Rage, rage against this fucking show.

[dante_kent]

So I've literally just finished the episode. I'm not sure I've ever been so angry at this show (and I've been very, very angry before). It seems like from the look of my flist I am not alone in this. Which makes me love my flist, btw. And hate this show. So, so much.

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[dante_kent]

You're not wrong. While I don't love the sire bond idea, I can handle it. What I really cannot tolerate is the presentation. I will never really be ok with how they filmed this gorgeous scene that sang of mutual pleasure and feeling and equality - and then ruined it by simultaneously casting a cloud of dubious consent over it. I think that's offensive and dangerous, and no matter how much I know it'll turn out alright, the damage has already been done.

But one way this could be played is that it forces Elena to get angry and explicit about self-actualisation in a way she's never addressed, because she never had cause to doubt her own agency.

Ooh, this could be very interesting. There are a few ways in which I might be able to enjoy this sire bond storyline. But the writers need to be very, very careful.

Honestly, I tend to be more with you on the positive side. I'm usually all for giving the writers the benefit of the doubt. If they've earned anything, it's my faith in them and their handling of the D/E storyline. I'm not worried that this will eventually work out. I never was. I just don't think I'll ever be able to shake this belief that the writers made a mistake by cutting that scene the way they did.

But whatever. I'm beyond excited for morning after sex. I regret nothing.