8.12 - 'What Are You?' (The Vampire Diaries)
The countdown begins to the end… one hundred and sixty-seven done, four more to go and then it's bye-bye to The Vampire Diaries. {sobs incoherently}
( Hmm, I was not expecting that. )
( Hmm, I was not expecting that. )
(also, congrats on the new job!)
I agree that this episode was so wonderful!
I've made no secret of my lack of affection for Bonnie and Enzo, but I really felt for her and her lost love in this one. (I know! I'm kinda shocked myself.) I think it's because of the script by Chad Fiveashe and James Stoteraux (by the way, they've had more really great episodes now than not as great, so they are officially A-OK in my book). There were no protestations of Bonnie and Enzo's deep, eternal, forever love being the most loved love that ever loved. There was no allegorical rending of clothing. In other words, Bonnie's pain felt real, not some hyper-fantasy of what the most grieving grief that had ever grieved.
I think Matt comparing her loss to his helped in this regard, too -- the show comparing Bonnie and Enzo to Matt and... oh, man, I've forgotten her name, but the cop girlfriend... grounds it more in realism, too, at least for me, because Matt and Cop Girlfriend weren't (to my memory) sold as the Greatest Love That Ever Loved but just as a more regular, mundane love that was still horrifically painful for Matt to lose because losing someone you love is always horrifically painful.
ETA: It occurs to me that Matt might instead have been talking about losing Vicki in that scene! Since she's been on his mind. But that also helps, too, because again, it grounds Bonnie's loss against another loss that was treated significantly but 'normally' by the show.
(and I definitely thought of you and your torch for Matt/Bonnie during their scene!)
Agreed with you so much on the general love of the casting for villains. SO EXCITED to see what Kai is going to be up to tonight, and Cade in the real world has been a treat.
- So Bonnie's psychic scream of rage and pain did not enable her witchy powers. It just opened the door to Hell. That actually does make a lot of sense since Arcadius' original psychic scream of rage and pain-which was way, way more intense considering the circumstances-opened a crack and created Hell.
*nods*
The show continues to do a great job of having the various magic things that are possible make sense and be connected to previous magical actions/items.
I've also really loved all our past character cameos that we've had in the recent episodes! So many blasts from the past.
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HEY!
(also, congrats on the new job!)
Thank you! :)
I think Matt comparing her loss to his helped in this regard, too -- the show comparing Bonnie and Enzo to Matt and... oh, man, I've forgotten her name, but the cop girlfriend... grounds it more in realism, too, at least for me, because Matt and Cop Girlfriend weren't (to my memory) sold as the Greatest Love That Ever Loved but just as a more regular, mundane love that was still horrifically painful for Matt to lose because losing someone you love is always horrifically painful.
Penny. :) That's a really good point.
ETA: It occurs to me that Matt might instead have been talking about losing Vicki in that scene! Since she's been on his mind. But that also helps, too, because again, it grounds Bonnie's loss against another loss that was treated significantly but 'normally' by the show.
Nah, he was definitely talking about Penny. That was about losing significant others, not family.
(and I definitely thought of you and your torch for Matt/Bonnie during their scene!)
Was that because you SAW something intentional in those scenes, or just because you know of my M/B torch?
The show continues to do a great job of having the various magic things that are possible make sense and be connected to previous magical actions/items.
I know, right? I love so much how they weave their mythology past and present together. So cool!
I've also really loved all our past character cameos that we've had in the recent episodes! So many blasts from the past.
Yup, yup, yup. (Hopefully we don't get a few more, i.e., Lexi and/or Nadia.)
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