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Character Manifesto: Elena Gilbert

Jul 28, 2011 13:15

Fandom: The Vampire Diaries
Character: Elena Gilbert
Pairings Included in Manifesto: Elena/Stefan, Damon/Elena

( Blurb and Recs under the cut )

ship: elena gilbert/damon salvatore, fandom: vampire diaries, special: manifesto, !remembered, ship: elena gilbert/stefan salvatore

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ever_neutral July 29 2011, 02:16:09 UTC

THANK YOU FOR ENCOURAGING ME TO DO IT! *glomps you* I'm glad the final product ~lives up, haha. Enjoy the equal-opportunity Salvatore lovin'! :D

I am totally way more of an essay-er than a picspammer, but I just thought, what the hell. SHE'S SO PRETTYFUL. <3333

softly_me July 28 2011, 19:23:26 UTC

Yay! It looks awesome. You were the perfect person to do this post. I don't know how you could have ever doubted it :)

ever_neutral July 29 2011, 02:17:35 UTC

YAY! Haha yes, thank you for holding my hand through this process. YOU ARE A CHAMP. <3

badboy_fangirl July 29 2011, 00:09:22 UTC

I really enjoyed your manifesto--I've been writing a D/E story for het_bigbang and a theme that came up this time is Elena's sense of purpose--why she lived when her parents (eventually both sets) died, and it's been very interesting to explore and discover more about her along the way. I do love Elena; she is fierce, and messed up, obviously, because even though she presents this picturesque moral girl to the world, you know that being attracted to not just one, but two vampires really negates a lot of her morality. Just as Stefan pretends to be something he's not, Elena was also pretending. I think as she comes out of that, and as she embraces who she really is (*grows up*) she will find that her match doesn't lie in Stefan, but that's another manifesto.

Thanks for taking the time to write this. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

ever_neutral July 29 2011, 02:24:52 UTC

Thanks for the thoughtful comment! I'm very glad you enjoyed my extensive rambling, haha. Totally agree about Elena's moral code being compromised by her love for the boys--and it is pretty awesome. TBH, I can't imagine either "side" being endgame... which is why my motto is OT3 FTW. :D That said, I do love my crazy ambiguously-canon mutual-deathwish ship, so I quite anticipate eventually seeing your D/E story at het-bigbang!

penny_lane_42 July 29 2011, 13:46:16 UTC

OH HEY GIRL HEY. I FANGIRL YOU.

No but seriously, just when I think I can't love you more, you write something like this.

And as I was reading it, I could help but see parallels between Elena and later!season!Buffy, and OMG I LOVE MY STRONG-BUT-SUICIDAL GIRLS.

Anyway: Elena = best and also best face.

ever_neutral July 29 2011, 14:34:37 UTC

OH HEY YOU.

YOU WHO ARE ALWAYS TOO KIND TO ME. <3

I TOTALLY see the possible Elena-Buffy parallels. If Elena gets anything like the development Buffy did, I will give my first-born to Plec & Williamson!

THE BEST FACE. YES. *fangirls*

angearia July 30 2011, 15:11:39 UTC

And as I was reading it, I could help but see parallels between Elena and later!season!Buffy, and OMG I LOVE MY STRONG-BUT-SUICIDAL GIRLS.

Check out my comment below. Braintwins!

If two Buffy stans see it, does it make it so?

blackfrancine July 29 2011, 14:11:48 UTC

Well... mission accomplished, dude. You just opened my eyes. Thank you for this:

At the same time, Elena invests a lot into other people buying into that perfect facade, even as she resents them doing so.

it's simply that I find her desire to give up so utterly and profoundly human

she tells Jeremy that she's so sorry he's lost so many people -- but, well, so has she. The difference is that she no longer sees herself as an innocent. She never was.

Elena's forgiving nature emphatically does not come from a place of moral superiority.

Because what Elena longs for more than anything in the entire world is to be absolved, herself; to right the wrongs of the universe; to bring her dead family back. She would do anything. (It kind of makes you wonder where she draws the line--or if she even has one at all.) You know how I love suicidal girls with guilt complexes and hearts of gold. I just never recognized that in Elena before--so, thank you, my darling. You may have just increased my love for TVD by a lot ( ... )

ever_neutral July 29 2011, 14:38:43 UTC

OMGGGG FOR REAL THOUGH?

*glomps you*

Thank YOU for the awesome comment! My face is a literal :D -- I'm ecstatic to have improved your TVD viewing experience! That's such a compliment, I can't even.

♥ ♥ ♥