We have decided it’s time True Blood’s Alexander Skarsgard receive his own category on PopWatch. The criteria for such an honor has never been formally discussed at PopWatch HQ, but it seems to involve one of the following: We all decide that we like you, we really like you (see: C’mere, Jon Hamm, and Give Me a Kiss and Kris Allen Kills Us With Cuteness), that you are a mystery worthy of occasional probing (see: Zachary Quinto is Crazy/Beautiful and Mary Murphy is Insane), or that I need to own the fact that I get you more press than your publicist (see: ¡Gale Harold!).
Yesterday, we took to Twitter for suggestions on what we should name Skarsgard’s category. All nominees were appreciated (particularly that one that we could never print, @youbettago), but here are the finalists. Note: We are still open to write-ins in the comments section of this post (if they are as genius as Skarsgard Your Loins, which we’ve now added to the poll).
• Swexy Beast (submitted by @youbettago)
• The Need for Swede (submitted by @A_Redhead_Thing, and, incidentally, endorsed by @MelissadelaCruz, author of the best selling Blue Bloods series)
• The Swedish Delish (submitted by @NorthmanNet, who says some fans refer to him as that)
• The Viking (submitted by @SkarsgardFans)
• Pink Spandex (submitted by @jconfess, in honor of both Eric’s infamous outfit in Charlaine Harris’ Living Dead in Dallas and the socks that good-humored Skarsgard flashed at San Diego Comic-Con).
Vote in the poll after the jump! Follow me on Twitter @EWMandiBierly to find out the winner.
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Skarsgard Your Loins
Whoa. Thanks for the support, everyone.
That is too funny!! I love it!!
Bad actor
(kidding! just kidding! don’t hurt me)
was that supposed to be funny? because you can hate eric all you want but there’s no way you can call him a ‘bad actor’
Dont sweat it Nen, Kylla is probably a Billdo Lover.
(kidding! just kidding! Dont hurt me. See how you like the snarking)
Alex is in a movie running on the Encore Action channel (check your cable listings, is on tonight again I think) and the “famous” actors in it, Billy Zane, Michael Madsen, stink, the movie is a mess but Alex chews up the scenery as a greedy German SS Man trying to steal consficated art. He looks great in uniform, even if it’s a Nazi one..ha.
oops, forgot to say the movie is caled The Last Drop.
Finally his own category! I like The Need for Swede, but since the other people you mentioned actually have their name in the category, shouldn’t he too?
Swedish Meatball
How about the Smirking Viking?
OMG, please use Aaron’s suggestion at the top. That is hilarious.
He totally deserves his own category. I voted for Swedish Delish because he’s a delicious Skandinavian man-candy.
Omg this is the best idea you guys have ever had!
I’m so happy he got his own catergory.The Need for Swede is great.
Hmm, I think it sounds too pirate-y, but the category should have his name on it.
It should be titled, quite simply: the Hotness that is Alexander Skarsgard
Alexander the Great; Yield to him.
While this might make sense, there could be confusion with the historic figure. While everyone is having fun, as a former catalog librarian who had to assign subject headings, one needs to remember how would anyone later retrieve the material. Thus an entry like Alexander Skarsgard, Viking Vampire would be easier to find, is descriptive, and could be adjusted easily in the future if one wanted to change the modifying title.
It has to be Skarsgard Your Loins! Its truly GENIUS!
Loving Skarsgard your loins!
Alexander the Great – I love it!