Jason Stackhouse
Jason Stackhouse is a fictional character from The Southern Vampire Mysteries book series by author Charlaine Harris. Introduced in the first novel, Dead Until Dark, Jason is Sookie Stackhouse's older brother and road crew supervisor for Bon Temps, Louisiana.
| Jason Stackhouse | |
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| True Blood character | |
Ryan Kwanten as Jason Stackhouse | |
| First appearance | Novel: Dead Until Dark Television: "Strange Love" (episode 1.01) |
| Created by | Charlaine Harris |
| Portrayed by | Ryan Kwanten |
| In-universe information | |
| Nickname | Jay, Stackhouse, Jason Fuckin' Stackhouse, Girlfriend Fucker |
| Species | Human (fairy ancestry) Werepanther (books only) |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Parrish Road Crew Supervisor (Books) Police officer (TV series) |
| Family | Sookie Stackhouse (younger sister) Adele Hale Stackhouse (grandmother) Niall Brigant (great-grandfather) Fintan Brigant (grandfather) |
| Spouse | Novels: Crystal Norris Stackhouse (wife; deceased) Michelle Schulbert (wife) |
| Children | Unnamed child (with Crystal; miscarriage) Unnamed child (with Crystal; deceased) Marie Stackhouse (with Michele) Corbett Stackhouse (with Michele) |
| Relatives | Dermot Brigant (great-uncle) Claudine (deceased), Claudette,(deceased) and Claude Crane (both half cousins once removed) Hadley (cousin) Hunter Savoy (cousin once removed) |
| Nationality | American |
Jason is known as a ladies' man and is sexually associated with many women in Bon Temps and its neighbouring communities. Initially portrayed to be callow and selfish, Jason's character changes as the series progresses and he begins to mature and become more supportive of Sookie (and her supernatural issues).
In the first book, Jason is suspected of killing a series of girls in Bon Temps. Videotapes of his sexual encounters with each girl were damning evidence against him. Jason is eventually found innocent. In later books he is implicated in other crimes, and despite his innocence, these accusations continue to erode his reputation.
In Dead to the World, Jason disappears. This occurs shortly after he begins dating Crystal Norris from Hotshot, a community of werepanthers near Bon Temps. Finally, Sookie discovers that he was kidnapped by a jealous rival, who bit him repeatedly to turn him into a werepanther.
Jason is shown to greatly enjoy hunting with the werepanthers, but they don't fully accept him because he was not born a werepanther.