Love Always Wakes the Dragon (Damon/Elena meta)

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I'm terribly late with fics for the meme, but I have this awkward feeling that if I was late with the meta, my head would roll (I'm looking at you, Frances), so here I am. The post is freakishly long, which may or may not imply that I have no life. I regret nothing. The banner was made for me by juana-a for another Damon/Elena meta, and I'm shamelessly

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asldfk; this did not disappoint at all. This has touched on so much -- okay, everything -- about how I see them in relation to each other and ffff the part about Elena and how Stefan and Damon represent darkness and light to her. YES. That has been tumbling around in the brain forever. Seriously, I just wanna link everyone who ever asks me why I ship Damon/Elena to this post because it is the most succinct reasoning and your portrayal of them is so realistic and unapologetic.

Damon, even though he might've read Elena's intentions correctly, is also thinking about himself.
ALREADY SOBBING.

The understanding and acceptance Damon has for Elena may be amazing and liberating for her, but there also is a dark side to it. As the story with Katherine shows, Damon takes things to the extreme, and that never ends well.
This made me pause. Damon didn't follow Elena in season two when she was on a martyr tear -- which personally I see as something a friend should do, even if his methods were not okay (making her drink his blood, duping her into thinking Bonnie had died, etc). Of course these are extenuating circumstances, of course; Damon would not let her die and would not follow her into this dark/survivor's guilt place because he loves her to such extremes. Your thoughts?

the best things about Damon/Elena (Damon's unconditional love, Elena's capability of making Damon the better man) are at the same time the worst things about them; everything awesome in this ship has a darker side, an understanding can turn into abuse for both of them, there is a history of crossing the line and causing pain on both sides.
The good and the bad are so tangled together it's impossible to make heads or tails out of it, and every time you stir it, you get a slightly different shade of gray
Salivating SO MUCH RIGHT NOW.

Damon/Elena is a terrible thing to ship.
Oh, and that's why I do. :')

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Hi, it's great to see you here :D.

Damon didn't follow Elena in season two when she was on a martyr tear -- which personally I see as something a friend should do, even if his methods were not okay

Huh, I didn't think about that! Thank you for pointing it out. I guess Damon's selfishness could be an explanation: he will be ok with whoever Elena choses to be just to be close to her, but first she has to live. So yes, he did stop her in s2, because he couldn't let her die or damage herself physically. But I don't think that's how he would behave if we were talking about psychological damage. Brutally speaking, the more damaged she is, the closer to Damon she will find herself. The lower she gets, the "better" for him. He is not actively malicious against her and he wouldn't push her to fall, but he won't exactly make an effort to stop her. He will follow. What do you think?

Oh, and that's why I do. :')

You and me both!

Thank you so much! Your comment made me feel all warm and, you know, wanting to be nice to people ;).