So, I liked this episode a lot. It wasn’t nearly as epic as last week’s episode, but you can only have so much “OMG OMG OMG!”’s in one season, and damn, TVD, needs to save some for the mid-season finale. And the season finale…so I’ll forgive them for not having this episode quite as crazy good. There were still some really fantastic elements, and I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again…a good episode of TVD is better than a great episode of just about anything else.
Katherine/Mikael~ Hurrah, Sebastian Roche!!! I’m soooo excited that he’s on my show. I’ve loved him ever since he was on Roar with Heath Ledger, and when I got to meet him at an event-that-shall-not-be-named-publicly. He’s such a great actor, and he’s been on so many of my shows, and he always brings his awesome A-game. It’s a coup for TVD to get him…really it is. Granted, he spent most of the episode unconscious, but I’m excited to see just what craziness he’s going to bring to Mystic Falls. The fact that he’s with Katherine right now is an added bonus.
I loved how annoyed she was that Mikael wouldn’t wake up even when she was dangling tasty little morsels in front of his catatonic face. Her frustration was hilarious. Katherine is not one to wait for anything.
Then he woke up and fed on her!
AHHHHH! They better not kill her! She deserves a much better send-off!
Like…fire…or…an atom bomb. Something equally as epic as she is.
Perhaps a typhoon.
Ripper!Stefan/Rebekah/Damon~ Ha! I loved that the first shot of Damon that we get this episode is him stepping over two bodies at the bottom of the stairs. I like the fact that he’s not so much bothered by Stefan’s eating habits as he is about how messy Stefan is when he does eat. It speaks to his character, and the fact that Stefan on animal blood was the anomaly in the vampire world, not the rule, and Damon’s treating it as such. If Stefan could actually hold his liquor and not turn into a crazy person, well…he wouldn’t be such a douche.
And that’s really all he is. So far, he’s not doing much ripping of anything. Which is disappointing. I was sold a pack of lies, apparently, and by Ripper!Stefan it just meant he was going to be snarky a lot. And gorge on brunettes. And snark. And push Alaric into some lockers. And snark. And push down a random extra. And snark.
Bored. Now.
Sigh.
Basically…I’m not impressed.
As an aside…calling Elena a human blood bag? Not really an insult so much as stating the obvious. I mean…since she’s human…she’s got blood running through her veins, and, granted you could feasibly say Elena looked a little baggy under the eyes from having to wake up so early, or say, her skin houses all of her blood (and bones and innards) making her a bag…but it’s not really an insult.
Ripper!Stefan isn’t even clever.
Double Sigh.
I did think it hilarious, however, how fastidious Damon is about his house. The idea of “crazy, out of control, snap-a-guys-neck-if-you-look-at-him-wrong” Damon as a neat freak is HIGH-LARIOUS.
I loved the look the brothers exchanged when Rebekah mosied her ass into their house and into their lives. The fact that Klaus left her there…is really kind of insulting for the poor girl. I mean, damn, dude. He was able to spare enough time to tell Stefan to protect Elena, but not enough time to grab his sister?
Yeah…aside from daggering them and sticking them in coffins…I can kind of see why his family doesn’t like him much. He’s kind of an ass.
Caroline/Tyler/Rebekah~This is going to get interesting. I like that TVD brought in the whole “siring” business from the books, mainly b/c it makes me a little more certain that, at some point, Elena’s going to become a vampire and she’s going to have Damon’s blood in her system. Like it happened in the books. And that will offer a whole new type of fun to this show.
I also loved the exchange between Damon and Caroline after Damon vervained Tyler for his Klaus is Awesome shenanigans. “How do I fix him?” “Get a new boyfriend”. Caroline’s face when Damon said that was hilarious.
Also, Caroline going all Mean Girl on Rebekah as they fight for the top dog spot at Mystic Falls High is going to be good times.
Matt~…is boring and stupid. Christ on a crutch, die already.
Vicki/Matt/Bonnie/Jeremy~ I kind of felt bad for Matt that he’s so lonely that he’s willing to let his crazy ghost sister come back to the “real” world by doing some crazy, scary blood ritual.
Which is why, really…he should die.
Don’t even get me started on Bonnie and her complete psychotic-ness this episode. Seriously…what the fuck was her deal? She does realize that the whole reason that Jeremy can see ghosts now is b/c A)He fucking lives in Mystic Falls, and this kind of shit is the norm, and B)She brought him back from the dead, going against the balance of nature…AND HE HAS NO FUCKING CONTROL OVER THAT. Jesus Christ, she was a horrendous bitch. Her whole reasoning for being mad at Jeremy makes no sense at all.
This is just like when she got all pissy with the Salvatore brothers b/c she and her grams thought they were some kind of high-class, bad ass witches and could open the tomb with their namby pamby powers and her grams died after breaking the spell.
It wasn’t the fact that apparently after Emily, the Bennett witches kind of suck, oh no…it’s all the Salvatore brothers fault b/c they are vampires.
The fuck kind of logic is that, bitch?
It isn’t logic. I swear to god, I want you to die.
No wonder Jeremy is turning to a ghost to get some kind of loving…bitch…YOU ARE A CRAZY PERSON.
Just to spite Bonnie, I want Anna and Jeremy to make sweet ghost love and have a shit ton of ghost babies and have a ghost marriage and ghostly grow old together.
Take that, you bitch witch.
Take it and eat it.
And then choke on it and die.
(/rant)
Ripper!Stefan/Elena~ Like I stated before, I’m not really impressed with Ripper!Stefan, but I do like how it’s changed the dynamic between him and Elena. There’s no more schmooping, and drooling and “You’re the best!”/”No, you’re the best!”-ing between them. It actually made their interactions interesting again, which is something they sorely needed.
Him teasing and taunting her was kind of fun, and I did like Elena wandering around drunk and him being like, “Uh, time for bed, drunky McDrunk Drunk.” Of course…the fact that even in his ripper-ness, he’s still all “Look both ways before crossing the street! Wear your seatbelt!” just proves that deep down, Stefan is still boring and not really a rule breaker.
Plus…he’s done no ripping.
Triple Sigh.
Anyway…I laughed when Elena toppled off the bleachers and he caught her, and she was all “I knew you’d catch me” and he looked at her like “Wait…this was your plan? You crazy, girl” only to get vervained in the back. Ha.
Then she saved him from Alaric’s burning car (“Bummer.” Heh.), he taunted her about her pathetic-ness of still having hope that he’ll come back, and then she staked him in the stomach.
Using the technique Damon taught her earlier in the workout room.
Ha!
Speaking of that workout scene…
Damon/Elena/HolyShit, TVD!~That pretty much sums it up, doesn’t it?
*flails*
Okay…ahem. So I loved that he called her at the beginning of the episode to warn her that Stefan was making a mess of the house and not to come over…and then when she was like “No seriously, how’s Stefan?” he didn’t want to upset her by saying “He’s eating a lot of people” instead choosing to not so artfully dodge her question by hanging up on her.
Ha! Hilarious.
Then, after NotMuchOfARipper!Stefan called her the most unclever nickname in the world, Elena called Damon over to an unspecified workout room.
As an aside…this scenario is what adult films thrived on FOR YEARS.
But I digress.
I loved Damon teasing Elena about her new found warrior skills (“Come on, Buffy!”) and Damon striking the classic Buffy With A Stake pose was hilarious. As a longtime Buffy fan, I appreciate these little things.
Usually, I get mad when Elena pulls out the whole “Do it for me, Damon” stuff, b/c it’s his weakness, he knows it’s his weakness, she knows it’s his weakness, he knows that she knows, and she knows that he knows that she knows…and she still uses it anyway. HOWEVER…I loved how she used it here, and the reason that she used it here. It wasn’t to manipulate him into behaving “right” but in an effort to make him understand just how much NotMuchOfARipper!Stefan bothered her. It worked for me, and as usual, it worked on Damon.
Of course, then he pulled her hand to his chest, and started speaking in that soft voice about his sternum and I pretty much didn’t hear what he said because I was squeeing so much it was ridiculous.
Of course, then I died when he whipped her around, pressed her back against his front, touched her stomach and then said “I’ll do whatever it is you need me to do, Elena.” in a voice made for the bedroom.
I’m pretty sure he wasn’t talking about helping her lock up his brother.
He was talking about sex, y’all.
*fans self*
Damn, TVD.
And if Elena wants ANYONE to believe that she doesn’t have feelings for Damon, she needs to stop looking at his mouth and leaning into him in the hopes that he kisses her.
Just sayin’.
Then, later, when he was giving her first aide, and she revealed that she was kind of jealous with how flirty he got with Rebekah earlier, and he teased her about being too drunk to notice, she admitted that she wasn’t that drunk, and he admitted he wasn’t that flirty and they exchanged those smoldering looks…
…only to be completely cock-blocked by Ric?
*fans self*
Damn, TVD.
This is what you call a slow burn, folks.
I’m totally along for the ride.
Nerd .5
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
The Reckoning-Ep 3.05
First…lemme start out by saying that this episode was AMAZEBALLS. Literally, the best episode of the season (and it’s only ep 5!). If the show continues to get better (like it’s prone to do) I’m going to be a complete and utter mess by the end of the season.
