#he’s such a pain in the ass but when vicki is hurting? In danger? oh he is Right there at her side fawning over her.

[widowshill]

looking at them isn’t enough I need them injected into my blood stream

[multifandomaddictedfangirl]

The Vampire Diaries Thoughts & Opinions (rewatch)

S1 :

OMG I completely forgot how cheap was this show! The dialogues in s1 feels so forced and fake 🤮 Not to blame the actors, but sometimes it feels really unnatural, like you know you’re in a fantasy young adult tv show. It doesn’t feel like real life, like what real people would do/say. It’s too obnoxious and dramatic and... overly intense ?? 😕 Rewatching it, it might be the biggest flaw of the early seasons 🤷‍♀️

They all look SO YOUNG tough 😳

Mmmm... Stefan acts like a total creep in s1, it’s really giving me Twilight vibes 😅 like if I was Elena/Bella, I would be terrified of Stefan/Edward ! 😰 They’re creepy and stalky and weirdly intense / edgy about ordinary stuff... Their entire personality screams : “I AM A VAMPIRE AND I CANNOT CONTROL MYSELF AROUND YOU” which... #yikes 🤔

Caroline Forbes is my favorite character of the entire show, I love her SO much ❤️ “I’m never the one” is still one of the most powerful lines, for me, and I loved her characterisation throughout the show

Matt has been irrelevant since s1 🙄, honestly he was maybe funny/quirky in the double-date episode and regarding his relationship with Caroline (while not having moved on from Elena)...? But that was like a couple of episodes and apart from that he was just useless. I do not understand why he stayed alive that long

Jeremy.... oh Jeremy 😔 He was... such a cliché! He was what adults see as the “typical” rebellious edgy teenager who does nothing of his life except smoking weed. And no, I don’t like that caricature. His relationship with Vicky... 🤷‍♀️ I mean, sure, it was sweet that he cared for her that way and that he saw more in her than just the “stoned-ass trashy girl” 💁🏻‍♀️ that she was supposed to embody. But Jeremy really acted like “The Nice Guy”and it seemed like he was expecting something for being nice with Vicky. He acted like if Vicky owed him something, while she never asked for him to interfere in her problems 🙅‍♀️ I don’t know, I guess he was just supposed to be a lost teen, damaged by trauma, and I get that.

OK, so if I was Elena, seeing Katherine’s picture would FREAK. ME. OUT 😱 I would run away. So far away. I would tell everyone I love to run away 👀 I would just completely shut down. I would never want to see the guy ever again (who clearly has a fetish and an unhealthy obsession!!). I mean, talk about being clinched to your ex

Damon and Caroline’s relationship was SO TOXIC in s1 !! 💥 And the show never really acknowledged that!! I mean, sure, they did, but I don’t think Damon realised the pain he caused her: he manipulated her, fed on her, hurt her, compelled her, used her to get what he wanted, abused her, put her life in danger, over and over again 🤢🤬😡

LEXIIIIIIIIII 💖💖💖 Finally! I remember I liked her a lot, but she’s just one of the best, purest character! I’m so happy Stefan can AT LEAST count on her 💕

WHAT?! 😱 SHE DIED SO SOON IN THE SHOW??!?? 💔😭 I didn’t remember that at all! I think my mind erased that fact from my mind because it hurt too much!

Ugh, Logan 😑

I hate what they did with Bonnie 😡 In s1 she’s this incredibly judgy character who ruins every single plan by having ridiculously high moral standards (for this fictional universe, at least), ugh. I love her but they used her to create unnecessary conflict in the show and she didn’t deserve that. Also she didn’t deserve all the pain, the deaths & the misery. She’s one of the (many) characters who have suffered SO MUCH throughout the seasons and they really did her dirty and i’m so mad about that !!

The flashbacks from 1864 were quite well done. I always found it interesting to learn more about Katherine’s past and the Salvatore brothers’ tragic origin story.

*sighs* John Gilbert... urrffffgh 🙄

Isobel being Elena’s biological mother AND Alaric’s ex wife was... so weird 🤨

Overall, I don’t have a lot of opinions for that season because I was bored half of the time 🤷‍♀️ I just really wasn’t interested about the plot and/or the characters because it was all so cliché and cheap. This season was really bad. It’s not working at all, for me at least.

S2 :

Katherine is a GREAT character and you can’t fight me on that 💁🏻‍♀️👠👑

The addition of the werewolves was quite a good idea, though it was predictable so far. Werewolves and vampires often come together in fantasy 🤷‍♀️ Tyler’s storyline was interesting though 🤔 The whole idea of a curse that you activate when you become responsible for someone’s death, no matter your intentions, was good.

CAROLINE BECOMING A VAMPIRE WAS ONE OF THE BEST THING HAPPENING TO THIS SHOW : YES ! 👏 She was such a better person as a vampire. She was arguably the best vampire of them all, the one who truly succeeded the most at adapting at her new life 💕

I DO NOT understand WHY Damon would ask for troubles to Mason, a werewolf, whose bite is DEADLY to him 🙄

Elijah was so different in s2 than I remembered. So uptight, and yet so evil ?? I remembered him as the nice brother in the Michaelson family. But the way he relentlessly targets Rose and her family and friends... yikes 😣🥺

Klaus was so HYPED by the show. Even Katherine herself was terrified of him 😱 And when you think about it, he might be one of the most dangerous creature of TVD’s lore... 🧐 But compared to other vilains, he was quite friendly.

