30 Days of TVD - Day Seven + general fannishness

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I was looking for something to do instead of studying, and I remembered that I still have the meme!

Comments

[ever_neutral]

Oh, but wait. I DO have a favorite scene that is about Damon himself; it's just weird to choose something like that for a favorite scene of a favorite character in the show. Well, I never claimed I liked him because he was such a nice person.

NO KIDDING THO. Dude. 90% of my favourite Damon scenes are ones in which he's being a reprehensible, abusive, unmitigated piece of shit. MY LOVE. {dozens of black hearts 'n' flowers}

(… No amount of therapy will fix my issues.)

Placing this scene so late, in the beginning of s2, after the whole you thought that I was worth saving build up in s1 was the most brilliant writing choice this show has ever made. If Damon wants to redeem himself, he has to do better than just fall in love with a nice girl and hope that this will save him, because, well, it won't.

A-FUCKING-MEN. ALL THE AWARDS. ALL THE FUCKING AWARDS.

I guess it was ever_neutral who said that there will be no Other-ing of abuse in this show?YES YES YES. And Damon is the best fucking demonstration of this. You can kill him for it;

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90% of my favourite Damon scenes are ones in which he's being a reprehensible, abusive, unmitigated piece of shit. MY LOVE

Hey, I also like scenes when he is a victim! And his awesome scenes with Stefan are almost nice! Maybe there is hope for me?

Who am I kidding...

(… No amount of therapy will fix my issues.)

LOL, this is what I thought when I filled the "absolute creep" prompt. I looked at the fic and I was all: "Ok, if I ever have anything to do with a shrink of any sort, and he finds it, I'm screwed...".

And Damon is the best fucking demonstration of this. You can kill him for it; he doesn't care. It was all him.

Of course it was. Nobody is allowed to feel his guilt.

Also, your prompt fills have been amazing. Carry on.

Thank you :D. Your prompts are incredible, btw. I don't know how you do it.

It's FUN to be Alaric, ok? And Wesley! I have all the books, man! And Damon. And Lilah. And Faith. OMNOMNOMNOMNOM

[bluesuzanne]

DUDE. I want to play in the ficathon but I already committed to the holiday ficathon and I think I will go nuts if I try to look at other prompts than the ones people are giving me. But I am so tempted.

MUST. NOT. CLICK. LINK.

Also I love that this is your favourite Damon moment, because it's one of mine too. I actually had to go back to check what I picked for this moment because I felt sure it must have been this. Well, it wasn't, and I stand by my choice, but at the same time... this is really one of my favourite moments of the whole show so. Isn't it crazy? The one thing that all the haters list as the reason to loathe Damon/Elena is up there with my most cherished moments in their story? Like?

Perspectives are interesting.

I don't know if I know you well enough to say which character you remind me of yet... but I'll ship you with Damon, okay? Just for the fun?

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Oh, what's the ficathon you're participating in?

But I am so tempted.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it! *whistles*

I went to check what you chose for a Damon moment, and I agree, this scene was pretty awesme :D. The dialogue, and how he kills Vicky, and all the dancing... I chose the Jeremy scene, because it affected me so much when I was first watching the show.

Isn't it crazy? The one thing that all the haters list as the reason to loathe Damon/Elena is up there with my most cherished moments in their story? Like?I guess there is a big misunderstanding here, because the haters rightly assume that this scene means that there can't be a functional relationship between Damon and Elena, but what they miss is that we don't really want our ship functional? And they miss it, because there is a bunch of people who still imagine that it can end well

[bluesuzanne]

Hahah no I know what you mean. There are clear groups in fandom. The fans who just hate on D/E blindly, and the fans who just don't feel it like they feel S/E, or take serious issue with the squick factor of it, but are still awesome people to talk to. And then there's the fans who love D/E blindly, and say things like 'Elena just doesn't deserve Damon' and 'But it's okay because he didn't mean to'. And then there's us :)

The ficathon is this thing WHICH YOU SHOULD TOTALLY DO BY THE WAY JUST SAYING :)

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Oh, this! I am doing it, and it scares me to death. It's here. Actually, thanks for reminding me, I keep forgetting that I was supposed to update the list of prompts.

Yeah, I can see the groups you're describing. Surprisingly, I handle blind hate better than I handle blind love. When I know that someone just hates D/E, I simply talk to them about other things, while when I see the blind love I have this urge to tell people that they are WRONG, lol.

[goldy_dollar]

And there shouldn't be. Abusers have feelings, they have reasons, and sometimes they even can be someone else's victims. Does it justify what they do? No way. And it also goes the other way round. Even if we understand someone's motivations, it doesn't mean we automatically excuse their actions.

I love when you talk about Damon and D/E. <333 I expect a big S3 Damon and D/E introspective post at some point during this hiatus.

ARE YOU IMPLYING YOU'VE POSTED MORE FIC IN THE FICATHON?? *RUNS OFF*

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Thank you :D. The meta post will appear on Dec 13 ;). Well, I don't plan it as s3 post, but a general D/E post, but still, s3 is not excluded.

I've posted three so far :).