TVD 2.12, "The Descent"

[streussal]

I like this icon.

So I started this on Friday and then forgot about it and then went back to it last night in between stuff and typed a little more tonight.  ...the night before the next episode.  Yeah, I don't know.  It's possibly a little more negative than how I actually feel about the episode, but I had some major issues with it.  I'm conflicted

Comments

[meiou_set]

The "putting Elena in mortal danger" plot was constructed in a way that made characters look kind of stupid.

ARE YOU IN MY HEAD WHAT IS THIS

It made me sad! I'm a little baffled as to why Lauren Cohan's characters seem to get a bunch of characterization in the episode that they die in.

good observation. I mean I know I liked Bela and thought maybe she was better developed, but now that you say this I wonder if I'm not giving her character the benefit of hingsight...then again the history of abuse and darkness of Bela I thought was better communicated than Rose's anguish at losing Trevor. There was a lot of talk about Trevor, but not a lot of show imo.

But remember that time that Julie Plec stated that Anna was created with the specific purpose of being killed and causing Jeremy and Damon pain, so they could grow as characters?

Wow. I uh, I wish I didn't know that. *goes to her room, shuts the door, weeps and throws things*

lolarious on Katherine's

Everything should be lolarious for Katherine. The writers totally messed up hinting at her "conscience" *shakes fist* I reject their canon and substitute my own.

I'm just dubious about setting her up as some sort of terrible person who deserves to die while Damon is treated so much more sympathetically.

Agreed. I honestly don't know where they'll take this, but I do hope that the pack adds an interesting element. That's pretty much the only plot draw remaining for me. The Elena plot barely makes sense to me. Plus I like how it could be another way to point out family which I don't think gets articulated much (I still can't get over Damon killing Jeremy!!). With Uncle John back, I would hope that they actually go somewhere with these connections. But as always that might be asking for cohesion and forethought, the show hasn't shown much of either.

[streussal]

I'm not sure how clearly Bela's issues were set up from the start, but I found her engaging from the first time I saw her on screen. Yay, ripping off Winchesters. There was that moment in the ghost ship episode that showed she'd killed a family member, and the look on her face indicated that she had good reason? And the explanation of her past fit into that pretty well. But I only watched the show intermittently, so I don't really know.

...yeah, I wish I didn't know that about Anna too. It actually makes me wtf more than that stuff about Damon erasing Elena's memories being a noble gesture. YEAH.

I tend to read Katherine as having not a conscience, but regrets and the occassional moment of empathy, if that makes sense? Maybe slightly more conscience than say, Darla, but not much. (Darla is my forever vampire. And forever evil ex. Yes.)

But as always that might be asking for cohesion and forethought, the show hasn't shown much of either.

This show demonstrated forethought last season. At least I think it did. WRITERS. Slow down and plot it out.

[meiou_set]

Yay, ripping off Winchesters

Haha, I loved how she shot Sam. What does it say about him that he had a thing for her? Oh, SPN you sure bring on the lolz.