Bonnie and Jeremy... mmm.... sure. You know what, it doesn’t scream “soulmate” but it doesn’t have to be. It can be just a messy, complicated, unexplainable crush. It can just be two people liking each other and enjoying each other’s company without trying to look for a deeper thing. Plus the situation is so awkward, with Jeremy being Bonnie’s best friend’s little baby brother, that it was fun to watch! 😄

My heart still feels for Jenna 💔 She had just learnt the truth about vampires and she had JUST figured out why everyone in her life was acting so weird... and then she died. And idk she was a lovely, messy, funny, pure heartface, completely lost gardian... 💕 and I’m gonna miss her. I would have liked to see her react to what happened next on the show (and how she could have supported Elena & Jeremy through all of this, etc.) 🥺

OF COURSE STEFAN WOULD MAKE A DEAL WITH KLAUS TO GET A CURE FOR HIS BROTHER! Is this Supernatural?

So, yeah, same thing here: most of the storylines developed in this season didn’t interest me whatsoever. So I don’t have a lot of things to say about this season, but just bear with me pls 🐻

S3 :

I absolutely adore Stefan as a ripper in s3. Especially regarding his complicated relationship with Klaus... I think his dependency / addiction to blood is really interesting 🤔 Stefan can’t be a regular vampire, drinking blood from humans then erasing their memories / drinking from blood blags. He can’t because he feels so guilty for the lives he takes / the pain he inflicts on other. So he’s like all or nothing 🤷‍♀️ A human blood-free diet guy. Or a merciless killer.

Regarding of the whole delena / stelena ship war... *sighs* 😔 I honestly don’t know 🤷‍♀️ Both relationships seem hella toxic (for different reasons, but still). I do believe Elena loved them both (maybe not at the same time, though). So, I don’t know who she should have ended up with... I remember shipping her with Damon on my first watch, but now I realise that was purely for the bad boy vibes (i.e bad boy, who, deep down, isn’t so bad because turns out he can change and blah blah blah... ugh what a cliché i know 🙄). So anyway, I’m not gonna defend Delena, it’s as messed up as Stelena if you ask me. But that’s where my heart went on the first watch and that’s who she canonically ends up with, so I’m not gonna fight it and try to make a case of whether she should have ended up with another person (or alone?). In my head, she’s with Damon 🙃 Just cause’ it’s easier, more convinient, and I’m lazy that way 😅 But I understand people who ship/prefer Stelena over Delena. I’m just not THAT invested in this freaking love triangle anymore ✋

The show really took off when they introduced the original vampires if you ask me 🧛‍♂️ Their backstory is so tragic, and after that, it makes more sense why Elijah, Rebekah and Klaus are so close, trust each other so much and manage to forgive the worst of each other💖

Rebekah, that poor girl who only ever wanted to have a human normal life and to BOND with people (whether they were family, friends or more than friends...) 💕has been betrayed by EVERYONE 🔪She was daggered more times than I can even count, and I’m surprised she hasn’t killed everyone out of pure revenge yet!

Yeeeeep. Still ships Klaroline. ❤️

My God, what would I give to see Caroline explore this world and enjoy the perks of her vampire life with Klaus...🥰 She wanted that. She secretly dreamed of that. And frankly, she deserved that. She deserved to feel happy and fulfilled and excited about her future! She deserved more than the life she got in Mystic Falls ✨ More than Tyler! More than Jessy. More than Damon. And more than Stefan too, even if she did seem happy with him in the end. I think I liked Klaus as a romantic option for the same reasons I liked Damon back then. For the challenge. For the way they always push their girlfriends further, and make them want more of life than what they’ve got. For the way they make them ambitious.

I think the reason this season feels so useless is because they try to find a way to eliminate the Original family... only to find out that if they do that, EVERY VAMPIRE EVER WILL ALSO DIE 👏

I despised the whole evil alter ego trope that they did with Alaric 😪😴 I liked the idea of the ring having real bad consequences. But here, Alaric can’t take responsibility for wanting to cheat on death precisely because he has a second personality that he cannot control. The blame is just put on somebody else, an entire other person that just cohabits in Alaric’s body. I never really liked the whole Dr Jekill & Mr Hide trope 🤷‍♀️ And I don’t think it was bringing anything to the table, honestly. It’s boring (because SO obvious and predictable) and it takes forever to deal with (ugh) 😑

NOOOOOOOOOO RICK 😭💔 He was one of my favorite character. I really loved his relationship with Elena and Jeremy + his friendship with Damon. I’m gonna miss him really hard. The scene with Damon on his grave was really sweet 🥺

S4:

Elena being a vampire : YES! 👏 We’ve been waiting for this for so long, the show really needed this to go on (realistically the show would have had trouble to move on if Elena would have stayed human for a lot longer). So I’m really glad about that being the premise for s4 ☺️ Plus her transition is well handled, with her memories coming back + her emotions being heightened (the scene where she bursts into laugh and cannot stop was really funny and somehow relatable 😂).

The scene in the car with Stefan, Matt & Elena VS Stefan, Elena & her father was really well done! 👏 I loved the parallel where she wants Stefan to save Matt first, just like her father wanted him to save Elena first. So touching 💕 It’s a tough choice and Stefan will have to live with both consequences for the rest of his life, which will NOT be easy with Damon blaming him for Elena’s death. But, really, Damon kinda has a point : "in what world are you [Matt] the one that gets to live?”. Matt has been saved so many times on the show and it’s legit to ask yourself : WHY? Why him? 🤷‍♀️He’s so irrelevant and useless. But I get that’s the whole point. Human life is irrelevant and useless (in the great scheme of things). And yet, we fight for it ✊ Because somehow it matters.

