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It did along with another bout of retconning, how when she became a vampire he was sad she couldn't have the life she wanted. I was there Plec that is UTTER bullshit. He embraced the fuck out of her being a vampire and was constantly trying to turn her or convince her turn for YEARS. Fuck off Show.
I was watching 4x01 recently and actually, this is one of the few times I think the writers' memory of the show was accurate. When Stefan saved Matt causing Elena to die, Damon was pretty damn pissed about it. Back in S2 he cared way less about it and actively tried to turn her at one point, but it ended up being one of the few times we saw Damon actually change his mind due to Elena's influence - he ended up wanting her to live cause she wanted to live or something. So yeah, I don't think that's a retcon.
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Well, this episode actually made me aww for DE. That is an amazing feat considering the last two years. That flashback scene was kind of adorable. Also, I don't know what it is but IS is playing Damon in a much more frothy way this year. I actually enjoy Damon again.
Love that Damon's going after Bonnie. Poor girl needs he pal. She really is stuck in a scary movie.
Glad Trip died. I like that Matt is questioning his allegiance. He never made sense as someone on the vamps' side. Vampires completely ruined his life. He should hate them, not be their bitch.
I didn't expect the Caroline/Stefan stuff tonight. I'm one of the people who wouldn't mind seeing them be romantic, but I really hope it's still a long way off because Stefan looked this side of bored in his scenes tonight. I'd like to wait until he's actually engaged before he goes there with Caro.
Love Enzo, what little we saw him. He actually says what he thinks, does what he wants, no fucking around. He's kinda awesome. Plus, it's nice to know even vampires have problems with their touchscreens.
And Jo is definitely Kai' sister. I'll wait to see if I get sick of Kai. Right now I'm not but TVD has a habit of overusing good villains to the point they're just irritating.
Other than that, not a bad episode. Not the best this year, but for me the reintroduction of DE has not dampened this season's run. Hope it continues.
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Hey, they could have been if the independence vote had gone differently!
Thank God it didn't.
P.S. I'm a Scot (and a Brit) and I voted no :)
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On a rewatch of this episode, one thing annoyed me more than anything else and that's that Elena's mindwipe of DE once again made Elena the prize and Damon the one waiting at the door. It's a situation I am sick to death of. For once, it would've been nice for Elena to have spent all season pining, wallowing in misery because she didn't have Damon and to make a huge deal of it when he came back. Instead, we once again were treated to Damon being the unwanted stalker and Elena being in the power position. It's so redundant by now. Didn't occur to me until I rewatched tonight, but it's quite disappointing for someone who long ago actually gave a shit about these peoples' love lives.
I haven't seen a problem with Ian/Nina scenes. Any BTS stuff I've seen has also seemed kinda healthy and cool. Almost makes me wonder if they were ever together to begin with. Maybe the whole thing was a publicity stunt lol.
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Oh previously.tv. A British accent (if such a thing exists) would include a Scottish accent, as Scotland is part of Britain. That's like me saying "an American accent (or a Texan one)". Sorry, but that drives me bugshit.
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That wasn't too bad actually. I'm still loving Damon, something that hasn't been the case for a few years. He's just fun right now, whether whining or not.
One thing though: Ric's vampire side is gone, so shouldn't all his compulsion have worn off? Like when Elijah was daggered and Katherine got out of the tomb. Elijah wasn't dead, he was just out of the game - so with Ric's vampire side out of the game, shouldn't it all go? I'm thinking it's yet another logic fail for the VD writers.
I was so happy to hear Damon says he's sick of people saying how hard it was for Elena. He's so right. It was really hard for her until she erased his memory, and now she's making it really hard for everyone else. This is one of the few times I'm truly hating on Elena. I can't see a side to it that isn't intensely selfish.
I missed Bonnie and I loved Damon saying the same.
I'm glad we've moved onto the Stefan apologises to Caroline portion of the show, but I hope it doesn't linger too much.
Also, Tripp is irritating. I miss Kai.
