Oh dear, I'm having a love fest on my journal. WHICH IS A GOOD THING. I feel like I've known you guys for ages myself :).
The thing is, Stefan did hurt her. So she tried to make Damon more "secure", but Damon acted out. And now it's kind of time for Elena to act out herself and to figure out that there is no secure option. Not because she is a doppelganger and she is screwed, but because this is generally how it works for people. And no, Damon won't make her safe. He is not supposed to. He is her friend, and he will help her out in most cases, but it's not his job to shield her from the world.
Elena refusing to be damsel in distress in s2 was already a step in the good direction. Btw - I'm still rewatching, and even though all the characters keep yelling at Elena that she's being suicidal, I'm just crazy in love with this girl. She calls them out on everything - that what she does is no different from what they're willing to do in order to save her. And she doesn't do it to OMG NOT BE KATHERINE, because it's stated very clearly that Katherine didn't expect Klaus to find her all family. She sacrificed Rose and Trevor, and Elena was well aware that more than one person dies in the ritual. She didn't even blink for Jules.
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Date: 2011-12-02 01:06 pm (UTC)The thing is, Stefan did hurt her. So she tried to make Damon more "secure", but Damon acted out. And now it's kind of time for Elena to act out herself and to figure out that there is no secure option. Not because she is a doppelganger and she is screwed, but because this is generally how it works for people. And no, Damon won't make her safe. He is not supposed to. He is her friend, and he will help her out in most cases, but it's not his job to shield her from the world.
Elena refusing to be damsel in distress in s2 was already a step in the good direction. Btw - I'm still rewatching, and even though all the characters keep yelling at Elena that she's being suicidal, I'm just crazy in love with this girl. She calls them out on everything - that what she does is no different from what they're willing to do in order to save her. And she doesn't do it to OMG NOT BE KATHERINE, because it's stated very clearly that Katherine didn't expect Klaus to find her all family. She sacrificed Rose and Trevor, and Elena was well aware that more than one person dies in the ritual. She didn't even blink for Jules.