you're new to the game (but i'm not) - klaus/katherine/damon(/isobel) meta + mix
This started out as me trying to make a Katherine/Damon mix after the last episode to sort out my thoughts and feelings. The song that started this mix... isn't even on it. Nope. And this is not the mix/meta I was trying to make. Good job, self. Let's go!
But here, Klaus/Katherine/Damon(/Isobel) meta post and mix.
Klaus/Katherine/Damon(/Isobel).
I really love they way the show keeps playing with parallels in general, but I especially love the subtle parallels between these four and the relationships they have with each other. I've seen a lot of people complaining that Klaus isn't "big bad" material, he seems to be a one-not character running around causing destruction and wreaking havoc because he can.
I look at him and see the vampire Katherine, Damon, and Isobel (RIP T___T) could be.
Now for the circle:
Human Katherine was a smart, clever, lovestruck girl. Her conversation with Elijah about love is so far from the Katherine we see today. She was innocent, sweet, obviously very taken with Elijah but moreso with Klaus. And Klaus took that sweet, innocent girl and destroyed her. He killed her family, he hunted her for five hundred years, he turned her into him. Now, Katherine doesn't love with all her heart anymore. Katherine was taught to look out for herself as number one, screw the collateral damage.
Katherine became a less intense, less manic version of Klaus. We see that Klaus has a million backup plans for the Sacrifice. Earlier this season, we saw that Katherine always has a Plan B... and C D E etc. Katherine learned how to be a vampire from what she saw of Klaus and she took that and combined it with the cleverness she had and the betrayal and fear she felt, added in a huge dose of self-preservation, and became the Katherine Pierce we know and love today.
In 1864, Damon was a sweet, innocent, lovestruck boy. He loved Katherine with everything in him. Even after finding out her secret, he would still move mountains for her to get what she wanted. He put all of his faith in her, who she was, what she wanted. He was killed, didn't want to turn, turned anyway thanks to Stefan. Damon felt betrayed by his brother, hurt by the fact that Katherine hadn't wanted just him, and so he became her. Damon doesn't have the self-preservation that Katherine has, he's defined by the person he loves. He's hardened into a lesser version of Katherine by the constant betrayal he feels.
Damon then turned Isobel who is like Katherine in her singlemindedness and her backup plans and her self-preservation. We don't know much more about Isobel but we DO KNOW that Isobel loved her daughter and she loved Alaric and she loved Katherine.
Given time, given circumstances, given no Stefan Salvatore and no Elena Gilbert respectively, Katherine and Damon could have become Klaus. Klaus has all of the same "evil" traits that they possess, rapier wit, no guilt, a need to be appreciated, but magnified tenfold. And he has no humanity. He never loved Katherine like Elijah did therefore he didn't have a Stefan or an Elena. His human ties? Became vampires with him. Elijah encouraged him to break the curse for himself. Klaus is not a balanced character because he is not a balanced person. He's not as detached and cool as Elijah because he still cares. He cares about himself first and foremost and he cares what others think of him because he thrives on that. He is the Disney villain who has been around for thousands of years and will not. be. stopped. He must amuse himself by playing games with those he deems beneath him (ie everyone) because he's immortal and he doesn't care about one specific person.
Katherine and Damon were saved (in varying degrees) because they were young enough when they formed a connection to someone. Katherine to Stefan (and Damon, even if she won't admit it). Damon to Stefan and Elena and Alaric and to a lesser degree Caroline, Bonnie, Jeremy, Jenna, etc. Klaus just doesn't care about anyone but himself and so he started, unwittingly, this chain of corruption and destruction that has spanned centuries.
This mix is basically me sorting out the parallels and the strange relationship that the makers have with those they have made (Klaus to Katherine, Katherine to Damon, Damon to Isobel).
And so, after that longwindedness I didn't even know I had in me, have a mix!
you're new to the game (but i'm not) - a klaus/katherine/damon(/isobel) meta mix
eyes on fire // blue foundation
klaus to katherine, katherine to damon, damon to isobel
i seek you out, flay you alive,
one more word and you won't survive,
and i'm not scared of your stolen power,
see right through you any hour
i won't soothe your pain,
i won't ease your strain,
you'll be waiting in vain,
i've got nothing for you to gain.
black black heart // david usher
katherine to klaus, damon to katherine
something ugly this way comes
through my fingers sliding inside
all these blessings, all these burns
i'm godless underneath your cover.
search for pleasure search for pain
in this world now I am undying
i unfurl my flag my nation helpless.
as I begin to lose my grip
on these realities you're sending.
taste your mind and taste your sex,
i'm naked underneath your cover
covers lie and we will bend and borrow
with the coming sign
the tide will take, the sea will rise, and time will rape
judas // cage the elephant
klaus
it's your dream to be the king of all creation
as far as i'm concerned you hung your shadow on the wall.