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http://www.spoilertv.com/2014/10/the-vampire-diaries-season-6-ep_31.html
Well, it looks like Damon will NOT be looking to save Bonnie immediately because he'll think she's dead. Oh and he'll lie about their time in the 90s for some reason. Not loving the idea of this. It seems like a pretty sketchy way to have him focus only on Elena straight away. Like Damon wouldn't try to help Bonnie. I don't like that he assumes she died and thinks 'oh well, sucks but let's move on'.
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Damon: On the not so bright side is your intelligence, because you took the only chance of us getting out of here and turned him into a giant... douche-kebab.
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I loved that Stefan was the one there to see Damon. That was nice and fitting. I hope it's a statement for the show going forward.
I actually really enjoyed Damon this episode. He used to make me laugh years ago but that got lost. This episode he cracked me up, with his "fizzy and fruity", "let's get awkward" and his "Bonnie!" whine when she 'killed' Kai, like she'd just spilled orange juice on the carpet lol.
That said, Bonnie once again sacrificed her own happiness for her friend. Ugh. But I'm hoping this means we'll get to see Damon go all out to save her. I did get all mushy at their goodbye, right before Kai fired an arrow into Bonnie. They've always had a nice animosity with an undercurrent of respect and TBH, their relationship is one of the most well-developed parts of the whole show. I hope their friendship continues.
TBH, I skipped through the scenes with Elena and her boy toy. Not interested.
I'm not the biggest fan of all the gang piling on Stefan for daring to want to move on. It's a big much that they're so put out about it. Caroline I understand because her feelings are really hurt, but Alaric? Why such a dick, man?
Another good episode. And even though Damon's out, I'm hoping this run won't end with the reunion of DE on the horizon. Just don't let it take over and we'll be fine.
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Fun episode. I always like it when we see the Salvatore brothers together. It's the backbone of the show for me. Although, that scene where Stefan basically verbally skinned Damon was pretty harsh. All true but, ouch.
I'm not really loving this Elena nonsense. It seems like she's saying "choose yourself, Elena", but what she's actually doing is burying her head in the sand. That's not how to be brave, Elena. That's what children do. Grow up, learn to deal with your emotions like an adult and move the fuck on. Seriously.
I like Kai, He's annoying yet amusing, cute yet creepy. He's a perfect VD villain, but I hope he doesn't stick around too long. My one big issue with TVD the last few years has been their failure to know when enough is enough with characters. Keep him small but creepy, and then dispose of him.
Overall, I'm loving S6. I don't think it's necessarily an absence of DE that's making the show better though; I just think the writers have realised that back to roots is the best course and that's what they're doing. Romance can still exist in the show. I just hope it doesn't take over the show like before.
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McQueen looks to me like he has a kid's head on top of a man's body, which is just weird.
This was the exact thought I had watching the episode. It creeps me out how strange he looks with his shirt off.
I'm not interested in any kind of romantic Damon/Bonnie interaction, but I do kind of adore how Damon finally admitted he likes her. I always suspected he considered her a bud. Their parts of the episode were again the most fun. I love how Bonnie called him on his pity, demanding his ring lol. She is pretty awesome sometimes. I just hope that once they get back, she isn't relegated back to magical macguffin.
One thing I couldn't get over though was how they confronted Kai. The first thing out of my mouth would've been "how the hell did you get here/how long have you been here/do you know where here is". But there was none of that. I love snark as much as the next girl, but I detest it when common sense is overridden for the sake of it.
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I think it's fairly easily understood why Enzo thinks Stefan is a dick for moving on. I actually think he is too. Damon wouldn't have moved on. Damon didn't move on. Ever. Not when he was a ripper, not when he was forced to leave by Klaus....never. He always tried to find a way. For everyone thinking Elena's such a self important bitch all the time, Stefan is right behind her IMO. After 5 seasons of there ALWAYS being a way to undo what has been done, Stefan should have learned by now. And the "I've searched far and wide" doesn't fly with me.....searched far and wide....for four months.....*thumbs up*
And Stefan isn't moving on....he's denying. There's a difference.
