You are, as usual, completely on top of things and amazing.
In some ways, I can see this as being the best karma that Damon could get. Because he has been living a certain way with not all that much to live for, and now when he does have someone to love and live for, all that he did comes back to bite him in the ass. But yet he's not raging against the whole situation. He's not really fighting Stefan's assessment of the situation or coming up with a third option. I think he sees being trapped in an impossible situation of having no choice in whether the girl he loves gets to choose to want him, as kind of a cosmic penance.
He never wanted to have her. He wanted her to want him.
That's the key, and that's what I think he's seeing very explicitly in his life right now. Like, two seasons ago? When he broke Jeremy's neck because Elena said she didn't want him when he pushed himself on her? I think the line was EXTREMELY blurry then to him. He would only have her if she wanted him, he didn't have her because of whatever reason, therefore everything sucks and can just die. But now, he has seen her want him, but not be with him. And then he's seen her be with him, but not been able to see that she truly wants him. That stark contrast of what he can and can't have has subdued him a bit, because he's not just gambling with anybody's life anymore.
In some ways, I can see this as being the best karma that Damon could get.
Agreed. I don't think it's coincidence that Damon, of all people -- Damon who eagerly surrounded himself with compelled love more than once -- would be faced with sire bond. Karma is a bitch.
But yet he's not raging against the whole situation.
Yes, I love this. He doesn't make himself into a victim, because he knows how ridiculous it would be. Damon does wrong things not because he doesn't know the difference between right and wrong, but because they are wrong. No one's allowed to feel HIS guilt.
Like, two seasons ago? When he broke Jeremy's neck because Elena said she didn't want him when he pushed himself on her? I think the line was EXTREMELY blurry then to him.
This is definitely something Damon learned over the course of the show, as he became healthier and let go of some of his romantic delusions about epic love.
You are, as usual, completely on top of things and amazing.
In some ways, I can see this as being the best karma that Damon could get. Because he has been living a certain way with not all that much to live for, and now when he does have someone to love and live for, all that he did comes back to bite him in the ass. But yet he's not raging against the whole situation. He's not really fighting Stefan's assessment of the situation or coming up with a third option. I think he sees being trapped in an impossible situation of having no choice in whether the girl he loves gets to choose to want him, as kind of a cosmic penance.
He never wanted to have her. He wanted her to want him.
That's the key, and that's what I think he's seeing very explicitly in his life right now. Like, two seasons ago? When he broke Jeremy's neck because Elena said she didn't want him when he pushed himself on her? I think the line was EXTREMELY blurry then to him. He would only have her if she wanted him, he didn't have her because of whatever reason, therefore everything sucks and can just die. But now, he has seen her want him, but not be with him. And then he's seen her be with him, but not been able to see that she truly wants him. That stark contrast of what he can and can't have has subdued him a bit, because he's not just gambling with anybody's life anymore.
SHOW I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING ANYMORE
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In some ways, I can see this as being the best karma that Damon could get.
Agreed. I don't think it's coincidence that Damon, of all people -- Damon who eagerly surrounded himself with compelled love more than once -- would be faced with sire bond. Karma is a bitch.
But yet he's not raging against the whole situation.
Yes, I love this. He doesn't make himself into a victim, because he knows how ridiculous it would be. Damon does wrong things not because he doesn't know the difference between right and wrong, but because they are wrong. No one's allowed to feel HIS guilt.
Like, two seasons ago? When he broke Jeremy's neck because Elena said she didn't want him when he pushed himself on her? I think the line was EXTREMELY blurry then to him.
This is definitely something Damon learned over the course of the show, as he became healthier and let go of some of his romantic delusions about epic love.
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