I'm too tired to comment on them all, but all of these are spot on and glorious and covers so many of my favorite scenes for her as well. I have a particular fondness for the I was you before you even existed one for reasons~ but also I love your summation of Elena's death wish in the last one.
8. That moment is so great. I also really appreciate what it said about the show's prioritization of Elena's POV? Like, from viewer POV well outside of the whole deal, I think John clearly did the best he knew how with her no matter how hard it was for him. But I also understand why Elena reacted the way she did, and I never felt like she had to learn a Very Special Lesson about how she should actually appreciate his loooove. It's her life and she's entitled to feel how she wants about it. (As opposed to the usual feel-good nonsense, where people have to do the "AS LONG AS THERE'S LOVE" song and dance no matter how much they're clearly right to object to something. Elena takes affection for granted, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY HER PREROGATIVE
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I think a lot of her issues with Jenna, Isobel, and John like we see in this scene are projection of some very legitimate anger at Miranda and Grayson for keeping so much from her about herself as the doppelganger and the world being so much more dangerous than she knew.
Ooooh, this is interesting! I don't fully agree with your reading (because, as far as I recall, Elena found out that her family knew about doppelgangers only after Jenna, Isobel and John were all dead), but of course you're right: she is angry with all of them for keeping the supernatural from her. There's actually a very nice parallel between the "realistic" and the "supernatural" here, Elena holding a grudge for her family keeping the supernatural a secret is directly link with Elena holding a grudge for her family not telling her she was adopted.
I think at least a part of her thinks that MAKING things work with Stefan is how to develop/show her strength. And that's a really toxic thing a lot of young women experience, empowerfulized channeling of their personal
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And pictures, pretty pictures!
A+ post, tbh!
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Thank you! <333
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I'm too tired to comment on them all, but all of these are spot on and glorious and covers so many of my favorite scenes for her as well. I have a particular fondness for the I was you before you even existed one for reasons~ but also I love your summation of Elena's death wish in the last one.
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Ooooh, this is interesting! I don't fully agree with your reading (because, as far as I recall, Elena found out that her family knew about doppelgangers only after Jenna, Isobel and John were all dead), but of course you're right: she is angry with all of them for keeping the supernatural from her. There's actually a very nice parallel between the "realistic" and the "supernatural" here, Elena holding a grudge for her family keeping the supernatural a secret is directly link with Elena holding a grudge for her family not telling her she was adopted.
I think at least a part of her thinks that MAKING things work with Stefan is how to develop/show her strength. And that's a really toxic thing a lot of young women experience, empowerfulized channeling of their personal ( ... )
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