Stefan has let his brother down and I suspect that while Damon will understand that once he and Bonnie return, in future episodes Stefan will have issues with that fact.
I don't know. Normally, I would say that it's Stefan who never gives up on Damon. At the start of S5, it never seemed to bother Damon that Stefan was in trouble - once he found out that is. It bothered him more that Elena was dreaming about him. I kept waiting for the writers to show Damon really worrying about Stefan, but it didn't really happen. The last time I can remember seeing a scene that showed Damon's real concern and love for Stefan was in S1 when Stefan was tortured by the tomb vamps. In S3, again it seemed more like he was doing it for Elena and to kill Klaus.
I always thought Stefan was there for Damon more than the other way around. But then, Stefan was more likely to badmouth Damon too, as opposed to Damon who was more likely to stick up for a decision Stefan made even if it pissed off Elena (the coffins, for example). They both have their good/bad points. I don't think what Stefan is doing now - trying to move on - is terrible, because to him there really is no hope. Why try when there's no point? Elena's given up too but she's not being called a dick. And Caroline's just using Damon as an excuse to get Stefan to help her get back into Mystic Falls - she couldn't give a crap if Damon's alive or not.
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Well, I actually enjoyed that. I'm not saying the show is back to S1/2 levels of awesome yet, but it is a marked improvement on everything in the last two and a half years.
Alaric/Elena stuff. The worst part of the episode. It does make me wonder why compelling other people takes a second or two, but with Elena they need a full-on therapy session. It's just some shipper pandering that we could really have done without. Show, be brave. You used to be brave. Right now your couple can't be together, so KEEP THEM APART! That would be brave. Don't look for any old excuse, that doesn't really make sense, to have the heroine spend the entire episode flashbacking to scenes we've already seen but this time with a running commentary. If your actors are decent and your writing is to the point, you don't have to have your characters point out when they felt a certain way, because it will be implied. You want Elena to forget Damon/have a change of heart while he's gone? Then move her on yourselves! This compelling stuff is the same kind of cheating you used to do with Bonnie's magic that turned the show into shit in the first place.
With Stefan, I get where he's at. And yeah. Enzo and Caroline were kinda dickheads forcing their way into his new life and basically taking over. But on the other hand, I have no interest in watching Stefan live his little Joe-American life. I want to see him back with the rest of them, so I fully support Enzo's ludicrously unfair revenge-on-Stefan plan.
The Caroline/Stefan scene was nice. They have a nice energy between them that actually makes me want to watch Caroline scenes. Which is quite a feat as I've found her voice grating since about the pilot. He makes her watchable for me.
Jeremy/Matt. Never cared before, don't care now, find it difficult to imagine caring in the future.
Ex-Sheriff-sadistic-farmer-type-guy. Eh. At least he's less annoying than Klaus and Silas. Currently, that is.
And my favourite part... Damon and Bonnie. I've always loved the dynamic between these two. I don't believe it's in any way romantic - thank god - but I've always thought there was a healthy respect mixed in with their bickering and hatred. So this is fun. I also think there's a little creepiness in their scenes with a possible intruder sneaking around. The show hasn't had that feel for a while and I liked it.
Plus, I thought Bonnie's tie-die dress and flannel shirt looked awesome. I don't care if I'm stuck in the past, that shit still looked good! Let's just hope they get the rights to some good 90s songs soon - Skunk Anansie please! - and save us from Salt n Peppa hell.
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I'm with those who think this is rather pointless. Before the internet and the access to TV from around the globe, it made some sense to remake. Still usually ended up crap, but at least it made sense. Now though, why not just watch the original. I mean okay, I'm not that naive - they do it for mullah. But the audience - why don't they just watch the original?