It always shocks me how much information this show covers in such a short amount of time. I recently went back and watched Season 1, and was astounded by just how much is established as canon early on in the season. This show’s pacing is redic.
Secondly, all of the performances in this episode were pretty damn great…and again, soooooooo much stuff got covered. I really loved this episode, like…a lot.
Klaus~Final-fucking-ly. He finally lived up to his reputation in this episode. Since he showed up at the end of S2, and started getting all this “OMG! Klaus is sooo creepy!”/”Wow! Klaus is sooo EVUL!”/”Klaus is the bananas! LOOK AT HOW BANANAS HE IS!” I was mostly left going, “Uh. No.” I wasn’t impressed by him at all. Love Joseph Morgan--follow him on twitter and he’s great--but Klaus? Yeah. Whatever. I wasn’t impressed by his entrance or by anything he really did in S2. Hell, at the end of S2, I was like “If this is TVD’s new Big Bad…we’re going to have a problem.” He seemed whiney…and he really didn’t do much. I mean, people talked about how he did stuff (and he did turn Jenna while all of our collective backs were turned) but he never did anything onscreen that really impressed me. Even seeing him “torture” Ray in whatever episode and then turn all of those other werewolves didn’t really do anything. What a bore, I thought. He’s the suckiest Big Bad that ever did suck.
And then he fucking snapped Tyler’s NECK!
Like, right there onscreen! FUCKING TYLER! OMG.
He was straight up badass in this episode. I really didn’t know what his crazy ass was going to do, but I was sure of two things…I wasn’t going to like it, and neither would Team!Supernatural. Holy shit…he was amazing. Kudos, TVD, for lulling me into a false sense of security, and then turning my opinion on its head.
I hate you.
…and love you. *muah*
Non-Compelled!Stefan~…is kind of an idiot. Look, I get he was pissed and scared for Elena (the fact that Klaus had been repeatedly snapping his neck for a half a day probably didn’t help his mood much either) but jumping Rebekah and being all “Where is Elena?!” not exactly his brightest moment. And he’s had a lot of not-bright moments. She’s older than you, moron. She’s gonna kick your scrawny ass. I mean, Katherine kicked you and your brother’s ass all over the Masquerade Ball…and Rebekah’s a fucking AMAZON compared to her. Then, after she sticks a crowbar in him for his impudence, he goes to Klaus…and basically, lies. Badly. Like…REALLY badly. There is no way that after his whole 4 ep charade that Klaus is going to believe that Stefan is going to suddenly obey him and that Elena means nothing to him. I mean, what did Stefan think Klaus would ask him to do to prove his loyalty…bring him a glass of milk? Bake some cookies? …the hell? Seriously, this what his dumbest moment ever.
Until he tried to stake himself with a broom handle…and missed his heart. His own heart…in the center of his chest. He’s being all emo and over-dramatic…and he misses his own heart. Gimme a break, Stefan. You love Elena, I get that, but apparently not enough to kill yourself to keep from draining her blood. As the other Nerd said…I guess he’s not willing to catch a grenade for her.
…it’s this kind of shit that does my little Delena-Lovin’ heart good. Ha.
The Hybrid s/l~ is still about Klaus being lonely. The guy that stabbed his whole family with white oak-ash daggers and has them locked in a bunch of caskets. Lame. I don’t feel sorry for him at all. Puppy dog sad eyes or no. Maybe if he wasn’t such a bastard to his family, he’d have more friends. Just puttin’ that out there.
Bonnie/Matt/Ghost!Vicki~ HURRAH FOR VICKI! I’m glad she’s back…unfortunately, for her to come back she had to bring her lame assed brother along for the ride. Matt is seriously the most boring character in the history of ever. I don’t care about his boring human problems…so I’m guessing that’s why he tried to kill himself in the guise of “It’s so I can see my much cooler but more dead sister and she can help us find out what the Original Witch said!” Lemme punch a bunch of massive holes in his reasoning.
Firstly, the only reason that Jeremy can see ghosts is b/c Bonnie brought him back from the dead against the dead witches wishes (try saying that three times fast…) and there were going to be consequences. It had nothing to do with dying and coming back, Boring Mc.BoringFace.
Secondly, Bonnie may have big hair…but she’s got a very small body. What if she wasn’t able to drag your heavy ass out of the water? Then what, stupid? You’d be dead. For real and for always…and I would be ecstatic. Of course you wouldn’t let me be ecstatic…which is why I hate you.
Thirdly, what if Bonnie sucked at CPR?...or…forgot? Did you even think of that? Of course not, b/c you’re a moron. A human moron playing like you should be on Team!Supernatural, when really, you should just stick to Team!Useless or Team!Waste’of’Space.
Basically…I hate you Matt…please die forever.
Also…Bonnie? You suck at looking stuff up. I get that Jeremy might have been able to help…but running around in circles with the most useless character on this show was…epically useless. Yeah, she’s cut off from the witches…but couldn’t she have like, done a locating spell to find Jeremy instead of relying on texting him repeatedly? Or…I dunno, tried like a freezing time spell to slow the clock? Or maybe, an apparating spell and gotten all of them the hell out of there? I know they exist…Harry Potter told me so. Hell…what about her cousin(?) Lucy? Didn’t she give her her phone number in The Masquerade ep? Call her and see if she has any ideas. There was any number of things she could have done instead of running around the school like a chicken with its head cut off.
These two morons were quite the pair. It’s no wonder the Original Witch had Vicki lie to them…can’t trust the two morons in the bunch to do anything right.
I’m a little insulted that now Matt gets to try to be on Team!Supernatural. What a poser. I will never accept him on Team!Supernatural.
Never.
Poser.
Mystic Falls High School~…has got the suckiest security ever--unless, besides being full of supernatural beings, the school has a shit ton of delinquents who broke a window in order to get in the school. Also…why was Matt weight-lifting alone in a dark gym? Does Mystic Falls High School not pay for lights after hours? How’d he get in there? Why was he lifting in the goddamn dark? Without someone to spot him? He’s a boring, powerless human…what if one of the weights had fallen on him and he got stuck there? What was the purpose of all the cups in the gymnasium? Why did all of those students leave when a stranger came in there, dragging a frightened looking Elena, and not ask…”Who the fuck are you?”
These are all valid questions that I don’t think I’m going to get an answer to.
Caroline/Tyler/Rebekah~ It was sweet of Caroline to jump in front of Tyler to protect him, and these two continue to be a super cute second banana pairing on TVD. I’m not exactly sure why Rebekah is so pissy with everyone (are all Originals bitches? Or is it just b/c she spent 90 years with a dagger in her chest b/c she chose a boy over her brother and that boy basically moved on?) but if she’s not careful…it’s going to start to grate. I like her tho, altho, if I were her, I’d be a little insulted that my brother, whom I’ve reeked havoc with, wants to build a hybrid army b/c he doesn’t want to be alone. What is she, chopped liver? Like I’ve stated repeatedly…he’s got his entire family in a bunch of caskets that he carts around…he’s the most not alone person ever.
Compelled!Stefan~ I gotta get this off my chest really quick. I’m a little disappointed that the show decided to go with “Stefan is compelled to flip the switch off” route, since it takes away a lot of his responsibility. I get that he has to remain the hero to do heroic things, but I was really looking forward to him going balls to the walls because he wants to. I get that the compulsion doesn’t make him want to do evil things, it just makes him okay with them…but still. It’s a teeny nitpick that kind of makes all the difference in my enjoyment of the show…and it’s not at all what Juli, Kevin, and Paul led me to believe. These three are consistently being shown to be a bunch of liars.
I forgive them, of course, b/c…well, its TVD. If I can forgive Damon snapping Jeremy’s neck…I can forgive a few lies.
I’m interested in seeing how Compelled!Stefan is any different from Quippy!Stefan that I was so unsatisfied with from before. It’ll be interesting to watch him not care about Delena…but Delena care about him. Ha. This is shit fanfics are made of!
Damon/Katherine…Jeremy~ MUAHAHAHAHA! I loved that Damon finally…FINALLY got the upper hand with Katherine. Two lines, specifically…
“I thought I’d try it, but truth is, you just don’t do it for me anymore.”
“I wouldn’t have done it for you.”
Ha. Eat it, Stelena fans.
Damon’ll catch a grenade for her, suckers! Ha!
I loved them on their little roadtrip, and that Damon was completely in control of all of his faculties where Katherine was concerned. He was a little pissed off about being told to “take a beat” from Mystic Falls, but he wasn’t going to let that influence him having a little fun. Even if it meant that he had to travel with Katherine.
…and Jeremy in the trunk! Hahahahaha! High-larious!
I loved that even tho Damon bashed his head into a picnic table to force Anna to give up valuable information, and even tho he was a little pissed about it…he didn’t really hold a grudge. Okay, I get Damon’s all evil for hurting poor ring-wearing, always-getting-killed Jeremy…but Jeremy understands that Damon will do anything to protect his sister. And if bashing his head a little gets a stupid ghost to give up information that might save his sisters life…I don’t think Jeremy’s gonna have too huge a problem with it. Yeah…it hurt…but it’ll heal.
“Thanks for the concern, dick.” Brilliant delivery of that line, Steve R. McQueen.