S4 helped me remember what I didn’t like about Stefan, regarding his relationship with Elena. He really had a big problem with her being a vampire, and he spent half of his time trying to “control” / “fix” her 🙄 He’s got such high standards for Elena when she turns into a vampire. It’s like he expects her to not make the same mistakes as he - or any other vampire in the history of vampirism - did. He desperately wants her to be a “good” vampire right away and avoid the “killer without humanity” phase 🤔 Which is understandable. He doesn’t want her to become a bad vampire who doesn’t care about human life, as he was during his ripper phase (or like Damon).

Damon truly accepted her, the new her, vampire! Elena 👐 You can argue that it’s because he’s selfish and he wants people to act as bad and carelessly as him (that’s why he tried to manipulate Stefan into drinking human blood again in s1 : he doesn’t want to be alone and he needs someone else to party with)... But he isn’t selfish when it comes to Elena 🤷‍♀️ The show proved us that. He wanted her to have a human normal life, to be happy, to grow old and have children. He wanted to give her that, and that’s why he would have saved her over Matt on the bridge. He’s not happy that she is a vampire. That’s not what he wanted. Never. But now that she is, and that there’s nothing they can do about it (that they know of), Damon tries to make the best out of it

Anyway, Caroline is such a better teacher then Damon or Stefan 😅 Drop the Salvatore brothers and get educated on the vampire life with your bff, Elena !

Elena being sired by Damon, OMMGG! 😮😮😮 So much drama, I really loved it. It was smart to use that as a way to postpone Delena for a little bit - playing on the general doubt that Elena might not truly love Damon and she might just be under the influence of the sire bond. Which, let’s be honest, was a legit consideration to have. So, yeah... REALLY GLAD that, in the end, the sire bond didn’t create those feelings out of nowhere, it only heightened and amplified what was already there beforehand. Otherwise, it would have been really problematic, especially regarding consent issues 😕

I love that Damon makes the right choice again with Elena and “sets her free”. He doesn’t want their relationship to be fake. And so he uses the sire bond to send her away, to be herself, to live her life without worrying about what makes him happy. You can say everything you want about Damon, at least he gets it right by her ☝️Just like when he confessed his feelings to her, but compelled her to forget because she’s in love with Stefan and he doesn’t want to mess it up. He was not selfish when it came to her.

It was really heartbreaking to see Jeremy becoming a hunter and having the sudden urges to kill his own sister and basically everybody else in his life 😢

Poor Carol Lockwood! 💔 She didn’t deserve to die. She tried so hard to help for Tyler, even when she learnt he was a werewolf, she cared so much for him...😭

Their inability to communicate with each other is INSANE. At some point in s4, they all know Shane is practicing a magic called “Expression”. Damon and Stefan also know that kind of magic is incredibly dark and dangerous (from their little trip to New Orleans when they tried to find a way to deactivate the sire bond and the witch there told them she wasn’t practicing this kind of magic). But NO ONE has still put two and two together. And so, Bonnie keeps blindly trusting Shane and hanging out with him 🤦‍♀️

The whole search for the cure was quite interesting and entertaining to watch! Each one of them wanted it for a different reason : destroy it, use it, share it, give it away, save it for later... Which really well portrayed how people can react to the idea of mortality. The fact that there’s only one dose was really genius! That makes it even more interesting to see who’s gonna fight for it (i.e. Rebekah, Stefan), who’s gonna just drop it because turns out they didn’t really want it to begin with (i.e. Damon, Caroline), who’s gonna exchange/bargain it and for what (i.e Katherine, maybe), who’s gonna get it the end and what will they do with it. Will it all be worth it? 🧐

Jeremyyyyy 💔😭 R.I.P 💀

Honestly, even though I still think Matt is irrelevant to the show, let’s remember he also has lost every single person in his life (his dad and his mom are basically gone, Vicky is dead, Tyler left town again, his goddamn history teacher died too) - and now he can add Jeremy, his best friend, to the list 😭 He’s handling it all WAY better than anyone else. I mean you don’t see him burning down the house he grew up in for instance! However, I agree that Elena have lost more people in her family than him (her adoptive parents, Jenna, Alaric, Jeremy, even John... and Isobel is basically gone too). But it’s not like you can compare their lost, anyway. They boty suffered a lot, but I just wanted to say... I liked that the show acknowledged Matt lost someone important for him too 💕

No humanity! Elena, OOMMMGGG!! 🤯 I was so mad when it happened, because Damon could have just used the sire bond to make her deal with her brother’s death, he could have just helped through the grief and tell her it was going to be okay. He didn’t need to make her turn off her humanity 🙄 Real dumb move here!

I kinda liked the friendship between Elena without humanity and Rebecca! Their little trip starting off in NY was fun!

