TVD THE DEPARTED:where Damon Salvatore broke my heart...because it hurts how much he loves.

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I haven't cried over a TV Show since I think the finale of SPN S3...and today I have cried...a lot..more under the cut.



Alaric
I knew he would have been the one to die, but I can't realize it.I mean it's Ric, Damon's best friend and he died, in Damon's arms...no more bromance, no more friendship. I can't even...
RIP RIC.

Rebekah&Eljiah
They broke me when REbekah toldto her older brother that Klaus was dead. You could see what family meant to them, even though Klaus has betrayed them on so many levels I can't even count them. I want them around and safe forever. I just love these two.

Klaus
It was pretty obvious to me that he wouldn't have stayed dead for too long. Now he inhabitates Tyler's body...does it mean that Joseph Morgan won't be back? Unless Bonnie has somehow saved Klaus body, it should have been burned...so I am very curious about this.
Anyway I am glad he is not dead. This character has a great potential and I want to see it developed.

Matt
Oh Matt, I so love this guy. He was the only one who could have given up on everything and left town, but he stayed there because that is his place, his home. I loved how he tried to help Elena in every possible way, even with her choice and I do really hope he is not gone.

Jeremy
Much love for him too. When Ric asked for his help, I was afraid he was going to betray all the others, but he didn't. He was honest and he helped with the plan. I do really think Elena should learn from him how to handle very hard decisions.

Bonnie
Love for her too. She decided to stand up for herself and what she wants and not to obey to others orders or desires. She went dark when she decided to save Klaus, but she did to save her friends. I loved how Bonnie was aware of the consenquences of her choice and I appreciated that she was finally able to admit that sometimes you have to make questionable decisions for the greater good.

Caroline&Tyler
I have never shipped them and I don't, but I really enjoyed the two of them together..even if they looked a little bit disconnected from all the others.
Loved Caroline with Elena though.

Stefan
I don't have much to say about him...he was there, letting the others to decide and to organize. He was not pro-active and this is very Stefan,I can't blame him for this. I liked how he was around Elena and I felt his pain when he was speaking to Damon. I could see the brotherly love.
Let me just add this: Elena wasn't enough for Stefan to fight his desire of revenge. Elena was enough for Damon to fight Ric back and live...just saying'

Elena
The flashbacks broke me. How she is still alive surprises me. Her life was normal, maybe not exciting, but safe and now..now she is not the same anymore.
Did she make a choice? Yes, she chose Stefan as I have been thinking for a while. She chose Stefan by default. She didn't choose him because of him. Because of his qualities, of his personality. She chose him because it was safe, because Stefan is her bond to her previous life. He is her last connection to her parents, Stefan is the guy who helped her to live again. She can be happy with him...but she won't ever feel the fire. Not the fire of passion, which is something that passes, but the fire of true love. The one which consumes you.
So I do think Elena will feel it eventually and I am not sure we are going to have Elena and Stefan living happily so easily. She will remember when she first met Damon, she will remember what Damon told her in 2.08? She will...and she will have to deal with it and with her magnified feelings (because there is no doubt that she will turn, otherwise she will be dead)
What about her with Damon? She was in denial. She didn't say she loves him, she said she cares about him and this is denial, but I'm not mad at her. I feel sorry for her because she's depriving herself of something intense and pure that she deserves to feel. I think her journey to fully accept Damon in her life is not complete, not yet. This triangle couldn't be over with Elena picking Damon now...because they have spent 3 seasons to build up their relationship, but Elena has never explored her feelings for Damon for real. She relies on her love for Stefan, because Stefan was there when she needed someone the most and now, in desperate times, it's easier to get back to him (I don't even want to talk about the fact that everything Stefan has done has been forgiven -bad characterization- but I do think that everything Damon has done too has been forgiven...)...so yeah I am not disappointed by Elena choice. It's about getting there, falling in love with Damon eventually. She is still getting there.

Damon.
All my tears were for him. Serioulsy. He broke me in every possible way. Give me a fucked up character, the character who never wins, who is never allowed to some happiness, who wears his "I am unbreakable" mask all the time and then breaks and feels much more than everyone else, who is vulnerable and loves as none else and I am doomed.
Dean Winchester and Damon Salvatore are the only two characters I have fallen so hard for...and both of them are two tortured souls who can't ever have what they deserve.
I loved that when Ric was beating the crap out of him, he was remembering the first time he saw Elena and it kinda gave him the strenght to react and fight. When Ric attacked him, after Elena told him she was setting him free, he was giving up, he was almost surrending then exactly when Elena had the car accident, he remembered his first encounter with her...and he told her what she wanted and it was exactly what Elena told Matt about Damon. A love that consumes. How prophetic! This gave him the strenght to fight Ric back..Damn he loves her so much it hurts....
How about the fact that while Elena was dying, the focus was Damon's reaction to it? He had Ric in his arms dying and he immediately realized that Elena was dying too and you could see all the horror and the pain on his face...so even though Damon and Elena were not together in this episode, imo they were way closer than Stefan and Elena.
Damon broke me because once again his hopes were shattered and his heart was wounded, his vulnerability showed but despite all of this, he was able to put himself together, get back to MF to see her...and his face when Meredith told him she had helped her? Broke me again, because if there is something that Elena didn't want, was to lose her human status...and now...everything is about to change. For Damon too.


