[ fic ] the blood runs red down the needle and thread ; caroline/damon, the vampire diaries
Written for the prompt "with pretty-eyed boys girls die to trust" by youcallitwinter, happy holidays!
the blood runs red down the needle and thread » the vampire diaries. caroline/damon. pg-13. 1,345 words.
She hates herself for saving his life when it's the last thing he deserves. warnings: references to rape and an abusive relationship. I don't own these ( Read more... )
MY BB /HUGS FOREVER. I felt so terrible for Caroline here, I can't even tell you. I think you took an already brilliant canon scene and added so much more depth to it. Because the whole ordeal seen from Caroline's eyes, and having to reveal herself to her mother and get rejected, just, GUH. After all, we all know TVD parents are pretty much the worst (which is amusing in a show so centred around ~family), and yet you can't blame them because the way Liz saw Caroline first, her reaction was just what would be expected, what anybody's reaction would have been. And I think you're addressing such an important issue her because the whole 'Caroline saving the Salvatores' storyline just got subsumed by the Katherine's-planning-something storyline and I can't help but be ecstatic that you gave it its own space. And when she thinks she only did it for Stefan and it's not fair, I was literally DDD: Everyone was hard on Caroline for hating on Damon in 2x04, which, what? I blame canon because it never gave this storyline it's due and I'm so glad we have writers like you to make up for that lack!
And throughout I love how non-romanticized everything is; Damon's still a bastard to anyone who is not Elena and Caroline's reactions to him as she remembers everything are so stunning. There is nothing that annoys me more than when someone is writing Damon/Caroline and Caroline's memory coming back is dealt with in ways like 'she realized that she'd wanted everything he did to her', or that he might have compelled her to not be afraid, but all the other feelings were real, or he'd been really sweet to her sometimes which makes up for everything else. Ugh, fandom, stay away from my ship. And you'vve captured it perfectly; she's so heartbreakingly a teenage girl here; of course she'd wanted him because he was this beautiful guy who showed interest in her, and she'd been completely infatuated, but now all she wants is to tell her human self to Run away and stay away. So incredibly realistic, I just. :O And having to relive her memories over and over and live with the knowledge that she never knew any of this while it was happening, live with him around all the time and obviously no one else remembers but her, it's passed into everyone else's history of a long time ago, and it's still very much her present because she just remembered. And she's such a bamf, because despite everything, there's no way in hell, she's going to let him know what she's feeling.
WHAT I'M VERY LONG-WINDEDLY TRYING TO SAY IS THAT I LOVE THIS SO, SO MUCH. YOU ARE FABULOUS, FLAWLESS, ETC, AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR WRITING ME THIS GORGEOUS PIECE. /capslock of doom.
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I found the scene(s) in that episode SO interesting, and I do wish it had been explored a bit more, so this was really fun for me to write. I will forever wish the show had allowed more time to Caroline/Damon interaction/fall-out after she turned, with deeper reaction on Caroline's part to her memories, instead of pushing that storyline to the backburner. I mean, I get that there was a lot of other stuff going on but STILL... I still want an apology, ugh. It needs to come up agaaaaain. Because then exactly, we get people being hard on Caroline for her dislike of Damon in 2x04 and it makes complete sense based on everything that happened but the show never gave it huge importance, so it doesn't register D:
And eeeee, I am glad that worked for you, I feel like these two need to be non-romanticized 99.9% of the time because there is such an abusive, painful history there.
There is nothing that annoys me more than when someone is writing Damon/Caroline and Caroline's memory coming back is dealt with in ways like 'she realized that she'd wanted everything he did to her', or that he might have compelled her to not be afraid, but all the other feelings were real, or he'd been really sweet to her sometimes which makes up for everything else. Ugh, fandom, stay away from my ship.
'SHE REALIZED THAT SHE'D WANTED EVERYTHING HE DID TO HER'? ARE YOU SERIOUS? UGH FANDOM, DIE IN A FIRE. I CAN'T EVEN. Ugh ugh ugh. Yeah. I tend to avoid Damon/Caroline unless I'm familiar with the author or it looks pretty safe, because there is some really insensitive stuff out there, and ugh no. But yeah, I think I was talking to you about this before too, how I really liked that the arc wasn't about Caroline falling for Damon but rather her pursuing the hot, older guy because why not? It wasn't about her ~loving him or even really having deep ~feelings for him or wanting to be with him regardless - as soon as she realized what was happening, she did try and get the fuck away. And then yeah, when she remembered after she turned, that must have been hell to go through, I can't even D: Whyyyy did we not get to see more, ugh.
LOLOLOL, WHAT I AM VERY LONG-WINDEDLY TRYING TO SAY IS THANK YOU FOR THE LOVELY COMMENT YOU SWEETHEART AND A+ TO ALL THE DAMON/CAROLINE THOUGHTS AND I AM SO SO GLAD YOU LIKED THE FIC! ♥
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