I don't want to watch DT struggle through an American accent. I have no interest seeing if Anna Gunn can be as feisty and fabulous as (should be) Dame Olivia Coleman. I have no interest in watching yet another cash-in make its way to Americans' tellies, when they could have just watched the first one.
Also, I don't know if I'm the only one, but I guessed the murderer in the first episode of Broadchurch simply because he was the only one who didn't look suspicious. And I held that belief until lo and behold it came true. TV has made me this cynical.
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The people of Scotland's eyes are wide open and positive. Westminster are trying to cling on, we will not be duped again, Scotland already voted for independence in 1979. Scots do not hate the English, but crave self determination. Just that.
Yes, our eyes were wide open and our voices have been heard. And we voted No to independence. Thank the sweet chocolate Jesus that common sense prevailed! I'm so proud of my fellow Scots right now. We have finally beaten the Nationalistic side into submission! Long live the UK!
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I'm Scottish and unfortunately, I'm too terrified of the outcome to find anything funny about the possible death of my country. I urge any other Scots reading this to please vote NO. I love being a Scot, I love being a Brit - the two are not mutually exclusive.
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They should've looked up "good" in the dictionary then lol.
I have a confession that's mildly embarrassing. Aside from the first two eps of S3, I haven't watched a single episode from the rest of the season since original airing back in 1993. The reason? I'm afraid I'll be just as sad now as I was then watching poor Brenda get humiliated and bruised by DK and their dickhead shenanigans. I can remember clearly what happens, and I can remember being so embarrassed for Brenda at the time. It was like watching someone pore salt in an open wound lol. Maybe some of that is off-screen bleeding into the show, but I can clearly remember getting the feeling that everyone detested Brenda that year. And for an 11 year-old Brenda fan, that stung lol. I've never been able to psyche myself up for watching them since.
But I swear I'm an adult in every other aspect of my life. I pay bills, I have a mortgage, a steady job and I've demonstrated my ability to keep a cat alive for over a year. Just don't ask me to watch Brenda lose over and over and over. I can't do it :(
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I love S6. Yes, it was dark, but it was a necessary darkness. There's a point in every person's life where depression sets in, and it's usually after high school/college when real life hits you like a ton of bricks. I got that, and I appreciated that the show went there. I was also a fan of any BS interaction. I don't even care what they were doing so long as they're on screen together. I think the only problem I would have with S6 is if it was the only season of the show I'd seen. But when you take Buffy as a whole show, start to finish, it's such a vital part of Buffy's story that the show wouldn't feel complete without it. We'd seen her at her best for 5 years. It was time to see her at her worst and watch her climb out of it. It made me admire her all the more.
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Sometimes I wonder if the writers thought they could get away with retcons because back then TV shows weren't really available on video or DVD for people to obsess over. I mean, yeah, I had some of my fav episodes on tape, but it would've been impossible to tape them all. And of course, fans getting together to dissect every little thing was far less possible than it is nowadays. Maybe they just thought we would've forgot that it was Brenda who cleared up Dylan's messes in HS, not Kelly, or that it was No Blanket Webber that Kelly lost her V card to, not Steve. It's either that or they were the laziest writers in all of TV land.
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That's something that annoys me as an adult that I didn't really notice on first watch (I was about 12 when S4 first aired). It just flew over my head then, but now it's just so damn obvious that the writers, actors, powers that be took every opportunity to dump on 'Brenda' because they couldn't stand SD. It's just the worst mistreatment of a character because of RL shenanigans I can remember. But when taken with the way the gang just floated right past the triangle crap the year before, it actually fits with their dynamic - i.e. what Kelly wants is a-okay and Brenda can like it or lump it.
The one thing I did like was the 60s episode. Not because it was good because holy moly it was not - "I wanna make love, oh yeah, sweet love" (!!!) - but because it was the first episode, that I can remember, post-triangle that seemed to take Brenda's side. Brandon was an indefensible grade A douchebag, Kelly was a whore, Dylan was one fur coat short of a pimp and Jim Walsh was a sexist, border-line abusive dickhead. For once, the show didn't try to paint them as the ones in the right; it actually seemed to take Brenda's (or rather, Wendy's) side. Which was a relief.
