Even Shady Shane can make valid points sometimes ;).
The show has actually set up a situation here where anything less than total equity is unacceptable.
Yeah, I've been thinking about this. My immediate point of comparison was True Blood where people, after consuming vampire blood, experience elaborate, magically induced sex dreams about the vampire who gave them blood. Sharing blood also produces a bond of loyalty and tons of other shit that I don't want to go into, because I can't remember it that well. Anyway, to the point.
You can see what the sire bond could've been when you look at some fandom reactions / fics. The bond grows out of love, so they can be together no problem. The bond is a no-issue. And yet -- none of that on the show. We find out right away that the bond is formed out of love, and the bond is still a problem. Me likes.
The one thing I'm unsure about now is where Damon/Elena could go once the sire bond is broken/revealed to be fake. Like, we know that Damon's going to have to work though his ~issues~ now, but then what? Is it actually possible for the show to still go for the (likely) Damon/Elena endgame without implying that the girl is the reward for the dude changing himself?
Yeah, I was trying to think where they can go from here, and I came up with nothing at all. I have a guess, but I'm not sure how realistic it is. Right now, Damon is basing all of his actions on an idea that the bond is real. Thus ignoring Elena's "it feels real", her gut feeling. If it turns out that the bond was fake, this might be a breech between them? It's set in stone by now that they have an understanding, they trust each other, they don't leave each other. So a fake bond can seriously damage their friendship, because he didn't believe her, he left her, he didn't listen to her when she needed it. Even if Elena knows that he really didn't have good options, his lack of faith cuts her to the bone. So maybe that's the way this can be solved: Damon changes himself, but is left with a relationship in shreds, because in the process of soul-searching he ripped their friendship apart. And in the end, they get together not because he changed, but because, even after everything, they can fix the friendship. I'm not sure how this looks from Elena's standpoint, but at least it gives her voice, right? It gives her the right to be mad at him even though it's "not fair", even though he changed. It shows that she isn't a reward, and that Damon doesn't get to pat himself on the back for not being a rapist anymore.
LOL @ ENDGAME NOW BEING IMPORTANT ~POLITICALLY~ LOLOL.
Even Shady Shane can make valid points sometimes ;).
The show has actually set up a situation here where anything less than total equity is unacceptable.
Yeah, I've been thinking about this. My immediate point of comparison was True Blood where people, after consuming vampire blood, experience elaborate, magically induced sex dreams about the vampire who gave them blood. Sharing blood also produces a bond of loyalty and tons of other shit that I don't want to go into, because I can't remember it that well. Anyway, to the point.
You can see what the sire bond could've been when you look at some fandom reactions / fics. The bond grows out of love, so they can be together no problem. The bond is a no-issue. And yet -- none of that on the show. We find out right away that the bond is formed out of love, and the bond is still a problem. Me likes.
The one thing I'm unsure about now is where Damon/Elena could go once the sire bond is broken/revealed to be fake. Like, we know that Damon's going to have to work though his ~issues~ now, but then what? Is it actually possible for the show to still go for the (likely) Damon/Elena endgame without implying that the girl is the reward for the dude changing himself?
Yeah, I was trying to think where they can go from here, and I came up with nothing at all. I have a guess, but I'm not sure how realistic it is. Right now, Damon is basing all of his actions on an idea that the bond is real. Thus ignoring Elena's "it feels real", her gut feeling. If it turns out that the bond was fake, this might be a breech between them? It's set in stone by now that they have an understanding, they trust each other, they don't leave each other. So a fake bond can seriously damage their friendship, because he didn't believe her, he left her, he didn't listen to her when she needed it. Even if Elena knows that he really didn't have good options, his lack of faith cuts her to the bone. So maybe that's the way this can be solved: Damon changes himself, but is left with a relationship in shreds, because in the process of soul-searching he ripped their friendship apart. And in the end, they get together not because he changed, but because, even after everything, they can fix the friendship. I'm not sure how this looks from Elena's standpoint, but at least it gives her voice, right? It gives her the right to be mad at him even though it's "not fair", even though he changed. It shows that she isn't a reward, and that Damon doesn't get to pat himself on the back for not being a rapist anymore.
LOL @ ENDGAME NOW BEING IMPORTANT ~POLITICALLY~ LOLOL.
This is how ridiculous our lives are now.
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