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Sweetie Des Arts is a recurring character in the first and fifth seasons--a major antagonist of the latter. She is played by guest star Jennifer Hasty and debuts in the series premiere "Strange Love". She is the "Dragon", the leader, of an anti-supernatural hate group called the Obamas. They are nicknamed after the masks they used to conceal their identities.
Biography
Background
Sweetie is large woman, who was married to a man who left her for a shapeshifter. This made her unhinged and she dived into a killing frenzy, dedicating a hatred obsession for all the supernatural beings. With the former sheriff, Bud Dearbone, to whom she is a mistress, she established the 'Obama', a small group dedicated to kill vampires and creatures, based on the Ku Klux Klan. Being leader of the group she is identified as the Dragon. It is she who had messenger Royce William burn Malcolm's nest. She has killed shapeshifters like Suzanne McKittrick and Emory Broome and tried to kill Sam Merlotte, Luna and Emma Garza, Jessica Hamby and Sookie Stackhouse.
Season 1
"Strange Love"
Sweetie is first seen in the series premiere. She's having dinner with her husband at Merlotte's. Sweetie's husband thinks she's eating too much fries. This angers her because the night before she did bizarre things for him in the bedroom, which disgusted her, but she also enjoyed doing them. Her husband leaves her for a shifter sometime between seasons 1 and 5, sparking her hatred for the supernatural. ("Strange Love")
Season 5
"In the Beginning"
Sheriff Andy Bellefleur pays Bud Dearborne a visit, worried that he's not doing a good job. Bud is with his mistress, Sweetie, and blows Andy off. ("In the Beginning")
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
When Sookie goes to Bud to question him about the death of her parents, she tries to read his thoughts. Sweetie knocks out Sookie, lashes her and locks her into an enclosure of pigs, near Hoyt, who is also a prisoner of Sweetie's because he spared Jessica. When Sookie wakes up, Sweetie appears as the Dragon of the Obamas, claiming that the telepathic and photokinesis faculties Sookie has make her a monster. She forces her to drink from a can which is spiked with Oxycontin, Bud's old cancer medication, which weakens her. As Sookie stirs Sweetie orders her group to feed her and Hoyt to the pigs. Sam intervenes in time to save Sookie. While all other members of the small group are caught by the police and put under arrest, Sweetie runs away. She is pursued by Luna Garza in the form of German shepherd. Luna catches her, resumes human shape and strikes Sweetie's face several times, shouting that it is for the evil which she put Sam, Emma and herself through. ("Everybody Wants to Rule the World")
Appearances
Season one appearances | |||
"Strange Love" | "The First Taste" | "Mine" | "Escape from Dragon House" |
"Sparks Fly Out" | "Cold Ground" | "Burning House of Love" | "Fourth Man in the Fire" |
"Plaisir D'Amour" | "I Don't Wanna Know" | "To Love Is to Bury" | "You'll Be the Death of Me" |
Season five appearances | |||
"Turn! Turn! Turn!" | "Authority Always Wins" | "Whatever I Am, You Made Me" | "We’ll Meet Again" |
"Let's Boot and Rally" | "Hopeless" | "In the Beginning" | "Somebody That I Used to Know" |
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" | "Gone, Gone, Gone" | "Sunset" | "Save Yourself" |