TVD 4x15: Who's bringing the marshmallows?

[dante_kent]

Whoa, guys. Honestly, I don't even really know what to say. This episode was a tricky one. I'm feeling a little speechless.

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[dante_kent]

OMG THAT ENTIRE PARAGRAPH, THO. I was looking for a line to quote, but I couldn't pick one, because they're ALL brilliant. Yes x1000000 to ALL of it. That's why I kind of love this development, as heart-wrenching and morally difficult as it is. Because Elena has been through so much, and she's soldiered through it all, but I think a part of her has always wanted to just forget it all, and she's never LET herself before. Remember that time in 3x05 when Damon offered to compel Elena to forget what Stefan did to her, and she said she had to remember? Elena has to suffer, has to feel it all, because she feels like she owes that to the world, to the people she's lost, to the people who have died for her. It's the only way she can reconcile her continued survival. And yessss to the fact that turning it off is failing Jeremy (ow ow ow ow ow). But the thing is, deep down, there is no one left to disappoint, no one who really matters. Jeremy was her last family, and he's gone. So if she turns it off, if she takes that out, why would it matter. Ugh, there is just so much complex amazing stuff going on in this plot twist, PROVIDED THAT the sire bond is not real. Recognize what you have, show.

Also, this:

And if the sire bond's not real, then it's not Elena's agency that's lacking, it's her ownership of the decision - which is actually a neat counterpoint to all the decisions that Stefan and Caroline have decided she didn't own because of the sire bond. She's taking that and turning it around to help herself through this.

O_O Whoaaaaaaa. You are brilliant.

[eowyn_315]

Ugh, there is just so much complex amazing stuff going on in this plot twist, PROVIDED THAT the sire bond is not real.

You know, the more I think about it, the more it seems it doesn't matter whether the sire bond is real or not? Because the key here is that Elena wanted to turn it off before anyone said or did anything to influence her decision. She just couldn't bring herself to do it because of her guilt complex. She needed the sire bond (or at least the imagined influence of it) to absolve her of responsibility. Which is probably the most interesting thing they could've done with the sire bond, since they've done compulsion against a person's will so many times already.