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Okay, clearly I am only doing this because I have many other things I should be doing, but ...
Ok first, I am glad as how I have people on my flist who love Stefan and Elena and Elena/Stefand and also think Damon is A HORRIBLE HORRIBLE PERSON who needs a fucking lesson. well, okay in the really real world I would want him dead but seeing how that isn't going to happen, I will settle for him getting a clue about human beings. He started to, early on, but he's actually now farther back than he was when he broke Jeremy's neck.
And anyway, I am glad that I don't have to be out there among the Damon fans who -- okay, you lurve Damon, fair enough, he's a fictional character. like, it is no secret that I love Baal from SG-1 to the tips of his toenails and he has done some VERY BAD AWFUL THINGS.Ex Deus recap monday, yay! SO, y'know, not casting stones.
BUT. what I cannot stand are the fans who can't acknowledge the bad behavior as BAD. Having A reason isn't good enough -- everyone has a reason for doing things. The worst people often have all kinds of justifications.
(but that said, I also think it's easy to forget there's a difference between explaining something and excusing it. Saying how Damon's fucked in the head doesn't make his actions right, but that doesn't always mean the person is saying the actions aren't wrong either. discussing is not condoning, okay? That needs some separation as well)
However, I earnestly hope that the show is setting Damon up for a massive fall. His petulant arrogance desperately needs comeuppance, not reward. I'm already tired of the people who think he was right to be a dick to Elijah and said Stefan was kissing Elena and Elijah's ass stupidly. Which is why I can't tell you how much I want Elijah to be totally Team Elena (or at least "Team Save the World, even if that might mean Elena's unfortunate death")and reward Elena and Stefan's faith in him and each other.
um, crap, where did the time go?
Ok, short notes.
Tequila-dancing was random but wonderful.
As was Stefan watching Klaric in the kitchen like a leopard was loose on the grounds. And then he KICKED HIS ASS. YOU GO STEF.
Flashback!Human!Kat was sweeter than I expected.
I'm of the opinion that the original "doppelganger" was Klaus and Elijah's mother, though, not their lover. Klaus never seemed like he was "in love" with Kat at all, he was just there to use her, and Elijah was fond of her, because she reminded him of whoever, but it didn't feel "in love" to me. But I am prepared to be wrong on that point, as the paralleling is SO FIERCELY ANVILLICIOUS.
um, Greta is either being compelled by Klaus, or she was never really kidnapped.
VAMPIRE WEREWOLF HYBRID WITHOUT HIS WEREWOLF HALF. I don't even know what to do with that. I mean, it makes sense (as far as such things go), except he must have 'become' a vampire later since his mother couldn't have been a vampire yet, since vampires can't procreate human-style.
The thought of Klaus and (four hours later: I have no idea what I started to say here. Never mind)
Elena is awesome. Stefan is awesome. Elijah is awesome.
Maybe more later, but I have to be done for now.
That ep made me want to make Klaus and Elijah meet Jacob from Lost. Immortal Club meeting!
Ok first, I am glad as how I have people on my flist who love Stefan and Elena and Elena/Stefand and also think Damon is A HORRIBLE HORRIBLE PERSON who needs a fucking lesson. well, okay in the really real world I would want him dead but seeing how that isn't going to happen, I will settle for him getting a clue about human beings. He started to, early on, but he's actually now farther back than he was when he broke Jeremy's neck.
And anyway, I am glad that I don't have to be out there among the Damon fans who -- okay, you lurve Damon, fair enough, he's a fictional character. like, it is no secret that I love Baal from SG-1 to the tips of his toenails and he has done some VERY BAD AWFUL THINGS.
BUT. what I cannot stand are the fans who can't acknowledge the bad behavior as BAD. Having A reason isn't good enough -- everyone has a reason for doing things. The worst people often have all kinds of justifications.
(but that said, I also think it's easy to forget there's a difference between explaining something and excusing it. Saying how Damon's fucked in the head doesn't make his actions right, but that doesn't always mean the person is saying the actions aren't wrong either. discussing is not condoning, okay? That needs some separation as well)
However, I earnestly hope that the show is setting Damon up for a massive fall. His petulant arrogance desperately needs comeuppance, not reward. I'm already tired of the people who think he was right to be a dick to Elijah and said Stefan was kissing Elena and Elijah's ass stupidly. Which is why I can't tell you how much I want Elijah to be totally Team Elena (or at least "Team Save the World, even if that might mean Elena's unfortunate death")and reward Elena and Stefan's faith in him and each other.
um, crap, where did the time go?
Ok, short notes.
Tequila-dancing was random but wonderful.
As was Stefan watching Klaric in the kitchen like a leopard was loose on the grounds. And then he KICKED HIS ASS. YOU GO STEF.
Flashback!Human!Kat was sweeter than I expected.
I'm of the opinion that the original "doppelganger" was Klaus and Elijah's mother, though, not their lover. Klaus never seemed like he was "in love" with Kat at all, he was just there to use her, and Elijah was fond of her, because she reminded him of whoever, but it didn't feel "in love" to me. But I am prepared to be wrong on that point, as the paralleling is SO FIERCELY ANVILLICIOUS.
um, Greta is either being compelled by Klaus, or she was never really kidnapped.
VAMPIRE WEREWOLF HYBRID WITHOUT HIS WEREWOLF HALF. I don't even know what to do with that. I mean, it makes sense (as far as such things go), except he must have 'become' a vampire later since his mother couldn't have been a vampire yet, since vampires can't procreate human-style.
Elena is awesome. Stefan is awesome. Elijah is awesome.
Maybe more later, but I have to be done for now.
That ep made me want to make Klaus and Elijah meet Jacob from Lost. Immortal Club meeting!
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However, I earnestly hope that the show is setting Damon up for a massive fall. His petulant arrogance desperately needs comeuppance, not reward.
I swear I've read more than one fangirl talk about how Damon "deserves" Elena and I want to shake them.
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Damon aside, I actually kinda liked this episode, despite having no Bonnie or Caroline in sight. Elijah went from my 'don't know how I feel about him' list to my 'like' list. I really hope he doesn't wind up screwing Elena (and Stefan) over by not keeping his word.
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I have so much rage to the Damon fangirl that insist Elena isn't good enough for Damon and he can do no wrong, and anytime you call him a rapist or abusive they cry about his personal damage and OMFG Damon just get over it already, you had bad taste in women, get over it!!!
This episode made me love Elijah and I just love the brothers parallel they are doing, and OMG Stefan siding with Elena, like he should be, because that is why I love the relationship, she makes her own choices and he respects them, he respects HER!
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humanityfandom. (No, fandom, it doesn't even count if they might have consented. What matters is that he REMOVES THE ABILITY TO CONSENT. And then adds tons of abuse and insults and patronizing.)OK< so, I have been devouring the family reveals and My Theory (this is basically my latest "GIVE ME MEREDITH!" theory) Is that the original Petrova was their sister, and the only sibling who remain ed human. My theory further holds that Elijah's daddy also had a child with a different woman, and that child was the first witch (Meredith-carrying over from her role in the books of being the one who knows how to kill klaus) who used the only human who shared their blood (with her consent) to create the curse. Or something along those lines.
I also started developing my Meredith/witches/Elijah theory when Elijah was fixated with finding the witches' resting place, and have been adjusting it ever since.
(Uhm...Meredith is one of Elena's friendsin the books, and her grandfather was the only living person to ever meet Klaus and survive-which put him in an institution his whole life-making her the key to finding out how to kill klaus. Bonnie in the show is fairly similar, personalitywise, to Meredith in the books, though more lighthearted whn the weight of the world isnt on her.)
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