and though your fingers never really pulled the trigger,
your hands are just as guilty, you're the one who brought the blood.
again you lash out to hush the ones who know
'cause they're the ones that you fear most
and it's called damage control
well, let me break it down for ya
howl // florence + the machine
damon to katherine, klaus to katherine
now there's no rolling back, i'm aching to attack,
my blood is singing with your voice, i want to pour it out.
the saints can't help me now, the ropes have been unbound,
i hunt for you with bloodied feet across the hallowed ground.
like some child possessed, the beast howls in my veins.
i want to find you and tear out all of your tenderness.
i am a wicked child // radiohead
damon to elena, katherine to stefan
i am the devil's son and
i wish i could be good for you
i walk a crooked mile
but i wish i could be good
i wish I could be good
love's not a competition (but i'm winning) // paramore
klaus to katherine, katherine to damon, damon to isobel
love's not a competition
but I'm winning
love's not a competition
but I'm winning
or at least I thought I was
but there's no way of knowing
at least I thought I was
but there's no way of knowing
you know what it's like
when you're new to the game
but i'm notevery me every you // placebo
klaus to katherine, katherine to damon, damon to isobel
in the shape of things to come.
too much poison come undone.
like the naked leads the blind.
i know i'm selfish, i'm unkind.
sucker love i always find,
someone to bruise and leave behind.
all alone in space and time.
there's nothing here but what's here's mine.
something borrowed, something blue,
every me and every you.
stripped // shiny toy guns
klaus to katherine, katherine to damon
come with me
into the trees
we'll lay on the grass
and let the hours pass
take my hand
come back to the land
let's get away
just for one day
let me see you
stripped down to the bone
let me hear you crying just for me
liar (it takes one to know one) - taking back sunday
all
all our secrets they are tailored trouble
draped loose now around your hips
your spotless instincts are valid
we co-exist
i'm an addict for dramatics
i confuse the two for love
you can't tell me that you don't beg
liar (liar)
if we're keeping score
then we're all choir boys at best
(intrusive and arrogant)
rolling in on a burning tire - the dead weather
klaus (all)
the moon is always full for us
the road is always clear
that's not what you want to hear
one is born so one can die
you must wait a real long time
that's more you can bear
and the days will come and go
and the band will march along
'til the day you cast a shadow
that looks nothing like your own
rolling in on a burning tire
you're gonna set my house on fire
just to show me you were there
well i was raised up like a snake
you were raised to leave me bait
i always always take
bonus - ain't no rest for the wicked (because, basically, this is the unholy square's song)
But here, Klaus/Katherine/Damon(/Isobel) meta post and mix.
Klaus/Katherine/Damon(/Isobel).
I really love they way the show keeps playing with parallels in general, but I especially love the subtle parallels between these four and the relationships they have with each other. I've seen a lot of people complaining that Klaus isn't "big bad" material, he seems to be a one-not character running around causing destruction and wreaking havoc because he can.
I look at him and see the vampire Katherine, Damon, and Isobel (RIP T___T) could be.
Now for the circle:
Human Katherine was a smart, clever, lovestruck girl. Her conversation with Elijah about love is so far from the Katherine we see today. She was innocent, sweet, obviously very taken with Elijah but moreso with Klaus. And Klaus took that sweet, innocent girl and destroyed her. He killed her family, he hunted her for five hundred years, he turned her into him. Now, Katherine doesn't love with all her heart anymore. Katherine was taught to look out for herself as number one, screw the collateral damage.
Katherine became a less intense, less manic version of Klaus. We see that Klaus has a million backup plans for the Sacrifice. Earlier this season, we saw that Katherine always has a Plan B... and C D E etc. Katherine learned how to be a vampire from what she saw of Klaus and she took that and combined it with the cleverness she had and the betrayal and fear she felt, added in a huge dose of self-preservation, and became the Katherine Pierce we know and love today.
In 1864, Damon was a sweet, innocent, lovestruck boy. He loved Katherine with everything in him. Even after finding out her secret, he would still move mountains for her to get what she wanted. He put all of his faith in her, who she was, what she wanted. He was killed, didn't want to turn, turned anyway thanks to Stefan. Damon felt betrayed by his brother, hurt by the fact that Katherine hadn't wanted just him, and so he became her. Damon doesn't have the self-preservation that Katherine has, he's defined by the person he loves. He's hardened into a lesser version of Katherine by the constant betrayal he feels.
Damon then turned Isobel who is like Katherine in her singlemindedness and her backup plans and her self-preservation. We don't know much more about Isobel but we DO KNOW that Isobel loved her daughter and she loved Alaric and she loved Katherine.
