I don't have a lot of time now because I have a family dinner as well but this analysis is amazing, omg especially this whole paragraph:
Stefan is killing again, and he does it for the love of Elena. That would be their narratives dying a horrible and slow death: Stefan is doing evil things for right reasons (you can't have that in manicheism, you're either good or bad), mainly because he loves Elena and wants to protect her (Elena's love has just lead to something ultimately horrible). They haven't faced it yet, because things are happening too fast and they are just trying to keep a facade for the time being, but the damage is done, and now it's just a matter of time. Simultaniously, we've just had Elena having a moment of recognision about Damon: the tension from s2 is broken and now she starts seeing that she has no power over Damon, at least not in a sense she thought she had. So, basically, by mid s3 we'll have two characters who have lost any idea as to what are the rules their worlds function by + a character who has already built some set of rules, but it doesn't help, because his rules lead to destruction and disorder anyway.
I LOVE THIS. I have never enjoyed both Stefan/Elena and Damon/Elena as hard as I have this year and I think the main reason for it is because I think the writers are destroying the idea/romantic fiction that if you just love someone hard enough they will reform for you. I don't want to applaud them too hard yet for being courageous but I loved everything I saw in 3x04. EVEN THE DAMON/ELENA BITS. NO, ESPECIALLY THOSE BITS.
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Date: 2011-10-08 10:21 pm (UTC)Stefan is killing again, and he does it for the love of Elena. That would be their narratives dying a horrible and slow death: Stefan is doing evil things for right reasons (you can't have that in manicheism, you're either good or bad), mainly because he loves Elena and wants to protect her (Elena's love has just lead to something ultimately horrible). They haven't faced it yet, because things are happening too fast and they are just trying to keep a facade for the time being, but the damage is done, and now it's just a matter of time. Simultaniously, we've just had Elena having a moment of recognision about Damon: the tension from s2 is broken and now she starts seeing that she has no power over Damon, at least not in a sense she thought she had. So, basically, by mid s3 we'll have two characters who have lost any idea as to what are the rules their worlds function by + a character who has already built some set of rules, but it doesn't help, because his rules lead to destruction and disorder anyway.
I LOVE THIS. I have never enjoyed both Stefan/Elena and Damon/Elena as hard as I have this year and I think the main reason for it is because I think the writers are destroying the idea/romantic fiction that if you just love someone hard enough they will reform for you. I don't want to applaud them too hard yet for being courageous but I loved everything I saw in 3x04. EVEN THE DAMON/ELENA BITS. NO, ESPECIALLY THOSE BITS.