#TVD doppelgängers

[thefandomchaos]

The doppelgängers in TVD are such a interesting topic to me-

They literally exist because Silas and Amara went against the law of nature and become immortal, and nature found a way of balance by creating the doppelgängers. But then I questioned how the rest of the doppelgängers came to be because they’re all descendants from Silas and Amara right?

I assume that Amara and Silas had other family who would continue their bloodline? Because Qetsiyah cursed the both of them to stone, they obviously din’t continue their own bloodline- someone else had to.

Going over Amara’s bloodline, it would continue until we eventually get to Tatia, who I believe is from the petrova bloodline if I’m not mistaken. And then the bloodline would continue until we get Katherine, who gives birth to Nadia who continues the petrova bloodline since the rest of Katherine’s family was killed. Nadia’s bloodline would continue until we get to the Flemming’s, aka Isobel, who gives birth to Elena and she becomes the last of Amara’s doppelgängers.

With Silas’s bloodline we barely know anything. All we know is that it will eventually end up with the Salvatore bloodline and Stefan is born, and then the only reason the Salvatore bloodline continues if because of his and Damon’s half brother since they both got killed before they could ever have a family. And at some point, someone in the Salvatore family ended up with an Avery or something along those lines because the last of Silas doppelgängers was Tom Avery.

And there’s also the whole “doppelgängers are drawn to each other” thing which if you really think about it- meant Elena and Tom were meant to end up together if Stefan had never been turned and him and Elena met. We know Katherine and Stefan were truly drawn to each other because of this, we can assume Tatia met her own doppelgängers at some point, or she didn’t- because if we think about the fact that Katherine only met the Salvatores because she had been a vampire, her and Stefan were never meant to meet, and the whole doppelgängers being drawn to each other really only happens if two doppelgängers are alive around the same time-

And this is not even going over the fact that Stefan and Elena, even if they did end up together for a moment, broke up and would end up with different people (Elena with Damon, Stefan with Caroline briefly). Meaning that doppelgängers aren’t always meant to be (or maybe is because Stefan and Elena weren’t the doppelgängers that were meant to be together)

And if we really want to think further- if Amara and Stilas had never drank the cure- but the plot of TVD continued as it did and Damon and Elena would become human and have children together, the doppelgänger would continue but now because the Salvatore and Petrova bloodline were mixed- the next doppelgängers would be family-

[cabeswaterdrowned]

The Vampire Diaries (2009-2017) / The Dreamer Trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater (2019-2022)

[roisy]

In shadows deep, where love betrayed,  Qetsiyah’s wrath, in spells arrayed.  Silas, trapped on desolate shore,  Immortal, yet his heart is sore. A cure bestowed, to end his plight,  But in his scorn, he shuns the light.  Two thousand years, the Bennett’s call,  The last of her kind, to rise or fall. In her hands, the world’s fate lies bare,  Savior or destroyer, the burden to bear.  The Bennett witch, her choice to make,  To save the world, or let it break.

[randomestfandoms]

I've seen it in the poems and the sands I've pleaded with the powers and their plans I tried to rewrite it, but I can't It's the history, the history of man

[octaviasdread]

i’m not a classics scholar but the vampire diaries makes so much sense in retrospect once i realised elena is a form of helen

she’s another loose ya take on a helen of troy/the iliad plot

damon initially compelled her to forget meeting him, but stefan (paris) steals the mortal elena (his post-katherine ideal of beauty) from the hands of mortality and her predestined doppelgänger fate

if stefan hadn’t decided that he ‘needed to know’ elena then she would’ve met and married her doppelgänger counterpart - tom avery - the symbolic menelaus of tvd

instead, elena is dragged into the immortals arguments, further bloodline curses, prophecies, and wars between an undead (olympian god-like) mikaelson family all because of her appearance

and mystic falls (troy) suffers the consequences of supernatural and immortal familial wars waged in their mortal town

while this last comparison is almost meaningless in terms of myth, i do want to note that after paris is killed, helen marries his brother deiphobus (damon?)

