Here is the repeated image of the lover destroyed - a Damon/Elena meta

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This is yet another spontanous TVD meta. Because I have feelings about the last episode, and I have FEELINGS about what I currently see all around the internet. So, you know, it's either writing a meta, or spontanously growing a set of fangs and eating random people. This meta is a pitchfork in the hand of an angry God

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[wheatear]

She knows she's done a terrible thing, and you know what's worst? Damon understands. He is such a terrible person himself he can actually understand Elena at her lowest. And I think Elena knows what does it say about her (she seems to be asking this question awfully often, doesn't she? “What does it say about me?”).

Yes yes yes. Elena questions herself when it comes to Damon, quite rightly. The closer she gets to Damon, the more messed-up she is as a character and I think she knows that.

Basically, this kiss makes the Top Ten Damon Drama Queen Moments list.

Lol, oh Damon.

It's dangerous, the understanding Damon and Elena have.

100% agreed. Great post.

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I think Elena doesn't notice some slow, not so glaring changes that are happening (like, the fact that she came from "People are dying around you" to focusing on Stefan so much she didn't even notice his victims in s3), but she generally knows that she's getting darker. Compelling Jeremy definitely was a moment of self-reflection.

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Awww, this is why I love fandom: it's enough to drop one line, and they'll spot a Siken quote :D.

I actually made a Top Ten like that a while ago, and IT WAS SO HARD TO CHOOSE! You are right, by the end of s3 we really might need a Top 20.

I'll just be over here with my popcorn, eagerly awaiting the coming breakdown.

Valid lifestyle choice :D. I'm going to do the same!

[ever_neutral]

BLESS YOU FOR MAKING THIS POST. \o/ and A+ for your title. (btw, I am working on your fic. I WANT IT TO BE PERFECT.)

Ugh, your whole Elena rant. PREACH. Elena bashing bothers me than any other single character. Probably because 90% of people who bash her don't know what the fuck they are talking about. Or go on and on AND ON AND ON about completely fucking irrelevant things. (Yes, Elena choosing to hang with Damon despite his being a mass-murdering rapist piece of scum is indefensible. HOW IS THIS RELEVANT? I'm not watching this show for shining beacons of morality. Good Lord. Why are those people even in this fucking bar. But, I won't fuck up your positive post with more contempt-spewing, lmao.)

And I get that the notion of being morally superior to a fictional character might be pleasurable for someone, but then... Why Elena? There are so many characters that can give much more pleasure in this department!LOL WORD

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I am working on your fic. I WANT IT TO BE PERFECT.

Good news!

CONTEMPT-SPEWING IS MUCH APPRECIATED. I can't explain why Elena bashing makes me so angry, but it does, so every amount of rant is welcome here.

Huh, I thought there were tongues! But I'm going to take your word for this, because I'm watching on a rather small screen, so I couldn't be sure! *what is shame?*

But, yes, I like it when you drop my name in the midst of your excellent meta.

We spend so much time talking about those two I'm actually proud that I could remember this was one of the things you put in my head, not something I figured out myself...

The Katherine=Stefan/Damon=Elena parallels fascinate me and should be talked about more.

I've been fascinated by role reversals within OT4 for weeks! I'm still not sure if it will result in a meta or a fic. So, you know, if you have thoughts, DON'T BE SHY!

If Stefan had never been in the picture, D/E would STILL be a huge mess?THIS IS INTERESTING. I've been trying to figure out for ages how it would've looked like

[ever_neutral]

It actually wasn't a very thorough kiss, lol. There's that moment at the end where Elena actually opens her mouth (and her eyes are still closed), and that would probably be the point where you'd bring some tongue into the equation, but Damon chooses to just walk off instead. lmao.

/good lord i need to stop talking

Re: Katherine=Stefan/Damon=Elena. Kat and Stef are "survivors". Or, self-preservationists. IDK. They never doubt that the world is worth living in, even after everything has been stripped away from them. (When Stefan tries to commit suicide in S1, he does it because he objectively believes he doesn't deserve to live, not because he's lost faith in the world.) Damon and Elena are fatalists. They are survivors too, but they're the type who have repeatedly tried to give up (i.e. suicidal depression), and are surviving because the world has not allowed them to die in peace. They're only just now learning to own their status as survivors. ("We always survive" -- which is remarkable coming from Elena, considering that very fact

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/good lord i need to stop talking

Whoa, I'm starting to think that you might have shame after all! :P

To the point: OT4!

I agree with this comparison! There was a softly-me's fic in which she said something like "Stefan wouldn't mind being the last living person in the world" (only, you know, better phrased), and THIS IS SO TRUE. But Damon? He would never bear anything like this, and neither would Elena

[bluesuzanne]

I am just swooning all over this whole post. And the whole 'sex is a symptom' bit? Amaaaaazing. I will cherish it always.

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I'm glad you liked it \o/