Love Always Wakes the Dragon (Damon/Elena meta)

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I'm terribly late with fics for the meme, but I have this awkward feeling that if I was late with the meta, my head would roll (I'm looking at you, Frances), so here I am. The post is freakishly long, which may or may not imply that I have no life. I regret nothing. The banner was made for me by juana-a for another Damon/Elena meta, and I'm shamelessly

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[mugma]

BORZE, SEM. To jest... ja nie wiem \o/ Mowę mi odebrało. To jest najlepsza meta delenowa jaką dane mi będzie w życiu przeczytać <333333333 Zwróciłaś mi uwagę na rzeczy, o których nawet nie myślałam, lubiąc delenę i dziękuję za to!

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Dziękuję i cieszę się, że się do czegoś przydałam :)

HUMONGOUS COMMENT PART ONE

[ever_neutral]

OK FIRST UP, CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW ACCURATE THAT SIKEN POEM IS FOR DAMON? OH MY GOD. Actually, you said Love, for you, is larger than the usual romantic love. It’s like a religion. It’s terrifying. No one will ever want to sleep with you. -- NEEDS TO BE STAPLED ON HIS FOREHEAD. KLDSJFEL;KFJSDSL

Secondly: YOUR WARNINGS ARE A+.

They don't have communication, because they have an understanding. They can't talk about stuff, because their relationship is based on sharing things they don't talk about. -- Yesssssss, so well-put. When Elena's with Stefan, it's all upfront. They say they love each other, etc. etc. and they mean it, what you see is what you get, there's no dancing around, they strive for straightforward communication. With Damon/Elena, their conversations are always VERY LOUD with the things they DO NOT SAY. Because it doesn't matter. In 2x01, Elena asks Damon how he's doing, and he plays it off and dances around, but it doesn't matter, SHE KNOWS ANYWAY.

Elena's trust isn't based on Damon's good intentions, it's based on

HUMONGOUS COMMENT PART TWO

[ever_neutral]

Re: the idiot ship. Haha, BUT I LOVE THEM FOR IT. I can't ship something that doesn't involve that constant disillusionment. They can mock the crap out of each other because neither of them buys into the image the other person conveys. BE STILL MY HEART~

There is a difference between feeling sexual attraction and actually wanting to have sex with someone. -- Ugh, thank you. I'm so amused/irritated by the way fandom responds to Elena's attraction to Damon. Attraction =/= consent. It does not suddenly mean that Damon had a right to force himself on her in 2x01, or whatever the fuck. Furthermore, it does not mean that Elena is some sort of cheating whore, or that she's in love with him, or wants to commit to him AT ALL. You can want something, and NOT WANT TO WANT IT. Isn't this the WHOLE POINT of vampire fiction? JFC

Re: HUMONGOUS COMMENT PART TWO

[goldy_dollar]

It inspires me to get back to my top ten D/E scenes list that I've been secretly working on behind a curtain.

YOU CANNOT TEASE US WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THEN NOT SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD.

/demanding

Re: HUMONGOUS COMMENT PART TWO

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You are embracing your inner Elena XD.

[ladygawain]

Hello!

Here by way of Frances.

And I just - between you and ever_neutral, I'm just going to say, I'm having something of a breakdown. IN A GOOD WAY? Because feelings. TOO MANY FEELINGS I AM DEVELOPING AND HAVING ABOUT THIS PAIRING AND IT'S DRIVING ME INSANE. When you explain it, when you make sense of it away from the clamor of the many who just read it so wrong it in the fandom (Tumblr is an evil place, as are tracked tags, why do I do such things to myself, I will never know), it's just this wonderful, painful, ugly-beautiful thing that gets me feelings things and feelings things. Most importantly FEELING.

Okay. Sorry for that incoherent outburst and subsequent word vomit. Just thought you should know.

And thank you for writing this. I'm going to go and re-evaluate my life choices (and possibly read some of your fic).
-Magali

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Hello, Magali, it's great to see you here!

Your comment made me so happy I've read it several times already, and I'm still grinning :D. I'm glad my interpretation of Damon/Elena makes sense for you. There is much disagreement in fandom; so much that sometimes I actually wonder whether we're all watching the same show ;).

Good luck with re-evaluating, I hope you enjoy your reading, and if you want to share your D/E thoughts with me, I'll be glad to hear them :D.

Btw, word vomits are valid lifestyle choice.

[youcallitwinter]

I AM SORRY. I AM SORRY, BUT WHAT IS THIS PERFECTION EVEN? AND HOW HAVE I NOT SEEN IT BEFORE? Oh my god, the satisfaction I got from reading this is indescribable. There were some lines that just hit the nail right on the head and I feel so incredibly stupid for not realizing them (like Damon's need for romantic love being magnified and his acceptance vs. Elena's need to make him fit a mould). I JUST LOVE THIS SO MUCH, I CANNOT EVEN. I WILL REC IT ON MY NEXT POST. I'd like to say so much but I'm supposed to give in a huge assignment by midnight (except, er, it IS midnight where I live, so that's gone) and I totally just spent the last half an hour reading this and had to tell you it's utterly fantastic and one of the best things I've read about D/E hands down!

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Oh dear, I'm sorry about the assignment! School never should get in a way of fandom activity, doesn't it know it's just rude?

Thank you very much for your comment! I'm waiting for the rest of your thoughts :D.

[petitebelette]

asldfk; this did not disappoint at all. This has touched on so much -- okay, everything -- about how I see them in relation to each other and ffff the part about Elena and how Stefan and Damon represent darkness and light to her. YES. That has been tumbling around in the brain forever. Seriously, I just wanna link everyone who ever asks me why I ship Damon/Elena to this post because it is the most succinct reasoning and your portrayal of them is so realistic and unapologetic.

Damon, even though he might've read Elena's intentions correctly, is also thinking about himself.
ALREADY SOBBING.

The understanding and acceptance Damon has for Elena may be amazing and liberating for her, but there also is a dark side to it. As the story with Katherine shows, Damon takes things to the extreme, and that never ends well.
This made me pause. Damon didn't follow Elena in season two when she was on a martyr tear -- which personally I see as something a friend should do, even if his methods were not okay (making her drink his blood, duping her

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Hi, it's great to see you here :D.

Damon didn't follow Elena in season two when she was on a martyr tear -- which personally I see as something a friend should do, even if his methods were not okay

Huh, I didn't think about that! Thank you for pointing it out. I guess Damon's selfishness could be an explanation: he will be ok with whoever Elena choses to be just to be close to her, but first she has to live. So yes, he did stop her in s2, because he couldn't let her die or damage herself physically. But I don't think that's how he would behave if we were talking about psychological damage. Brutally speaking, the more damaged she is, the closer to Damon she will find herself. The lower she gets, the "better" for him. He is not actively malicious against her and he wouldn't push her to fall, but he won't exactly make an effort to stop her. He will follow. What do you think?

Oh, and that's why I do. :')

You and me both!

Thank you so much! Your comment made me feel all warm and, you know, wanting to be nice to people ;).