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I guess I sometimes see Elena's concern about her friends as more guilt than love. When Bonnie 'died', I just felt it was more about Elena being sad Bonnie did it for her, rather than the fact she was dead. Like she owed her something, as opposed to actually missing her. Compared to how Willow reacted when she thought Buffy's resurrection spell didn't work - inconsolable at the thought of Buffy really being gone forever - it just falls miles short of what I would expect to see.
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So what does that make the Slayer? If vampires can be redeemed, should she not kill them until they can ascertain their level of humanity?
It does make me rethink all those nights when Buffy just grabbed some vamp from his grave and poofed him. But if you think about it, most if not all of the vamps Buffy dusted were attacking her, or someone else. I always fanwanked that it wasn't something that young vamps experienced. Spike was over 100, and even by the time he got to a place where he sought some level of humanity, he'd murdered half of Europe lol. I never saw it as Buffy killing potentially savable creatures; at the most I saw it as Buffy denying these creatures the chance to reach a level so low by being a killing machine, they'd want to crawl out. Also, Buffy was not a protector of all; she was a protector of humans. It's like a tiger coming at you, you have a shotgun but you stop because hey, maybe he just wants to nuzzle you or something. I don't see what Buffy did as wrong. She was saving people, which was her raison d'etre. What I would have thought wrong is Buffy encountering a vamp who had transcended his thirst for killing humans (like Spike, to a degree) or at least was reaching for it, and poofing him/her. That would be a dick move IMO.
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"You will all be turned into vermin! And some of you will be fish!"
"Supplies? I was wondering about that. Like food, water, maybe a compass?"
"How about a book, a gourd and a bunch of twigs."
"I don't think I'll be that hungry."
"There are things I will not tolerate. Students loitering on campus after school. Horrible murders with hearts being removed. And also smoking."
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I had the same reaction. A vampire wants their soul back? That made no sense in the universe of the show. If vampires can choose redemption and a soul rather than it being forced upon them, doesn't that make the Slayer a murderer? She often kills vamps before they can do anything as soon as they pop out of the grave.
Back when the show was still airing, I used to read fanfic (don't judge me, I was young lol). I saw a thousand and one explanations for Spike's impetus to get a soul and only one ever made sense to me: not all vamps are the same. Just like you get variation in humans (Mother Theresa and Ted Bundy for instance), it made sense to me that you would get variations in vampires too. Some would retain just a little bit of their humanity, and some would be utterly absorbed by the demon. The Judge said that Spike and Dru stank of humanity, but Angelus didn't have any. That made sense to me. Spike and Dru loved each other, whereas Angelus wasn't capable of that emotion at all. There are many aspects of Spike that make it acceptable to me that he'd seek out a soul: chained by the chip and exposed to no-one but the Scoobs for a prolonged period, his love/obsession for Buffy, his near constant want of affection (whether as a human or a vamp), and of course his ultimate motivator - wanting to prove Buffy wrong. All those times she said he couldn't feel because he didn't have a soul. I can totally see the King of Contrary thinking "I'll show her". I can see all those things pushing him to make some kind of change. And it seems utterly Spike that he would follow his heart. It's canon that that's his driving force, whether human or vampire.
As evidenced, I'm a huge Spike fan. Have been for about 17 years now lol. But my favourite character has always been Buffy.
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S06.E08: Fade Into You
in The Vampire Diaries [V]
This genuinely felt like old TVD. There were creepy scenes with a villain that's not invincible but still a threat, the bromance of Alaric/Damon now with added Stefan that's a nice break from the romance, acknowledgement that once upon a time Stefan loved Elena and it was reciprocated, Caroline being sweet and funny without judging everyone in sight and bit players who actually have something to do as opposed to being pretty scene fillers. I am loving S6.
Also, genuinely snorted at Stefan kicking Ms Cuddles in frustration.