History Characters / TrueBloodBigBads

%%* AxCrazy

%%* AffablyEvil

* {{Faux Affably Evil}}: She is rather polite and friendly, provided other people submit to her whims. If not, out comes the mind manipulation.

* KnightOfCerebus: While this series is not light hearted, his actions have the potential for far reaching consequences.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How she meets her end by one of Sam's bull horns courtesyof his Animorphism.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: By one of Sam's horns.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Her age is never addressed, but all Maenads are ancient. If [[UnreliableNarrator Daphne]]]] is to be believed she has been alive for as long as there was an Earth to walk on. The only thing we know for sure is that she's really OlderThanSheLooks.

* ShipperOnDeck: She seems to be dangerously on deck for Tara x Eggs. She practically forces them to be together and loves seeing them as a pair. [[{{Squick}} Oh, and she also made them have rough sex.]] A popular theory is that her real reason for taking Tara in was seeking out a mate for Eggs. [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain She might even have been racially profiling...]]

* APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy: She specialized in hosting this kind of parties.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Subverted. Russell initially presents himself as this to Eric and tells him that he wishes he could unite all the supernatural species to take down humans as he believes that humans are not fit to be stewards of the Earth. However, as the show continues, it becomes clear that Russell doesn't think much of other supernatural creatures beyond what they can do for him. He's [[FantasticRacism bigoted towards the werewolves]] and only sees faeries as a disposable commodity for vampires to be able to walk in the sun. This attitude also expands towards vampires as he has no issue killing off members of his own kind if it's convenient for him. Also, for all his attempts to pass off his actions under this trope, the truth is he's [[DrunkWithPower power-hungry]] and delights in the carnage he causes.

* TheBeard: Unknowingly for Steve Newlin.

* FacesDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: Right before she dies, she congratulates Bill on his victory over her, telling him that "Lilith chose wisely."]]

* [[spoiler: FacesDeathWithDignity: Right before she dies, she congratulates Bill on his victory over her, telling him that "Lilith chose wisely."]]

* [[spoiler:MyParentsAreDead]]

* [[spoiler:TraumaticHaircut: Pam gives her one in season 7 before selling her into prostitution.]]

* [[spoiler:WithholdingTheCure]]: [[spoiler:She's got the cure to Hep-V.]]

%%* AsskickingEqualsAuthority

* FalseFriend: To Jason. He pretends to offer him good advice, but has no issue framing Jason for the murders he commits and is later shown happily driving off with Jason's truck after successfully [[Gaslighting gaslighting]] Jason into believing he killed those women and turning himself over to the police. Karma comes back to bite Rene in the ass though.

* FalseFriend: To Jason. He pretends to offer him good advice, but has no issue framing Jason for the murders he commits and is later shown happily driving off with Jason's truck after successfully [[Gaslighting]] Jason into believing he killed those women and turning himself over to the police. Karma comes back to bite Rene in the ass though.

* FalseFriend: To Jason. He pretends to offer him good advice, but has no issue framing Jason for the murders he commits and is later shown happily driving off with Jason's truck after successfully gaslighting Jason into believing he committed the murders and turning himself over to the police. Karma comes back to bite Rene in the ass though.

* YourMindMakesItReal: It is impossible for her to die until she ''believes'' it is time for her to die. On the plus side, she is actively trying to accomplish this. On the minus side, she believes she will only die when she successfully calls Dionysios/Bacchus forth.

* CurbStompBattle: Usually any battle against him, being that he's the oldest vampire introduced so far. The main page accurately describes his fight with Bill as "ComicBook/{{Robin}} trying to fight {{Superman}} barehanded." And in fact no one ever ''does'' defeat him in a fair fight, instead having to use some form of trickery to get the best of him; temporary sun-immunity in Season 3 and staking him while distracted in Season 5.

->'''Played By:''' Fiona Shaw

[[folder:Sarah]]
!!Sarah Newlin
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"When God's message is this clear, I am a truly unstoppable woman."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/AnnaCamp

->''"Don't bullshit a bullshitter. I'm in politics now."''

The wife of Rev. Steve Newlin. She claims to have originally supported vampire rights, but that she had an epiphany after her fangbanger sister disappeared. She argues with her husband frequently because he will not give her more of a leadership role in the Fellowship of the Sun. She has a strong attraction to Jason Stackhouse, and moves him from the Fellowship camp into her home so that she can be close to him.

** When Bill asks Antonia to remove the spells she placed on Eric and Pam, Antonia points out that she put those spells on them in self-defense, which is true since both Eric and Pam were in the process of attempting to attack Marnie and the other witches, and are prepared to do so again. She also calls Bill out on his [[Hypocrite hypocrisy]] when he claims to be wiling to execute those who have harmed her, and yet still continues to let Eric and Pam live. There's also the unspoken fact that Bill was okay with Luis working under him as his sheriff in spite of the fact Luis raped and tortured Antonia 400 years ago and was prepared to do so again once Antonia possessed Marnie.

** After she fuses with Marnie and meets the coven for the first time, Antonia gives the witches there the option of leaving if they don't wish to join her. When several of them leave, she tells the other witches to let them go without consequence.
** She does show empathy for Tara's plight as she herself was a rape victim of vampires and can understand where Tara is coming from. Granted, Antonia also wanted Tara as an ally in her crusade against the vampires, but it doesn't cancel out her ability to empathize with Tara's situation.

%%* SanitySlippage

* SympatheticMurderer: The show doesn't paint her murderous actions in a positive light, but the motive behind them is treated much more tragically.