You know, sometimes when I say "Do your worst," I mean it as a figure of speech, and not literally "please, rip out my heart and serve it to me on a silver platter
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You know, sometimes when I say "Do your worst," I mean it as a figure of speech, and not literally "please, rip out my heart and serve it to me on a silver platter" :((((((((((((. But I liiiiiiiike ripping your heart out and serving it to you on a plaaaatterrrrr. We both know this and still you tempt me. ;)
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1) are very "physical" in a completely non-sexual way, they take comfort from another person's physical present and innocent touchPreach, okay. Amen. Other religious confirmations. I love this for exactly those reasons. They are more than just about sexuality; they are about intimacy on a level that is leagues apart from the pleasure of sex. They are about comfort, and that was about comfort, relief, and assurance. Ugh, and she holds his hand, and he does take that opportunity, that 'okay' from her to touch, as a way to channel all of that emotion into that one, allowed, innocent touch. He loves her, and she's alive. UGH
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1) are very "physical" in a completely non-sexual way, they take comfort from another person's physical present and innocent touch
See, this is the absolute core for me that they are in love, from this time last year, and then intensified in season 4. Their mutual inability to stop touching each other, in any way that has a shred of plausible deniability.
But I wouldn't say it was non-sexual exactly, more like supra-sexual. It's about sexual and emotional attraction involuntarily being discharged to stop it from exploding, different from but often nestled alongside arousal. Tiny repeated jolts. And involuntary is the key, the awareness, the pleasure (guilty or not) only arises after each unconscious act.
When she's fresh out of the shower, Conner shows up behind her and comments that she liked his blood when she was drinking from him, and when she killed him, and responds-
Elena is so good at censoring herself and only letting things that are allowed to exist in her mind that she even manages to argue with her own hallucination. It's fascinating that she uses Stefan's typical Other-ing. I wasn't myself. It was the OTHER me. The angry one, the one out of control. She attempts to Other her vampire self... and fails. Later on, she shouts out "Yes I liked it!". This episode Elena gets to the point when she can't censor herself any more.
Can we please appreciate how Elena pulls a Lady Macbeth here? The show is SO trying to be clever ;). Elena's attempt to wash the blood off her hands ends with more blood falling down on her, because she'll never get rid of it now, she's the killer. It doesn't matter that no one else can see the blood. She knows it's there, and she'll always know. "There's blood on my hands" is so very literal.
I think this is the first time since her car accident that Elena is directly confronted with death? And, of course, her violent reaction is partly the terror of witnessing the death of someone she knew, partly fear, partly worrying about her brother... But there is also self-reflection in her outburst. It's something that's been on her mind for months, ever since her parents died. If death surrounds you, it MATTERS. You're marked. You can't be indifferent to it.
The turn of phrase is also interesting. It's not "you kill people" (which, you know, would be more appropriate and simpler). It's "people die around you". Like Damon was cursed and death was following him no matter what he does. There's something wrong with HIM, not just with is actions.
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But I liiiiiiiike ripping your heart out and serving it to you on a plaaaatterrrrr. We both know this and still you tempt me. ;)
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1) are very "physical" in a completely non-sexual way, they take comfort from another person's physical present and innocent touchPreach, okay. Amen. Other religious confirmations. I love this for exactly those reasons. They are more than just about sexuality; they are about intimacy on a level that is leagues apart from the pleasure of sex. They are about comfort, and that was about comfort, relief, and assurance. Ugh, and she holds his hand, and he does take that opportunity, that 'okay' from her to touch, as a way to channel all of that emotion into that one, allowed, innocent touch. He loves her, and she's alive. UGH ( ... )
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See, this is the absolute core for me that they are in love, from this time last year, and then intensified in season 4. Their mutual inability to stop touching each other, in any way that has a shred of plausible deniability.
But I wouldn't say it was non-sexual exactly, more like supra-sexual. It's about sexual and emotional attraction involuntarily being discharged to stop it from exploding, different from but often nestled alongside arousal. Tiny repeated jolts. And involuntary is the key, the awareness, the pleasure (guilty or not) only arises after each unconscious act.
And that's why I'm hooked.
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"I wasn't myself. I was angry."
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I think this is the first time since her car accident that Elena is directly confronted with death? And, of course, her violent reaction is partly the terror of witnessing the death of someone she knew, partly fear, partly worrying about her brother... But there is also self-reflection in her outburst. It's something that's been on her mind for months, ever since her parents died. If death surrounds you, it MATTERS. You're marked. You can't be indifferent to it.
The turn of phrase is also interesting. It's not "you kill people" (which, you know, would be more appropriate and simpler). It's "people die around you". Like Damon was cursed and death was following him no matter what he does. There's something wrong with HIM, not just with is actions.
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