And he did the same with Isobel in s1! Made out with her before he started threatening her! Damon Salvatore, I adore your playing with gender roles. You know you're sexy, and you're using it.
LMFAO. Now I'm reminded of that "I'm sexy and I know it" song. Anyway. YES. Indeed. Damon wields his sexual appeal like a weapon. Just like Katherine does. It's fascinating to me that this is the primary way by which he defines himself--by how desirable he is to others. It's not the same as Katherine undermining the system by bending its rules (i.e. taking advantage of the fact that women are expected to be desirable for men in order to manipulate men); Damon shouldn't need to objectify himself to such a degree, and yet he does... And now I'm thinking of that hilarious moment where Elena and Alaric essentially whore Damon out to Rebekah, not even asking his opinion on the matter. XD
I agree that Elena's not so comfortable with the less heteronormative parts of her sexuality (she's only a teenager still), but one thing I appreciated about Elena/Stefan was how sexually assertive she was with him. That's obviously in contrast to her not-relationship with Damon. Scenes like their last one in 3x02 and their "training" in 3x08 are interesting to me in that she seems to be waiting for HIM to make a ~move. So fucked. PLAYING WITH FIRE, CHILDREN.
I can't believe Damon is that secure in his sexuality. He flaunts himself ALL. THE. TIME. That's overcompensating. It's gender performance. He's absorbed the idea that he's good mostly to LOOK GOOD, and he uses that to get by. And I'm glad that you mentioned that he uses it against men too, because HE TOTALLY DOES, lol. Like in mid-S2 when he's threatening John at one point, and he leans in~ and whispers in John's ear. I laughed out loud.
ITA about that shower scene. You're not the only one who picked up on that FML expression. XD I SO WANT ELENA TO PWN DAMON IN SUCH A WAY. I mean. Not just for the hot, but for the character development~ lmao. I AIN'T EVEN MAD.
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Date: 2011-12-01 04:22 am (UTC)LMFAO. Now I'm reminded of that "I'm sexy and I know it" song. Anyway. YES. Indeed. Damon wields his sexual appeal like a weapon. Just like Katherine does. It's fascinating to me that this is the primary way by which he defines himself--by how desirable he is to others. It's not the same as Katherine undermining the system by bending its rules (i.e. taking advantage of the fact that women are expected to be desirable for men in order to manipulate men); Damon shouldn't need to objectify himself to such a degree, and yet he does... And now I'm thinking of that hilarious moment where Elena and Alaric essentially whore Damon out to Rebekah, not even asking his opinion on the matter. XD
I agree that Elena's not so comfortable with the less heteronormative parts of her sexuality (she's only a teenager still), but one thing I appreciated about Elena/Stefan was how sexually assertive she was with him. That's obviously in contrast to her not-relationship with Damon. Scenes like their last one in 3x02 and their "training" in 3x08 are interesting to me in that she seems to be waiting for HIM to make a ~move. So fucked. PLAYING WITH FIRE, CHILDREN.
I can't believe Damon is that secure in his sexuality. He flaunts himself ALL. THE. TIME. That's overcompensating. It's gender performance. He's absorbed the idea that he's good mostly to LOOK GOOD, and he uses that to get by. And I'm glad that you mentioned that he uses it against men too, because HE TOTALLY DOES, lol. Like in mid-S2 when he's threatening John at one point, and he leans in~ and whispers in John's ear. I laughed out loud.
ITA about that shower scene. You're not the only one who picked up on that FML expression. XD I SO WANT ELENA TO PWN DAMON IN SUCH A WAY. I mean. Not just for the hot, but for the character development~ lmao. I AIN'T EVEN MAD.