And also…Katherine…I love her more and more each day. The speculative gleam in her eye upon seeing Mikael. Lord…I don’t even want to know what she’s thinking.
…wait…yes I do. It’s probably something evil and delicious and havoc-inducing. I’m excited. I love when Katherine’s got something up her sleeve.
And usually…it’s a lot of somethings.
Elena~ Okay, I love my girl…really I do. And I get that she was convinced that Stefan could fight compulsion if she just loved him enough and he wanted it enough…but couldn’t she have tried to have this conversation over the phone while she got the fuck out of there? Yes, yes…Klaus said that he’d kill everyone if she tried to leave…and then he left…and still tried to kill everyone. See how him saying one thing really didn’t change what he was going to do? Take note, Elena…Klaus is a liar and a killer. Doing what he says is just going to prolong the death of you and everyone else that you love. When Stefan, grimacing in mortal pain b/c he can’t fight the compulsion tells you to run…fucking run.
Question that Elena probably never considered but should have…if she hadn’t forced him to use up all of his energy fighting to keep from biting her in the gymnasium, and just run away like he asked her to in the beginning (b/c if she really thought Tweedle Bonnie and Tweedle Matt were going to come up with anything even remotely helpful, she’s an idiot) would he have been so susceptible to Klaus’s compulsion later on in the cafeteria?
Think on that, friends.
You gotta know when to hold’em…and know when to fold’em.
Secondly…before getting into the best part of the episode with the Delena awesomeness…a mini rant on said Delena awesomeness.
“Where were you, Damon?”
Seriously, Elena? Seriously?! He was told by everyone and their mother to “take a beat” from Mystic Falls and from her. Just last episode (sooo, maybe a few days in Mystic Falls time) she’d gotten all up in his grille about “Stop acting like a mean ol’vampire!” and “you can’t do this anymore, not around me!” and Alaric was all “Take a beat, Damon, b/c you’re getting too close to Elena!” and “Friends don’t kill friends, even when I’m considering poisoning you with vervain!” and Caroline was all “You can’t change Damon, he’s horrid and mean and he eats people like my asshole of a father who tortured me with sunlight!”…and then suddenly, the shit hits the fan, and everyone is all…”Damon?! Where’s Damon! WE NEED DAMON!”
Well, fuck all of you. He’s taking a goddamn “beat”.
(/rant)
Elena’s “friends”~ Notice I put the word “friends” in quotation marks. Let’s just break this down for a minute. Everyone knows that Klaus is there to presumably torture and kill Elena..and them secondly…but mostly, he’s there to torture and kill Elena.
He snaps Tyler’s neck and sends Bonnie and Idiot!Human off to find a spell that doesn’t exist or talk to the Original Witch. Caroline is left with an in-transition Tyler and Bonnie and Idiot are swimming in the pool, while Stefan and Elena are hashing out the “Use the Force, Stefan!”-shit in the gym.
The next thing Bonnie and Idiot know, Klaus is all super smug about something the Original Witch said.
Presumably…since they are all in the same school area, they hear Elena’s blood-curdling scream.
Then Klaus shows up to Caroline and Tyler and feeds him some blood, Tyler transitions without incident, and Klaus and Rebekah smugly walk away to wherever.
Next scene you see with all of Elena’s “friends”? Bonnie and Idiot bonding over his suicide attempt, and Bonnie telling him “Human is fun!” (which is a total lie, btw) and Caroline and Tyler are skipping through the hallways talking about how awesome everything is going to be.
And Elena is where, exactly?
EXACTLY. THEY DON’T FUCKING KNOW. And worse?
THEY APPARENTLY DON’T FUCKING CARE. Not once, during this whole last thing does one of them go “Wait. Where’s Elena?! The last time we heard from her she was being tortured and fed upon by vampires! And also, was that her screaming horribly? I wonder if she’s okay?”
Nope. Nothing. Elena’s “friends” fucking suck.
Damon/Elena…DELENA!!!~ Were amazing! I loved Damon’s completely willingness to go up against Klaus and die…and then using the leverage of Mikael to get Klaus to let him rescue Elena.
That’s right…he got to rescue Elena.
Sure, it was more rescuing her from a compelled nurse…but still…I’ll take what I can get from Delena. You know why? Because it’s fun.
And who doesn’t like fun?
Anyway…he got to carry her out of the hospital…and back to his house. Heh.
Being a Delena fan is AWESOME.
Anyways…my favorite scene was their small little conversation about the fact that NonCompelled!Stefan has become Compelled!Stefan…and how that kind of sucks.
For them…not for me, since maybe now he’ll be more interesting. I’ve always liked Stefan when he’s being a bit more grey than his ever present white.
When Elena teared up and asked Damon where he was…and Damon got that “I’m such a heel, I’ll never leave you again”-look, I swooned.
And then when he said he’d never leave her again…well…let’s just say, I’m pretty sure I did the Running Man in my pajamas for a good 5 minutes.
…b/c that’s how cool I am ;)
Ric, Caroline and Bonnie can go fuck themselves. I’m not really sure what would have happened if Damon had never left Mystic Falls…but everyone can obviously agree that it wouldn’t have been epically awful. Just, you know…regularly awful.
He held her hand…they looked meaningfully at each other, Damon gave a reassuring smile, Elena looked relieved…and Pacey and Joey nodded at each other.
…they’ve been there before. They know the signs.
*snicker*
Being a Delena fan is AWESOME.
Nerd .5
It always shocks me how much information this show covers in such a short amount of time. I recently went back and watched Season 1, and was astounded by just how much is established as canon early on in the season. This show’s pacing is redic.
Secondly, all of the performances in this episode were pretty damn great…and again, soooooooo much stuff got covered. I really loved this episode, like…a lot.
Klaus~Final-fucking-ly. He finally lived up to his reputation in this episode. Since he showed up at the end of S2, and started getting all this “OMG! Klaus is sooo creepy!”/”Wow! Klaus is sooo EVUL!”/”Klaus is the bananas! LOOK AT HOW BANANAS HE IS!” I was mostly left going, “Uh. No.” I wasn’t impressed by him at all. Love Joseph Morgan--follow him on twitter and he’s great--but Klaus? Yeah. Whatever. I wasn’t impressed by his entrance or by anything he really did in S2. Hell, at the end of S2, I was like “If this is TVD’s new Big Bad…we’re going to have a problem.” He seemed whiney…and he really didn’t do much. I mean, people talked about how he did stuff (and he did turn Jenna while all of our collective backs were turned) but he never did anything onscreen that really impressed me. Even seeing him “torture” Ray in whatever episode and then turn all of those other werewolves didn’t really do anything. What a bore, I thought. He’s the suckiest Big Bad that ever did suck.
And then he fucking snapped Tyler’s NECK!
Like, right there onscreen! FUCKING TYLER! OMG.
He was straight up badass in this episode. I really didn’t know what his crazy ass was going to do, but I was sure of two things…I wasn’t going to like it, and neither would Team!Supernatural. Holy shit…he was amazing. Kudos, TVD, for lulling me into a false sense of security, and then turning my opinion on its head.
I hate you.
…and love you. *muah*
Non-Compelled!Stefan~…is kind of an idiot. Look, I get he was pissed and scared for Elena (the fact that Klaus had been repeatedly snapping his neck for a half a day probably didn’t help his mood much either) but jumping Rebekah and being all “Where is Elena?!” not exactly his brightest moment. And he’s had a lot of not-bright moments. She’s older than you, moron. She’s gonna kick your scrawny ass. I mean, Katherine kicked you and your brother’s ass all over the Masquerade Ball…and Rebekah’s a fucking AMAZON compared to her. Then, after she sticks a crowbar in him for his impudence, he goes to Klaus…and basically, lies. Badly. Like…REALLY badly. There is no way that after his whole 4 ep charade that Klaus is going to believe that Stefan is going to suddenly obey him and that Elena means nothing to him. I mean, what did Stefan think Klaus would ask him to do to prove his loyalty…bring him a glass of milk? Bake some cookies? …the hell? Seriously, this what his dumbest moment ever.
Until he tried to stake himself with a broom handle…and missed his heart. His own heart…in the center of his chest. He’s being all emo and over-dramatic…and he misses his own heart. Gimme a break, Stefan. You love Elena, I get that, but apparently not enough to kill yourself to keep from draining her blood. As the other Nerd said…I guess he’s not willing to catch a grenade for her.
…it’s this kind of shit that does my little Delena-Lovin’ heart good. Ha.
The Hybrid s/l~ is still about Klaus being lonely. The guy that stabbed his whole family with white oak-ash daggers and has them locked in a bunch of caskets. Lame. I don’t feel sorry for him at all. Puppy dog sad eyes or no. Maybe if he wasn’t such a bastard to his family, he’d have more friends. Just puttin’ that out there.
Bonnie/Matt/Ghost!Vicki~ HURRAH FOR VICKI! I’m glad she’s back…unfortunately, for her to come back she had to bring her lame assed brother along for the ride. Matt is seriously the most boring character in the history of ever. I don’t care about his boring human problems…so I’m guessing that’s why he tried to kill himself in the guise of “It’s so I can see my much cooler but more dead sister and she can help us find out what the Original Witch said!” Lemme punch a bunch of massive holes in his reasoning.
