Elena Gilbert Appreciation Week: Post 1

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I wrote this post a good while before s3 finale, so if it seems like I'm omitting some facts, that would be because they didn't exist yet :).

1. This is a story about a girl who isn't perfect.

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I LOVE YOU SO HARD RIGHT NOW.

[turtle_goose]

[upupa_epops]

LOOOOOOL, I actually almost put my hand on my screen XD.

Thank you!

[fluffyfrolicker]

<3

(this is the most I can do at the moment. SLEEP TIME. 3 am. you feel my pain, we share a timezone :D)

GOODNIGHT :)

[kwritten]

YOU!!!

Have you noticed how she keeps repeating the same question over and over again? “What does it say about me?”. And everyone keeps answering: “It makes you human”. Because Elena isn't about teaching us who we should be. She's about showing us who we are and what we do.

And! Your comment in the intro- about how you wish Elena had been around when you were a teen? I have the same feels re: Lisa Simpson/childhood... I never considered what Elena would have been for me as a teen, since I was never a big tv person and started reading above my age group at around 12... I'm finding the "YA" culture and characters like Elena so much more appealing now than then.

[catteo]

Really enjoyed this. I think you're so right about the fact that a large portion of fandom expects Elena to be "good and pure" and "The Hero". It's nice sometimes just to be reminded of the fact that you don't need to be a hero in order to be interesting. You don't need to be a hero to have shit go wrong in your life and to have to try to deal with it in the best way that you can. I really enjoy Elena's character as she is but I think that we're often told by other characters that she is self-sacrificing and a bit of a martyr. The thing that annoys me is that she's actually so much more complex than that, and I wish that the writers would just let her be who she is instead of trying to get other people to tell me things that I don't necessarily read into the character myself. Sure, she would die for some people, but not for others. That's what being human is - distinguishing between people you'd die for, and people you just like a lot. Let Elena be human (or kinda not), but enjoy her for who she is, not who you want her to be. And by

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I feel like using my villain is you icon but....for <3s and nothing else haha. <3

As always you cut to the heart of the matter and I applaud the meta. I hope to see more because you put things in a well-ordered and fair light. :3