I don't love you, but I always will - a Damon/Elena shipper manifesto (part 2)

[upupa_epops]

Here goes part two! Part three will probably take me a good while to write. tvdbloodstream has a Top Ten challenge, and the ship part ends on Thursday, so it appears that first I have to work on something with actual deadline. But for now, part two is alive and kicking. Without further ado:

I don't love you, but I always will - a Damon/Elena shipper manifesto

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[upupa_epops]

where is the epic Damon/Elena love story?

In s2? There isn't one. S2 is a huge D/E cat fight ;).

It's almost the perfect friendship for Damon because I think he is flirty naturally and Elena doesn't mind and it doesn't have to mean more.

I think they're both naturally flirty. With Elena, it doesn't show fully, because she's in mourning, and they she's trying to be more serious to match Stefan's seriousness, but look at her when she has fun, or when she's drunk. That's a flirty girl :).

She understands why he did it, they both can't loose another person, she just wanted more time to process and forgive.

OMG YES! But I also love the scene in which Damon comes to ask for her forgiveness, because she's actually allowed to kick him out. Damon is brutally honest about his intentions ("I know that I don't deserve your forgiveness, but I need it"), he admits that he has a selfish motivation, and that allows her to act completely on her own judgement. And she says no. Because there's no emotional blackmail between them. I will never not be in love with the honesty of this moment.

So I don't think it's as much about her being stubborn as much as it is that it's too much for her to understand in the context of what she thinks she's supposed to feel for people. The potential love (but I'd rather go with feelings) she has for Damon are too different from what she feels(has felt) for anyone else that she doesn't feel comfortable with them. Elena is still honest with both herself and Damon when she says she doesn't know what she's doing-she doesn't. She's a smart cookie though so she'll figure it out, until then she'll make tragic phone calls and go back to Stefan and Caroline because she may also still be convinced that she's supposed to be the good girl.

I kind of want to frame this.

[hisui_ryoshi]

Thank you!

Cat fight might be the best way to put it. Makes sense. Elena keeps wanting to be in charge and Damon challenges that she can be in charge of everyone.