The Vampire Diaries: Metanarratives and the Effects of Framing in the Process of Interpretation

[youcallitwinter]

This arose from a discussion that wheatear, cranmers, and ishi_chan had on the previous 3x20 (non) reaction post, and also many other discussions on the same topic, that I just found fascinating and wanted to contribute to, and then it just turned into this horrifying thing and I cannot even with my life anymore. /fml (But then again, I’m doing a paper on text and the

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[waltzmatildah]

I wasn't going to have any more things to say about this show and then you went and wrote freaking meta! HAHA!!

Also odd is how no one is worried that Klaus has taken an interest in Caroline?

But that's just it... I don't think it's odd at all!! I think it's completely canon that no-one seems to care Klaus has a thing for Caroline. Because Caroline is not Elena, and therefore she is expendable for the greater good (the greater good being the safety of Damon/Stefan primarily). Which is not a theme the writers would ever admit to, I don't think, and it's DEFINITELY not something Elena herself would admit to, but I think it's completely in keeping with this show's characterisation of Elena to date.

Klaus having a thing for Caroline is A Good Thing, because it's something that can be manipulated and used in order to ensure the safety of Elena's actual Most Important People; ie. the attractive males that show a romantic interest in her. Elena choosing the well-being of Damon/Stefan/Elijah etc over well, basically everyone else, is completely canon and completely in character...

It's also completely unacknowledged and a story for another time :)