This week marks Alexander Skarsgard's 40th birthday, and we're going to celebrate in the only way we know how: through the wisdom and beauty of his character on True Blood. Eric Northman may be over 1,000 years old, but that only means he really knows how to celebrate. That's why we're living out our birthday dreams with all the best Eric Northman GIFs we could get our hands on.
You have to look pretty for your birthday festivities. What, like it's hard?
Listen, if anyone can look good wearing a tracksuit, it's Eric Northman.
You're not pleased, but you'll tolerate it.
Drink a heart! Heck, drink as many as you want! It's your birthday!
Doesn't everyone know it's rude to ask a centuries-old vampire's age?
You're Eric Northman. You already have everything you could possibly desire. Except Sookie.
Then shrug it off. You're unstoppable. Also, just, like, rip their heart out later or something.
Enjoy yourself immensely until you realize your birthday won't be complete without Sookie.
I mean, there are worse fates in life than winning the love of Eric Northman.
Just because you're a vampire doesn't mean you're not human, right?
Let's just take it as a sign that you really enjoyed yourself.
Nothing cures a hangover like some light naked reading in the Swiss Alps.