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TVD HEART OF DARKNESS: where Damon did no wrong and Stefan won me over again.
“I know you want to stop it. Protect her from it. But you’re young. You don’t see what I see. It’s not just that she makes him a better person. She does, but, he changes her too. Damon challenges her, surprises her. He makes her question her life, beliefs. Stefan is different. His love is pure and he’ll always be good for her. Damon is either the best thing for her or the worst.”
— Rose to Jeremy, 3.19
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-I just love Caroline and Matt together.They are so cute. I also like him with Rebekah. I am just sorry he was fooling her.
-Kol...no love for you darling today.
-Tyler, I know I am going to feel sorry for him eventually.
-Rose!!!! Damn if I want her to be alive and be a good friend for Damon.
-Loved the Damon/Stefan phone call.
-Damon/Elena in that room...how they looked at each other and their hands...*is dead*
-IS DEAD! That was not a kiss, that was much more than a kiss...I have never seen so much passion, love and desire between Stefan and Elena...
-"you are so weak"...that's true.
-Perfect, Damon spoke the perfects words.
There is so much to say about the subtext and the connections in this episode. I am not even sure I'll be able to write down all my thoughts.
Stefan and Stefan/Alaric
I really liked that Stefan was so open with Ric. I do really think he sent Elena with Damon so she could figure out her feelings for him, but I also think he wanted to spare Damon to torture his best friend. I love the bonding.
I also enjoyed the parallel between Ric and Stefan darksides and how easy is for them to lose control. They are both weak, they are both still unable to figure out what to do with their alter-egos, but Stefan is one step ahead...what they both have to understand is that there is no control if there isn't self acceptance and while for Ric this is all new, Stefan has simply denied his nature for too long. I am glad that he is coming to accept it now.
Man, I so love Stefan...I do. His interaction with Klaus, they way he stood up to him. How he gave Elena the chance to explore her feelings. Not because she needed a free pass to do it, but because Steafn knew it would have been easier for her. Stefan is growing up so much...SO MUCH LOVE!
Kol/Rebekah/Klaus/Esther.
I think my excitment for Kol has faded away a bit, because I need complicated characters to get attracted to. Kol is just monodimensional. He's mean, revengeful, a not grown up annoying vampire...I'd like to see more of him though.
I am torn about the Originals. I don't want them to die, but I want them to leave. I don't really understand why some fans don't consider Klaus a threat anymore. He still is, as long as he won't give up to his army plan. He wants and needs Elena to be a slave. This is a threat and unfair. That being said, I think my favorite one is Rebekah. I was so sorry for her in this episode. First Matt, then Esther. Looks like none loves her, but everyone wants to use her.
How vile is for a mother to use a daughter like that? How judgemtal is Esther, who created them and now wants to destroy them? She played God once and she continues in her crazy plan.
No way I can like what she is doing.
Caroline.
Sorry, I might be the only one in the fandom, but I am kinda annoyed by her attitude right now. Even if it looks like Caroline is the only character everyone love, I don't think there is some sort of rule which states that Caroline Forbes is awesome and can't be questioned :) So I love her, but it's more interesting to deepen what I don't like in her than what I like. LOL!
Is Rebekah so different from her? Yes. Does she not deserve a chance (after all she didn't kill Damon when she could and she didn't want Kol to kill Matt)? No, she does...because at laest she is trying to be different.
Damon doesn't care about Tyler? True, that doesn't mean he's bad. It's all about priorities. I don't really think Caroline would have some doubts to have Damon or Rebekah or whover she doesn't care about to die to save her beloved ones. It's human. Anyway, I really loved how she tried to deal with Tyler when he found out about Klaus drawing. She wasn't really able to come up with an explanation.
I do think that Caroline is fascinated by Klaus, because he is charming, but this is far from being in love. If they want to go down this route (and I would like to see it), it has to be slow and some changes have to be made in Klaus.
Jeremy
He's another character I am torn about. He's young and confused, so I can deal with all the things I don't like about him. I loved his interaction with Rose. I have hopes he will open his mind and see the things and the persons for what they are.
Also, I always enjoy to see him and Damon interacting. They have a great chemistry.
