If we don't get Damon/Elena as a couple sometime in the next season, I'm going to seriously doubt the writing team's sanity.
I'm sure it'll happen. But - unpopular opinion - I'm also pretty sure it'll never happen in a ~legitimate way. We're going to question Elena's feelings for Damon up to the end of the show (and probably beyond). They'll never be a true official couple like she and Stefan, because… that's not really what they are. D/E is something that's inevitable, but also impossible. I DON'T CALL THEM DOOMED FOR NOTHING, LOL.
I think it's entirely possible that you're right...but I'd really love to actually see Damon and Elena as a couple, I think it would be fascinating (and also brutally hot).
It's weird, I think because the show is about a love triangle, and Stefan and Elena were together so solidly for so long, part of me feels like I'm just waiting for the same thing to happen to Damon and Elena, the other side of the triangle. Like I'm using Stefan/Elena as an example of how the show does a main couple?
But maybe you're right, and Damon/Elena will just be another ballgame altogether. Hmm...things to ponder :)
Hopefully, if tech week doesn't kill me, I'll be able to soon post my Elijah thoughts, my Elena/Elijah thoughts, my Elena/Matt thoughts, and my Elena & Jeremy thoughts, all of which there are many.
I look forward to this. :3
One final thought...Elijah TOTALLY showed up to the Gilbert house earlier, saw Elena being loaded into the ambulance, followed them to the hospital, lurked around to see what was up, and then gave Meredith some of his blood to heal Elena with (Meredith was out of her usual stash). HEAD CANON FOREVER.
If we don't get Damon/Elena as a couple sometime in the next season, I'm going to seriously doubt the writing team's sanity. If they really think the best narrative choice is Stefan/Elena for the entire run of the show, with Damon/Elena UST building and building with no payoff (i.e. coupledom) ever?
Yeah, I really can't buy the triangle if we don't give Damon/Elena a real run. It needs to be more than UST that goes nowhere. I would like her to be with Damon for a season or two, just because, no matter what happens in the end.
But once I thought about it, and once I rewatched the episode without the tension of THE CHOICE hanging over my head, I'm weirdly ok with it. I think the Elena in my head was further along the path of self discovery than the real Elena is. Elena loves Damon, and is in love with him, but she's not ready. And she still loves Stefan, will probably always love him, and until she's ready, he'll be her choice. If the PTB hadn't vamped Elena, I'd probably be singing a different tune
My friend who watched the last 11 eps all in a row hadn't had all the press about the "choice" that she was very happy with her choosing Stefan because Elena isn't ready. It wasn't hanging over her expectation of the episode. For me, I realized the same thing you did -- the Elena in my head was further along the path of self discovery than the real Elena is.
I will say this. If we don't get Damon/Elena as a couple sometime in the next season, I'm going to seriously doubt the writing team's sanity. If they really think the best narrative choice is Stefan/Elena
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I'm thinking now that we'll see S/E mostly together-ish during the first half of the season with D/E moments -- rather like we saw D/E together-ish (although, way less than S/E ever have been) in the first half of season 03. Then the second half, which showed Elena pulling back from Damon leading to her choice of Stefan at the end of season 04 be somewhat reversed leading to her choosing Damon at the end of season 04 with D/E being the couple in the last two seasons.
THIS. I soooo want this. I really hope you're right :) Equality in the triangle FTW!
RE: Vampblood in Elena's system -- I don't think they would have made such a big deal out of Meredith forcefully removing Damon's blood for healing, if it wasn't his blood that healed her. (Plus, it has such a beautiful symmetry that it's Damon blood that turns her, but in a way that puts absolutely zero blame on him.)Good point, and ooh, I love the symmetry of this. I don't really expect it to be Elijah's blood, I just thought it would be cool if it was. I am deeply curious about
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I'm sure it'll happen. But - unpopular opinion - I'm also pretty sure it'll never happen in a ~legitimate way. We're going to question Elena's feelings for Damon up to the end of the show (and probably beyond). They'll never be a true official couple like she and Stefan, because… that's not really what they are. D/E is something that's inevitable, but also impossible. I DON'T CALL THEM DOOMED FOR NOTHING, LOL.
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It's weird, I think because the show is about a love triangle, and Stefan and Elena were together so solidly for so long, part of me feels like I'm just waiting for the same thing to happen to Damon and Elena, the other side of the triangle. Like I'm using Stefan/Elena as an example of how the show does a main couple?
But maybe you're right, and Damon/Elena will just be another ballgame altogether. Hmm...things to ponder :)
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I look forward to this. :3
One final thought...Elijah TOTALLY showed up to the Gilbert house earlier, saw Elena being loaded into the ambulance, followed them to the hospital, lurked around to see what was up, and then gave Meredith some of his blood to heal Elena with (Meredith was out of her usual stash). HEAD CANON FOREVER.
I would have loved this.
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Yeah, I really can't buy the triangle if we don't give Damon/Elena a real run. It needs to be more than UST that goes nowhere. I would like her to be with Damon for a season or two, just because, no matter what happens in the end.
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My friend who watched the last 11 eps all in a row hadn't had all the press about the "choice" that she was very happy with her choosing Stefan because Elena isn't ready. It wasn't hanging over her expectation of the episode. For me, I realized the same thing you did -- the Elena in my head was further along the path of self discovery than the real Elena is.
I will say this. If we don't get Damon/Elena as a couple sometime in the next season, I'm going to seriously doubt the writing team's sanity. If they really think the best narrative choice is Stefan/Elena ( ... )
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THIS. I soooo want this. I really hope you're right :) Equality in the triangle FTW!
RE: Vampblood in Elena's system -- I don't think they would have made such a big deal out of Meredith forcefully removing Damon's blood for healing, if it wasn't his blood that healed her. (Plus, it has such a beautiful symmetry that it's Damon blood that turns her, but in a way that puts absolutely zero blame on him.)Good point, and ooh, I love the symmetry of this. I don't really expect it to be Elijah's blood, I just thought it would be cool if it was. I am deeply curious about ( ... )
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