Katherine is, and will always be, the baddest bitch in town! ❤️ I was quite surprised to see her kill Jeremy so heartlessly, but I guess it fits the character. She’ll always be looking out for herself and the opportunity to take the cure and be one step ahead of everyone was obviously too good to leave out. She always had to fight for her own survival, in a world that’s always been dangerous and ruthless against her, so it makes sense she became who she is 🤷‍♀️

Of all the things that could have triggered Elena’s humanity flip switch, really? Matt Donovan? 🤨😑 I mean, it makes sense since Elena seems to value his life over everything else, including her own. But from what we’ve seen so far, she wasn’t really happy when she was dating Matt 😕 They used to fight a lot, they didn’t want the same thing out of life, they just were really different people. And that’s fine, they didn’t work out as a couple, but they can stay friend... Except you don’t really see them interract THAT much as friends. I mean it’s a lot of "say" and not enough "show", for me 🧐 You don’t feel the bond that two best friends should have... between them. You don’t see inside jokes, common interests, similar hobbies, laughters and tears, serious conversations that last for hours, or small talks over the phone... Anyway, from what we were shown so far, she shouldn’t feel that close to Matt. Not more than, idk, Bonnie, Caroline, Damon or Stefan for instance! So the fact that she cares SO MUCH about him is kinda strange 🤔

“He was your first love, I intend to be your last. However long that takes” LOOK WHO’S BAAAACK 👀 My favorite hybrid! Awww of course he was gonna come back for Caroline ❤️

Btw the ceremony was very cute 💕 It’s the end of high school! The end of an era! And they all graduated 🍾🎊🎉

Awwwwww, when Bonnie dropped the veil and everyone got to see their dead friends and family again! Stefan & Lexi, Damon and Alaric, Elena & Jeremy 💖

BONNIIIIIE, OH NOOOO, WHYYY 😭💔 oh no no no no no no no, she wants to keep her death a secret from everyone, that is such a bad idea!!! 😣

OMG SILAS IS A DOPPELGÄNGER OF STEFAN !!! 🤯 POOR STEFAN IS STUCK IN THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE AND NO ONE KNOWS, NOOOOOO 💔😭

S5 :

The whole college experience with Caroline and Elena was so fun to rewatch😁 I wish Bonnie could have been there though, even if she kinda was.

It feels good to watch Elena and Damon being happily in love together and enjoying the summer ❤️☀️ But when you think about Stefan drowning over and over in that lake... it feels so bad :(

Katherine as a human is devastatingly entertaining! "I’m the freaking moonstone" 🤣 So iconic that she, of all people, took the cure! I loved that twist.

I loved the complicated and messy love triangle between Quetsiya, Amara and Silas. I want to empathise with Quetsiya and support her, because Silas screwed her over in such a supernatural, mystical way... he cheated on her and tricked her. He manipulated her to get what he wanted. So yeah, I’m all team Quetsiya ✊ but then again, she is sort of over-paranoid and obssesive? 🤷‍♀️ And being screwed over by a guy doesn’t exactly justify her quest for vengeance. So... I guess the only one who’s okay is Amara?? We don’t see a lot of her but I respect her wish to die after thousands of year in pain, as the anchor of the other side (which, btw, was BRILLIANT! 🤯 Quetsiya’s a genius! o.O)

"You are my life" ❤️ GOD, Damon always finding the right words!

I hate the travelers storyline 🙅‍♀️ I find it incredibly boring and I’m not that attached to Nadia. The only thing I liked about her was her relationship with her mom, Katherine. But apart from that, I don’t really like them as villains, nor as their storyline with Silas 😑😕

Stefan loosing his memory is okay-ish. It’s such a cliché as a trope, but it sort of works because Paul Wesley does such a great work at portraying different Stefans 👍 and it’s always entertaining to watch. And even though I usually ship Delena, I have to admit Elena recreating some moments with Stefan was very cute! 💕So it works but I’m not a big fan.

What I am a big fan of is the evolving relationship between Damon and Jeremy! 🥰 I mean, you can see that he didn’t really care about him, that he was mostly protecting him as a way to please Elena... But then, something changed 🤔He started caring for him for real, kinda like a big brother would:)

"You’re Katherine Pierce. Suck it up" hell yes 💪 keep fightingt, love !

Awwwwwww Bonnie 💔 Why do you always have to sacrifice yourself and put everyone else’s happiness before your own?? It’s really sad to see her becoming the anchor of the other side, feeling literally every single death of all the supernatural beings out there :’(

The Augustine vampire storyline!! 😮I’ve had completely forgotten about that! I love how they connected Damon with that institution, and how they introduced Enzo as Damon’s old mate. Well done👍

Katherine in Elena’s body: OMG! Love it! She’s such a survivor ❤️ That’s gonna mess things up so bad xD (btw the fact NO ONE notices anything is kinda weird and if I was Elena, I would be offended)

Nooooooo, don’t break up with Damon as Elena !!! 😱😱 Uuuughhh!!! Whyyy 😭

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG CAROLINE SLEPT WITH KLAUS !!! ❤️HELL YAS B**CH!!! SHE FINALLY ADMITTED HER FEELINGS FOR HIM !!! THEY KISSED !!! IT’S OFFICIAL !!! (i know klaus will never come back to TVD ever again buuuut... i’m still so so SO happy about that Klaroline reunion!)

Awwwww my baby Liv ❤️ I’ve missed her, she was so precious in season 5 !

Katherine AGRESSIVELY flirting with Stefan, while pretending to be Elena, was... both fun and hard to watch 😅Katherine was soooo pushy! And the fact that Stefan still doesn’t see she’s not Elena was infuriating! Like there’s just no way Elena would ever act like that!

