![]() ![]() These are two side stories that directly impact Arlene Fowler (Carrie Preston). ![]() Lafayette gets possessed a few times throughout the show, the most notable being when he gets possessed by a Creole woman named Mavis (Nondumiso Tembe) and by Zaafira (Anna Khaja), a Pakistani woman who was innocently gunned down by Terry Bellefleur (Todd Lowe) and his platoon during the war. He has transferred Brujo powers from his boyfriend Jesus Velasquez (Kevin Alejandro). On the topic of his magical powers, he is able to act as a catalyst for some of the more interesting side stories in the series. His brash personality can be misinterpreted as antagonistic at times, but he’s just a man who lives in a town where a lot of people don’t accept him, and he has to hold his own. Lafayette, even though he may do some unsavory things, acts as a sort of moral center. ![]() If that’s the biggest negative I have for him, that’s not too shabby. In my Unpopular Opinion article about Season 6, I discuss how the only negative that can really be noticed about his acting is when he acts as a conduit for Sookie Stackhouse’s (Anna Pacquin) father Corbett Stackhouse (Jeffrey Nicholas Brown). Nelsan Ellis’ (rest in peace king) acting throughout the show is hands down some of the strongest. A group of racist hillbillies send a burger back to the kitchen saying, ignorantly, it is full of AIDS. Lafayette’s AIDS burger scene is an excellent representation of that. One of the early concepts True Blood tackled is race relations and LGBTQ+ issues through the use of vampires, but that’s not to say the non-supes don’t have their fair share of issues. ![]()
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