Given time, given circumstances, given no Stefan Salvatore and no Elena Gilbert respectively, Katherine and Damon could have become Klaus. Klaus has all of the same "evil" traits that they possess, rapier wit, no guilt, a need to be appreciated, but magnified tenfold. And he has no humanity. He never loved Katherine like Elijah did therefore he didn't have a Stefan or an Elena. His human ties? Became vampires with him. Elijah encouraged him to break the curse for himself. Klaus is not a balanced character because he is not a balanced person. He's not as detached and cool as Elijah because he still cares. He cares about himself first and foremost and he cares what others think of him because he thrives on that. He is the Disney villain who has been around for thousands of years and will not. be. stopped. He must amuse himself by playing games with those he deems beneath him (ie everyone) because he's immortal and he doesn't care about one specific person.
Katherine and Damon were saved (in varying degrees) because they were young enough when they formed a connection to someone. Katherine to Stefan (and Damon, even if she won't admit it). Damon to Stefan and Elena and Alaric and to a lesser degree Caroline, Bonnie, Jeremy, Jenna, etc. Klaus just doesn't care about anyone but himself and so he started, unwittingly, this chain of corruption and destruction that has spanned centuries.
This mix is basically me sorting out the parallels and the strange relationship that the makers have with those they have made (Klaus to Katherine, Katherine to Damon, Damon to Isobel).
And so, after that longwindedness I didn't even know I had in me, have a mix!
you're new to the game (but i'm not) - a klaus/katherine/damon(/isobel) meta mix
eyes on fire // blue foundation
klaus to katherine, katherine to damon, damon to isobel
i seek you out, flay you alive,
one more word and you won't survive,
and i'm not scared of your stolen power,
see right through you any hour
i won't soothe your pain,
i won't ease your strain,
you'll be waiting in vain,
i've got nothing for you to gain.
black black heart // david usher
katherine to klaus, damon to katherine
something ugly this way comes
through my fingers sliding inside
all these blessings, all these burns
i'm godless underneath your cover.
search for pleasure search for pain
in this world now I am undying
i unfurl my flag my nation helpless.
as I begin to lose my grip
on these realities you're sending.
taste your mind and taste your sex,
i'm naked underneath your cover
covers lie and we will bend and borrow
with the coming sign
the tide will take, the sea will rise, and time will rape
judas // cage the elephant
klaus
it's your dream to be the king of all creation
as far as i'm concerned you hung your shadow on the wall.
and though your fingers never really pulled the trigger,
your hands are just as guilty, you're the one who brought the blood.
again you lash out to hush the ones who know
'cause they're the ones that you fear most
and it's called damage control
well, let me break it down for ya
howl // florence + the machine
damon to katherine, klaus to katherine
now there's no rolling back, i'm aching to attack,
my blood is singing with your voice, i want to pour it out.
the saints can't help me now, the ropes have been unbound,
i hunt for you with bloodied feet across the hallowed ground.
like some child possessed, the beast howls in my veins.
i want to find you and tear out all of your tenderness.
i am a wicked child // radiohead
damon to elena, katherine to stefan
i am the devil's son and
i wish i could be good for you
i walk a crooked mile
but i wish i could be good
i wish I could be good
love's not a competition (but i'm winning) // paramore
klaus to katherine, katherine to damon, damon to isobel
love's not a competition
but I'm winning
love's not a competition
but I'm winning
or at least I thought I was
but there's no way of knowing
at least I thought I was
but there's no way of knowing
you know what it's like
when you're new to the game
but i'm notevery me every you // placebo
klaus to katherine, katherine to damon, damon to isobel
in the shape of things to come.
too much poison come undone.
like the naked leads the blind.
i know i'm selfish, i'm unkind.
sucker love i always find,
someone to bruise and leave behind.
all alone in space and time.
there's nothing here but what's here's mine.
something borrowed, something blue,
every me and every you.
stripped // shiny toy guns
klaus to katherine, katherine to damon
come with me
into the trees
we'll lay on the grass
and let the hours pass
take my hand
come back to the land
let's get away
just for one day
let me see you
stripped down to the bone
let me hear you crying just for me
liar (it takes one to know one) - taking back sunday
all
all our secrets they are tailored trouble
draped loose now around your hips
your spotless instincts are valid
we co-exist
i'm an addict for dramatics
i confuse the two for love
you can't tell me that you don't beg
liar (liar)
if we're keeping score
then we're all choir boys at best
(intrusive and arrogant)
rolling in on a burning tire - the dead weather
klaus (all)
the moon is always full for us
the road is always clear
that's not what you want to hear
one is born so one can die
you must wait a real long time
that's more you can bear
and the days will come and go
and the band will march along
'til the day you cast a shadow
that looks nothing like your own
rolling in on a burning tire
you're gonna set my house on fire
just to show me you were there
well i was raised up like a snake
you were raised to leave me bait
i always always take
bonus - ain't no rest for the wicked (because, basically, this is the unholy square's song)