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Jayson
is 53% done
Notes:
(1) "I think it was a hate crime. But I don't know if it was personal hate, because Crystal was a slut... or racial hate, because she was a werepanther."
- Okay, this is just stupid. While hate crimes can be personal, they're based on immutable characteristics. "Slut" isn't immutable, it's a choice.
- Also, being a werepanther isn't racial, it's more akin to hating people with genetic conditions like dwarfism.
— 13 hours, 2 min ago
(1) "I think it was a hate crime. But I don't know if it was personal hate, because Crystal was a slut... or racial hate, because she was a werepanther."
- Okay, this is just stupid. While hate crimes can be personal, they're based on immutable characteristics. "Slut" isn't immutable, it's a choice.
- Also, being a werepanther isn't racial, it's more akin to hating people with genetic conditions like dwarfism.
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Jayson’s Previous Updates
Jayson
is 63% done
Notes:
(1) "I don't think I would have been so ready to have sex with you tonight if we didn't have a blood bond, because … I don't know what's real and what's not."
- Yeah, that's the problem when your blood is essentially a love potion or, more accurately, really potent beer goggles.
- I mean, is this a type of sexual coercion, assault or drugging? "I don't know what's real and what's not" makes it all super-iffy.
— 5 hours, 21 min ago
(1) "I don't think I would have been so ready to have sex with you tonight if we didn't have a blood bond, because … I don't know what's real and what's not."
- Yeah, that's the problem when your blood is essentially a love potion or, more accurately, really potent beer goggles.
- I mean, is this a type of sexual coercion, assault or drugging? "I don't know what's real and what's not" makes it all super-iffy.
Jayson
is 38% done
Notes:
(1) Eric: "[Appius] liked men, of course, and that took some getting used to ... even that I enjoyed... eventually.”
- We get Eric's vampire origin, and I'm a bit surprised (yet not surprised at all) how many of these involve rape.
- "Of course" he liked men? I suppose... Ancient Rome.
- Possibly, it's indicative of less civilized times when "rape and pillage" was a warrior mindset hand-in-hand with bloodlust?
— Jan 13, 2026 12:05PM
(1) Eric: "[Appius] liked men, of course, and that took some getting used to ... even that I enjoyed... eventually.”
- We get Eric's vampire origin, and I'm a bit surprised (yet not surprised at all) how many of these involve rape.
- "Of course" he liked men? I suppose... Ancient Rome.
- Possibly, it's indicative of less civilized times when "rape and pillage" was a warrior mindset hand-in-hand with bloodlust?
Jayson
is 23% done
Notes:
(1) "I'd rather [the FBI] think me sexually easy than decide I was worthy of more attention."
- Well, it's not like she isn't sexually easy… at least since she became sexually active.
- This might be Book 8, but she's only aged from 26 to 27 hitherto, and in that year (more or less) had four sexual partners: two vampires, a weretiger and a fairy (posing as a werewolf).
- I mean, that's a heck of a rookie year!
— Jan 12, 2026 04:00PM
(1) "I'd rather [the FBI] think me sexually easy than decide I was worthy of more attention."
- Well, it's not like she isn't sexually easy… at least since she became sexually active.
- This might be Book 8, but she's only aged from 26 to 27 hitherto, and in that year (more or less) had four sexual partners: two vampires, a weretiger and a fairy (posing as a werewolf).
- I mean, that's a heck of a rookie year!
Jayson
is 11% done
Notes:
(1) "[Amelia] might look like a well-toned soccer mom ... but she was very interested in sex and (by my standards) diverse in those interests."
- Indeed. So far: a witch, a vampire, and two varieties of were.
- Watch out, Sam! Shifter is probably next on the list!
(2) "Sam came out of his office to join [Tray], who was at least five inches taller…"
- Poor Sam—introduced yet again with Sookie calling him short.
— Jan 11, 2026 10:30PM
(1) "[Amelia] might look like a well-toned soccer mom ... but she was very interested in sex and (by my standards) diverse in those interests."
- Indeed. So far: a witch, a vampire, and two varieties of were.
- Watch out, Sam! Shifter is probably next on the list!
(2) "Sam came out of his office to join [Tray], who was at least five inches taller…"
- Poor Sam—introduced yet again with Sookie calling him short.
Jayson
is starting
Notes:
(1) So, now we're in the realm of books—from here until the end—where I barely remember anything.
- It's all just one big blob, titles are just puns and don't mean anything, I don't know the reading order anymore, and I wouldn't be able to recall a single plot point except for who Sookie ultimately ends up with.
- It actually started last book, but that wasn't so much a novel as a means of tying-up loose ends.
— Jan 10, 2026 09:00PM
(1) So, now we're in the realm of books—from here until the end—where I barely remember anything.
- It's all just one big blob, titles are just puns and don't mean anything, I don't know the reading order anymore, and I wouldn't be able to recall a single plot point except for who Sookie ultimately ends up with.
- It actually started last book, but that wasn't so much a novel as a means of tying-up loose ends.