Rose
It's not even funny how much I do miss her. She was perfect. She was old, wise. She could have been the friend Damon had never had in his life. Someone who was able to love him for who he really was. Someone who was able to see right through him and accept him for being good and bad.
Her last speech to Jeremy was perfect. It's true, Stefan is the safe harbor where Elena can always find love and peace, but missing the sparkles, that sense of completeness that only true love can give to a person. Not saying that Damon is necessarily her true love, but Stefan is not for sure imo.
Rose knows all of this and I am happy she wanted to make Jeremy aware of it.
I also enjoyed that she sat down close to Damon..I so wanted them to share a moment..
Damon/Elena/Damon&Elena
This is hard. I think Damon was pefect in this episode. He didn't go on that roadtrip thinking he could have a chance with Elena. Of course he had understood that there was something, but he just behaved as everything was normal..up until that moment in the room when Elena was looking at him. He lied down on the bed and was honest, once again. He told Elena why he is the way he is. Think about it...living with the pressure of not wanting to fail other people expectations is awful. Especially if you are a vampire. I love that Damon is always honest about who he is and what you can get from him. He doesn't fool people. He says "I am this man, love me or hate me, but you know who you are dealing with".
It baffled me how genuinely confused Elena was. It was like she had never spent time trying to figure out her feelings for him. You could clearly see that things were heating up to the point that she had to leave the room...then the kiss...ehm I'd say "sex with clothes on"...
but the most perfect scene for me was the one in Mary's house. When Elena finally told him that she is scared because he lashes out, because she doesn't know how to deal with this side of Damon (I guess she needs to learn with Stefan dark side too btw) and Damon being perfect (I know I have used this word too often today) because he wasn't blaming himself for once, he was not being all "oh Elena you are right, it's my fault, I am bad, I don't deserve you"...no Damon stood up for himself this time. He told her in the face that she has to figure it out on her own. That he won't sabotage things but that he is not going to change who he is for her, that he is there if she wants to but the choice is hers and she has to take the responsibilities of it. Did Elena hurt Damon? Maybe. Did Damon hurt Elena? Probably. She was hurt, because she realized that she can't hide anymore and that she has to decide what to do with her life. I can see her deciding to be on her own for a while. I can see Damon giving up on her because he truly loves her and he just wants her to be happy. I can see both Stefan and Damon do this.
Also I think Damon is now able to deal with a refusal. His love for Elena is healthy, it's not a destructive obsession like the one he felt for Katherine. Damon is stronger than we might have thought. He knows Elena feels something for him and he wants her to be with him, but not at all costs. There's Stefan too and his feelings. It's up to Elena and Elena only.
I am confident they will both respect her final decision.
I loved Damon words so much, because he has grown up so much. I don't care how much potential a character has if I don't see it developed. I love Damon Salvatore because imo the writers have done an awesome job in developing him step by step, episode by episode, season by season. Damon has rised and fallen many times during these three seasons, but everything he has done, hasn't been useless. It has been functional to build him up like he is now.
I do think he is the only character who has been developed so well so far...him and Elena too, even if it's harder to see.
To sum up my Damon/Elena are, quoting dot-dot-delena:
Stefan is Elena’s harbor, a safe place for her to remain, but Damon is the roaring, dangerous ocean that can sometimes be calm and sometimes be tremulous and even sometimes violent but always beautiful. A ship may be safe in a harbor, but thats not why they were built, they were created to sail the ocean forever.
“And the arms of the ocean are carrying me. All this devotion was rushing out of me, in the crushes of heaven for a sinner like me. But the arms of the ocean delivered me.”
I have much more to say, but words fail me at the moment.
HAPPY SPN DAY!!!
— Rose to Jeremy, 3.19
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-I just love Caroline and Matt together.They are so cute. I also like him with Rebekah. I am just sorry he was fooling her.
-Kol...no love for you darling today.
-Tyler, I know I am going to feel sorry for him eventually.
-Rose!!!! Damn if I want her to be alive and be a good friend for Damon.
-Loved the Damon/Stefan phone call.
