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Maybe I Should Kill Myself (an Elena Gilbert 4x06 meta)

Nov 16, 2012 16:24

So, remember how I just had an Elena appreciation week and vomited tons of feelings? Yeah. I'm just gonna keep doing that. Only without gifs this time (by all means, feel free to gifspam me), because I can't be fucked to spend five hours sorting through all the screams and flail on my tumblr dash. I WILL DO IT AFTER MY BRAIN STOPS SCREAMING. Which ( Read more... )

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eowyn_315 November 16 2012, 20:18:38 UTC

I loved how the plot was utilized to explore the character here. It would be ridiculous to have Elena go through something so horrid over a “normal” kill (it would just be an unbearable “Elena is infinite goodness” show, and I DID NOT WANT THAT), and it would be tedious if she just went mad for a “supernatural” reason that made her not be “herself”. But this? SPOT-ON! The hunter curse pulled Elena's deepest, darkest fears right out of her brain and LET THEM LOOSE.

YES YES YES YES YES. I was actually slightly worried when I saw the promos for this episode, because I didn't want Elena angsting unnecessarily (and thus fueling the "St. Elena" criticisms) but it ended up being SO FUCKING PERFECT I CANNOT STAND IT.

We've been talking so long about how Elena is like Damon... and this scene just captured the crux of a D/E parallel in the most perfect, subtle way.

Heh, and when Damon said the thing about "I think you killing your brother trumps Stefan compelling him," I was like SAYS THE GUY WHO HAS DONE BOTH. MULTIPLE TIMES.

I love how ANGRY Elena is in this episode. It's all about anger, both directed at herself and others.

YES. Elena has SO MUCH ANGER that she never allows herself to express, for various reasons, and it's just SO GLORIOUS to see her finally let it all out. It was cathartic for me, and I'm just watching her!

Because after she gets out of the water, it suddenly MATTERS that she doesn't trust him. She's so calm and unapologetic in that breakup scene. There's no conflict anymore. She doesn't trust him, she doesn't want him, and it finally matters.

YES. I love that, when it's over, Elena doesn't go back to ignoring her pain. I mean, we'll see where she goes from here, but that last scene with Stefan is a turning point. Not because of the break-up or confronting her feelings for Damon - it's not like she said anything that wasn't already obvious to everyone, including Stefan - it's that she said it out loud, knowing what it would mean and what she was giving up. And she says it anyway because HER FEELINGS MATTER. She's not ignoring her emotions because they're inconvenient for Stefan anymore.

OUR BABY GIRL IS ALL GROWN UP.

upupa_epops November 16 2012, 22:31:16 UTC

I wasn't really worried? Elena's been dropping suicide hints for a few eps now, so there's been build-up.

SAYS THE GUY WHO HAS DONE BOTH. MULTIPLE TIMES.

Well, don't be harsh, he only killed him once ;).

I'm a bit afraid where it will go from here, but this acknowledgement of the self seemed like a logical conclusion of the 4x01-4x06 arc? CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE NEXT EP.

OUR BABY GIRL IS ALL GROWN UP.

IKR? SOBBING

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