Basically, my reaction could be summed up with: HOLY FUCK. I feel as if I drank too much coffee (which I certainly didn't, not today!), I'm all jumpy and restless and wide awake, and I NEED ALL THE THINGS D/E, NOW!!! Come on, Alex, WAKE UP ALREADY AND TALK TO ME! YOU DID THIS TO ME!
1. THE TIMING IS PERFECTION. The suspence, OMG. The first refrain with all the things caring and friendly, and then the anger and face-slapping (Damon ALWAYS has the same facial expression, always, he is so calm, and HE JUST LETS HER HIT HIM! Damon sometimes thinks he deserves it), and the second refrain with all the WRONG and disturbing ("Tell me how there was my fault..." - FLAWLESS). Mumford&Sons are just perfect for Damon/Elena; those songs just clash with them in all the best places (now I need a decent D/E vid to "Sigh No More", because with the right choice of scenes it would just NAIL the deconstruction of the romantic narrative!).
2. Ultimately creepy and unnerving. I keep expecting that something bad will happen any minute, and what actually happens? The kiss. Freeze. The worst thing that could happen to Damon and Elena is, well, Damon and Elena. I'm not even gonna mention the kiss on the hand. It still gives me chills, ok?
3. I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP. I DON'T WANT IT. I'm so cheap, just give me parallels and I'll be happy. The gestures, the quotes, the everything, it just feels like them. Connection, trust, rage, accusation. Yep, my ship.
4. The line "I've seen you in a fight you lost" really kicked me. That's one of my obsessions, people who know the worst about each other. Elena is growing up, and Damon is this person who, in her adolescence, got to know the worst. He saw her in the making. And he owns that. He will be this person with whom, even after many, many years, she will feel comfortable when at her lowest. #too many emotions connected with friendships
5. LOL, ok XD. How can you make a vid that is so sexy with a couple that NEVER went further than a deathbed kiss?
6. Sorry, no thoughts, it's so pretty I was just staring XD. But a D/E vid with "you can't love me" ringing in the background - I APPROVE.
7. CAN I JUST START WITH HOW BRILLIANT THE CHOICE OF QUOTES IS? We start with Damon doing everything for love, which sets the mood... and then we get Elena telling him there is something seriously wrong with him XD. It would be funny if it wasn't SO FUCKING PERFECT. Suddenly I need all the Siken quotes. "Litany..." is my favorite poem, and then it became my Damon/Elena poem, and now the only thing that would make the vid more perfect is the "Love, for you..." quote. Preferably spoken by both Damon and Elena in unison. Other thoughts: the scenes from 2x08 are HEARTBREAKING. THIS WHOLE VID IS HEARTBREAKING. It actually made me thing that Damon REALLY DOES interpret love in terms of deserving, and, in his own way, he does all those things to DESERVE, but of course it's absurd, because love can't be earned. Caroline's voice in the background - PERFECTION. Damon fucked up this whole selflessness thing, and he still got under Elena's skin. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. But Damon doesn't know that, he is a boy from 19th century, he has those weird presuppositions, and he is just fucked up as a person, and of course he doesn't deserve Elena, because love cannot be deserved. Love is gracefully given.
8. THIS IS HOW I SHOW MY LOVE. Seriously, what is a romantic hero? This is perfection. This should be shown to every person during the first class of Damon 101. Damon, my boy, I love you for all those things that would make me stake you If I knew you in real life.
#NOT A SINGLE CAPS LOCK WILL BE REGRETTED IN THIS POST
I'm having a moment of "oh fuck, I should get a life". I'm also having a moment of "oh fuck, I need to stop saying 'fuck' so often" (seriously, I know that I have a foul mouth in Polish, but it seems that having actual English-speaking friends made me transfer my bad habits into English; I didn't swear like that three months ago XD). But let's face it, there is no better expression to describe those vids than "HOLY FUCK". And when it comes to overinterpreting vampire fiction, I guess I'm beyond saving anyway.
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Date: 2011-12-15 12:25 am (UTC)1. THE TIMING IS PERFECTION. The suspence, OMG. The first refrain with all the things caring and friendly, and then the anger and face-slapping (Damon ALWAYS has the same facial expression, always, he is so calm, and HE JUST LETS HER HIT HIM! Damon sometimes thinks he deserves it), and the second refrain with all the WRONG and disturbing ("Tell me how there was my fault..." - FLAWLESS). Mumford&Sons are just perfect for Damon/Elena; those songs just clash with them in all the best places (now I need a decent D/E vid to "Sigh No More", because with the right choice of scenes it would just NAIL the deconstruction of the romantic narrative!).
2. Ultimately creepy and unnerving. I keep expecting that something bad will happen any minute, and what actually happens? The kiss. Freeze. The worst thing that could happen to Damon and Elena is, well, Damon and Elena. I'm not even gonna mention the kiss on the hand. It still gives me chills, ok?
3. I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP. I DON'T WANT IT. I'm so cheap, just give me parallels and I'll be happy. The gestures, the quotes, the everything, it just feels like them. Connection, trust, rage, accusation. Yep, my ship.
4. The line "I've seen you in a fight you lost" really kicked me. That's one of my obsessions, people who know the worst about each other. Elena is growing up, and Damon is this person who, in her adolescence, got to know the worst. He saw her in the making. And he owns that. He will be this person with whom, even after many, many years, she will feel comfortable when at her lowest. #too many emotions connected with friendships
5. LOL, ok XD. How can you make a vid that is so sexy with a couple that NEVER went further than a deathbed kiss?
6. Sorry, no thoughts, it's so pretty I was just staring XD. But a D/E vid with "you can't love me" ringing in the background - I APPROVE.
7. CAN I JUST START WITH HOW BRILLIANT THE CHOICE OF QUOTES IS? We start with Damon doing everything for love, which sets the mood... and then we get Elena telling him there is something seriously wrong with him XD. It would be funny if it wasn't SO FUCKING PERFECT. Suddenly I need all the Siken quotes. "Litany..." is my favorite poem, and then it became my Damon/Elena poem, and now the only thing that would make the vid more perfect is the "Love, for you..." quote.
Preferably spoken by both Damon and Elena in unison.Other thoughts: the scenes from 2x08 are HEARTBREAKING. THIS WHOLE VID IS HEARTBREAKING. It actually made me thing that Damon REALLY DOES interpret love in terms of deserving, and, in his own way, he does all those things to DESERVE, but of course it's absurd, because love can't be earned. Caroline's voice in the background - PERFECTION. Damon fucked up this whole selflessness thing, and he still got under Elena's skin. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. But Damon doesn't know that, he is a boy from 19th century, he has those weird presuppositions, and he is just fucked up as a person, and of course he doesn't deserve Elena, because love cannot be deserved. Love is gracefully given.8. THIS IS HOW I SHOW MY LOVE. Seriously, what is a romantic hero? This is perfection. This should be shown to every person during the first class of Damon 101. Damon, my boy, I love you for all those things that would make me stake you If I knew you in real life.
#NOT A SINGLE CAPS LOCK WILL BE REGRETTED IN THIS POST
I'm having a moment of "oh fuck, I should get a life". I'm also having a moment of "oh fuck, I need to stop saying 'fuck' so often" (seriously, I know that I have a foul mouth in Polish, but it seems that having actual English-speaking friends made me transfer my bad habits into English; I didn't swear like that three months ago XD). But let's face it, there is no better expression to describe those vids than "HOLY FUCK". And when it comes to overinterpreting vampire fiction, I guess I'm beyond saving anyway.