it’s been years since i watched the show so i can’t give more depth to this, but i saw tvd & euripides tik toks back to back and had a thought

there’s got to be something loosely homeric here even if the details are wrong. something something no story is ever truly unique

[feyres-divorce-lawyer]

like get away🧌💥

[katherineholmes]

Petrova Doppelgängers and Femininity

I'm not sure if the show runners and the writers intended to do this, but the Petrova doppelgängers are deeply entrenched in femininity. The one thing that all doppelgängers have in common is that they are always the sufferers. That they are powerful but only because they can be used. And that is exactly how the world has used women for centuries.

Amara’s cast in stone for two thousand years, being the anchor to the other side, her power used to hold up the so called supernatural purgatory. Tatia’s love is twisted, her blood is used to turn the men she loved into monsters. She had a child, presumably from a man who either left her or died. And then she’s killed by the lover turned monster for her blood. Katherine’s child is ripped from her, and when she tries to start a new life, she’s shown a beautiful, romantic future with a lord before it’s ripped away from her too. Before she sees her whole family slain. Elena is entrenched in grief and trauma, her loss is like Katherine’s, but where Katherine’s happened in a single night, Elena’s happened over three years.

Over and over again, the doppelgängers are used for the two most personal things - their blood and their womb. Having children that they can’t raise.

Amara falls in love with a man far more powerful than her and is condemned to an eternity of suffering and punishment for her crime.

Tatia is blamed for coming between two brothers and killed for her crime.

Katherine has her child ripped from her arms, seeing her daughter only once before she’s gone forever. She goes to England and dreams of a perfect life, emboldened by Klaus and his ‘romantic’ pursuit of her. Probably sees dreams of being a lady and a wife and a mother, for she’s a mother without her child.

But when she realises that these are just her dreams and tries to take control of her situation, she’s punished and has to see her entire family dead. Punished because she did not accept death and suffering. It’s telling as well, the way she’s portrayed on the show, the femme fatale, the ‘sexy’ one, the whore to Elena’s Madonna.

The only one who gets sent to hell for her sins.

Elena sees her parents die, Elena’s stuck between two brothers who love her face and her body and her compliance more than they love her. Who loses her aunt despite giving into Klaus and then becomes his human blood bag. Who keeps trying to save Stefan until he breaks her spirit, who keeps trying to save Damon despite how he takes away her right to grieve.

Amara, Tatia, Katherine and Elena are all sufferers. They suffer for their blood and their bodies and their wombs. They scream and are turned into victims, monster teeth in their throats, and iv lines in their veins and their blood turned to stone.

They are a representation of the most fundamental ways in which women suffer. Through their blood and their wombs and their hearts.

They are not powerful beings, yet their blood and suffering is of use to others.

And yet, they persevere. Amara who chooses her own death, and Tatia who had willingly given her blood to save Elijah. Katherine who takes her death in her own hands and lives. Refuses to suffer. Elena who plays the game and uses everything at her disposal to save everyone she can around her.

Just as all women do.

They all play a game that’s been rigged against them since the beginning.

They are one whose blood enables the existence of vampires and hybrids. Without the doppelgängers, there would be no vampires, there would be no originals, and no hybrids. Their blood is what sustains two entire species.

And so, in one way or the other, they win.

@sevensistersofsussex @amandamonroe @feralcherry @qvnthesia @jennifersminds

[hacked-wtsdz]

Ocean Vuong // Georges Bataille ‘Ecstasy’

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[vicontheinternet]

Elijah still give me the ick from when he kept call marcel boy and refused to use his name. What is this the 1960’s.