"You’re never gonna as interesting as the next guy she wants to sleep with” poor Nadia 😭 that’s so true though :/ she didn’t deserve to die, I was really sad for her. She deserved a better life than the one she’s got 💔💔💔

FINALLY! 🙌 Finally they put two and two together and figured out Katherine is inside Elena’s body! Thank God 🙏 Caroline made me laugh so much with her "it’s Elena, we would have noticed something" speech. I was like YES. MY POINT EXACTLY 👏 I loved when they figured out all the little details that have been wrong ever since the beginning of this whole mess, like : Katherine was the reason that Tyler knew Caroline slept with Klaus. And Caroline’s like : oooohhh it all makes sense now. Wow. Congrats for figuring this out just now! 🙄

R.I.P Katherine ❤️ Weirdly, she will be missed. She did deserve better.

Jeremy was kind of a jerk with Bonnie in s5 ? I mean he was okay in the first few episodes i guess but then he completely ignored her... not cool bro, not cool 👎

The whole "Why do people seem to expect more of me?" speech of Caroline felt very relatable 👏 Just because she’s kind, because she’s trying to do good, doesn’t mean it’s easier for her! 😤 Plus, why do people keep slut-shaming her for having sex with Klaus when she’s not the first, nor the last, to have had one night stands with - arguably - bad people! ✋

Damon and Elena breaking up : lol 😆 As if. We know they’re endgame. Please. It’s only a matter of episodes until they find their way back to each other, which is why they are kinda cute as a couple.

Ugh 😑 Markos 🤦‍♀️ I just can’t ✋

Bonniiiiiiiiiiie !! Stop lying to everybody!! I hated how she was pretending she had a spell to escape the Other Side collapsing! Haven’t you learnt anything by now? Talk to your friend, figure out a plan together and if not, at leat say your goodbyes and enjoy your last moments with them!

Did I already say I hate the travelers storyline? Well, I do. I hate it 🤬

Season 5 finale was PEFRECT, I loved it. Bonnie resurrecting everyone, Liv doing the spell, Silas helping them just to be destroyed in the end (a fitting ending), Damon and Elena driving through the Grill to kill all the travelers, Alaric coming back, Markos dying... BUT. But, but, but, I was so upset about Damon!! It was just a matter of time and if they would have just kept going with the spell for a few seconds (damn you, Luke!), he would have been able to come through! And Lexi, omg 😭 at least she found peace❤️

Btw, that’s exactly what I meant about Bonnie’s character. Throughout the seasons she never stops sacrificing herself for other people (sometimes those people don’t even deserve it). She keeps lying to everyone. She lied when she died the day of graduation. She didn’t say how much it hurt her to be the anchor. She lied when she said they had a way to bring her back from the Other Side when it was collapsing. She kept minimising her (big-ass) problems. She kept putting other people before herself. And she’s one of the characters who suffered the most. Her storyline revolves around pain. The show doesn’t allow her to be fully happy. And btw, no one truly cares about her happiness (except maybe Jeremy and then Enzo), at least not when somebody else’s safety or comfort is at play. She’s never number 1 on the priority list. If somebody needs her to do a spell or whatever, they will use her. No matter how much danger she puts herself in 🤬

"Please don’t leave me” 😭😭😭 I felt that... It crushed my heart 💔

S6 :

I loved the way everybody coped with Bonnie and Damon’s deaths 💕 Elena got addicted to some magical herbs that made her hallucinate Damon again because she couldn’t deal with his death. Jeremy left a tone of angry voicemails to Bonnie’s old phone - which he paid for. Caroline got dragged into work and research in order to find a way to get back in Mystical Falls. Stefan moved on completely and started off a new life. It’s just... a nice way to show grief 😊

Ooohh I smell some Steroline moments!! Poor Caroline. To me, she deserved better than Stefan! He was such a jerk to her, especially in the beginning 😤😡

NOOOOOOOOOOOO 💔 ELENA DON’T ERASE YOUR MEMORIES! WHAT! WILL! YOU! DO! WHEN! DAMON! INEVITABLY! COMES! BACK! Elenaaaaa 😤 You have to learn how to deal with grief for real !

The fact she trusts Rick completely to do that was so beautiful though... They’re family and it was nice to see their bond.

Bonnie and Damon were kinda cute ! Like I don’t ship them, per say. But I get why some people do 🤷‍♀️ They had chemistry and they worked as an enemies to lovers trope. Anyway, I personally liked their friendship, how they both learnt how to support each other, how to function as a team, how they helped each other through the worst! In the end, Damon truly cared about her, and that’s why he was ready to do anything in order to save her 💪

Kaaaaaaiiiiii 🙈 i’m so conflicted about ya

I totally ship Jalaric ! ❤️ I loved how Elena tried to fix them up together! They’re really cute together. They both have complicated pasts and a messy family. They understand each other :) And Jo is such a confident woman! She knows what she wants, she’s not afraid of speaking her mind, she’s kinda fierce!

The fact that Elena wanted her memories back JUST when Alaric became human again was just... aaarrghh 🤬

"I think I deserve better than that” YES 👏 YOU 👏 DO 👏 CAROLINE! Stefan treated you like shit and you’re right to protect yourself, sweatheart 💕 I really didn’t like how he tried so hard to make amends... without acknowledging how much he hurt her, how he abandoned everyone, how he behaved like a jerk. I liked that Caroline took some distances for her own good 💖 #SelfRespectIsReal

The Gemini coven was really interesting. This idea of such a dysfunctional family, with a psychopath brother who killed half his siblings to merge with his twin sister in order to get leadership for the coven... it was all very compelling! Loved it ❤️

I think I have a thing for storylines about supernatural families in TVD : the Salvatores, the Mikealsons, the Parkers !

