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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/facepalm. Oh my god, THANK YOU. Because this has been exactly what's bothering me and I haven't gotten to the point where I just found the right words and shouted it from the rooftops. Or maybe I've been thinking the next episode will fix this idea somehow. Maybe.
This is infuriating and gross and it bothers me on so many levels that this is how the show is treating Elena. My girl, ok. My freaking girl who they have always handled with respect (or at least she'd handle herself with respect and just due; even trying to "fix" Stefan, she stabbed him in the gut for being a dick, kay) regarding her feelings for her boys.
Guys, if Damon Salvatore suddenly becomes the poster boy for respecting agency, there's something seriously wrong with your show.
MM. YEAH.
As 3x19 showed us, D/E is about WANT. The minute it becomes about MUST or SHOULD, it stops being D/E.
Yes. Yes. Yes. YES TO EVERY WORD YOU SAY. I don't want Elena to choose Damon. I DON'T WANT IT. I DON'T. I SAID IT.
DAMON AND ELENA AREN'T ABOUT CHOICE. THEY NEVER HAVE BEEN. They are the anti-choice. They aren't about labels. I'd rather they spend ten years and forever not defining themselves or choosing each other (because they would) than ANY BIG ROMANTIC GESTURE OF ANY SORT. GET OUT, CINDERELLA STORY.
But I also don't want her to choose Stefan. :| I just want her to choose herself.
CAN I JUST ADD:
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SHOW'S BIG "YOU COULD HAVE JUST SAID NO" SHIT WITH DAMON/KATHERINE? WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT LESSON? They choose to love Elena. This is on them; not her.
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*clutches you*
EXACTLY. Besides, it's a teen show, for God's sake. Which means that it has big impact on the audience, at least in theory. So, just, no. Teenage girls don't need to get a message that some guy having a crush on them is their problem. No.
DAMON AND ELENA AREN'T ABOUT CHOICE. THEY NEVER HAVE BEEN. They are the anti-choice. They aren't about labels. I'd rather they spend ten years and forever not defining themselves or choosing each other (because they would) than ANY BIG ROMANTIC GESTURE OF ANY SORT. GET OUT, CINDERELLA STORY.
This is Damon/Elena for you. Then can spend years practically being together, but never saying it out loud. This week they cook chilli, next week they fuck each other's brains out, another week they take out an Original, then they don't see each other for six months, then they meet up and get drunk. I don't love you, but I always will. THEY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING.
But I also don't want her to choose Stefan. :| I just want her to choose herself.
If she does, I will love this show forever.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SHOW'S BIG "YOU COULD HAVE JUST SAID NO" SHIT WITH DAMON/KATHERINE? WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT LESSON? They choose to love Elena. This is on them; not her.
YOU ARE WISE.
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