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My brain is somehow convinced that I need to make a Stefan vid to Foo Fighters "Rope". But since my brain is also convinced I need S.3, it conveniently puts off the making of said phantom vid. Yeah, I don't know.
Anyway it got me thinking about Stefan and S.3 And, like many of us, I'm of two minds:
First, I totally understand Paul Wesley's point that it's a hell of a lot more fun. Villains are fun. Letting loose is fun. Fake blood is probably less fun, but this is CW, I doubt we'll get True Blood levels of fake gore.
Also, it's not easy to be the anchor for more flamboyant characters who get all the notice (see also Orlando Bloom's Will Turner against Jack Sparrow, and Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne against the Joker). They have to show restraint, just like Stefan, while the outrageous characters get all the good lines and get to do whatever the hell they want. The anchor maybe gets to save the day and be the hero, but he also gets accused of being wooden or dull. So yeah, I get not wanting to be that guy, for awhile. And I'm excited to see it because I believe Paul can bring it, and it'll be fabulous fun.
(it's an interesting thought experiment to switch the actors and imagine Damon and Stefan the other way around - blood-crazed-Stefan isn't that different from S1 Damon and Boone from Lost not that different from Stefan; how much is just Damon and how much is Ian-as-Damon? We'll never know- but never underestimate the popularity of the scenery chewer no matter who's playing him)
Anyway -
On the other hand, I'm worried. I'm not worried they'll bring good!Stefan back and that Elena'll forgive him cuz that's what she does. Eventually. I'd even like them to slow down the plot so we can actually get some character development. So yeah, I prefer that they don't just forget whatever horrors he commits, because that's better storytelling; BUT as a Stefan fan it pisses me off that Stefan's going to have to earn his redemption, when Damon got his without apparently even trying. So storyteller-me is all "If Stefan sucks Jeremy dry (just an example!) and then is really really sorry, Elena should take a long long time for her to get over it". But the Stefan-fan side is like, "she gave Damon the cold shoulder for what, an episode, she shouldn't be upset with Stefan more than two eps." Because it's NOT FAIR! /stomps foot
I also hate that this plotline is almost certainly going to cause a "who's worse" competition which will just cause wank. It's ALL horrible behavior and in the real world every vampire should get staked. But Mystic Falls is in a universe where Bing is THE search engine of choice, so clearly it's not our world. Can we just leave it there? But now we will certainly get the Damon apologists being all righteous about how at least Damon never slaughtered a bus full of preschoolers or whatever. sigh.
However, the good part: I await the reveal of exactly why Klaus needs a spare conscienceless killer. Because, really, how hard can those be to find? The only thing I can think of goes back to those theories about how maybe Stefan is also part Lockwood, so the 'ripper'/addiction thing is actually some latent werewolf gene. Like maybe his real father was Lockwood, so he would've become a werewolf, except he died and became a vampire before he killed anyone to activate the werewolf curse... Or something lulzy like that.
(I've also always had a weird fanon that Stefan's blood issues stem for the fact that he had vervain in his system when he died/turned. That ought to do something, having a previously inert substance turn to poison inside your body during the physical transformation.)
In other tv news,
Instead of watching "Ringer" last night I watched the pilot of "Homeland", the upcoming Showtime series with Claire Danes and Damian Lewis, about a soldier who returns from 8 years as a prisoner in Iraq and the CIA analyst who believes that he was turned in captivity and may be part of a terrorist plot. It's something like "Sleeper Cell", for those who saw that, and anchored by the two leads, who are both awesome - (Morena Baccarin is also good as his wife). Spy shenanigans of the modern, real variety, not James Bond. Check it out streaming for free in various places before it starts on Showtime in October. Definitely made me want to see more!
Anyway it got me thinking about Stefan and S.3 And, like many of us, I'm of two minds:
First, I totally understand Paul Wesley's point that it's a hell of a lot more fun. Villains are fun. Letting loose is fun. Fake blood is probably less fun, but this is CW, I doubt we'll get True Blood levels of fake gore.
Also, it's not easy to be the anchor for more flamboyant characters who get all the notice (see also Orlando Bloom's Will Turner against Jack Sparrow, and Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne against the Joker). They have to show restraint, just like Stefan, while the outrageous characters get all the good lines and get to do whatever the hell they want. The anchor maybe gets to save the day and be the hero, but he also gets accused of being wooden or dull. So yeah, I get not wanting to be that guy, for awhile. And I'm excited to see it because I believe Paul can bring it, and it'll be fabulous fun.
(it's an interesting thought experiment to switch the actors and imagine Damon and Stefan the other way around - blood-crazed-Stefan isn't that different from S1 Damon and Boone from Lost not that different from Stefan; how much is just Damon and how much is Ian-as-Damon? We'll never know- but never underestimate the popularity of the scenery chewer no matter who's playing him)
Anyway -
On the other hand, I'm worried. I'm not worried they'll bring good!Stefan back and that Elena'll forgive him cuz that's what she does. Eventually. I'd even like them to slow down the plot so we can actually get some character development. So yeah, I prefer that they don't just forget whatever horrors he commits, because that's better storytelling; BUT as a Stefan fan it pisses me off that Stefan's going to have to earn his redemption, when Damon got his without apparently even trying. So storyteller-me is all "If Stefan sucks Jeremy dry (just an example!) and then is really really sorry, Elena should take a long long time for her to get over it". But the Stefan-fan side is like, "she gave Damon the cold shoulder for what, an episode, she shouldn't be upset with Stefan more than two eps." Because it's NOT FAIR! /stomps foot
I also hate that this plotline is almost certainly going to cause a "who's worse" competition which will just cause wank. It's ALL horrible behavior and in the real world every vampire should get staked. But Mystic Falls is in a universe where Bing is THE search engine of choice, so clearly it's not our world. Can we just leave it there? But now we will certainly get the Damon apologists being all righteous about how at least Damon never slaughtered a bus full of preschoolers or whatever. sigh.
However, the good part: I await the reveal of exactly why Klaus needs a spare conscienceless killer. Because, really, how hard can those be to find? The only thing I can think of goes back to those theories about how maybe Stefan is also part Lockwood, so the 'ripper'/addiction thing is actually some latent werewolf gene. Like maybe his real father was Lockwood, so he would've become a werewolf, except he died and became a vampire before he killed anyone to activate the werewolf curse... Or something lulzy like that.
(I've also always had a weird fanon that Stefan's blood issues stem for the fact that he had vervain in his system when he died/turned. That ought to do something, having a previously inert substance turn to poison inside your body during the physical transformation.)
In other tv news,
Instead of watching "Ringer" last night I watched the pilot of "Homeland", the upcoming Showtime series with Claire Danes and Damian Lewis, about a soldier who returns from 8 years as a prisoner in Iraq and the CIA analyst who believes that he was turned in captivity and may be part of a terrorist plot. It's something like "Sleeper Cell", for those who saw that, and anchored by the two leads, who are both awesome - (Morena Baccarin is also good as his wife). Spy shenanigans of the modern, real variety, not James Bond. Check it out streaming for free in various places before it starts on Showtime in October. Definitely made me want to see more!
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