fic: ipso facto, using up your oxygen

[youcallitwinter]

She looks back, startled, one leg still over the window. Her expression flits from shock, to annoyance to resentment, till it very definitely comes to rest on ‘who the fuck do you think you are.'

She slowly slides her leg back, turning to face him, hands over chest, mirroring his pose, “are you stalking me?”

He shrugs, because duh, “I prefer the term

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[badboy_fangirl]

Aside from the fact that I love you, and love this, and love them, and am just as in love with my OTP as Damon is in love with Elena, this line:

because duh

is totally something Damon said in a fic of mine once. And I love that--I love that he says some of the same things in your head that he says in mine.

♥!

[youcallitwinter]

REALLY? Which fic was this? And I do think that's awesome because all of us try to write what we want to read and it's so amazing to know someone who writes with the same ideas in mind- I always find it much more soul-satisfying to read something that I've been wanting to read rather than write it (which also is very important to me though!)

[badboy_fangirl]

The fic is Literary License which is quite lengthy...and Damon doesn't say that until the third part. But to warn you, I write angst that usually ends happily...so if you're not looking for that, it might not be that interesting to you.

On the other hand, this is one of my favorite pieces that I've written. :D

[youcallitwinter]

You know, I probably don't come across like it through my fic, but I adore happy endings, like I hate it when something doesn't end happily (or at least in something that should've ended happily) and the only reason I don't write them is because I feel like it requires a lot of development to get to that, and my fics aren't long enough for that, so your fic just sounds amazing to me. My computer conked off though, the wiring broke or something (ISN'T IT TYPICAL, JUST AS EXAMS ENDED AND I'L ACTUALLY FREE FOR A BIT THIS HAD TO HAPPEN), so I won't be on for a bit, till I can steal my friends' again like I'm doing right now :P

[youcallitwinter]

*across. D: I forgot I'm not on Google Chrome so it doesn't even underline my mistakes (and I make a LOT of those, ugh)

[youcallitwinter]

Our beloved show seems to occasionally (perhaps more and more) want him to be a fluffy teddy bear.

Hahaha, it does come cross as that occasionally, doesn't it? Like some times when you just think 'God, that's so OOC, Damon would never say that'. I just want them to be realize that you can be angst-ridden and funny at the same time, one has to be conveyed through expressions and the other through dialogues!

(God, the 'no editing option' thing sucks so much D:)

[sandrine]

I love this! I'm still a bit on the fence about the finale itself, but the one really good thing about it are all the awesome episode coda fanfics it brought about.

The tension between Damon and Elena in this is fantastic, and I love that he's addressing the elephant in the room and telling her the truth about how a choice between her and Stefan would end.

[youcallitwinter]

I get the 'being on the fence' thing because I'm a bit that myself, but yes the 'what happened next' fic-deluge has been awesome, especially since they've left so many angles open-ended! (Not to mention their hiatus is till freaking forever)

Thank you so much! I think the only way he can address it is by being flippant about it, although the 'he'd choose Stefan' is totally my personal desire, haha (STEFAN CHOSE HIM, HE SHOULD CHOSE STEFAN).

[linsell_farm]

This is wonderful. You captured that fabulous complexity that is DE - that inexorable contrast between the words they say out loud and the feelings lying beneath is awesome. I love how the two (verbal & unsaid) are linked.

Shove it in some corner of his mind, push it down to the back of his throat, add it to all the things they never talk about, let it fill the air a little more. It’s so very heavy already, their air.

This is such an elegant and precise summary of their unique interaction.

She knows he loves her, he’s told her too many times now, whether she remembers them or not, but he hopes to god she never realizes how. Much. How much.

Beautiful insight. I often forget that we (the viewers/readers) see Damon much more clearly than she does. This helps me see Elena's POV (being an inexperienced but mature beyond her years 17 year old). Thanks.

He'll stay, because she said it this time and he doesn't have to make up an excuse for why.

Perfect closing. It's lovely to see Elena just beginning to open up to herself.

[youcallitwinter]

You write such thoughtful reviews and you always manage to pick up on the stuff that I’d thought of while writing!

I honestly think the show should capitalize more on Ian’s fabulous repertoire of expressions and show his feelings and emotions like they did in the first season instead of making him tell them to Andie or Jessica or anyone. I loved the subtlety of first season Damon/Elena where no one was exactly sure what they felt for each other and Damon always covered his feelings through some snarky remark meant to deflect attention, and Stefan was the only one who noticed. That dynamic was wonderful D:

I know, we have a better grasp on Damon than she does, because we’re influenced by things like his love confession in Rose and the tenderness he displayed with Katherine when he thought she was Elena in Founder’s Day. It’s sad that Elena herself never got to experience those moments so all she really knows him as is the unstable guy who can do anything at any time. I hope that changes in S3! Thanks so much :)

[linsell_farm]

I'm glad you like reading my reviews. You and badboy_fangirl and I all seem to be on the same wavelength when it comes to Damon & Elena. It's wonderful to have that in common between us.

Good point about the writers having Damon saying his feelings more in season 2 rather than the subtlety, double entendres, and subtext from the first season. Hopefully they'll return to that in the new season, now that the show is over the mythology hump (as Ian calls it).

The majority of Elena's experience with Damon this season was conflict and tension (like only 2 'type A' personalities can achieve). I garner great hope from the fact that she still sees the potential in Damon to be the better man, despite all the aforementioned conflict and tension.

I'm rather anxious to see what goes on in Season 3 ... isn't it September yet??

[youcallitwinter]

Heh, I'm pretty sure both Paul and Ian are just dying to get over the cheesy romantic stuff and get back to ass-kicking. Ian's worst fantasy seems to be that Damon will turn into a Stefan-like figure and Paul's worst nightmare is Stefan deciding after two episodes in S3 that he wants to go back to Elena. I know girls like the Edward Cullen-type figures (as the success of Twilight amply demonstrates), but the guys hate playing those characters (as Robert Pattinson constantly iterates)- which is probably like a meta comment on life or something, haha

[lalonde]

this is so beautiful.(:

[youcallitwinter]

Thanks so much! :)