-Damon/Elena in that room...how they looked at each other and their hands...*is dead*
-IS DEAD! That was not a kiss, that was much more than a kiss...I have never seen so much passion, love and desire between Stefan and Elena...
-"you are so weak"...that's true.
-Perfect, Damon spoke the perfects words.
There is so much to say about the subtext and the connections in this episode. I am not even sure I'll be able to write down all my thoughts.
Stefan and Stefan/Alaric
I really liked that Stefan was so open with Ric. I do really think he sent Elena with Damon so she could figure out her feelings for him, but I also think he wanted to spare Damon to torture his best friend. I love the bonding.
I also enjoyed the parallel between Ric and Stefan darksides and how easy is for them to lose control. They are both weak, they are both still unable to figure out what to do with their alter-egos, but Stefan is one step ahead...what they both have to understand is that there is no control if there isn't self acceptance and while for Ric this is all new, Stefan has simply denied his nature for too long. I am glad that he is coming to accept it now.
Man, I so love Stefan...I do. His interaction with Klaus, they way he stood up to him. How he gave Elena the chance to explore her feelings. Not because she needed a free pass to do it, but because Steafn knew it would have been easier for her. Stefan is growing up so much...SO MUCH LOVE!
Kol/Rebekah/Klaus/Esther.
I think my excitment for Kol has faded away a bit, because I need complicated characters to get attracted to. Kol is just monodimensional. He's mean, revengeful, a not grown up annoying vampire...I'd like to see more of him though.
I am torn about the Originals. I don't want them to die, but I want them to leave. I don't really understand why some fans don't consider Klaus a threat anymore. He still is, as long as he won't give up to his army plan. He wants and needs Elena to be a slave. This is a threat and unfair. That being said, I think my favorite one is Rebekah. I was so sorry for her in this episode. First Matt, then Esther. Looks like none loves her, but everyone wants to use her.
How vile is for a mother to use a daughter like that? How judgemtal is Esther, who created them and now wants to destroy them? She played God once and she continues in her crazy plan.
No way I can like what she is doing.
Caroline.
Sorry, I might be the only one in the fandom, but I am kinda annoyed by her attitude right now. Even if it looks like Caroline is the only character everyone love, I don't think there is some sort of rule which states that Caroline Forbes is awesome and can't be questioned :) So I love her, but it's more interesting to deepen what I don't like in her than what I like. LOL!
Is Rebekah so different from her? Yes. Does she not deserve a chance (after all she didn't kill Damon when she could and she didn't want Kol to kill Matt)? No, she does...because at laest she is trying to be different.
Damon doesn't care about Tyler? True, that doesn't mean he's bad. It's all about priorities. I don't really think Caroline would have some doubts to have Damon or Rebekah or whover she doesn't care about to die to save her beloved ones. It's human. Anyway, I really loved how she tried to deal with Tyler when he found out about Klaus drawing. She wasn't really able to come up with an explanation.
I do think that Caroline is fascinated by Klaus, because he is charming, but this is far from being in love. If they want to go down this route (and I would like to see it), it has to be slow and some changes have to be made in Klaus.
Jeremy
He's another character I am torn about. He's young and confused, so I can deal with all the things I don't like about him. I loved his interaction with Rose. I have hopes he will open his mind and see the things and the persons for what they are.
Also, I always enjoy to see him and Damon interacting. They have a great chemistry.
Rose
It's not even funny how much I do miss her. She was perfect. She was old, wise. She could have been the friend Damon had never had in his life. Someone who was able to love him for who he really was. Someone who was able to see right through him and accept him for being good and bad.
Her last speech to Jeremy was perfect. It's true, Stefan is the safe harbor where Elena can always find love and peace, but missing the sparkles, that sense of completeness that only true love can give to a person. Not saying that Damon is necessarily her true love, but Stefan is not for sure imo.
Rose knows all of this and I am happy she wanted to make Jeremy aware of it.
I also enjoyed that she sat down close to Damon..I so wanted them to share a moment..
