You want a better story. Who wouldn't? (Damon/Elena Top Ten Scenes)
So. Once upon a time, ever-neutral wrote a HUGE Damon/Elena Top 10 Scenes, and she made me promise I would also make my own D/E Top 10. I started working on it after 3x15 aired, but then decided to leave it until the end of s3. A challenge at tvdbloodstream was a motivation to finally finish
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In this scene, Elena is taking up the role of The Good Woman whose Compassion will Save The Dark Antihero... She sees that he's worth saving. And you know what he does after he hears all that? // He goes out and kills an innocent girl, because he can't handle the expectations.
THE. FUCKING. BEST. DSLJFDS;LKFJDFJDS;LJFDSL. I actually don't care for that particular scene (or episode tbh, way too heavy-handed), precisely because I don't care for the way Elena behaves wrt Damon. This Good Woman business does not fly. Not in my ship, thank you and goodbye. BUT. THE ARC. THE ARC HAS IT. This is one of the many reasons why I do not comprehend why S2 D/E is considered inferior to S1 D/E. S1 was just the set-up for the ugly, ugly deconstruction, fools. This is where shit gets real.
He wants something, and when he gets it, he doesn't know what to do with it, so he ruins everything. It's not Elena's place to save him. See what happens when she tries?
PREACH. It is not Elena's fucking job to be the saviour of any dick. Bless this narrative for being so consistent about this right up to the present day.
That's why he doesn't know what love is - he only knows what he read about it.
S T U N N I N G
Because, as ever_neutral correctly noticed, Elena is not a reward for good behavior.
LOL THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING ME AGAIN. I will keep a knife next to my bed.
One of my favorite things about D/E is that Elena's identity isn't dependent on Damon, and 3x22 made me realize that it works both ways: Damon's identity can't be dependent on Elena.
A-fucking-men. And I think Damon really did buy into that idea earlier on in the season? "I thought I could win her fair and square." It's not that he actively decided to ~turn over a new leaf so as to earn her love, but… something. IDK. He was definitely wrapping up his idea of happiness/contentment/whatever in his relationship with her. No longer. Bless.
Yes, they're both terrible people. Yes, this is one of the reasons why I ship it.
*single perfect tear*
The show uses fairy tale setup to show the ugly side of romantic love.
Yes. In which the princess finally becomes queen and exiles her huntsman -- just so she can have her Prince Charming back. And then ends the night completely alone. :')
Do I have to remind anyone how this was the hottest thing on TV this year?
Indeed.
Which is why they keep happening in negative spaces: cellars, porches, hallways.
You say these things JUST TO HURT ME, DON'T YOU
And this is when I started shipping Damon/Elena.
HIGH MOTHERFUCKING FIVE. #regret is not a friend to this bar
The abuse is never other-ed in D/E, but at the same time it can't be ignored or excused. You want the love that consumes you? Well, this is how it works.
O U C H.
SAME #1 SCENE. \o/ Flawless top 5 in general, yo.
Damon and Elena can defy Epic Romance, because there is no place for friendship in traditional romantic narrative. Princess locked in her ivory tower never had time to befriend her White Knight. The Good Woman whose love is supposed to redeem the Antihero is too concerned with changing him to get to know him properly. When you're consumed by passion, there's no place for decent conversation. But friendship?
This is such a good point. Thank you.
IN CONCLUSION: Bless your pretentious quotes.
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IKR? Not that I dislike s1 D/E, it's fun. But in s2 it gets INTERESTING!
It's not that he actively decided to ~turn over a new leaf so as to earn her love, but… something. IDK. He was definitely wrapping up his idea of happiness/contentment/whatever in his relationship with her.
I had an impression that at some point he was thinking that she would just naturally fall for him. "It's right, just not right now". He sure as hell knows that she lusts after him, and things between them were so good, so he assumed this is where they were heading. It didn't take Elena long to prove him wrong.
You say these things JUST TO HURT ME, DON'T YOU
I enjoy your pain and misery as much as you enjoy them.
Bless your pretentious quotes.
Thank you, I quite enjoy them myself.
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