Firstly, the only reason that Jeremy can see ghosts is b/c Bonnie brought him back from the dead against the dead witches wishes (try saying that three times fast…) and there were going to be consequences. It had nothing to do with dying and coming back, Boring Mc.BoringFace.
Secondly, Bonnie may have big hair…but she’s got a very small body. What if she wasn’t able to drag your heavy ass out of the water? Then what, stupid? You’d be dead. For real and for always…and I would be ecstatic. Of course you wouldn’t let me be ecstatic…which is why I hate you.
Thirdly, what if Bonnie sucked at CPR?...or…forgot? Did you even think of that? Of course not, b/c you’re a moron. A human moron playing like you should be on Team!Supernatural, when really, you should just stick to Team!Useless or Team!Waste’of’Space.
Basically…I hate you Matt…please die forever.
Also…Bonnie? You suck at looking stuff up. I get that Jeremy might have been able to help…but running around in circles with the most useless character on this show was…epically useless. Yeah, she’s cut off from the witches…but couldn’t she have like, done a locating spell to find Jeremy instead of relying on texting him repeatedly? Or…I dunno, tried like a freezing time spell to slow the clock? Or maybe, an apparating spell and gotten all of them the hell out of there? I know they exist…Harry Potter told me so. Hell…what about her cousin(?) Lucy? Didn’t she give her her phone number in The Masquerade ep? Call her and see if she has any ideas. There was any number of things she could have done instead of running around the school like a chicken with its head cut off.
These two morons were quite the pair. It’s no wonder the Original Witch had Vicki lie to them…can’t trust the two morons in the bunch to do anything right.
I’m a little insulted that now Matt gets to try to be on Team!Supernatural. What a poser. I will never accept him on Team!Supernatural.
Never.
Poser.
Mystic Falls High School~…has got the suckiest security ever--unless, besides being full of supernatural beings, the school has a shit ton of delinquents who broke a window in order to get in the school. Also…why was Matt weight-lifting alone in a dark gym? Does Mystic Falls High School not pay for lights after hours? How’d he get in there? Why was he lifting in the goddamn dark? Without someone to spot him? He’s a boring, powerless human…what if one of the weights had fallen on him and he got stuck there? What was the purpose of all the cups in the gymnasium? Why did all of those students leave when a stranger came in there, dragging a frightened looking Elena, and not ask…”Who the fuck are you?”
These are all valid questions that I don’t think I’m going to get an answer to.
Caroline/Tyler/Rebekah~ It was sweet of Caroline to jump in front of Tyler to protect him, and these two continue to be a super cute second banana pairing on TVD. I’m not exactly sure why Rebekah is so pissy with everyone (are all Originals bitches? Or is it just b/c she spent 90 years with a dagger in her chest b/c she chose a boy over her brother and that boy basically moved on?) but if she’s not careful…it’s going to start to grate. I like her tho, altho, if I were her, I’d be a little insulted that my brother, whom I’ve reeked havoc with, wants to build a hybrid army b/c he doesn’t want to be alone. What is she, chopped liver? Like I’ve stated repeatedly…he’s got his entire family in a bunch of caskets that he carts around…he’s the most not alone person ever.
Compelled!Stefan~ I gotta get this off my chest really quick. I’m a little disappointed that the show decided to go with “Stefan is compelled to flip the switch off” route, since it takes away a lot of his responsibility. I get that he has to remain the hero to do heroic things, but I was really looking forward to him going balls to the walls because he wants to. I get that the compulsion doesn’t make him want to do evil things, it just makes him okay with them…but still. It’s a teeny nitpick that kind of makes all the difference in my enjoyment of the show…and it’s not at all what Juli, Kevin, and Paul led me to believe. These three are consistently being shown to be a bunch of liars.
I forgive them, of course, b/c…well, its TVD. If I can forgive Damon snapping Jeremy’s neck…I can forgive a few lies.
I’m interested in seeing how Compelled!Stefan is any different from Quippy!Stefan that I was so unsatisfied with from before. It’ll be interesting to watch him not care about Delena…but Delena care about him. Ha. This is shit fanfics are made of!
Damon/Katherine…Jeremy~ MUAHAHAHAHA! I loved that Damon finally…FINALLY got the upper hand with Katherine. Two lines, specifically…
“I thought I’d try it, but truth is, you just don’t do it for me anymore.”
“I wouldn’t have done it for you.”
Ha. Eat it, Stelena fans.
Damon’ll catch a grenade for her, suckers! Ha!
I loved them on their little roadtrip, and that Damon was completely in control of all of his faculties where Katherine was concerned. He was a little pissed off about being told to “take a beat” from Mystic Falls, but he wasn’t going to let that influence him having a little fun. Even if it meant that he had to travel with Katherine.
…and Jeremy in the trunk! Hahahahaha! High-larious!
I loved that even tho Damon bashed his head into a picnic table to force Anna to give up valuable information, and even tho he was a little pissed about it…he didn’t really hold a grudge. Okay, I get Damon’s all evil for hurting poor ring-wearing, always-getting-killed Jeremy…but Jeremy understands that Damon will do anything to protect his sister. And if bashing his head a little gets a stupid ghost to give up information that might save his sisters life…I don’t think Jeremy’s gonna have too huge a problem with it. Yeah…it hurt…but it’ll heal.
“Thanks for the concern, dick.” Brilliant delivery of that line, Steve R. McQueen.
And also…Katherine…I love her more and more each day. The speculative gleam in her eye upon seeing Mikael. Lord…I don’t even want to know what she’s thinking.
…wait…yes I do. It’s probably something evil and delicious and havoc-inducing. I’m excited. I love when Katherine’s got something up her sleeve.
And usually…it’s a lot of somethings.
Elena~ Okay, I love my girl…really I do. And I get that she was convinced that Stefan could fight compulsion if she just loved him enough and he wanted it enough…but couldn’t she have tried to have this conversation over the phone while she got the fuck out of there? Yes, yes…Klaus said that he’d kill everyone if she tried to leave…and then he left…and still tried to kill everyone. See how him saying one thing really didn’t change what he was going to do? Take note, Elena…Klaus is a liar and a killer. Doing what he says is just going to prolong the death of you and everyone else that you love. When Stefan, grimacing in mortal pain b/c he can’t fight the compulsion tells you to run…fucking run.
Question that Elena probably never considered but should have…if she hadn’t forced him to use up all of his energy fighting to keep from biting her in the gymnasium, and just run away like he asked her to in the beginning (b/c if she really thought Tweedle Bonnie and Tweedle Matt were going to come up with anything even remotely helpful, she’s an idiot) would he have been so susceptible to Klaus’s compulsion later on in the cafeteria?
Think on that, friends.
You gotta know when to hold’em…and know when to fold’em.
Secondly…before getting into the best part of the episode with the Delena awesomeness…a mini rant on said Delena awesomeness.
“Where were you, Damon?”
Seriously, Elena? Seriously?! He was told by everyone and their mother to “take a beat” from Mystic Falls and from her. Just last episode (sooo, maybe a few days in Mystic Falls time) she’d gotten all up in his grille about “Stop acting like a mean ol’vampire!” and “you can’t do this anymore, not around me!” and Alaric was all “Take a beat, Damon, b/c you’re getting too close to Elena!” and “Friends don’t kill friends, even when I’m considering poisoning you with vervain!” and Caroline was all “You can’t change Damon, he’s horrid and mean and he eats people like my asshole of a father who tortured me with sunlight!”…and then suddenly, the shit hits the fan, and everyone is all…”Damon?! Where’s Damon! WE NEED DAMON!”
Well, fuck all of you. He’s taking a goddamn “beat”.
(/rant)
Elena’s “friends”~ Notice I put the word “friends” in quotation marks. Let’s just break this down for a minute. Everyone knows that Klaus is there to presumably torture and kill Elena..and them secondly…but mostly, he’s there to torture and kill Elena.
He snaps Tyler’s neck and sends Bonnie and Idiot!Human off to find a spell that doesn’t exist or talk to the Original Witch. Caroline is left with an in-transition Tyler and Bonnie and Idiot are swimming in the pool, while Stefan and Elena are hashing out the “Use the Force, Stefan!”-shit in the gym.
The next thing Bonnie and Idiot know, Klaus is all super smug about something the Original Witch said.
Presumably…since they are all in the same school area, they hear Elena’s blood-curdling scream.
Then Klaus shows up to Caroline and Tyler and feeds him some blood, Tyler transitions without incident, and Klaus and Rebekah smugly walk away to wherever.
Next scene you see with all of Elena’s “friends”? Bonnie and Idiot bonding over his suicide attempt, and Bonnie telling him “Human is fun!” (which is a total lie, btw) and Caroline and Tyler are skipping through the hallways talking about how awesome everything is going to be.
And Elena is where, exactly?
EXACTLY. THEY DON’T FUCKING KNOW. And worse?
THEY APPARENTLY DON’T FUCKING CARE. Not once, during this whole last thing does one of them go “Wait. Where’s Elena?! The last time we heard from her she was being tortured and fed upon by vampires! And also, was that her screaming horribly? I wonder if she’s okay?”