Damon/Elena/Damon&Elena
This is hard. I think Damon was pefect in this episode. He didn't go on that roadtrip thinking he could have a chance with Elena. Of course he had understood that there was something, but he just behaved as everything was normal..up until that moment in the room when Elena was looking at him. He lied down on the bed and was honest, once again. He told Elena why he is the way he is. Think about it...living with the pressure of not wanting to fail other people expectations is awful. Especially if you are a vampire. I love that Damon is always honest about who he is and what you can get from him. He doesn't fool people. He says "I am this man, love me or hate me, but you know who you are dealing with".
It baffled me how genuinely confused Elena was. It was like she had never spent time trying to figure out her feelings for him. You could clearly see that things were heating up to the point that she had to leave the room...then the kiss...ehm I'd say "sex with clothes on"...
but the most perfect scene for me was the one in Mary's house. When Elena finally told him that she is scared because he lashes out, because she doesn't know how to deal with this side of Damon (I guess she needs to learn with Stefan dark side too btw) and Damon being perfect (I know I have used this word too often today) because he wasn't blaming himself for once, he was not being all "oh Elena you are right, it's my fault, I am bad, I don't deserve you"...no Damon stood up for himself this time. He told her in the face that she has to figure it out on her own. That he won't sabotage things but that he is not going to change who he is for her, that he is there if she wants to but the choice is hers and she has to take the responsibilities of it. Did Elena hurt Damon? Maybe. Did Damon hurt Elena? Probably. She was hurt, because she realized that she can't hide anymore and that she has to decide what to do with her life. I can see her deciding to be on her own for a while. I can see Damon giving up on her because he truly loves her and he just wants her to be happy. I can see both Stefan and Damon do this.
Also I think Damon is now able to deal with a refusal. His love for Elena is healthy, it's not a destructive obsession like the one he felt for Katherine. Damon is stronger than we might have thought. He knows Elena feels something for him and he wants her to be with him, but not at all costs. There's Stefan too and his feelings. It's up to Elena and Elena only.
I am confident they will both respect her final decision.
I loved Damon words so much, because he has grown up so much. I don't care how much potential a character has if I don't see it developed. I love Damon Salvatore because imo the writers have done an awesome job in developing him step by step, episode by episode, season by season. Damon has rised and fallen many times during these three seasons, but everything he has done, hasn't been useless. It has been functional to build him up like he is now.
I do think he is the only character who has been developed so well so far...him and Elena too, even if it's harder to see.
To sum up my Damon/Elena are, quoting dot-dot-delena:
Stefan is Elena’s harbor, a safe place for her to remain, but Damon is the roaring, dangerous ocean that can sometimes be calm and sometimes be tremulous and even sometimes violent but always beautiful. A ship may be safe in a harbor, but thats not why they were built, they were created to sail the ocean forever.
“And the arms of the ocean are carrying me. All this devotion was rushing out of me, in the crushes of heaven for a sinner like me. But the arms of the ocean delivered me.”
I have much more to say, but words fail me at the moment.
HAPPY SPN DAY!!!
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first: brothers forever!!!! I think they were both amazing in this episode. Stefan handled the whole thing great, just great. Not only Alaric, but Elena as well. And when he stood up to Klaus at the end saying that he now accepts his dark part and for that he can't control him, he makes me SO proud!!! Go Stefan!!!!!!!!! the guy is so much better with Elena. XD LOL
Damon was great too because even thought I think Elena makes him weaker, at least he is still able to see that he shouldn't make it easy for her and that she is not being honest.
And seriously Elena, the "I don't know" excuse is getting old. How long can she keep going on with that? it's not fair and it's true that she always chooses the most "safe" solution.
You know, I don't want Damon and Elena to get together. Maybe I'd want it just so that Damon could have that but the truth is that Elena is lame and I think both brothers are better off without her. :P
The "originals" plot intrigues me like crazy. I can't wait to see what's happening next. :D
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Sono d'accordo, io non credo che Elena sia la migliore possibile per loro, pero' visto che lo show vuole il triangolo e vuole Elena con uno di loro (anche s eio credo che alla fine della stagione lei scegliera' di rimanere da sola), beh allora che almeno la scelta non danneggi troppo il rifiutato.
Per gli Originals, vediamo cosa succede, ma le cose devono progredire :))))