Liv and Tyler... mmm... don’t care 🤷‍♀️

You’re telling me that Damon got out of the prison world, even KAI got out, and BONNIE still gets stuck over there!! 🤬 Wtf ?? Why does this show hate this character so much? Why is she always the one who gets screwed in the end?? I just hate the way they treated her!! 😱

There was literally no good outcome to that whole twin-merging-together mess. If Liv merged with Luke, one of them would die and that’s not an option! If Kai merged with Jo, there was a huge chance he would win, which is simply not acceptable at all. Anyway, what a mess!

Kai literally sucking all the magic from the travelers’ spell, finally breaking it, allowing vampires to come back to Mystic Falls, was just... wOw! o.O

Luke merging with Kai 😭 R.I.P 💔

The ONLY good thing about that merge was watching Kai trying to deal with his feelings like ??? what’s going on??? 🧐🧐Why do i... feel??... stuff ?? 🤨🤨

"So I googled how to process emotional pain", i mean i hear you my boy, let’s not pretend that’s not my usual monday 👩🏻‍💻 "so i start writing and this water literally started pouring in my eyes ?? does that ever happen to you ??”, again same 😂

Jeremy going to art school... meh, it was okay. Clearly they didn’t know what to do with him anymore, so yeah, why not art school? 🤷‍♀️ The going-away party was nice :) Damon giving a joint to Jeremy was sort of sweet, Elena smoking it with him was also cool and quite funny!

Ugh 😑 Enzo & Sarah Salvatore... 🙄 this storyline was so boring, i just didn’t care

First Steroline kiss! 😳😮 Okay, that was kinda cute, I have to admit. But still, I don’t like the fondation of this ship, I think that Stefan hurt her too bad and, most importantly, didn’t respect her enough to get to come back and kiss her.

Sheriff Forbes being sick was KILLING me 😭😭😭 She didn’t deserve that at all, she was the sweatest, kindest, purest, most compassionate woman on this show... and she passed it on to Caroline...

The scene with the bike and little Caroline was so touching ❤️❤️😭 RIP Liz’!

OMGOMGOMG!!! Caroline flipped her humanity switch! 😱 "I just need the pain to be gone" 😭 I get why she did it, and I also thought Elena was being a little bit condescending with her. She had the right to turn it all out. Everyone else did. I get why she thought it was unfair :/

BONNIE’S BACK Y’ALL ❤️❤️❤️

I do not understand why people on this show just won’t accept people turning off their humanity switch 🤷‍♀️ I mean, Stefan, Damon, Elena,... they all did it! And every single time, the others tried really hard to fix that. And I’m like : why? I’m not sure it’s the smartest move here 🧐 Because they usually end up making things worse 😑 Look at Elena : she just wanted to not feel the pain of her brother’s death for a while. She even tried to make a deal with Stefan and Damon : leave me alone, let me do my things and I’ll behave. But of course, they refused 🙄🤦‍♀️ Because they couldn’t accept the fact that their precious Elena would ever be bad and do bad thing 😒🙄 And then Elena became ruthless! Who would have thought? 🙄 Same for Caroline! The poor girl lost her mother. She just wanted to get waisted, sing some karaoke songs, and live her vampire life without any care in the world. She even erased Liam’s memories when she fed on him. Her first instinct was to buy new clothes to start over and come back to her dorm to keep leaving her old college life! She kinda had it under control 🤷‍♀️ And then, she suggested a deal, kind of like the one Elena tried to make with Stefan and Damon :☝️ one year without humanity, and she behaves and doesn’t kill anyone. That’s a good deal if you ask me 🤷‍♀️ Why not let her have that? Why not agree with that deal? Caroline without humanity is still Caroline (sort of) : she’s functional, and to quote Caroline herself : she is not an idiot. She doesn’t want to feel so she’s ready to do anything to not be bothered. I think she would have respected her end of the deal. If you take a good look at it, in both cases, it’s when other people tried to bring them back, when they broke the deal, that Elena/Caroline became killers.

Stefan shutting off his humanity was so dumb 🤦‍♀️🙄 Elena was going to find Sarah, he still had time! And even if she didn’t, and Liam killed Sarah, it’d be one ☝️ dead body. But by turning off his humanity, Stefan practically ensured that there’d be more dead bodies after that!

Damon’s mom... urf, yeah? sure. I guess I should care? 🤷‍♀️ Honestly, even when I first watched the show, I found that storyline super boring. She didn’t inspire me anything whatsoever. Anyway, using her as Stefan’s emotional trigger was sort of smart, but kinda reckless. I mean, they had no idea if it was gonna work or not, and still they still risked it, I-... urf 🤦‍♀️

I liked Stefan’s little revenge 😈😈 He’s like : no, no, no, Caroline, you don’t get to have an elaborate system that protects you from feeling guilt whenever you’ll decide to turn your humanity back on. I’m gonna make your life a living-hell. I’m gonna break you. You don’t get to ruin MY life and keep being the same control-freak, organised, college girl 💁‍♀️

Alaric&Jo thinking about baby names 🥰

The cure is BACK??? Hell no 😤 I mean, sure, it was interesting the first time, don’t get me wrong. But we’ve already watched that storyline. So 🤷‍♀️

Btw, I hate how suddenly, everybody’s like "omg poor Elena will NEVER get the life that she truly wants, she’s condamned to an eternity as a vampire, without ever having the possibility of settling down and starting a family" 😱 like i don’t know Elena’s been FINE about her vampirism for like 4 seasons. She seems happy, she seems to have found a way to make the best out of it. But sure, NOW that the cure is back, she feels like her life is unbearable - how convenient🙄

"For the first time, I’m putting ME first" HELL YES, BONNIE ✊🏿 I wish she could do that more often though.