Nope. Nothing. Elena’s “friends” fucking suck.
Damon/Elena…DELENA!!!~ Were amazing! I loved Damon’s completely willingness to go up against Klaus and die…and then using the leverage of Mikael to get Klaus to let him rescue Elena.
That’s right…he got to rescue Elena.
Sure, it was more rescuing her from a compelled nurse…but still…I’ll take what I can get from Delena. You know why? Because it’s fun.
And who doesn’t like fun?
Anyway…he got to carry her out of the hospital…and back to his house. Heh.
Being a Delena fan is AWESOME.
Anyways…my favorite scene was their small little conversation about the fact that NonCompelled!Stefan has become Compelled!Stefan…and how that kind of sucks.
For them…not for me, since maybe now he’ll be more interesting. I’ve always liked Stefan when he’s being a bit more grey than his ever present white.
When Elena teared up and asked Damon where he was…and Damon got that “I’m such a heel, I’ll never leave you again”-look, I swooned.
And then when he said he’d never leave her again…well…let’s just say, I’m pretty sure I did the Running Man in my pajamas for a good 5 minutes.
…b/c that’s how cool I am ;)
Ric, Caroline and Bonnie can go fuck themselves. I’m not really sure what would have happened if Damon had never left Mystic Falls…but everyone can obviously agree that it wouldn’t have been epically awful. Just, you know…regularly awful.
He held her hand…they looked meaningfully at each other, Damon gave a reassuring smile, Elena looked relieved…and Pacey and Joey nodded at each other.
…they’ve been there before. They know the signs.
*snicker*
Being a Delena fan is AWESOME.
Nerd .5
Hey, man. Thanks, by the way...
Normally, this Nerd tries to stay away from fanbase infighting. I have had more than my fair share of that and quite frankly, it ruins my enjoyment of a show. Constantly battling with other fans in a war of words and circumstance regarding characters or 'ships is exhausting and not fun when the arguments are reduced to name-calling which always happens. Or people talking about what's obviously going to happen in the end while throwing ten month old quotes from the writers at you to support their theories.
However, as you can tell by my use of the word 'normally', I often succumb and get myself into trouble. Epically. Today I was watching the extended promo for 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' and I ended up reading all 350+ comments on the vid.
First thing I learned? There are a lot of Delena fans out there. Obviously the comments on one promo are not a perfect barometer of the fandom as a whole, but...well, it makes me happy, okay? ;p
I was amused at all the Stefan fans who were working so very hard to simultaneously claim that Stefan is the 'badder' brother while swearing that Damon is terrible for various and sunder reasons and therefore should not be with Elena. Apparently the fact that those two notions contradict themselves doesn't matter to them.
The most common point of contention is that Damon hasn't thanked Stefan for going darkside/giving up his humanity to save his life.
Excuse me, what now?
Damon and Stefan's paths have crossed a grand total of...four times since Stefan left Mystic Falls with Klaus. Four. In the spirit of not simply telling these people to go fuck themselves for being idiots, let's think about each of these four times and figure out when the timing would have been appropriate for a thank you.
3.01 - The Birthday
Stefan holds Andie - Damon's fake, compelled girlfriend - hostage at the news station. When Damon arrives to pick Andie up, Stefan compels Andie to plummet to her death and deliberately prevents him from saving her. Damon rushes to Andie's twisted broken body and Stefan disappears while his back is turned.
3.02 - The Hybrid
While tousling with Ray - the rabid hybrid wannabe - Damon is about to get chomped on and Stefan saves him by ripping out the poor bastard's heart.
3.03 - The End of the Affair
Damon meets up with Stefan at Gloria's and gives him the old 'meet me outside, bro, we gots to talk' head nod. Stefan reacts with the 'wtf are you doing here' shove into a car. They bitch - yet again - about Stefan wanting him to stay away, adding the fact that Elena's in danger (GASP!) because she was supposed to die in the sacrifice and because of that there's a problem with the hybrids and Klaus is pissy. Damon's like 'dude, tell her yourself' and bounces to be a pin cushion-type distraction for Klaus.
3.05 - The Reckoning.
Damon and Elena are having a moment when full on No-Humanity Stefan interrupts the party and gets down with his quippy self. Stefan comes, he sees, he pours some booze, and he leaves.
Thus endeth the history lesson.
Now, I ask you, looking over that nonsense, where in the world would Damon have thought "you know, I should really thank Stefan for giving up his humanity to save my life"? While he was watching Andie fall to her death on Stefan's word? While Stefan held Ray's heart in his hand and miserably told him to keep Elena safe and get the hell away? When Stefan was in his face about Elena being the key to everything and that he had to get her out of there? When No-Humanity Stefan showed up and started drinking his liquor and spouting off about how per Klaus's orders, Elena is under his protection? I mean, seriously, when would it have been a good time for Damon to call attention to the misery Stefan has suffered and thank him for it? Do they realize how ridiculous that sounds? *sigh*
However, as you can tell by my use of the word 'normally', I often succumb and get myself into trouble. Epically. Today I was watching the extended promo for 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' and I ended up reading all 350+ comments on the vid.
First thing I learned? There are a lot of Delena fans out there. Obviously the comments on one promo are not a perfect barometer of the fandom as a whole, but...well, it makes me happy, okay? ;p
I was amused at all the Stefan fans who were working so very hard to simultaneously claim that Stefan is the 'badder' brother while swearing that Damon is terrible for various and sunder reasons and therefore should not be with Elena. Apparently the fact that those two notions contradict themselves doesn't matter to them.
The most common point of contention is that Damon hasn't thanked Stefan for going darkside/giving up his humanity to save his life.
Excuse me, what now?
Damon and Stefan's paths have crossed a grand total of...four times since Stefan left Mystic Falls with Klaus. Four. In the spirit of not simply telling these people to go fuck themselves for being idiots, let's think about each of these four times and figure out when the timing would have been appropriate for a thank you.
3.01 - The Birthday
Stefan holds Andie - Damon's fake, compelled girlfriend - hostage at the news station. When Damon arrives to pick Andie up, Stefan compels Andie to plummet to her death and deliberately prevents him from saving her. Damon rushes to Andie's twisted broken body and Stefan disappears while his back is turned.
3.02 - The Hybrid
While tousling with Ray - the rabid hybrid wannabe - Damon is about to get chomped on and Stefan saves him by ripping out the poor bastard's heart.
3.03 - The End of the Affair
Damon meets up with Stefan at Gloria's and gives him the old 'meet me outside, bro, we gots to talk' head nod. Stefan reacts with the 'wtf are you doing here' shove into a car. They bitch - yet again - about Stefan wanting him to stay away, adding the fact that Elena's in danger (GASP!) because she was supposed to die in the sacrifice and because of that there's a problem with the hybrids and Klaus is pissy. Damon's like 'dude, tell her yourself' and bounces to be a pin cushion-type distraction for Klaus.
3.05 - The Reckoning.
Damon and Elena are having a moment when full on No-Humanity Stefan interrupts the party and gets down with his quippy self. Stefan comes, he sees, he pours some booze, and he leaves.
Thus endeth the history lesson.
Now, I ask you, looking over that nonsense, where in the world would Damon have thought "you know, I should really thank Stefan for giving up his humanity to save my life"? While he was watching Andie fall to her death on Stefan's word? While Stefan held Ray's heart in his hand and miserably told him to keep Elena safe and get the hell away? When Stefan was in his face about Elena being the key to everything and that he had to get her out of there? When No-Humanity Stefan showed up and started drinking his liquor and spouting off about how per Klaus's orders, Elena is under his protection? I mean, seriously, when would it have been a good time for Damon to call attention to the misery Stefan has suffered and thank him for it? Do they realize how ridiculous that sounds? *sigh*
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Disturbing Behavior-Ep 3.04
I loved this episode sooooooo much! There was a ton of really great stuff in it that I absolutely adored and some stuff that was so-so...but basically, it was pretty great. My thoughts on the different s/ls running throughout this awesome episode...
Stefan/Klaus/”I Wanna Make Hybrids!” s/l—I don’t really understand Klaus’s need to make more of himself b/c he’s lonely. He’s got his whole family daggered in some coffins and he’s wondering why nobody likes him. The hell? I get that he feels like he’s the only hybrid in the world…and…well, he is b/c his mom was apparently a faithless whore. Whatever, get over it. You’re a super cool hybrid thing! Have a little fun…why do you want a bunch of other yous running around stealing your thunder?! UNIQUE IS GOOD. Embrace it. Christ. You big baby.
And I get that Stefan is supposed to be all big and bad because he’s running around with Klaus feeding on human livestock…and I’m supposed to be all “Oooh! He’s bad now!” Except, he’s really not. The only reason he’s doing any of this is to save his brother and Elena. The only reason he’s staying with Klaus is because he promised him that he would. Really, show? He’s with Klaus, feeding on humans and trying to make hybrids b/c he said that he would. And I guess, Stefan never breaks his word? That’s noble and heroic and…not at all what Julie, Kevin and Paul sold me on what was going to happen this season. I want to see some mayhem! I want to see Stefan enjoying himself and, like, ripping people to shreds like I was promised! So far, Stefan is just…quippier. He quips a lot. I’m not impressed…yet. I fully expect to see some more Bad!Stefan after the next episode…where, hopefully, Stefan throws Elena into a wall to officially break up with her. Heh. That would be AWESOME.