[ultraviolenc6]

[seddair]

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[touchedbydestiny]

          even though there was nothing threatening about @malka-lisitsa when she crossed the room to sit next to her, amara involuntarily winced. having someone in her proximity was unbearable. every little movement of anyone near her made her fear the worst. pain, incredible pain were the only results that amara knew whenever anyone approached her.

          through her teary eyes, however, amara could see that something had changed about katherine. the negative, hostile, arrogant attitude that surrounded her had disappeared, and she seemed … vulnerable. and perfectly genuine. it was a reaction that amara didn’t expect and a reaction that somehow showed her that there was a spark of good in every person.

          amara was able to understand katherine’s thoughts very well, and she could relate to how she was feeling. maybe they were not as different as they seemed at first glance. she was also fascinated by what katherine felt for silas’s shadow self. amara knew there was a legend that doppelgangers would find each other. they had been, after all, created in her and silas image, but amara had never seen a doppelganger couple. they had never found each other in their respective lifetimes or had taken different paths. most of the time they had also been of different ages when they had died. they weren't meant to exist at the same time at the same age. there were temporal shifts, depending on how long their respective predecessor lived. the concept of doppelganger was astounding and while she had seen herself and silas in different versions, amara had never deemed them to be real. until recently, she had thought of them as some kind of fever dreams to taunt her.

          but this, what katherine seemed to feel for stefan, was real.

          "unfortunately, my survival will not help you." amara's voice was a raspy whisper. "qetsiyah will not help you. i know you don't want to believe me but … perhaps you will believe in her aversion for me and silas. she won't help you establish the relationship she loathes to see." on the contrary, even if qetsiyah is supposedly helping katherine, she will probably add a twist that is going to ruin it for her.

          "if you want a chance of happiness, take matters into your own hands. don't believe her. use the time that you still have and search for another solution. a solution you can trust."

Amara still didn't seem to get that she didnt have to be not a slave to be special. Her soul called to his. That was special... but Katherine wasn't going to argue right now. Strangely, she listened to her keep talking.

All of that about how Silas made her feel... that was every bit how she felt with Stefan. Every little detail. Its why she chases him. They were made for each other. They belonged together, and thats why Katherine was risking so much for this immortality. She was running out of time with him, and she couldnt bare the thought.

A life, even after one, without Stefan wasn't anything or anywhere she wanted to be.

The doppelganger watched her original's eyes fall and the words that came out of her mouth pulled on heart strings Katherine so desperately wanted to pretend she didn't have.... but she did. It must take a lot to get someone to give up on a love like the one Amara has.

She crossed the room and sat next to the grieving girl. Katherine chewed her lip for a moment, trying to hide how watery her eyes were, that she was about to cry. She didn't want to look weak in front of anyone right now, she was clinging to a reputation she needed now more than ever to survive.

"I'm sorry...that you feel that way. I'm sorry that you've been through all this, I'm sorry that youre caught between the love of a man and the hate of his ex... I'm sorry that you've been tortured for the last two thousand years. You didn't deserve it. You didn't deserve any of it but a happy life full of love. I get it now... why you want to die so badly... I still don't agree... but I understand being more tired than you know how to deal with." She swallowed hard, internally cursing the tear that escaped her grasp and rolled down her cheek.

"I spent five hundred years running, losing everything and every one i loved at the hands of a psycho who was pissed I wouldnt die for his stupid personal gain. He punished me too. For something that had nothing to do with me outside of an unfortunate circumstance. Im tired... so.... fucking.... tired...." More tears, oh god she really was tired. Oh no the flood gates... fuck.

"But I can't let you go... I'm not ready to give up on Stefan yet... and if theres a chance... I have to take it. Sure, im not an idiot I know it most likely wont happen... but if it can... even if it might... Stefan is my Silas... and im not done fighting for him... I hope you understand that."

