haha yeah, I don't get any sort of ~revelation of attraction~ from Elena towards Damon in MMF. I mean, okay. I think Elena does feel -something- in that dance, but. it's difficult to articulate. I think if anything that was when she started to become truly attached to the idea of having him as a friend.
Actually, I'd say she started to become attached to him as a friend in 1x17, when they were saving Stefan together. This is when the mood rapidly changes. From day1 of Stefan's slippery slope Damon was there with Elena as an ally. In MMF Elena is just grateful - Damon saved her from a very ebarassing situation, and also prevented people from asking even more questions about Stefan's wherebouts.
Because really, the type of power she has over Damon is very specific. It's not common in any of her other relationships.
True. I mean, there may be traces of Damon-like behavior in other characters, but Damon himself is extreme.
What do you mean exactly by "all the time"? lol. Do you mean that she finds herself thinking about him when he's not there?
I mean it gets more and more disturbing for her, up to the point when she actually starts thinking about it, consciously processing it, trying to figure out what to do next. It might be simply because she starts spending so much time with him that dealing with all the self-consciousness on the spot is not possible any more. Am I making any sense?
Firstly, I would say that Elena is actually attracted to Damon in S1. She's attracted to him in the same way that she's probably attracted to random dudes on TV.
Agreed! I didn't mention it, because I wanted to focus on the strictly sexual attraction (in the narrow sense), but your s1 thoughts are my thoughts.
It's not on a romantic level, because they're not romantically attracted to each other at this point. But on a very basic level, she is able to ~see through Damon when other people cannot, and she comes to value this a lot. It's why she experiences self-disgust when he lets her down (e.g. discovering that he killed Isobel).
Damon offers judgement-free understanding, and he can actually understand her easily. I mean, it's rather simple? Some people just become friends immediately after they meet, because there is something in each other's way of thinking that attracts them. There are friendships on which you don't have to work, you don't have to get to know each other, you're just geniunely attracted to someone's personality in a non-sexual way. I think that's the case with Damon/Elena. They are those two people who meet at the party and spend four hours talking over drinks, because they immediately find that they enjoy each other's company so much.
Hmmm... And what do you think, how does it look from Damon's POV? When does he develop this attraction? When does he acknowledge it? How does it develop? To what extent do Stefan and Katherine influence this development?
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Actually, I'd say she started to become attached to him as a friend in 1x17, when they were saving Stefan together. This is when the mood rapidly changes. From day1 of Stefan's slippery slope Damon was there with Elena as an ally. In MMF Elena is just grateful - Damon saved her from a very ebarassing situation, and also prevented people from asking even more questions about Stefan's wherebouts.
Because really, the type of power she has over Damon is very specific. It's not common in any of her other relationships.
True. I mean, there may be traces of Damon-like behavior in other characters, but Damon himself is extreme.
What do you mean exactly by "all the time"? lol. Do you mean that she finds herself thinking about him when he's not there?
I mean it gets more and more disturbing for her, up to the point when she actually starts thinking about it, consciously processing it, trying to figure out what to do next. It might be simply because she starts spending so much time with him that dealing with all the self-consciousness on the spot is not possible any more. Am I making any sense?
Firstly, I would say that Elena is actually attracted to Damon in S1. She's attracted to him in the same way that she's probably attracted to random dudes on TV.
Agreed! I didn't mention it, because I wanted to focus on the strictly sexual attraction (in the narrow sense), but your s1 thoughts are my thoughts.
It's not on a romantic level, because they're not romantically attracted to each other at this point. But on a very basic level, she is able to ~see through Damon when other people cannot, and she comes to value this a lot. It's why she experiences self-disgust when he lets her down (e.g. discovering that he killed Isobel).
Damon offers judgement-free understanding, and he can actually understand her easily. I mean, it's rather simple? Some people just become friends immediately after they meet, because there is something in each other's way of thinking that attracts them. There are friendships on which you don't have to work, you don't have to get to know each other, you're just geniunely attracted to someone's personality in a non-sexual way. I think that's the case with Damon/Elena. They are those two people who meet at the party and spend four hours talking over drinks, because they immediately find that they enjoy each other's company so much.
Hmmm... And what do you think, how does it look from Damon's POV? When does he develop this attraction? When does he acknowledge it? How does it develop? To what extent do Stefan and Katherine influence this development?