I Take The Parts That I Remember And Stitch Them Back Together (an Elena meta)
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
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1. I feel like this is suddenly an issue because Elena's started acting on her feelings - making out with Damon, turning to Stefan for protection/comfort - so she is initiating some kind of intimacy with them, but then pulling back before she gets to the point of commitment. WHICH IS TOTALLY OKAY, BTW. Elena is allowed to be intimate with these guys without the promise of commitment, and if either of them has a problem with it, they're free to say so.
Damon obviously values Elena's friendship, and he'd rather keep that than risk losing her completely in a push for a romantic relationship. Stefan... who the fuck knows? To some extent, he is implicitly demanding that she make a choice, because of his whole "we can't be together if you have feelings for Damon" bullshit. But, of course, that assumes that Elena WANTS to be with Stefan, and this is a condition on that relationship. If Elena doesn't want a relationship, then what the fuck business is it of Stefan's if she has feelings for both of them? As you say, she hasn't given either of them false hope, she's been honest about her conflicted feelings and not knowing what she wants. She's obviously not dragging this out for kicks and they both know that. If Stefan can't stand the suspense, he can leave town whenever he wants.
All the other characters need to mind their own fucking business.
2. Because Damon/Elena fandom is, by and large, extremely stupid?
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True. But things have changed since that. Alaric is dead, and it hit Elena so hard that now she's repainting a room in the middle of the night. Like she didn't have enough trauma to deal with. And that's why I'm so angry? Because they don't only force her to choose, they also force her to put aside her grieving because THOSE GUYS ARE WAITING. Ugh.
All the other characters need to mind their own fucking business.
AMEN. Although Jeremy Cleaver Gilbert can tell Stefan to fuck off all the time, I'm cool with that.
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TRUTHINESS IS TRUTH
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