Jeremy/Bonnie—Umm…he sees ghosts? Whatever. I like Anna a lot more now that she’s dead and interesting. I didn’t really have an opinion on her when she was alive, altho, I really felt for her towards the end of the season when Uncle Ass killed her for no fucking reason. That was annoying, so I’m glad that he’s dead. I’m glad that Jeremy told Bonnie that he was seeing his dead ex-girlfriends (altho, can you really call it a breakup when both of them died?) even tho I’m not so glad that Bonnie’s back. I hate her. I’ll get into my reasons for that when I start blogging episodes from S1 and S2. I’m mildly interested in what’s happening here, altho the s/l would be much more interesting if Bonnie wasn’t in it. Because I hate her. I would like to see more of Vicki, just b/c I really enjoyed Kayla Ewell from before, for no particular reason besides the fact that she was an original cast member who had a short shelf life.
Damon/Alaric—I always enjoyed their weird friendship until this episode. I get that Ric is now the Gilberts de facto guardian and he’s going to take that job seriously now…but I don’t really understand his dislike of the Damon/Elena friendship. Hell, I love the fact that he’s noticed that there is something there to notice, and I didn’t mind his “ you need to take a beat from Elena” thing b/c A)he looked SO uncomfortable saying it and B) HE NOTICED DELENA! THE BATTLE HAS BEGUN! WEEEEE! DELENAFTW! And I don’t even mind him being upset that Damon killed him again b/c seriously, Damon? You could have just punched him in the face or thrown him aside or whatever. Snapping his neck was a little extreme. What I do mind, however, is his big snotty “I’m gonna join the Watchers Council so I can look out for Team!Human b/c I’m mad at my best friend!”-crapfest he threw at the end of the episode. Look, Ric, you were perfectly okay with Damon killing you before, and that was before he even knew you had a magic ring! Damon made sure he was wearing his ring before he did anything, and I’m sure that he would have stuck to punching him out if he hadn’t been wearing the ring…otherwise, he wouldn’t have brought it up in the first place, or shown his concern when Alaric didn’t come back to life as quickly as he should have.
Damon--Speaking of which, I don’t understand everyone’s sudden “Damon is bad news, Elena. Beware…BEWAAAARRRE!” crap. Firstly, Damon has been perfectly fine for awhile now. About midseason2, Damon stopped having his existential crises, and became a full member of Team!Supernatural. He was the one that came up with plans that actually made sense (deciding not to trust Elijah’s shady elixir of life, realizing that stopping Klaus’s plans to kill the doppleganger was going to involve more than Elena’s plan of “A wing and a prayer”, being willing to sacrifice Bonnie to save THE REST OF THE TOWN, etc) and he’s been trying just as hard to get Stefan back from the NotReallyADarkside-side even tho he’s in love with his brother’s girl. He hasn’t fed on human livestock in like, forever. He’s actually been pretty damn stable…so everyone’s need to suddenly “handle” him makes no sense…and I’m glad he said something about it. He’s a goddamn grown-assed vampire! And he hasn’t done a goddamn vampire-y thing in a long time. He’s made some chili, made fun of Elena, and told her that hanging onto Stefan’s necklace proves that she’s not over a damn thing. That’s it. I’m glad he got a little pissed at his friends thinking that putting vervain in the town’s drinking water was a good idea. Hello! The people who drink water also donate blood, right? So if they are ingesting vervain laced water, that means they are donating vervain laced blood…HOW DO THEY EXPECT DAMON OR CAROLINE TO EAT?! Then there’s Tyler…who can taste the vervain…is he never supposed to drink coffee, or juice or tea again?!
Apparently…Team!Supernatural should just live on milk.
WTF.
Then, them getting all upset about him wanting to kill Bill. Okay…lets look at this as if it wasn’t Caroline’s father.
A man comes in to town and tortures the shit out of Caroline b/c he wants to “fix” her so that she’ll associate vampirism with pain. She’s rescued, but instead of killing him, Team!Supernatural decides to just compel him to leave town. Damon volunteers and attempts to compel said man to leave town. Said man is impervious to compulsion, goes to the Watcher’s Council meeting and Neeners everyone there about how he can’t be compelled, and if they don’t do what he wants them to do, he’s going to tell everyone that there are vampires and werewolves in town, causing said town to rise up and try to kill Caroline, Tyler and Damon. Maybe they’ll even go after those crazy Bennett witches while they’re at it.
In any other circumstance, Alaric, Elena, Jeremy and probably Bonnie, would be all “Hold the fucking phone…we can’t let that happen!”…but b/c the crazy man is Caroline’s father…suddenly he’s not a threat to the lives of Team!Supernatural?!
He tortured his own daughter for like, 2 days!
Secondly…Damon does not do blackmail. He just doesn’t. You don’t come to his town and act like you have the right to threaten him. It’s the same attitude he had with Uncle Ass, with Isobel, with Katherine and now with Caroline’s father. He will cut a bitch.
Why should it be okay for Damon to just allow himself to be threatened because it’s Caroline’s father and they all know him? It makes no sense, and I’m glad that Damon stood up for himself…and the other members of Team!Supernatural when he said that he was going to handle Bill.
Besides that, he A)had no intention of killing him, and B)wasn’t even that pissed off when Caroline got in his face about hurting her dad. I love how the fight between Caroline and Damon went down, since that was a huge worry I had—that in their effort to make Caroline all BAMF, they’d ignore the fact that Damon is stronger, older and more BAMF than Caroline could ever be. Which I don’t know why I was worried, since it was clear that Damon’s only interest was in teaching Bill a lesson, and he let Caroline have her little snit fit, since he wasn’t even that angry. Plus, when Caroline realized that Damon was about to get really angry…she grabbed her dad and got the hell out of Dodge. That whole thing made complete sense to me and I loved it. I don’t know why I doubt the writers of TVD…they never fail me. Not really. Sometimes superficially…but never really.
Katherine—is BAMF. The mother-fucking end.
Damon/Elena—I loved the opening scenes with them just getting along and teasing each other while making the horrible Gilbert Family chili. For awhile now, we’d heard from the actors that what Elena gets from Damon that she doesn’t get from Stefan is that he makes her smile. He may ruin her life occasionally, but he makes her smile and laugh, which is something that she needs after having to date the most boring vampire EVER.
I like Stefan…really, I do. I even liked him a lot when he and Elena first started dating…but he became such an sanctimonious bore after about the 12th episode of the first season. I’m tired of him acting like he’s sooo much better than Damon b/c he doesn’t drink human blood. Especially since these aren’t Twilight vampires where they have to drain their victims completely (I hate Twilight, btw.) He doesn’t have to live on bunny blood alone…he just can’t handle his liquor. And that’s lame. Really, really, really lame. Plus, like I stated before, Damon’s been drinking from blood bags for awhile now…and no one seems to go up in arms when Caroline drinks from a blood bag…orrr…accidentally kills some poor carney.
But I digress.
Anyways, I loved seeing their closeness, just like I loved seeing Elena drinking from Damon’s glass in The Birthday…mainly b/c of the familiarity between the two that it showed. He may be a dick to everyone else, but it’s these small moments between them where you see that Damon is really just a big softie. A crazy, impulsively violent softie.
I also loved the argument between the two after Damon let Caroline leave with her father (I firmly believe that he let her leave, since if Damon was seriously angry, he would have just followed them and then killed both of them.) b/c Damon’s right. This whole idea that Elena wants Damon to be a better vampire makes no sense. He already IS a good vampire. He doesn’t kill randomly anymore, he’s drinking blood from blood bags, he’s not randomly compelling people to do his bidding (unless Team!Supernatural ask him to), and he’s taking care of his brother girlfriend while said brother goes around murdering people up and down the eastern seaboard. He’s not going to act like he doesn’t enjoy human blood either, which is what everyone seems to think makes you “good”. Caroline enjoys human blood too, but no one’s telling her to be a better vampire. What everyone seems to want him to be is to be like Stefan, and mea culpa and beat his breast about his “curse” all goddamn day. And where’s the fucking fun in that?
Stefan forced this life on him (the vampire-ness) and Damon is a master of making the best of a bad situation, so I’m glad that he’s not apologetic on the fact that he’s a fucking vampire. No one’s asking Caroline to be upset about her vampire-ness. Everyone’s telling Tyler to just accept his werewolf curse and not deny “who he really is”. Hell, everyone wants Stefan to just stop killing random extras and come home…but Damon’s the one that needs to “get control of himself”? Fuck off, dudes. He’s fine.
It was an argument that was a long time coming, and I’m glad that it also led into Elena fessing up that she really wasn’t that upset with him b/c she’s got feelings for him. If she can overlook Stefan’s killing spree promise…she can overlook Damon’s quirks too. Hell, with TVD…the motto is “if everyone survives, all is forgiven.”
I call that a win, folks.
So…yeah…I really loved this episode a lot. There were a lot of surprises and a lot of really good moments that did my Delena-loving heart good. I love angst, so I can’t wait to see what happens next week with Damon out of town in Stefan and Klaus in town. I want to see some mayhem.
