Discussion: Reasons Eric and Sookie should be together...

"and who broke the door and cell phone"

"Actually, Quinn broke the door. He splintered it when Frannie started screaming. "

"let me remind you that a female vampire was killed right in front of him..He felt sookie was safe, so he went out to control the issue while Eric stayed inside, to get what he wanted and that was sookie...Bill has he's fault..but he was also good at times..In who puts sookie in all these dangerous situations Eric."

"Did we read the same book? He went out to hunt. Not to "control the situation." We have absolutely no indication that he had any idea as to whether Sookie was okay or not. I wish I had the book in front of me right now because he so did what was in his nature and doesn't even get why she was upset! Eric, on the other hand, protected her and stayed. He even offered to bring the dying woman over because he thought Sookie might want it. Right/wrong, whatever, he was reacting to her. Did he take some advantage of the situation? Absolutely! Never said Eric was a saint, but let's not paint a picture of Bill that simply did not exist in that scene.

As I reread this I realize I may sound strident. I don't mean to insult you, or anyone else for that matter. It's just that I really, really feel like we did not read the same thing!"

"and who broke the door and cell phone"

"The bullets were still flying when Bill went of the attack. There is not way that he could have known that Sookie was not going to get hit, in fact she would have been hit if Eric had not protected her. There is no way that Bill could not have known that Sookie would be safe when the bullets were still flying. The fact that he could feel her because of their blood exchange could not have told him that Sookie was not going to be hit by a bullet.

By the way the only reason why Sookie is involved with any vampire politics is because of Bill. If not for him she would not have been exposed to Eric and he would not know of her gift. The moment that Bill took the assignment from the Queen, the moment he decided to have a relationship with her, he knew the danger he was putting her in. I am not saying that Eric is innocent in all of this, by all means he is no innocent, but Bill is not blameless either.

Both Bill and Eric have their faults and they have their good sides. It comes down to who appeals to us as a reader for which character we like more."

"She would probably have left without saying anything to Eric about the raid. She would not have exposed her ability to him and he would not have become involved in vampire politics.

But the fact is the minute Bill decided to enter Sookie's life he knew that she would be involved in vampire politics. He knew that that involvement would put her in dangerous situations. Eric is not blameless for the danger that Sookie has been in, but neither is Bill."

"Eric totally protects Sookie. He made Bill explain his reasons for coming to Bon Temps in order to spare her the heart ache of finding out later on. Earlier on, he made the promise to Sookie that he would take care of Lorena if Sookie didn't live through her mission to save Bill. He is willing to kill another vampire for her just like he killed Long Shadow.

It's never boring reading the scenes with Sookie and Eric because they just have great chemistry and they're both stubborn as hell. Eric has never hurt Sookie like Bill and I hope it stays that way.(Knock on wood)"