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I Take The Parts That I Remember And Stitch Them Back Together (an Elena meta)

May 06, 2012 03:04

I've been trying to write a coherent Elena meta about what's going on with the OT3 lately, but turns out that coherent has left this bar. And yet I still want to discuss, so let me throw some random TVD thoughts at you, and also rant about fandom and predictions for the finale. Basically, I have a few questions. Yes, some of them are rhetorical ( Read more... )

note to self: less talk, meta, fictional vampires ruin my life, tvd fandom is the worst, yes i'm always like that, elena gilbert is amazing, how unfortunate, fandom: the vampire diaries

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bellonablack May 6 2012, 01:36:49 UTC

So you just don't want a declaration? I can get that because it doesn't feel right for a real choice. Of choosiness. But I do feel a vibe of more than friendship from her. I cant explain that but I can't quite see it as friendship even though I want it to be more so.

ever_neutral May 6 2012, 02:42:57 UTC

*intrudes*

But I do feel a vibe of more than friendship from her.

Haha, you mean towards Damon? Well, it's more or less canon that Elena has romantic feelings to a degree, isn't it?

I think I agree with your feeling that it's not just friendship anymore. Mainly because I think the aforementioned romantic feelings are actually messing up their friendship. /o\ For whatever reason, I think Elena believes that she can no longer just have Damon as a friend? Sadness.

upupa_epops May 6 2012, 11:12:24 UTC

For whatever reason, I think Elena believes that she can no longer just have Damon as a friend?

I haven't thought about that :(. But you're probably right. Which is terrible, because she totally can have Damon's friendship. Damon wouldn't object. He's waited 145 years to get Katherine from the tomb, so giving Elena time to deal with grief really isn't much of a sacrifice.

bellonablack May 6 2012, 17:00:32 UTC

Pretty much word. I think it is a really complicated friendship versus more that is in their way, whatever way that is. I mean, it is sad. :/

upupa_epops May 6 2012, 11:06:19 UTC

Hmm, it's complicated.

There definitely is something more than just friendship. I pick up the same vibe you do. But Elena can't deal with Alaric's death right now, she's in shock. She can't deal with any triangle drama right now. So, in that sense, she only wants Damon and Stefan's friendship at the moment. Until she can settle and deal with grief. Romantic/sexual tension will resurface once Elena's dealt with some of her issues. It's cruel to make her choose now, when she's not fit to do so.

Does this make sense?

bellonablack May 6 2012, 16:58:12 UTC

I think it's like this for me. I only started to get into interconnectivity among characters...at a later age. I'm not really a shipper, even now, per se in the usual definition: when I say it, I mean that the dynamic brings something new out in the other character and I don't always mean good. It can be, though. So it's not coming from that angle, and I agree, I think it'd be inappropriate to suddenly jump into this with someone ( ... )

upupa_epops May 6 2012, 23:49:10 UTC

Of course it was never 100% fair, but this guilt-tripped "choice" pushes the triangle thing on a new level of awful :(.

That said, they won't make her choose, jsut for the show format alone. What, she 'chooses' and one actually leaves, lol.

Certainly not for good ;). But she's supposed to make some sort of a choice, and stick with it for a good while. Which, given the circumstances, is unbelievably forced.

bellonablack May 7 2012, 02:54:59 UTC

Lol a new level:) this is true.

I just doubt their sincerity. I don't think they are sincere at all anymore. I think a lot of eager ships are in for something unpleasant. But then again I could be wrong. If so I'm probably out of it:/ It is just that close to one step too far.

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