Nerd .5
Stefan/Klaus/”I Wanna Make Hybrids!” s/l—I don’t really understand Klaus’s need to make more of himself b/c he’s lonely. He’s got his whole family daggered in some coffins and he’s wondering why nobody likes him. The hell? I get that he feels like he’s the only hybrid in the world…and…well, he is b/c his mom was apparently a faithless whore. Whatever, get over it. You’re a super cool hybrid thing! Have a little fun…why do you want a bunch of other yous running around stealing your thunder?! UNIQUE IS GOOD. Embrace it. Christ. You big baby.
And I get that Stefan is supposed to be all big and bad because he’s running around with Klaus feeding on human livestock…and I’m supposed to be all “Oooh! He’s bad now!” Except, he’s really not. The only reason he’s doing any of this is to save his brother and Elena. The only reason he’s staying with Klaus is because he promised him that he would. Really, show? He’s with Klaus, feeding on humans and trying to make hybrids b/c he said that he would. And I guess, Stefan never breaks his word? That’s noble and heroic and…not at all what Julie, Kevin and Paul sold me on what was going to happen this season. I want to see some mayhem! I want to see Stefan enjoying himself and, like, ripping people to shreds like I was promised! So far, Stefan is just…quippier. He quips a lot. I’m not impressed…yet. I fully expect to see some more Bad!Stefan after the next episode…where, hopefully, Stefan throws Elena into a wall to officially break up with her. Heh. That would be AWESOME.
Jeremy/Bonnie—Umm…he sees ghosts? Whatever. I like Anna a lot more now that she’s dead and interesting. I didn’t really have an opinion on her when she was alive, altho, I really felt for her towards the end of the season when Uncle Ass killed her for no fucking reason. That was annoying, so I’m glad that he’s dead. I’m glad that Jeremy told Bonnie that he was seeing his dead ex-girlfriends (altho, can you really call it a breakup when both of them died?) even tho I’m not so glad that Bonnie’s back. I hate her. I’ll get into my reasons for that when I start blogging episodes from S1 and S2. I’m mildly interested in what’s happening here, altho the s/l would be much more interesting if Bonnie wasn’t in it. Because I hate her. I would like to see more of Vicki, just b/c I really enjoyed Kayla Ewell from before, for no particular reason besides the fact that she was an original cast member who had a short shelf life.
Damon/Alaric—I always enjoyed their weird friendship until this episode. I get that Ric is now the Gilberts de facto guardian and he’s going to take that job seriously now…but I don’t really understand his dislike of the Damon/Elena friendship. Hell, I love the fact that he’s noticed that there is something there to notice, and I didn’t mind his “ you need to take a beat from Elena” thing b/c A)he looked SO uncomfortable saying it and B) HE NOTICED DELENA! THE BATTLE HAS BEGUN! WEEEEE! DELENAFTW! And I don’t even mind him being upset that Damon killed him again b/c seriously, Damon? You could have just punched him in the face or thrown him aside or whatever. Snapping his neck was a little extreme. What I do mind, however, is his big snotty “I’m gonna join the Watchers Council so I can look out for Team!Human b/c I’m mad at my best friend!”-crapfest he threw at the end of the episode. Look, Ric, you were perfectly okay with Damon killing you before, and that was before he even knew you had a magic ring! Damon made sure he was wearing his ring before he did anything, and I’m sure that he would have stuck to punching him out if he hadn’t been wearing the ring…otherwise, he wouldn’t have brought it up in the first place, or shown his concern when Alaric didn’t come back to life as quickly as he should have.
Damon--Speaking of which, I don’t understand everyone’s sudden “Damon is bad news, Elena. Beware…BEWAAAARRRE!” crap. Firstly, Damon has been perfectly fine for awhile now. About midseason2, Damon stopped having his existential crises, and became a full member of Team!Supernatural. He was the one that came up with plans that actually made sense (deciding not to trust Elijah’s shady elixir of life, realizing that stopping Klaus’s plans to kill the doppleganger was going to involve more than Elena’s plan of “A wing and a prayer”, being willing to sacrifice Bonnie to save THE REST OF THE TOWN, etc) and he’s been trying just as hard to get Stefan back from the NotReallyADarkside-side even tho he’s in love with his brother’s girl. He hasn’t fed on human livestock in like, forever. He’s actually been pretty damn stable…so everyone’s need to suddenly “handle” him makes no sense…and I’m glad he said something about it. He’s a goddamn grown-assed vampire! And he hasn’t done a goddamn vampire-y thing in a long time. He’s made some chili, made fun of Elena, and told her that hanging onto Stefan’s necklace proves that she’s not over a damn thing. That’s it. I’m glad he got a little pissed at his friends thinking that putting vervain in the town’s drinking water was a good idea. Hello! The people who drink water also donate blood, right? So if they are ingesting vervain laced water, that means they are donating vervain laced blood…HOW DO THEY EXPECT DAMON OR CAROLINE TO EAT?! Then there’s Tyler…who can taste the vervain…is he never supposed to drink coffee, or juice or tea again?!
Apparently…Team!Supernatural should just live on milk.
WTF.
Then, them getting all upset about him wanting to kill Bill. Okay…lets look at this as if it wasn’t Caroline’s father.
A man comes in to town and tortures the shit out of Caroline b/c he wants to “fix” her so that she’ll associate vampirism with pain. She’s rescued, but instead of killing him, Team!Supernatural decides to just compel him to leave town. Damon volunteers and attempts to compel said man to leave town. Said man is impervious to compulsion, goes to the Watcher’s Council meeting and Neeners everyone there about how he can’t be compelled, and if they don’t do what he wants them to do, he’s going to tell everyone that there are vampires and werewolves in town, causing said town to rise up and try to kill Caroline, Tyler and Damon. Maybe they’ll even go after those crazy Bennett witches while they’re at it.
In any other circumstance, Alaric, Elena, Jeremy and probably Bonnie, would be all “Hold the fucking phone…we can’t let that happen!”…but b/c the crazy man is Caroline’s father…suddenly he’s not a threat to the lives of Team!Supernatural?!
He tortured his own daughter for like, 2 days!
Secondly…Damon does not do blackmail. He just doesn’t. You don’t come to his town and act like you have the right to threaten him. It’s the same attitude he had with Uncle Ass, with Isobel, with Katherine and now with Caroline’s father. He will cut a bitch.
Why should it be okay for Damon to just allow himself to be threatened because it’s Caroline’s father and they all know him? It makes no sense, and I’m glad that Damon stood up for himself…and the other members of Team!Supernatural when he said that he was going to handle Bill.
Besides that, he A)had no intention of killing him, and B)wasn’t even that pissed off when Caroline got in his face about hurting her dad. I love how the fight between Caroline and Damon went down, since that was a huge worry I had—that in their effort to make Caroline all BAMF, they’d ignore the fact that Damon is stronger, older and more BAMF than Caroline could ever be. Which I don’t know why I was worried, since it was clear that Damon’s only interest was in teaching Bill a lesson, and he let Caroline have her little snit fit, since he wasn’t even that angry. Plus, when Caroline realized that Damon was about to get really angry…she grabbed her dad and got the hell out of Dodge. That whole thing made complete sense to me and I loved it. I don’t know why I doubt the writers of TVD…they never fail me. Not really. Sometimes superficially…but never really.
Katherine—is BAMF. The mother-fucking end.
Damon/Elena—I loved the opening scenes with them just getting along and teasing each other while making the horrible Gilbert Family chili. For awhile now, we’d heard from the actors that what Elena gets from Damon that she doesn’t get from Stefan is that he makes her smile. He may ruin her life occasionally, but he makes her smile and laugh, which is something that she needs after having to date the most boring vampire EVER.
I like Stefan…really, I do. I even liked him a lot when he and Elena first started dating…but he became such an sanctimonious bore after about the 12th episode of the first season. I’m tired of him acting like he’s sooo much better than Damon b/c he doesn’t drink human blood. Especially since these aren’t Twilight vampires where they have to drain their victims completely (I hate Twilight, btw.) He doesn’t have to live on bunny blood alone…he just can’t handle his liquor. And that’s lame. Really, really, really lame. Plus, like I stated before, Damon’s been drinking from blood bags for awhile now…and no one seems to go up in arms when Caroline drinks from a blood bag…orrr…accidentally kills some poor carney.
But I digress.
Anyways, I loved seeing their closeness, just like I loved seeing Elena drinking from Damon’s glass in The Birthday…mainly b/c of the familiarity between the two that it showed. He may be a dick to everyone else, but it’s these small moments between them where you see that Damon is really just a big softie. A crazy, impulsively violent softie.
I also loved the argument between the two after Damon let Caroline leave with her father (I firmly believe that he let her leave, since if Damon was seriously angry, he would have just followed them and then killed both of them.) b/c Damon’s right. This whole idea that Elena wants Damon to be a better vampire makes no sense. He already IS a good vampire. He doesn’t kill randomly anymore, he’s drinking blood from blood bags, he’s not randomly compelling people to do his bidding (unless Team!Supernatural ask him to), and he’s taking care of his brother girlfriend while said brother goes around murdering people up and down the eastern seaboard. He’s not going to act like he doesn’t enjoy human blood either, which is what everyone seems to think makes you “good”. Caroline enjoys human blood too, but no one’s telling her to be a better vampire. What everyone seems to want him to be is to be like Stefan, and mea culpa and beat his breast about his “curse” all goddamn day. And where’s the fucking fun in that?
