same dress on, which is similar to Cindy Marshall's uniform. Connecting all three as victims of Bill, mayhaps?

 

There are also these weird figures above the mirrors, one looks like a doll in a blue dress maybe? but the other I have no idea. It looks like the Flying Spaghetti Monster TBH. Maybe its a really jacked-up sheep (for Bo Peep):

 

So, in conclusion, I believe

Dracula/Bats = Bill/Bill's mirrors or minions

Kewpie Doll Vamp = What Bill wants Sookie to think of him as (harmless)

Shadowy Stalking Vamp = What Bill actually is (predator)

Pink Nightgown Girl (Drac's victim) =Lorena/Gran/Tara?/womenfolk in general

Toilet Girl = Sookie

Alice = Pam

Little Red Riding Hood = Jess

Wolf Inna Basket = Alcide (vamp-controlled werewolf)

Mermaid/Merdude = Eric?

Weird Figures Above The Mirrors = ???

@ Exit

I think Don means wave.

ail don, sometimes written ail ton, is also Welsh for second wave.

Well thank you. I was just really good at puzzles as a child, and TB is like one big puzzle. I can't always say what something means (y'all do a pretty good job of that here and at TBU), but I can spot when some shit just ain't right.

 

Off-topic, but when I was watching Escape From Dragon House again, I noticed that when Sookie approached and was talking to Eric, she became noticeably flushed, her lips were pinker, her blush more evident, her chest was flushed. Like she was excited/aroused (which we all pretty much figured anyway, not only because the way she couldn't look away from him, but because who the hell wouldn't be having that tall drink of mead checking you out). It was subtle, but definitely there, and kind of hilarious.

 

But it did make me consider the possibility of Bill 'sending' her the image of Taryn feeding on Moustache (or glamoured a nearby human into thinking it really hard), in order to get them out of there. With Bill's habit of getting human details wrong, those excessive toilet paper dispensers in the Moustache vision are suspicious. He might have considered their mutual sexual attraction more of a threat than Eric knowing about her telepathy. After all, he can always hide Sookie behind Sophie-Anne's skirts if he wants her telepathy, but his control over Sookie is not so absolute that he could stop her from turning her romantic intentions towards Eric.

 

And then that made me wonder if maybe while Sookie was getting gussied-up to go out, if Bill didn't make a little call to the Shreveport police that there was some vampire-shenanigans going on at that vampire bar tonight. Because he didn't want Sookie to go there (but she was determined to go), not only because he didn't want her around Eric, but because he didn't want her sniffing around the fangbanger murders too hard (being responsible for them and all). He doesn't want Eric or Pam to reveal anything about his shady past and shadier present. And he didn't want her to alert Eric to the murder situation, because he really doesn't want pique Eric's interest in his shenanigans either. But he can't exactly forbid Sookie from going, so he makes the situation work to his best advantage. He makes the other vamps seem scary, he wears Sookie on his arm like jewelry, rubbing Eric's nose in it, and makes trouble for Eric with the Shreveport police. He manipulated the situation to his advantage.

I can buy that and Bill being responsible for a raid wouldn't surprise me in the least.

we discussed somewhere, I don't know where but we talked about the clues that lead us to believe Bill had been in Merlott's before.  I think one of the clues was the fact that "Bill was here" and also Dawn lost time.  I always think about the fact that he had 35 years human time to set up his plans.  But for him 35 years was nothing.

Thanks Osterby!! I knew you would have all the details Bill glamoured out of my head.

Thank you, osterby! Veeeery interesting.

 

On Maudette's murder: the POV from her Liam tape and her Jason tape are not the same, which (along with the fact that Liam looks right at the camera) leads me to believe the camera was not hidden. Personally, I think someone was there holding the camera, and I think it was Bill (who was also the one who paid Maudette for letting a vampire bite her). Because really, does Liam seem like the type that would pay for blood or sex? Malcolm or Diane? Do they seem like the type of vampires anybody would willingly go with? No, not really.

But who does seem the type to be able to cajole a woman with the reputation as the town bicycle to pretty much prostitute herself, but would also enjoy debasing an 'insufferable cow' by not only getting her to turn herself into a McMeal for a little money, but then by making her fuck Liam and not him (I would love to see you get fucked by someone else, that's so hot, I am paying you, blah blah blah), while he sat in the corner and played the videotaping voyeur?

If you guessed Bill, then you just pat yourself right on the back.

I also find it interesting that the specifics of Maudette's murder are more nebulous than the others, and we also never see the actual murder scene as we do with Dawn, Gran, and Amy. Except in Rene's memory, where Maudette is strangled not with the belt, but with the rope she used to tie herself up with (not to mention she never looks away from her killer's eyes or cries out, like she's being glamoured). Which would make three different MOs with Rene, which is not how a serial killer operates (usually).