Comments | themis: I have Thoughts on TVD.

themis

I have Thoughts on TVD.

Sep 14, 2010 23:24

I should probably have written them up . . . last week. When the show came on. But I was busy, so I didn't. Now I am rectifying that.

( Winner of Show With Strangest Take on the Civil War. )

television, the vampire diaries, community, gone with the wind

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okay, I am just going to sort of go down the list... caitie September 16 2010, 03:37:38 UTC

Luuulz, I love this post so much. I want to marry it. IT IS GOOD TO BE TALKING ABOUT TV TOGETHER AGAIN.

Boromir = Damon; Aragorn = Stefan. I'm sorry, that is the WORST COMPARISON EVER.

Dying rn, omg. And Damon is definitely the more fragile brother; it was sad how easy it was for Katherine to break him. And the things you say about Stefan ~speak to me. Damon was easy to like, but Stefan really grew on me. Yay, brothers.

I agree with you about the period piece stuff. DNW. (Well, the one where Katherine teaches Damon the road kill method of luring humans out of their cars carriages wasn't so bad.) I don't understand why they used 1864 either! It seems like an unnecessarily dumb historical mistake, but I'm willing to blame whoever wrote the books. (One of my f'listers swears up and down that they are worse than Twilight.)

I AM SO MAD THAT PEARL AND ANNA AREN'T RUNNING A NEW AGE APOTHECARY. Stupid Uncle John.

Instead, Jeremy wants to be conciliatory, and maybe even friendly since he a) doesn't have any friends; b) has a vague ( ... )

Re: okay, I am just going to sort of go down the list... themis September 16 2010, 04:22:14 UTC

LOL, this post. It takes really good TV to make me write so much things that that matter so little. But YES, YES, it is good to be talking about TV again! And I'm sure I'll get over my mortification soon.

It seems like an unnecessarily dumb historical mistake, but I'm willing to blame whoever wrote the books.

I may have looked the books up on Wikipedia (at least I didn't read them), and they DEFINITELY sound even worse and more ridiculous than Twilight. I would probably have loved them when I was 11. An-y-way, I am also willing to blame LJ Smith, because in the books Elena goes to ROBERT E. LEE HIGH SCHOOL. When I read that, I kind of forgave the show everything. Although in the books, I think the Salvatores are from Renaissance Italy. Which makes MUCH MORE SENSE. I'm pretty sure Italian immigrants in the 19th century weren't settling Virginia! I'm pretty sure they were enduring horrible discrimination in the cities. (And also: the South is so welcoming to Catholics. Riiiight.) Not that any of this seems relevant to the show. LOL, ( ... )

Re: okay, I am just going to sort of go down the list... caitie September 16 2010, 04:46:50 UTC

Although in the books, I think the Salvatores are from Renaissance Italy.

So much facepalm, goodness gracious. I see these books all over, though. They always seem to have their own display when I walk by the teen section.

I really want Uncle John to never come back. Like, ever.

If they bring him back, it had better be to die horribly. I was extremely disappointed that he lived, plus it makes me less impressed with Katherine's general badassedness.

Instead, I feel like Katherine will ruin her afterlife and the Problem of Caroline will just be exacerbated.

D: I did not even think of what Katherine could do to Caroline's in her impressionable bb vamp state! I am definitely excited/nervous to see what happens tomorrow night, especially Bonnie's reaction. I suppose it is too much to hope that Damon will be a decent sire. (The scene where he kills Vicky is still one of my favorites ever. HEY, WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND? YOU'RE LIKE TOTALLY COOL AND SOOO HOOOT.)

Re: okay, I am just going to sort of go down the list... themis September 16 2010, 18:09:21 UTC

Haha, on the one hand Renaissance Italy + vampires is equally a cliché as American South + vampires, but on the other . . . their names make 0 sense. Especially since all the other founds are called things like Gilbert and Lockwood. Like, OMG WHY did no one say anything?

I was extremely disappointed that he lived, plus it makes me less impressed with Katherine's general badassedness.

I know, exactly. She couldn't have twisted the knife up a little more? Or wiggled it around?

HEY, WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND? YOU'RE LIKE TOTALLY COOL AND SOOO HOOOT.

Oh my GOD, that is what she said isn't it? I am giggling practically uncontrollably now. But yeah, it would be kind of awesome if Damon took Caroline under his wing, and became kind of an elder brother. Somehow, though, I don't think it will be that nice. Caroline could probably become a good Lexy-ish vampire though, right? It would take her a while, of course.