Title: Darling, I Want to Destroy You
Author:kieyra
Fandom: Vampire Diaries (TV)
Rating: R
Pairing: Damon/Elena
Summary: Anything is possible when your eyes are open.
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I mean, if it wasn't enough that your Damon voice is so perfect I can hear Ian in my head, that would be enough, but the plot, and the introduction of this new character, Elizabeth, whom I love....*sigh*
GAH. I'm just twitterpated.
A few of my favorite lines: Even now, on dull nights, he trolled paranormal-interest forums for hours, mercilessly toying with the true believers.
OMG, of course Damon would do that!
Damon held up his palms in the universal gesture of please-don't-kill me. "Hi. My name's Damon." The woman didn't blink. "Uh," he ventured, "I come in peace?"
He smiled fetchingly. Habit.
She matched his grin. "Sweetheart. You probably don't want to be making Bambi eyes at me."
I fell in love with Elizabeth right there.
He shrugged, then gave her a mock salute, one finger at his temple, and vanished into the dark.
About thirty seconds later, he remembered he had driven to Hever.
I love that he's all scattered--this is just so perfect, I can't even tell you how much I love it.
Thank *you* for saving me from the 'what if no one reads it!?' initial-posting terror (and I'm years out of the game), and for taking the time to write such lovely and detailed feedback.
I recced you at my journal and at het_reccers, so if more people don't read it's just because your name is new. You should cross post at damon_elena, I mean I would if I'd written a D/E piece. :D
Thanks again. I did just get approved at damon_elena but my first attempt at submitting the story got kicked back for bad tags. I need to try to find their posting guidelines to figure out what I did wrong (I only got a two word rejection so I'm not sure yet). Anyway, thanks for the rec also!
And thanks for the comment on Elizabeth. That was my first time ever inserting any significant original character into fanfic, and it's always felt...sacreligious?...to me, but what had been intended as a very short scene sort of blossomed into one whole half of the story. And what I intended as a pretty stereotypical witchy character took on a few more dimensions in my head. I was concerned people might resent the intrusion of a non-verse character, or find her annoying, especially since she did kind of enjoy tormenting Damon. :)
This was deliciously twisted. I'm not totally convinced with how happy the fic ended up, but I love the process Damon went through to get one night with Elena. It was totally something he'd do.
You know--I'm not totally convinced either, because my original idea was darker and more final (as per the AN), but it got away from me somewhere along the line. Some kind of internal optimism I didn't manage to squash. :) I've done non-happy-ending before and this felt like it was supposed to be one, but...there you go. Also, would Elena *really* forgive Damon for he did with the spell, if she had any inkling? I don't have a good enough handle on these characters (or the show) to have a good opinion yet. She's forgiven him an awful lot but for a lot of people that would easily fall under the R-word.
Also, would Elena *really* forgive Damon for he did with the spell, if she had any inkling? I don't have a good enough handle on these characters (or the show) to have a good opinion yet. She's forgiven him an awful lot but for a lot of people that would easily fall under the R-word.
First of all, no, I don't think Elena would forgive him for having sex with her while pretending to Stefan. However, despite Elena knowing, Damon BELIEVED she didn't. So while Elena wasn't raped because she knew who she was having sex with, I would argue that Damon is still a rapist because he had sex with Elena when to the best of his knowledge, she didn't give informed consent.
So I find this fic's HEA more disturbing and less enjoyable than if Elena hadn't known and not forgiven Damon for what he did.
I think I'm going to write off my perhaps-misstep to the fact that I honestly don't see how the show is going to get them together at this point anyway. This is the first time I've tried to write for a ship quite that tangled. (Unrequited yes, 'just tried to kill her brother', no.) So I think I seized on my idea to get them together and then overreached and lost a bit of whatever organic feel I might have achieved. (I've hesitated to mention this, but I'm generally not a fan of the bad-boy archetype so writing it was a dual challenge to myself.) But I'm going to stop making excuses now, because it was enjoyable to write
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I mean, if it wasn't enough that your Damon voice is so perfect I can hear Ian in my head, that would be enough, but the plot, and the introduction of this new character, Elizabeth, whom I love....*sigh*
GAH. I'm just twitterpated.
A few of my favorite lines:
Even now, on dull nights, he trolled paranormal-interest forums for hours, mercilessly toying with the true believers.
OMG, of course Damon would do that!
Damon held up his palms in the universal gesture of please-don't-kill me. "Hi. My name's Damon." The woman didn't blink. "Uh," he ventured, "I come in peace?"
He smiled fetchingly. Habit.
She matched his grin. "Sweetheart. You probably don't want to be making Bambi eyes at me."
I fell in love with Elizabeth right there.
He shrugged, then gave her a mock salute, one finger at his temple, and vanished into the dark.
About thirty seconds later, he remembered he had driven to Hever.
I love that he's all scattered--this is just so perfect, I can't even tell you how much I love it.
Damon ( ... )
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I'd love to read more from you, for sure.
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Elizabeth is awesome! I love that she helped Damon but also gave Elena a heads-up. Informed decisions and all that.
And the ending is perfect. I was worried it would all go to hell, so that hope that Damon has at the end gives me the warm fuzzies :)
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And thanks for the comment on Elizabeth. That was my first time ever inserting any significant original character into fanfic, and it's always felt...sacreligious?...to me, but what had been intended as a very short scene sort of blossomed into one whole half of the story. And what I intended as a pretty stereotypical witchy character took on a few more dimensions in my head. I was concerned people might resent the intrusion of a non-verse character, or find her annoying, especially since she did kind of enjoy tormenting Damon. :)
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You know--I'm not totally convinced either, because my original idea was darker and more final (as per the AN), but it got away from me somewhere along the line. Some kind of internal optimism I didn't manage to squash. :) I've done non-happy-ending before and this felt like it was supposed to be one, but...there you go. Also, would Elena *really* forgive Damon for he did with the spell, if she had any inkling? I don't have a good enough handle on these characters (or the show) to have a good opinion yet. She's forgiven him an awful lot but for a lot of people that would easily fall under the R-word.
Anyway, thanks, you've given me stuff to ponder.
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First of all, no, I don't think Elena would forgive him for having sex with her while pretending to Stefan. However, despite Elena knowing, Damon BELIEVED she didn't. So while Elena wasn't raped because she knew who she was having sex with, I would argue that Damon is still a rapist because he had sex with Elena when to the best of his knowledge, she didn't give informed consent.
So I find this fic's HEA more disturbing and less enjoyable than if Elena hadn't known and not forgiven Damon for what he did.
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