Random thoughts:

-I loved how Damon protected Rebekah from Alaric and told her to run.

-I enjoy more and more the interaction between Damon and Meredith.

-I loved how Carol and Liz tried to protect their kids.

Comments

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I'm sorry it's taken me so long to write back to your TVD finale post.

But, I basically agree with everything you said.

Alaric dying was terrible, and Damon holding him and realizing it meant Elena had died was the worst part for me in the episode. That part made me cry the most. I just really hope, if what Julie said about Meredith being Damon's new drinking buddy is true, that, that is ALL she is. Just friends with him. He really needs friends. And no more hookups/pseudo dating. If he can't be with Elena right now, I'd like him just to be happy with helping her transition and being there for her.
And maybe he can become better friends with Bonnie (with what we saw in the last 2 episodes, they seemed to be less-antagonistic with each other) and maybe Caroline could forgive him and they could be friends too. And Jeremy, seriously, remember S1 Jeremy and Damon, playing video games and just being seemingly friendly with each other? That would be nice too.

The second worst part for me was watching Alaric stake Klaus and knowing it was possibly the end of all of our dear vampires lives. And Rebekah and Elijah crying and hugging, that tore me apart.

I was truly happy that Bonnie did what she did, in having Klaus posses Tyler. And I think Tyler knew about it and was complicit about it, so he could save Caroline. So I don't think it was something she did against Tyler's will or anything.

Though Caroline is bound to be upset by this, I know Bonnie will put everything to rights after a few episodes in S4. Since Joseph Morgan is already confirmed as coming back.

I liked Matt and Jeremy being all bromancy again together. But I didn't like their plan to drug her and take her away. I mean, I know they thought they were doing the right thing. But ultimately, this caused Elena to die and become something she didn't want to be. Nevertheless, I am intrigued by Vamp!Elena, though I didn't want it to happen this soon.

Caroline and Tyler seem to be the most functional couple on the show at this point, so I'm just glad they are happy together. And kinda can't wait for Caroline to find out that Tyler is really Klaus lol

Bonnie has come into her own it seems, and I'm very happy about that. It was her CHOICE to transfer or whatever Klaus over to Tyler to save her friends and her mother. It wasn't something she had to do. I will be very happy if her being strong and not judgy towards ALL vampires could continue into S4.

Stefan..ugh..I don't really have anything to say about him. Unfortunately, he is my least favorite character. And the only time I like him is when he is with his brother. I can't get over how white-washed his character is and how he hasn't been called out for his actions. It's a complete disservice to his narrative and to his character. I just hope they rectify this soon enough. I don't like, not liking him.

And Damon, I just wish they would let him be happy for once. Elena's choice is all about what you said. About Stefan being the "safe" option and all that. So I guess I'm more okay with it. I just hope Vamp!Elena is different. And sees him for how great he really is. He's been there for her and her friends time and again. And it's really time she step out of her denial bubble, and admit that if not love, she does have strong feelings for him. *Fingers crossed* for this to finally happen in S4.

I'm glad Elena's choice about becoming a vampire was essentially taken away. Because at least, it wasn't really anyone's fault. She can't blame anyone for it, least of all Stefan or Damon.

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Alaric dying was terrible, and Damon holding him and realizing it meant Elena had died was the worst part for me in the episode. That part made me cry the most.
I know, it was painful and Damon didn't deserve to suffer like that. Actually RIC didn't deserve to die at all....*sobbing*

Just friends with him. He really needs friends. And no more hookups/pseudo dating. If he can't be with Elena right now, I'd like him just to be happy with helping her transition and being there for her.
I am torn about this. I want Meredith to be a real frien, one person who cares for Damon just cause it's Damon and not because he is the eternal stud if you know what I mean, but about Damon being there for Elena...I don't know, I want their relationship to evolve and not Damon just being there accepting all the crap because his love is selfless.


And Jeremy, seriously, remember S1 Jeremy and Damon, playing video games and just being seemingly friendly with each other? That would be nice too.
I think Jeremy likes Damon, especially because he knows he would do everyting for Elena. I also think Jeremy is one of those who have already seen that Damon has changed and trusts him.

And Rebekah and Elijah crying and hugging, that tore me apart.
THIS!

So I don't think it was something she did against Tyler's will or anything.
This is interesting, very great thought.

I mean, I know they thought they were doing the right thing. But ultimately, this caused Elena to die and become something she didn't want to be.
It was also Stefan decision to save Matt and not her, it was Meredith idea to give her vamp!blood so none and everyone but Damon, can be blamed for this but all of them acted out of love and love make people do stupid things.

Bonnie has come into her own it seems, and I'm very happy about that.
Me too, I hope she understands that now she can't blame anynone else for her decision though.

And the only time I like him is when he is with his brother.
Damon brings out the best from him.

I can't get over how white-washed his character is and how he hasn't been called out for his actions. It's a complete disservice to his narrative and to his character.
I agree. He should be held accountable for his actions and he should somehow be seen for who he really is.


And Damon, I just wish they would let him be happy for once.
Me too, but as Nancy Forner said, Damon is the deepest character of the show because he is the most tortured. I am all for it.

I just hope Vamp!Elena is different. And sees him for how great he really is. He's been there for her and her friends time and again. And it's really time she step out of her denial bubble, and admit that if not love, she does have strong feelings for him.
Amen to this!