Awwww Caroline getting her humanity back was really sad and emotional 💕💕The LETTER 😭 The fucking letter 😭 "I’m sorry Stefan, I ruined everything" 😭

Are we gonna address Matt, Tyler and Alaric’s alcoholism or are we simply gonna pretend they don’t have a drinking problem and their behaviour is totally socially-acceptable ?? 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

I know it was her choice and it was probably for the best, but I think Elena taking the cure was a big mistake 😕 The show was way more entertaining when she was a vampire, and they basically erased every possibility of a "happy" ending for my favorite characters 💔 Elena will loose everyone she ever cared about, including Stefan and Caroline. She will have to move out of Mystic Falls and isolate herself from all her former friends. Damon is taking the cure with her so he will have to say goodbye to his own brother, the only family he has left. All of that... for a human life ?? A meaningless job?? Bills to pay?? School?? Money issues?? A house to maintain?? Misery and despair?? Children?? In that messed up world?? With that economy??? And the environment crisis we’re living?? Nope, I don’t get it 🤷‍♀️ I just don’t.

Secretly, I had always dreamed of Elena, Stefan, Damon and Caroline all being vampires and spending eternity together. And double date forever, I guess 😅

NOOOOOOOOO 😭😭😭 R.I.P Jo 💔

LIV !!!! 💔 NO, NO, NO, NO! Whyyyy 😭

AND THAT BASTARD GETS TO LIVE!!! What did do you do Lily? Oh my freaking God, why would you turn Kai into an heretic? He was already such a pain in the ass and now he’s even more powerful! Thanks to you, he has killed his entire family and he gets to live!! 🤬🤬

I ABSOLUTELY HATE WHAT THEY DID WITH BONNIE AND ELENA!! That whole "I linked your life with Elena’s" 😡 Cause it’s like : OF COURSE, we want to pick the main character. Of course we want Elena to come back to life. Of course we would be ready to sacrifice Bonnie if it means that Elena gets to live in the present with her friends and family. BUT BONNIE DOESN’T DESERVE THAT! She deserves to be the one, as Caroline used to say, to be picked upon everybody else. She deserves to live as much as Elena, even more (after everything she has done, everything she has sacrificed for her friends). She deserves to be happy! But now, everyone resents her for being alive, because if she’s alive then that means she is taking "Elena’s place". Now she feels guilty for being alive and breathing. For. Fucking. Being. Alive. Think about that. Again, I’m sorry if I repeat myself but : WHY THE HELL DID THIS SHOW HATE BONNIE’S CHARACTER SO MUCH?? 🤬🤬🤬

I’m just gonna say it once : The show is just not the same without Elena 🤷‍♀️

Btw, I KNOW Kai specifically said not to try anything to undo the spell he casted - otherwise Elena and Bonnie would BOTH die... But I’m surprised they didn’t even try to search for a loophole 🤔 I mean, let’s be real, when has Damon ever listened to anyone trying to reason with him? When did any of them? 🤷‍♀️ Bonnie would NEVER stop looking for a magical loophole to save her best friend. Caroline would read an entire library of mystical books to find a clue. Stefan and Damon would travelled the whole world to meet with different witches, trying to find some kind of magic that could undo the spell. No one would ever listen to Kai and just do nothing! I mean, he could be bluffing for all they know 😵 He could be saying that in order to mess with them. Were they really gonna take his word for granted? 🤔 I’m not saying "try the first anti-spell you find and roll the dices", but at least try and look for something!

S7 :

Anyway, AT LEAST, we get to see some good sweet Bamon scenes ! I love how Damon seemed to genuinely care about Bonnie. He didn’t want her to die, even if it meant he would see Elena again 💕

"You’re my best friend" awwwwww ❤️

I... liked the Heretics!😳 They were a fun new, even if they reminded me of Pearl and her vampire friends (in the "we are trying to coexist with humans but some of us don’t want to" trope). And again, I kinda have a thing for supernatural dysfunctional family, so... 🤷‍♀️ Valerie was very relatable as a depressed immortal being, Beau was so loyal it was really sweet, Malcom was boring but he died pretty quickly so he wasn’t in the show for long, Mary Louise and Nora were... the absolute cutest couple ❤️

How many times can they evacuate Mystic Falls without people realizing something’s wrong? 🤔 How many stories about gaz leak can they come up with?? 🤦‍♀️ Where are all the humans going? They’re moving away because they’re all compelled, sure, but to go where? like how can that many people find new homes in new cities, especially considering this crappy housing market? It just seems pretty unlikely that these people would just start over so easily, find new jobs, new homes for their families🧐

Stefan & Valerie was basically Steferine all over again 🤷‍♀️ I don’t have anything against Valerie herself. I think she’s probably the nicest one amongst the heretics. I even liked her chemistry with Stefan but it’s the same storyline recycled all over again, so I don’t really care much. Plus, I liked the idea that Katherine was Stefan’s first love (💕). First of all, Katherine being Stefan’s first love makes their story... EPIC. We, as an audience, care deeply about Katherine (whether we like her or not). She’s a regular and important character. We want her to have a compelling story, one that fits the legend that was Katherine Pierce. Valerie, as nice and interesting as she can be, only appears in the two last season. Plus, if Stefan had already been in love with Valerie and had already had his heart broken BEFORE knowing Katherine, then he should have acted differently when he met her 💡 He should have been way more suspiciously towards her 🧐 he wouldn’t have so easily trusted another woman, coming at his door with a pity story... if he had already been betrayed and abandoned by THE FIRST WOMAN he ever loved, the one who took his "v-card", his first love.

