A Note About Tara and Elena: Soul Sisters

     In a recent viewing of True Blood (I'm just finishing season 1), I realized Sookie's sassy sidekick and best friend Tara is just like Felicity's chemistry buddy Elena.


Similarities:

1. parental issues
2. smart mouth
3. strong and caring for their best girl
4. troubled relationships

Differences:
- Tara is a bartender;  Elena is going to NYU in pre-med (Felicty's UNY wasn't fooling anyone).
- Tara is secretly in love with her best friend's sister; Elena goes after men like prey.
- Tara is southern and Elena is northern.

But really, they're very similar character types.
Watch Tara tell off a customer and Elena swallow embarrassment and sass a boy for giving her a present that could be a headband or a skirt (at 3:30).