[starkeysprincess]

i have a random thought of dark vampire!rafe that manipulates reader into falling in love with him just to keep her trapped at tannyhill estate and brutally fucking her and leaving her bitten and sucked nearly dry before he decides to heal her and do it all over again. perhaps she looks exactly like a lost love of his that he’s “punishing” in her place but sometimes he’s almost passionate in the way he fucks her that reader can tell isn’t for her. but maybe in his own twisted way he ends up actually caring for her too 🙂‍↕️

oooo wait 🙈 I’m heavily inspired by tvd for this & leaning towards my knowledge of vampires from tvd idk it just makes sense to me since you added the healing factor to it <3

i fear if rafe was a vampire in tvd, he’d def use compulsion to his advantage 😭

I’ve never written vampire!rafe, I’m sorry if this is horrible 😭

i can see you being a doppelgänger of vampire!rafe’s first love & although he knows you aren’t her, he quickly becomes obsessed with you. he’d manipulate you into falling in love with him by using his charming personality, making you think he’s nothing but a gentleman. little do you know, he’s manipulating you to not only feed off of you but to keep you trapped in Tannyhill with him.

vampire!rafe would be fucking you from behind, his hand across your breasts, toying with your nipples while his other hand is holding your neck up as he thrusts up into you. You don’t think anything of it when he buries his face in the crook of your neck until you let out a shriek at the sharp sensation in your neck.

you can barely keep yourself up, not used to being manhandled but you start feeling lightheaded from the combination of him brutally fucking you and him practically draining you of your blood. black dots start to cloud your vision, your eyes feeling heavy as you’re on the verge of passing out.

rafe bites at his wrist, shoving it in front of your mouth, “Drink” he mutters against your ear, his hips never faltering as he forces you to drink his blood. once he knows you’re healed, he continues to do it over and over again, repeating the cycle of nearly sucking you dry before healing you.

your body can’t keep up, giving out completely as soon as you cum, passing out in his arms from what he put you through. as much as he hates to admit it, he’s grown to have a soft spot for you, his face softening as he held you in his arms, scooping you up and carrying you into his bedroom, gently laying you down on his bed.

[starshipsofstarlord]

Petrova

summary - games were always katherine’s intentions, and as the prized possession and girlfriend of her nemesis and doppelgänger elena gilbert, she just had to have you (2.7k)

warnings - 18+ smut minors dni, fingering, cheating, swearing, slight degradation, mentions of katherine’s past

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There was one that hated your girlfriend with a deadly intent; her name was Katherine Pierce, she was a destructive vampire, who had taken much a toll on people's lives. It was her life goal to make people sufficiently miserable, for she felt the same, she had been chased for her bloodline for hundreds of years by one of the most powerful families. Her ignited hatred was directed towards Elena Gilbert, the woman that you were dating. Elena was a spark of joy in the darkness that often gloomed over Mystic Falls, she was a symbol of eternal mortality that often had your body intertwined in comfort, however there was something in regard to Katerina Petrova that made your heart rapidly beat, and your palms grow sweaty. They shared the same appearance so perhaps that could have been why you were so drawn to her, but you knew that wasn't it all alone; the aura that she carried was addictive like a drug, it was understandable how both Salvatore brothers had fallen for the promiscuous vampire, claiming to love her at times. And whilst your feelings were not that strong towards the strong immortal, lust encased you each and every time that you thought of her, even if you were in the company of your own girlfriend, of whom you were currently with.

Her locks were straight as she combed her hands through the brunette strands, she was seated by the window in her bedroom, a familiar book beholden in between her fingers as she scrawled on the pages with ink that dispersed from the black pen that she was using. Her journal. It was filled with many secrets and first hand experiences of the dangerous encounters that she faced, and most people would be driven by the darkness inside of their souls to look inside, but you were not, you assumed it was because when it boiled down to it you had your own secrets that you had no intentions to share with Elena, and that you understood that on a personal note that there were some things that people preferred to keep private. And thus, you respected the space that she needed to release her thoughts as you lay on her bed, removing your gaze so that it was aimed up at the ceiling, and allowed your mind to drift away to your own secrets. It went back to Katherine, as though she were a sickness that you just couldn't shake, and that was a rather accurate way to describe it. Admittedly you felt quite an arise of guilt as you were splayed upon your partner's bed thinking of another woman, it wasn't right nor fair.

