Nathan Lauffer

Nathan Lauffer is the Social Media Director of Mythic Scribes. He is a software architect with a strong interest in both computer and cognitive science and where they meet.

True Blood: Is It More Than Erotic Vampires?

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True Blood
Does True Blood satisfy?

I’ve been at the helm of the Twitter account (@MythicScribes) every Sunday to live tweet about True Blood (using the hash tag #TrueBlood, along with the show-specific hash tag if HBO specifies one).  Generally speaking, I haven’t been very interested in erotic fantasy writing, movies or television.  When my wife tuned to HBO for the premiere episode of True Blood, the unique opening sequence hooked me immediately.  Alan Ball, series creator, opens the show every week with a snippet of the show’s bottom line: a very modern spin on the classic vamp themes of sex, religion and death.  There is something very raw and symbolic about the music and images used, and it served its purpose (which can be viewed here). I had to watch.

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Game of Thrones – The First 100 Pages

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A Game of Thrones

Since Mythic Scribes is going to be live tweeting during each episode of Game of Thrones, starting on April 17th at 9:00pm, I decided that I would read the book.  At first, it was slow going.  In fact, I was a little concerned that it wouldn’t keep my interest.  After all, how can I tweet about something that bores me?   The prologue was great because it had the mysterious mythology that always attracts me.  However, after it I was starting to think that Game of Thrones was a soap opera in a fantasy setting.  In full disclosure, I sometimes watch DVRed Days of Our Lives episodes while I eat supper with my wife. So, I have some domain expertise on the subject.

With this concern in the back of my head, I struggled on.  However, as I went I struggled less and less.  Eventually, I looked forward to opportunities to read it.

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