Episode Reflection: tVD 4.2

[kwritten]

YOU GUYS. THIS SHOW.

[I am an Elena STAN, is all]
++ Elena!
     - - - Not even Elena - can we just GAB for a second how FUXKING BRILLIANT NINA IS RIGHT NOW, OKAY? FOR ME!??! BECAUSE SHE IS. PERFECTION. IS. Nina's portrayal of Elena at the start of this episode (much like her long, slow scenes from the start of 4.1) are slow and awe-ful. They are full of awe. Because she's so

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[ever_neutral]

HER FACE right before she kisses Stefan. I am not really sure what that face even was - but it wasn't sexy or turned on... it was something else. Something like "Oh shit, I can do ____________"
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO SAW THIS. The first time I was too busy cackling, but on re-watch I observed Elena closely and definitely got this impression, too. It's fascinating to me how Elena's always THINKING with Stefan. Even with spontaneous sex.

Watching her wipe up the blood in the bathroom? It's like she's having to go through the pain of cleaning up a mess without actually making one. SOUND FAMILIAR?
UGH YES YES YES. That whole scene was so tense and sad and strangely representative of everything Elena's going through. BB GURL.

Can he go away? He makes me feel so .... ugh. I want to find his asshole-ness amusing. But I have too many feelings towards it! It makes me sad and feel very uncomfortable. Especially when he's abusing around Elena.Yeah, I was fascinated by how refreshingly honest the show was this episode about

[kwritten]

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO SAW THIS.
OMG ME TOO!!! WHAT EVEN WAS THAT FACE?! Nina Dobrev for the fuxking win.

The first time I was too busy cackling, but on re-watch I observed Elena closely and definitely got this impression, too. It's fascinating to me how Elena's always THINKING with Stefan. Even with spontaneous sex.
My XBox lost Internet 3 times during this episode (1- during St/amon's beginning fight, 2- during THIS scene, 3- during D/Elena's drink scene...) the Universe must have known I needed to see it twice in order to *see* it. And I'm so glad - because St/Elena is fascinating on Elena's end. And this so incredibly encapsulates that.

I was fascinated by how refreshingly honest the show was this episode about Stefan being the worst?
It is nice to see that Stefan isn't the golden-boy anymore. But it still makes my tummy all rumbly. It's brutally honest and for that: lovely. But gah.

IT WAS EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR MY WHOLE LIFE.
HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THIS HADN'T EVER HAPPENED BEFORE??

{hugs}
((HUGS)) BACK

[eilowyn]

Re: TVD - *la la la I can't hear you I haven't seen the episodes and I totally didn't just read your post for spoilers*

Re: real life stuff - maybe re-read your favorite Dawn fics to get into thesis-writing head space? Idk, I've avoided penny_lane_42's Kpop obsession like the plague because I don't have time, so I pretty much have an immunity to Infinite fic right now. Can't help you there. But buy some Nutella. That'll help you to remember to eat.

[kwritten]

Watch it for Elena's face! Seriously, Nina should win all the awards.

Bless you. Kpop is an endless black hole of sun-shiny love and thinky-thoughts and FEELINGS. Best to avoid it if you can.

[penny_lane_42]

Here for the personal stuff because I haven't seen the episode yet--yay for writing and especially META (because every time we have a meta discussion it is just so delicious to me!). But ugh about the rest: I hope you can get some sleep soon and maybe set an alarm or something to remind yourself to eat? My little sister is like that and it's good we live together because I had to go in twice today to tell her to eat something and finally she did. So some sort of insistence could be good? I send you lots of virtual hugs, at any rate.

[kwritten]

yay for writing and especially META (because every time we have a meta discussion it is just so delicious to me!)

I love US so hard, it's ridiculous. I don't even care that my brain energy is going into our conversations because they are so happy and full of thinky-love!

So some sort of insistence could be good?

People around me notice - it's just harder that I'm living "alone" (read: I don't have to cook for anyone else, so I *literally* forget that I'm supposed to prepare food)... an alarm is a good idea.

I send you lots of virtual hugs, at any rate.

HUGS BACK!