We've seen True Blood vamps come and go, but what would prove to be a real kick in the fangs for the show? How about killing off your favorite character? What would it take for you to stop watching?

Stunt Casting

Stunt casting usually involves taking a celebrity and throwing them into the mix to drive ratings. In some cases, like adding Britney Spears to the cast of How I Met Your Mother, works and some does not. In the case of failing shows, stunt casting a famous person in a tiny role brings that particular celeb's fan base into the viewership.

In the case of True Blood, it would ruin the dynamic. We have already come to know and love Sookie, Bill, Eric and Pam. Alan Ball has already said no to having Snoop Dogg make a cameo on the show, so why should he start now? Truebies are a loyal bunch and the show already has a good following. Besides that, Snoop made a music video dedicated to Sookie Stackhouse and that stood on its own merit. If anyone should have been awarded a guest spot, it would have been Snoop. He would make a good vampire.

Stunt casting is a desperate measure and I'm sure we can all agree, it's just not necessary to keep the show going. So, thanks, but no thanks, Paris Hilton. Lindsay Lohan was denied a cameo on the show even though she Twitpic'd photos of herself with a True Blood cake and bottle of the famous drink. When Alan Ball says no stunt casting, he means it. And not even in the first two seconds as a victim of Eric Northman's. It's just not going to work. The show producers know that once you start stunt casting on the show, it can be hard to stop. Just ask Ugly Betty. Oh wait, you can't.

Supernatural Abuse

True Blood already features a plethora of supernatural creatures. We've got vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, Maenads, were-tigers/panthers and perhaps fairies. To add more supernatural beings into the show would just dilute the storyline even further.

There are loads of fictitious creatures that they could possibly add to the ongoing story of vampires versus humans. In doing so, however, the audience would possibly find that the storyline becomes hard to follow.

Dragging Out The Storylines

Alan Ball has had us on our toes for quite a few episodes now, making us guess what Sookie really is. If you've had the pleasure of reading the Southern Vampire Novels, then (spoiler alert) you already know that she is a fairy from her father's lineage.

Truebies are also waiting patiently for the Eric Northman amnesia scene, where he is said to run through the woods half-naked near her home in Bon Temps. This storyline needs to come to fruition already. Alan Ball has temporarily sated our lust for the Sheriff of area five with his tryst with Talbot. Since watching Sookie's hot and steamy dream sequence with Eric, fans want more. That is, unless you're Team Bill, of course.

And then there's Maryann, the Maenad. She had control of the entire town of Bon Temps for entirely too long. She was evil, vile and disgusting and we like those qualities in our vamps, but she used the characters for her bidding for more episodes than the story required.

Killing Off The Characters We Love

It's a vampire show and one is sure to expect some casualties, but not the characters who we love. How on Earth did the show's producers find it fit to kill off Lorena? She got staked in a recent episode by Sookie and the show hasn't been the same without her.

Also of note, Franklin and his speed-texting ways! He was creepy and weird, but I loved watching how his and Tara's characters played off of each other. Sure, he was a psychopath, but he was a funny one. Now what is Tara going to do with herself? Have more sex with Sam Merlotte?

Lastly, the show just killed off Russell Edgington's vampire lover Talbot. His death was meaningful to the storyline, as it was a means of revenge for Eric, but how does one go from sexing up a gorgeous vamp like Talbot, to staking him?

Syndication

What syndication would mean for True Blood is all of the vampire sex, lustful bloodsucking and violence would be eradicated from the show completely. So what does that leave behind? Not even the introduction, that's what.

Syndication, if you'll remember, did not work well for Sex and the City. The show was shown on TBS and I've watched many a rerun, but only on HBO. Why? Because I would've missed out on all of the action that made the show famous. The same goes for Alan Ball's concoction of V addicted werewolves, shapeshifting hotties that lose their pants and all of the vampire sex you can sink your teeth into. No thanks.

The only other thing that would kill True Blood is if they made Jason Stackhouse celibate. What would you add?

Above image for sale at Comic Con 2010. Via Bleeding Cool.

Roberta Ferguson contributes content to a lot of celebrity blogs and also publishes Earsucker.com, a pop culture news blog that is focused on taking over the celeb world. Roberta currently splits her time between Allie Is Wired, Snarkerati, CelebDirtyLaundry and her own site, to show her fascination with the dumb stuff that celebrities get themselves into. She lives in Lakewood, Ohio and spends way too much time watching True Blood, Mad Men, Weeds and Breaking Bad. She's fueled on Pepsi and mass quantities of Frappes. Please send Frappes, by the truckload, thanks.