Stefan forced this life on him (the vampire-ness) and Damon is a master of making the best of a bad situation, so I’m glad that he’s not apologetic on the fact that he’s a fucking vampire. No one’s asking Caroline to be upset about her vampire-ness. Everyone’s telling Tyler to just accept his werewolf curse and not deny “who he really is”. Hell, everyone wants Stefan to just stop killing random extras and come home…but Damon’s the one that needs to “get control of himself”? Fuck off, dudes. He’s fine.
It was an argument that was a long time coming, and I’m glad that it also led into Elena fessing up that she really wasn’t that upset with him b/c she’s got feelings for him. If she can overlook Stefan’s killing spree promise…she can overlook Damon’s quirks too. Hell, with TVD…the motto is “if everyone survives, all is forgiven.”
I call that a win, folks.
So…yeah…I really loved this episode a lot. There were a lot of surprises and a lot of really good moments that did my Delena-loving heart good. I love angst, so I can’t wait to see what happens next week with Damon out of town in Stefan and Klaus in town. I want to see some mayhem.
Nerd .5
An Intro...
Sooo…After much prodding by the Other Nerd…I have decided to finally buckle down and write a blog. I mean, we’ve had this space for like, a year or something, and after the initial new-ness wore off (aka, we got bored) it just kind of languished in the ether. That didn’t stop us from constantly calling each other to blog verbally about whatever, with frequent “We should write this down!”/”I’m gonna blog this!” exclaimed in the silent moments before we inevitably began ranting about something else.
Plus, I was a little annoyed that the Other Nerd started a book blog and didn’t tell me anything about it. If she can blog about books…I can blog about TV.
And Finally…FINALLY…I have decided to do just that. My current passion right now? The Vampire Diaries.
First…let’s get this out of the way. Does TVD cater to my age demographic? Probably not…I’m very much not a teen or in my early twenties. HOWEVER…I am a Buffy: The Vampire Slayer fan from back in the day--before vampires were trendy (Thank you, AMC writers for that SMG line. And if you know who SMG is…we are going to get along FAMOUSLY). And I do appreciate Pretty. And there are some very, very, very Pretty people on TVD. Also…I don’t act a day over 22…so that might also have something to do with it.
Secondly…lemme put my TVD fan-ness in its proper order. I am Team!Damon first and foremost. Followed by Team!Delena (Damon/Elena shipper ALL THE WAY) then Team!Supernatural (not the show, altho I do love that too…sooo much Pretty to enjoy) Team!Elena and lastly Team!TVD. What does this mean for you, the reader?
Team!Damon: I love him. I usually think he’s right…and if not right…then he’s got the right idea. This doesn’t mean that I won’t call him out on his wacky, crazy shit…but most likely, I will either let it slide, or I’ll get over it. Usually with a chuckle and and an “Oh, Damon, you wacky, crazy shithead!” and a knee slap.
Team!Delena: I want them together. Yes, he’s a crazy wacked out vampire. Yes, she’s a human in love with his brother blah. I don’t care. I want them together. The end. Period. Over.
Team!Supernatural: I care about what happens to all the supernatural characters, as long as it doesn’t conflict with Team!Damon or Team!Delena. Caroline, Stefan, Tyler, Jeremy and Bonnie (whom I LOATHE) will always be more interesting to me then Team!Human. That means if Team!Supenatural has a run in with Team!Human…I want Team!Human to die. Matt, Alaric and whomever else is still human on this show will not have a cheerleader in me. I don’t care about Matt’s boring problems about his boring normal life. Alaric is only interesting so long as he’s got his Eternity Ring and doesn’t conflict with Team!Damon, Team!Delena or Team!Supernatural.
Team!Elena: Often, she acts like an idiot. I love her anyway. Also, she is part of Team!Delena…so there is that.
Team!TVD: I love this show. I love the writers, I love the characters, I love the subject matter, I love the silly title card, I even love to hate the stupid voice-overs that they thankfully got rid of in the first season. All of the characters are morally ambiguous and do heinous, thoughtless, ridiculous things all the time. I don’t care. When I decided to watch this show, I knew what I was in for, and I hung my “That would never happen in the Real World!”-cap at the door. Mainly, b/c…hello…it’s a show about VAMPIRES with witches (not the Wicca kind) and werewolves. It was pretty clear from the get that this show would be operating under a different set of laws than normal.
Soo…now that we’ve gotten that out of the way…what will this blog be about? My thoughts on the show…not a review, b/c lord knows there are enough of those, just my thoughts on the latest episode from a Team!Damon/Team!TVD perspective. I thought about putting my thoughts out there on the plethora of other boards dedicated to the same thing, but then I realized A)I only really care about my opinion and B)Good Lord, if people hate the actions of the characters sooo much that all they do is rip into the show and the characters why the hell are they watching TVD in the first place? I love TVD, I think it’s better than all the reality bullshit that’s out there, and I’m not afraid or too cool to admit it. Obviously, there will be episodes that I’ll love more than others, and obviously, I’m biased on who I want the show to focus on, but I can also be objective when I want to be…and this blog will have plenty of that.
Also…I swear. A lot. So if your eyes are sensitive to that kind of thing…this is not the blog for you.
Soo…if you’re still with me after that lengthy introduction…let's get to it...
Plus, I was a little annoyed that the Other Nerd started a book blog and didn’t tell me anything about it. If she can blog about books…I can blog about TV.
And Finally…FINALLY…I have decided to do just that. My current passion right now? The Vampire Diaries.
First…let’s get this out of the way. Does TVD cater to my age demographic? Probably not…I’m very much not a teen or in my early twenties. HOWEVER…I am a Buffy: The Vampire Slayer fan from back in the day--before vampires were trendy (Thank you, AMC writers for that SMG line. And if you know who SMG is…we are going to get along FAMOUSLY). And I do appreciate Pretty. And there are some very, very, very Pretty people on TVD. Also…I don’t act a day over 22…so that might also have something to do with it.
Secondly…lemme put my TVD fan-ness in its proper order. I am Team!Damon first and foremost. Followed by Team!Delena (Damon/Elena shipper ALL THE WAY) then Team!Supernatural (not the show, altho I do love that too…sooo much Pretty to enjoy) Team!Elena and lastly Team!TVD. What does this mean for you, the reader?
Team!Damon: I love him. I usually think he’s right…and if not right…then he’s got the right idea. This doesn’t mean that I won’t call him out on his wacky, crazy shit…but most likely, I will either let it slide, or I’ll get over it. Usually with a chuckle and and an “Oh, Damon, you wacky, crazy shithead!” and a knee slap.
Team!Delena: I want them together. Yes, he’s a crazy wacked out vampire. Yes, she’s a human in love with his brother blah. I don’t care. I want them together. The end. Period. Over.
Team!Supernatural: I care about what happens to all the supernatural characters, as long as it doesn’t conflict with Team!Damon or Team!Delena. Caroline, Stefan, Tyler, Jeremy and Bonnie (whom I LOATHE) will always be more interesting to me then Team!Human. That means if Team!Supenatural has a run in with Team!Human…I want Team!Human to die. Matt, Alaric and whomever else is still human on this show will not have a cheerleader in me. I don’t care about Matt’s boring problems about his boring normal life. Alaric is only interesting so long as he’s got his Eternity Ring and doesn’t conflict with Team!Damon, Team!Delena or Team!Supernatural.
Team!Elena: Often, she acts like an idiot. I love her anyway. Also, she is part of Team!Delena…so there is that.
Team!TVD: I love this show. I love the writers, I love the characters, I love the subject matter, I love the silly title card, I even love to hate the stupid voice-overs that they thankfully got rid of in the first season. All of the characters are morally ambiguous and do heinous, thoughtless, ridiculous things all the time. I don’t care. When I decided to watch this show, I knew what I was in for, and I hung my “That would never happen in the Real World!”-cap at the door. Mainly, b/c…hello…it’s a show about VAMPIRES with witches (not the Wicca kind) and werewolves. It was pretty clear from the get that this show would be operating under a different set of laws than normal.
Soo…now that we’ve gotten that out of the way…what will this blog be about? My thoughts on the show…not a review, b/c lord knows there are enough of those, just my thoughts on the latest episode from a Team!Damon/Team!TVD perspective. I thought about putting my thoughts out there on the plethora of other boards dedicated to the same thing, but then I realized A)I only really care about my opinion and B)Good Lord, if people hate the actions of the characters sooo much that all they do is rip into the show and the characters why the hell are they watching TVD in the first place? I love TVD, I think it’s better than all the reality bullshit that’s out there, and I’m not afraid or too cool to admit it. Obviously, there will be episodes that I’ll love more than others, and obviously, I’m biased on who I want the show to focus on, but I can also be objective when I want to be…and this blog will have plenty of that.
Also…I swear. A lot. So if your eyes are sensitive to that kind of thing…this is not the blog for you.
Soo…if you’re still with me after that lengthy introduction…let's get to it...
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