ELENA GILBERT APPRECIATION WEEK 2012 - DAY 2
Day 2: My Favorite Elena Gilbert Scene(s)
JUST A HEADS UP - 1 & 2 BATTLE FOR DOMINANCE DAILY.
5. Pilot - Elena writes in her diary
Dear diary, today will be different. It has to be. I will smile, and it will be believable. My smile will say "I'm fine, thank you." "Yes, I feel much better." I will no longer be the sad little girl who lost her parents. I will start fresh, be someone new. It's the only way I'll make it through.
Here's a girl, broken and trying to hold it together. Deciding to lie to everyone in order to lie to herself because she needs to re-write her story because otherwise, she won't be able to hang on.
4. By the Light of the Moon - Elena Negotiates with Elijah
Elena, locked in her own home for her ~protection finds a way to ingratiate herself with a terrifying Original who ultimately, has plans to kill her, and she takes it. She plays Elijah's game and deals - her life (and it's unspoken but she knows) for that of her friends. Oh, she takes it a step further and negotiates to get her boyfriend back as a result. Score 2 for Elena.
3. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Elena Stakes Stefan
Stefan: Elena, wait. You could have let me die in that fire tonight. Why didn't you?
Elena: Because I still have hope.
Stefan: After everything I've done, you... You still think I'll be able to find my humanity again.
Elena: Yes, I do. I know who you really are better than anyone, Stefan. And I'm not giving up.
Stefan: Elena, do you have any idea how pathetic that makes you?
Elena: No, Stefan, it makes me strong.
ANYTIME ELENA PUTS ONE OF THE MANPIRES IN HIS PLACE I AM HAPPY. FUCK YES ELENA STAKE ALL THE MANPIRES.
2. Dangerous Liasons (aka Elena Fucks Over Everyone and I'm So Proud of Her for Doing It) - THE ENTIRE FUCKING EPISODE
Oh, this episode. This fucking episode. I love it. So much. It's just... gah.
Elena has a chance to see what Esther's up to and she takes it, saying "fuck you" to anyone who thinks she shouldn't. She shows up, handles being torn between the manpires with the patience of a saint, and enlists Stefan's help to stop Damon from stopping her. (And thanks to a_white_rain, I basically see this as Elena manipulating Stefan into abusing Damon because Stefan equates abuse with love and what better way to show Elena and Damon that he loves both of them? Which is far from JP's intent, because she's not that deep or awesome but w/e. I've seen loads more fucked-up reasoning in this fandom than my little pet theory, SO... anyhoo.) She tells Elijah (looking swag as fuck, btw) that "of course" she'll let him know what his newly-resurrected mother is up to. And then she helps set in motion a plan to destroy the Originals and lies to Elijah's face about it. ♥ And then, icing on the cake, she takes Damon down a peg, who was being especially gross in this episode. (Thus forever sealing my love of her because the fandom's reaction to Elena's actions in this scene were the worst.) BASICALLY ELENA OWNED EVERYTHING AND I LOVE HER FOR IT. Sure, in 3.15 she was regretting it because of Elijah (and the shipper in me rejoices), but she had a chance to get shit done and she took it.
Also: SHE LOOKED FUCKING STUNNING.
1. Klaus - THE ENTIRE FUCKING EPISODE
FLAWLESS. MY BB ELENA IS FLAWLESS IN THIS EPISODE. MY SWEET BB ELENA BEING ALL POWERFUL AND OWNING HER AGENCY.
Elena undaggers the Original she took out (by stabbing herself to gain his cooperation, no less), because she needs to get shit done. She gets him on her side, sings his praises (more or less) to Stefan while he can hear her and flips their power-dynamic totally on its head. She's calling the shots. Elijah needs HER and he's going to have to work on her terms. And lets not forget that there's the end, where she arrives back at the Salvatroll mansion with Elijah and announces she's found a way. In this episode, ladies and gentleman, Elena becomes the proud new owner of an Original vampire.
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