A part of you wished that you could tell Elena the truth about how you felt, you loved her and you had no goals to hurt her in the way that expressing your dark attraction towards her doppelganger would do. She continuously compared herself to her vampire counterpart, and you didn't need to make her feel any more insecure about their relation and indifferent outer appearances than she already did, and so you sat up, dragging your eyes over to Elena again. The way that she was so invested and lost in recounting her experience was beautiful, it was as though everything, but her body had abandoned this timeline, and that she was becoming a part of the past all over again. It caused a content smile to appear on your face; she was all that you needed, and thus you stood from the bed and began to walk towards her, catching her attention. Her opal brown eyes focused on you, lifting up from the paper she had scribbled upon as she put it on the side beside her. "It's getting rather late, I think I should head out." You told her to which she stood, enclosing the space between the pair of you, unaware of why you were really leaving. The guilt was still eating away at you, and until you awoke in the morning, it would remain there, tomorrow was going to be a fresh start, you planned not to think about Katherine whatsoever.

A small crush never hurt anybody, but this was deeper than that, and would be to Elena also. The best thing to do would be shake all remnants of emotion out of the truth, and prioritise the relationship that you were currently in. Elena wound her arms around your neck, pressing your bodies closer together, and if it were in her fashion you were sure she would have pouted, but that was definitely more of a Katherine thing. "Okay." She spoke with a smile, not suspicious in the slightest which was a major relief. "I'll miss you, and I'll see you tomorrow morning at cheer practice." To put an all-consuming finale to her words, she conjoined your lips, and that was how Katerina Petrova left your mind and was diverted elsewhere in your brain. Your hand weaved into the back of her perfectly styled hair, inherently pulling her closer to rouse more passion into the kiss, ensuring that she knew that you loved her although the pair of you hadn't said those words yet. It wasn't that you didn't feel anything for her, but you forbade yourself from saying such a meaningful sentiment until she was the only one that made your stomach churn and your heart coil from impact of ravenous beats.

Finally, the pair of you split apart, your lips dragging along one another's one last time until that was it. "Bye babe." Your fingers caressed her arm as you retraced your steps out from her room, descending down the stairs and out of the house, to where you saw Jeremy talking to Alaric by his truck. You sent them a wave on your way off the drive as you walked through the streets of Mystic Falls all by your lonesome; it'd have been a stupid thing for just anyone to do, however you knew of the dangers that lurked when the sun set, and to be accurate whilst it was still in the sky. Vampires had the tactical advantage of daylight rings which therefore allowed them to perform their stalking of prey whenever they wished, and they would not disintegrate to ash for it. There was a feeling tugging at your gut when you got closer to your home that you were being followed, you whipped your head around but to no avail saw anything. Either it was all in your head or whatever had an idea to pick you up for dinner knew what they were doing, you had a suspicion of the latter and thus picked up your pace, wanting to get inside to avoid a run in with a bloodsucker.

However you should have known that it would have realised that you had caught onto its almost invisible advances, and one you were about to head down the last turning to reach your home, a hand grabbed you, tugging you into the area between two houses. A tired sigh fell from your lips; you'd recognise that intoxicating perfume any day, you'd spent hours trying to get this particular vampire out of your head and when you had finally managed to do so, she chooses to track you down. "What do you want Katherine?" The brunette cocked her head at you, snickering lightly at your question, as though she were amused by interlocking two brothers to be in love with her, which she had done before. And now you were her target, she would strip you down to your very core until you were a withering servant to her heart, and make you forget all about her doppelganger. She was far more interesting anyways, and exciting and could show you far more than the small town girl that you had committed yourself to.

But you loved Elena, she was the one that you knew logically you could have a future with, rather than being on the run with for the rest of your sorry life. "I thought it was obvious," she carried a sprawled and prideful smile upon her features, as her chocolate eyes probed at you for a selfish purpose, and you felt adequately drawn into her sultry trap. And the worst thing was, you couldn't find it in yourself to be swallowing guilt, she had captured you and intermingled your essence into her deviousness, even after all of the horrid games that she had played. You should of resented everything of her entire being, considering her satire feud against your partner and friends, however her very personality beneath her traumatic past made you evoke pity for the woman.

