As truebies know, each season of True Blood is based on one of the books in the Southern Vampire Mysteries (SVM) by Charlaine Harris. The books are written in first person from Sookie's point of view. For the TV series, while Sookie is still the heroine of the show, Alan Ball enhances the supporting characters by adapting and creating new plotlines.
Lafayette’s storyline is a major deviation from SVM. He is a minor character in Dead Until Dark: a cook at Merlotte's and road crew worker with Jason and Hoyt. He is friendly with Sookie (though not as close as the TV show portrays). He is a flamboyant, gay black man (though unrelated to Tara), and he had a reputation for being involved with drugs and secret sex parties. The second book, Living Dead in Dallas, opens with Sookie finding the dead body of Lafayette in the backseat of Andy Bellefleur's car in the Merlotte's parking lot.
In the TV series, Season 1 ends with someone kidnapping Lafayette, and later, a dead body is discovered in Andy’s car in the parking lot. The viewers only see the victim’s foot; it is African American with red nail polish. Fans speculated, and when Lafayette wasn’t in any of the Season 2 previews, they braced for the worst. Fortunately for Lafayette’s many fans, the painted toenails were not his. Miss Jeanette was murdered instead (though Ball didn’t tell Nelsan Ellis until the table read for the Season 1 finale).
Lafayette's character helps support Tara's expanded role on the show, and his character maintains a subplot that interweaves with multiple characters in the series. In Season 3, Lafayette begins a relationship with a character exclusive to the series: Jesus Velasquez, a nurse from his mother's mental institution. Jesus is a brujo (a witch), which will no doubt mix in with the Season 4 plot (read synopsis of Dead to the World for some idea of where we’ll be going this season).
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On Twitter, @LafayetteTB and @JesusTB are a happy couple, regularly tweeting new storylines for followers. @JesusTB has been RPing for 4 years, and though RPing wasn't “something that was going to go on this long, […] with each fandom there came a whole new world to play in.”
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Why did you pick your character, Jesus?
@JesusTB: At first, it was because he had pretty eyes. When I picked him there wasn't much to go on and it's always a challenge when you're essentially starting with a blank canvas but as the plots moved on it became evident that I was just drawn to the role and the characters surrounding him. Jesus has a likable personality and I think I can draw a lot from that. Did I say he had pretty eyes?
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Thoughts on Lafayette's adapted plot line?
What's the world without a little Lala? He's humourous, but it goes so much deeper than that. He's more level headed than people give him credit for, and it would be a shame not to see that in the series. […] I guess you could say I'm a little biased because if he was killed, where would I be?
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Your character is a brujo (a witch). How do you think Jesus will be involved in Season 4?
Honestly? I have no idea! […] I think it will definitely be something to do with Lafayette and developing his roots but then again, since it's set a year ahead, no one really knows! I'm looking forward to seeing what they throw in Jesus's path though and I'm sure it will be something extra magical!
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There are rumours that Lafayette "turns into something." What do you think it is?
As far as that goes, my inkling is that it's something to do with some powerful magic!
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Any thoughts on the representation of LGBTQ characters and relationships in True Blood?
I think they are played out well to some extent, though it really is different for everyone. I'm pleased that they're so open and out there with it - man love is adorable, too!
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Leave comments below with your thoughts on Lafayette and Jesus
or if you have predictions for Season 4!
Hey. I've read 10 of the books in the Sookie series, and two out of the three television seasons are actually adapted from 2 books, so season 2 is based on books 2 and 3 etc.
ReplyDeleteWhat I think is also interesting about the Lafayette and Jesus relationship is their involvement in the witch community- something that occurs in book 4.
The television series actually jumped ahead two books to focus on the werewolves before going back to the witches, completely altering the books series.
Thought you might find that interesting :-)
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