TVD 3x22: "It's Mystic Falls. Nothing bad ever happens here." (Part I)
Hello, all. Remember me? I know this recap is so absurdly late that it's more than likely that no one cares anymore. Alas. This took me FOREVER to write, and I am damn well posting it, even if no one ever reads it. However, I am posting it in two parts, because I have officially reached the limit of what LJ will allow me to post in one entry. YEAH ( Read more... )
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Ugh, this song. I guess Flashback!Elena has terrible taste in music?
HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE P!NK??? I'm offended!
(But I will be back!)
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My shame consumes me (YES THAT WORD CHOICE WAS INTENTIONAL, TROLOLOL).
You kill me.
I guess Flashback!Elena has terrible taste in music? And seriously awkward dance moves. Did anyone else find her cheerful jigging strangely awkward-looking? Perhaps I just don't recognize what happiness is anymore.
LOLOL MTE TO ALL. I found all of that business seriously bizarre and phoney. Nina overdid it a little perhaps. But then, I don't claim to understand happy people.
But it's good to see Jenna again! Sadly, I really have no idea what her function was in this episode. A discussion of the overall use and/or effectiveness of the flashbacks will come later, but still. Jenna is typically useless, but lovely to see anyway.
Our brains are as one as usual. Jenna is one of those characters that I know everyone loves for whatever reason, but I'm always kind of cocking my head and thinking "… why are you here…" #terrible person
"Our life is one big proverbial coin toss." No, Damon, it's ( ... )
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lol you. But actually, Stefan's face-touching here was legit obnoxious and even creepy to me. Because it's exactly the kind of thing he used to do when they were together. But they're not together here. They're barely even friends. WHY IS HE ACTING LIKE THEY ARE STILL TOGETHER AND IT'S HIS ~JOB TO BE HER EMOTIONAL ~CARETAKER. Ew.
And can we take a moment to think about how the second she leaves this house, she literally won't be able to come back? The next time she tries to enter Chez Gilbert, she will be physically barred, because she needs an invite.
:OOOOOOOOO
First of all, it's very typical of the way these two ships have been portrayed that this scene lacks the element of reckless abandon. Oh, good point. Stefan's just not the "reckless abandon" type, lol. I mean, even comparing this scene to that 1x11 scene (Elena declaring her love and Stefan turning back and ( ... )
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Um, YES? THIS SO MUCH. Exact same reaction, dude. My eyebrows were waaaaaaay up here. The best explanation I can come up with is that Elena doesn't feel like she owes Stefan for the specific act of saving her life. But it seems plain to me that she DOES feel like she owes him (/their relationship) her commitment for the other part - for making her glad to be alive afterwards. Even if she doesn't couch it in terms of "owing", it doesn't really matter. She's indebted to him/their relationship for cementing her identity in the wake of her parents' deaths, and her own desires and opinions are secondary to that debt. And that's the identity she believes she SHOULD choose. Ergo, she has to choose him.
If they intend for us to believe Elena loves Stefan more than she loves Damon... ( ... )
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Oh no, I think Stefan's sincere here. He's been an emotionally manipulative douche lately, for sure, but shit has gotten real. They might be about to die. Time for bullshit is over. I think he really is being kind here.
I'm all for D/E, obviously, but this scene should have been about the Brothership.
SERIOUSLY. There was no reason there couldn't have been an epic Brothership goodbye scene, AND THEN the D/E angst. FFS.
can I pretend it's significant that Matt says he can "turn around and go back to Stefan?" Like, Elena would go back to Stefan?
HAHA BUT THERE WAS NO AMBIGUITY TO THIS? The metaphor was blatant. Elena can keep moving forwards (Damon) or go backwards (Stefan). This episode was heavy with the "journey" theme.
I'll discuss the actual choice later, but I think it's hugely important that Damon was on his own outside of town while everyone else was back in Mystic Falls.UGH, YES. I actually think the use of space in this episode was brilliant. Especially with D/ ( ... )
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From the very first second, Damon has me. I am helpless to this man. His absolute judgmental horror at Jeremy's actions is flat out hilarious. To be fair, Jeremy has a point: unconscious sister? Go to hospital. But that's a human solution, and there's no place for that anymore. But Damon's "parade of vampires" comment made me gleeful, so thanks, Jeremy, for fucking up and providing me with lolz.
Your love of Damon is legit why I read every word you post even if it takes me hours to do so. You justify all of my feelings and make me feel so not alone in my utter worship of him. He is just perfect, at all times.
So I was trying to figure out the significance of the items in Damon's storage space ("minifridge, a couple birdcages, box full of playboys"), and I realized in a moment of glorious clarity that the birdcages are TOTALLY FOR DAMON'S CROW! BALDAVINO!!!!! It's the only answer. I died. I died of joy.
I did not pick up on that at all, but did you see this:
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I took this to mean that Stefan felt that Elena would have chosen Damon--she almost said something to him before he left her earlier, and then he went back and surprised!kissed her because he thought that was going to be his last chance to do it. He's convinced himself that is Damon she'd choose, and if that's the case, how awful that Damon will never get his moment. It's much more about Damon there, because for all his innumerable flaws, Stefan does love Damon. That's how I see it, anyway.
And all of the feels for the phone call. There's just nothing more to say that what you've said, other than: I'M GUTTED, STILL TWO WEEKS LATER. And this:
Elena trusts Damon in a way she doesn't trust Stefan - she trusts him to be ok without her. So this is her only option. She will go to Stefan, because he needs her, and Damon doesn't. He does, of course, but not in the same way. This is something gloriously ( ... )
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ADORABLE.
Um. Did Elena and Jenna just have a conversation about Jeremy wanking off? Ok then.
seriously, boundaries. No wonder he shuts everyone out.
In an intriguing turn of events, Alterlaric's plan...is not actually a bad one? Getting this town 'back under control' seems like a pretty decent idea, honestly. But that's the fun of Alterlaric. Good motivations. Terrible, terrible execution
NO BAD IDEAS JUST POORLY-EXECUTED AWESOME ONES.
I find it interesting that it was never once discussed that perhaps Alterlaric should be allowed to kill at least some of the Originals.
I thought that was more about they didn't know which ones to kill than anything else. If there were vampire genome blood-mapping or whatever, that'd probably change the picture somewhat. Too bad for the civilian population of that universe, but good for the viewers ( ... )
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Ugh, this song. I guess Flashback!Elena has terrible taste in music? And seriously awkward dance moves. Did anyone else find her cheerful jigging strangely awkward-looking? Perhaps I just don't recognize what happiness is anymore.
DARLING. You make me laugh. And yes.
Elena/high ponytail forevs.
Omg word to Jenna being useless. Honestly, she was so useless I didn't even mention how useless she was in my recap (well, mine wasn't so much a recap as a rant but okay). Seriously though it felt like pure fan service to have Jenna there. And I'm still puzzled by the whole "You'll get me in trouble" thing??? Did she seriously fucking just mean that she exposed Elena to coffee??? Because those levels of wholesome are just scary to the point where they are not wholesome anymore. And I was SO DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I WAS SO SURE WE WERE LEADING TO A SUPER COOL 'ELENA SMOKES POT WITH AUNT JENNA SCENE'. But no. Elena is a perfect child. People worry when she looks the wrong way at coffee.
Meredith tries to ( ... )
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