Sighing heavily, you kept your eyes fixed, forcing them not to roll at the suspension that she purposely left you with. "You aren't getting anything from me Katherine, so knock off the act. Leave me and Elena alone, maybe occupy yourself with Damon and Stefan as you once had; you've already ruined their lives, so allow the rest of us to get on with our own." But despite your words, that wasn't what you'd ever admit that you wanted, you loved the adrenaline that you experienced when you were in her resented company, it was dangerous and exciting, and you hated that you felt addicted to it - to her. She cocked a fragrant smile once again, her irises illuminating with deviancy, which was nothing estranged from Katherine's usual self.

"I don't care about little, precious Elena," she blankly and openly stated, daring to inch closer to your personal space which you had previously accounted to be forbidden. "However I am quite enamoured with you, perhaps you'd enjoy 'spending time' with somebody who is more exhilarating than Elena." Katherine Pierce was a confident woman, and she enjoyed putting Elena in where she thought to be her place, however you couldn't cave without a dire purpose, you did love Elena... but the sweet pungency of her perfume hit your nostrils, making your brain delirious and no doubt your actions swayed by her vixen like seduction. "Come on y/n/n, live a little. I'd be pleased to be her upgraded replacement, after all, I always get what I want."

"And you want me?" You pretended to sound astounded, an aghast facade of shock exhibiting across your face as your brows drew wearingly together. But you weren't nervous about Katherine's actions, you wanted to have control over your own, to be stubborn against her effective persuasion. Too many had fallen victim to her cunning sexual appeal, and whilst you couldn't fault them to the magnetising tug that she pulled them in with as you were conditioned with the same plague, you couldn't do that out of not only the respect that you held towards those you cared for, but yourself as well. But your body fought aggressively against your rationalising mind, desiring to be dangerously closer to the immortal woman before you.

"I haven't been vacant about that fact," she once again moved closer, her face directly before yours, "and I can't blame myself. I've always loved the chase after a beautiful woman, but the time is up and the game is finally over, because Elena or no Elena, I will take what I want, just like she did with the Salvatores." She was using the mention of Damon and Stefan to bait you, you remembered watching them pine after your girlfriend and it awoke a fuse within your human soul. Jealousy, you shared the feeling of which the vampire in your eye line held for your relationship with her soft natured doppelgänger, and it brewed a heavy weight in your chest. She had you exactly where she had intended, and she took it as her vast opportunity to whisk her face significantly closer, brushing her poisonous lips against your own.

"Then prove it Katherine." The sin washed over you, and before you knew it your body was against the uncomfortable brick wall behind you, her mouth practically devouring your own. And you hated to pursue such a cheat, but Katherine always had a point, no matter how cruel and satire it was to be. Your heart patted in your vulnerable body like a blood induced marathon, and the monster in disguise could hear every beat, and it only aroused her slyness farther. It would be sensible and a control of your morals to stop kissing her, but the way her hands massaged your hips had you squirming in conjunction to pressing your thighs together that were trapped from a sexual relief.

It was her intention to prove everything to you, and your muse of a body, she could sense through all of her versatile abilities that she was driving you stirringly insane. "I told you I get exactly what I want." She hissed from the barricade of your clashing teeth, her hands creeping inwards and creeping up to the button of your jeans, expertly zipping down its metallic fly. You were already wet, and although she knew already knew due to her stern direction of scent, it held no comparison to feeling your wetness drizzle wantonly down her fingers that had discovered the inside of your underwear.

She twirled her experienced digits around your folds, before drifting upwards to your sensitive clit, that yearned for attention every time that the enemy that shared an appearance with your girlfriend was near. "Fuck." You whimpered, throwing your head back and resting it on the neighbourhood architecture, pouting when she decided to neglect your rosey bud of pleasure, however she had no discern to uphold the desperate contact that she shared with you. Instead she travelled further between your spasming thighs, drifting the length of her finger through your wet entrance, and it easily glided inside.

