Ask Dallas : What is your personal preference?

Someone asked a great question on the wiki recently "Does anyone have a theory on why bill likes to drink from Sookie’s neck, whereas Eric would do it in more ... discrete places, like her thigh/breast?"

The one thing I had to say was that at 1000 years old Eric needs very little blood and Bill at only 170 years old still needs much more blood.

I don’t know what effects the location of bite. I guess it might just be a personal preference. The groin is discussed by Bill and used by Eric in the book and TV show.
Bill bites Sookie in both a very public place and in an easily concealed place, unless you have to adjust your ponytail in front of a police officer.

*Note on the show Eric bites Dawn in the collarbone area and Liam bit Maudette in the groin. Bill bites Sookie on the neck and the under arm.

I have a whole series of posts called “If you don’t like it, you can just bite me” posts on the blog...

http://lovingtruebloodindallas.blogspot.com/search/label/Bite%20me

What else do we know about bite location?

Episode one :

Bill: Oh, but you have other very juicy arteries. There’s one in the groin that’s a particular favorite of mine.
Sookie: Hey, you just shut your nasty mouth, mister. You might be a vampire, but when you talk to me, you will talk to me like the lady that I am.

He says this in Book One:

"But there's a juicy artery in your groin," he said after a pause to regroup, his voice as slithery as a snake on a slide.

Episode Four:

Bill says to the cop that stops them leaving Fangtasia:

Bill: Vampires sometimes like to feed from the femoral artery. The blood flows more freely down there so one doesn't have to suck as hard...
(Bill turns to face the state trooper, who is still shining his flashlight into Bill's car. The flashlight illuminates the lower half of Bill's face. His fangs are still exposed as he looks directly at the state trooper.)
Bill: ...or so I've been told. (The state trooper is motionless and silent.)

This is all that was said in this scene in Book One:

"We will." I nodded eagerly, and Bill managed a stiff inclination of his head.
"We're raiding a bar a few blocks back," the patrolman said casually. I could see only a little of his face, but he seemed burly and middle-aged. "You two coming from there, by any chance?"
"No," I said.
"Vampire bar," the cop remarked.
"Nope. Not us."
"Let me just shine this light on your neck, miss, if you don't mind."
"Not at all."
And by golly, he shone that old flashlight on my neck and then on Bill's.
"Okay, just checking. You two move on now."
"Yes, we will."