"I doubt Elena has ever had you like this, holding pretty tears in your eyes." She taunted you, smirking wickedly when she added another within your walls, picking up the pace in which she fucked you with them. You wanted to bite back, yell or scream a phrase of argument, but your current predicament proved otherwise. You grew closer to the overwhelming edge, your head growing delirious, and you realised that you had never been pushed towards an orgasm so fast in such little time. "Cum for me y/n, you know you want to." It was impossible to do anything but obey the dominant brunette, and thus you followed suit of her words, your cunt clenching tightly around her two fingers as you reached your blissful landing upon your orgasm.

A few minutes passed before she retracted her fingers from within you, your mind continuing to be hazy for a long and silent moment, and you missed witnessing Katherine feeding herself from your juices that had spilled over her fingers. As you opened your eyes despite the dreary wash of endorphins that stunned your mind, reality came crashing down, and you ushered a distance from Katerina Petrova, your hands grasping at the realisation that appeared to be in your hair follicles. "Shit! Elena..." You were a cheater, as bad as Katherine back when she toyed with the brothers that had been poised as her puppets, and you had fallen as her prey.

"It's okay, it can be our little secret. And so can next time." She agonisingly attempted to comfort you, reaching her hand up to grab at your face, however this time you didn't hesitate to slap it away, overcome with guilt that should have stopped you from swaying along with her ploy of getting in your pants, and intently your heart. "No." You ushered back at her, imposing a state of redress upon yourself as you recoiled with disgust at yourself. "It shouldn't have happened, and it won't ever happen again." But the traitorous villain before you had the feeling that you were telling a lie, as she had told many in the span of over 500 long and disturbed years whilst she ran away from those that wished to hunt her. They were bigger predators, Originals, but you were merely a human, and the target of a spiteful vampire that would take everything she wanted.

[amongaesthetics]

So, spooky season means spooky show rewatching, and thoughts about said spooky shows.

I need someone to agree with me that The Vampire Diaries took their archetypes from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Like, nobody can convince me that Stefan is not supposed to be Angel (when normal he’s the height of morality, but secretly has a darker side that gets out of control and dangerous). And that Damon is not supposed to be Spike (wild, does what he wants when he wants, but falls in love deep and hard because behind the murder and mayhem, he’s a romantic at his core).

I also love that someone looked at Angel and Spike and said “ah, torture and falling in love with the same girl, that’s sibling behavior” which I am HERE for.

Other thoughts on TVD:

- all the past doppelgängers of Elena and Stefan are doomed to fall in love and then die miserably, so really we should be thanking Damon for being a meddling girlfriend stealer since without him everybody else would literally die in season 2/3 (he was the problem in season 1)

- Stefan loved Elena, but I think he was more happy that Damon would fight him for her than he was upset about it. The whole series Stefan loved Damon, and for a good while he wanted to find humanity in Damon and ground him in that. Damon loving Elena proved that humanity to Stefan, which is why Stefan only really got upset when he lost Elena.

- Spike is still better than Damon, but I find Stefan a more fully fleshed out character than Angel (at least in the Buffy series) since in Buffy Angel was literally “I’m tortured and love you and have your back but I’m a vampire and I hate that and I used to be suu-ccchh a bad person but don’t look at other guys” and it felt like he was almost too tall dark and mysterious most of the time. Stefan at least we follow and hear the monologue and thoughts and hopes of.

[bennett-mikealson]

What is the obsession with comparing Bonnie to witch’s on a different show? Compare them to each other not Bonnie. Bonnie Stan’s could be praising Bonnie for her power or hyping her up then here come the haters ready to discredit anything she’s ever done.

The Bennetts are the blueprint to TVD remember that!! Had it not been for Qetsiyah you would have no originals, doppelgängers, other side, immortality and the cure.

A Bennett witch told Esther about immortality and was her Bestfriend/MENTOR. Remember that!!!