Hello Oscar... Goodbye Oscar 👋

Are you kidding me ? Bonnie is in pain yet again, because of some mystical element AGAIN, and nobody cares AGAIN. People keep using her, lying to her, manipulating her to get what they want and I- 🤬 Btw HOW is she okay with this? How would Bonnie ever agree to help raise people from the dead? What about her values and morals? What about everything she believes in??

These "Three Years from Now" scenes were just TERRIBLE 🤦‍♀️ Epic failure. I simply don’t care about whatever happens in the "future”. I’ll make my own headcanons, thank you ✋

JULIAN... UGH 🤢🤮 Could you be even more despicable?? Beating up a pregnant woman to the point of loosing her baby?? Poor Valerie, she didn’t feel like she could tell her own mother about that cause’ she knew Lily wouldn’t believe her 😢

Awwwwwww Ric bringing ""Jo"" back from the dead 😭💖 I felt bad for that poor vampire who just woke up in somebody else’s body, after years being trapped in some hell... And It was really heartbreaking to watch him get his hopes up and then realise she wasn’t his wife :’(

OMG CAROLINE’S PREGNANT??? ���WITH RIC’S BABIES??? 😱 I... I don’t even know what to think of that. I don’t really know how to react... Good for the twins? I guess? Yay, they’re alive? But... I don’t know, seems kinda rapy to put someone else’s babies inside a woman’s body without her consent ?? 🧐

The fact that Valerie HAD to confess her very traumatic story, to multiple people, MULTIPLE TIMES... because it was convenient to the plot was disgusting! 🤮🤬 She was merely used as a reason to try to kill Julian... Valerie was beaten by Julian to the point she lost her baby! She never said anything because she was afraid no one would believe her/people would judge her/people would hurt her - which is completely understandable considering how traumatic this must have been for her! But then she comes back to MF and Stefan keeps asking her to justify herself like she owes him a goddamn explanation for not having returned earlier as she had promised... um? I get that Stefan had his heart broken back then, but aren’t you mature enough NOW to understand something wrong must have happened?? And that maybe she just doesn’t want to talk about it because it still hurts?? It’s HER life and she is entitled to live it however the hell she wants?? EVEN if she just changed her mind and decided not to come back for an entirely different reason, it’s her choice! Having sex with someone ONCE doesn’t mean you OWE them anything! 🤦‍♀️🤬 Promises were made, sure, but they were both very young and things can change! ANYWAY... And when they need allies to kill Julian, she is almost forced to tell her story again, just to make people feel pity and sympathy... She’s not a damn tool, for God’s sake, respect the poor girl! 😤

While rewatching the show, I kind of like that they addressed Lily’s romantic patterns and how she had a tendency to chose violent, controlling, abusing husbands (first Giuseppe, and then Julian...) 🧐 It was touching to hear her story, and to understand that she only stayed with Giuseppe back then to protect her sons, Damon & Stefan. She had a plan to run away, she wanted to escape because she knew she was in danger with him, she was well aware he wasn’t treating her right. But sometimes you can’t just go away. Sometimes things are more complicated. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ I liked that she realised her own pattern and that she tried to stand up for herself against Julian after that... even though it didn’t end well (which... seriously? 🤦‍♀️ She killed herself? Is that the message you wanna send to all the people stuck in abusive/violent relationship? 🤮)

Poor Lily 😭😭😭 R.I.P. 💔

Damon burning Elena’s coffin... 🔥🔥 Yeah. Sure. As if 🙄 Honestly, even on my first watch, I wasn’t believing it. The show without Elena is such a catastrophic mess! If she had died in her sleep, it would have been devastating. I don’t think the show would have survived that. I think it would have been cancelled before s8, or something like that.

Stefan was... surprisingly not reacting a lot to Caroline being PREGNANT🤰?? I mean... I don’t know... I was expecting some kind of big talk about it. Like "hey Caroline, how are you feeling about all this? What are your thoughts about having Ric’s babies? Do you even want to pursue the pregnancy (cause you DON’T have to carry someone else’s babies!)? What does this pregnancy mean to you? What will happen once the babies are born? Would you consider having shared custody with Ric? Or if you don’t want to be involved at all, would you like the twins not to know you were the one who carried them? Did you ever or would you ever want to be a mom? Would you want to have children of your own in the future? Do you ever think of that?” 🤷‍♀️ And those are just EXAMPLES. He didn’t have to ask all of these questions all at once! But you know, I wish they could have at least discussed some of these points together. Instead, he just let her "handle her things", because good old organised Caroline has every figured it out, of course! 🙄🙄 sure, she can take care of everything on her own 🤦‍♀️

I didn’t like the idea of putting Damon & Stefan in the Phoenix Stone... if it was all JUST to do THAT in the end. They tried to add some PTSD, pain and remorse but failed at making it compelling to the audience. Wooow, Stefan must let go of his toxic relationship with his brother in order to save himself... How obnoxious can you be, TVD? And oooohh, Damon must get rid off his toxic masculinity to face the fact that he loved and misses his mother... how original!! 🙄 I just feel like TVD was trying hard to be deeper than they were, and it didn’t work (for me)

FINALLY JULIAN IS DEAD 🙌🙏🎉

The Huntress was, like, a JOKE, okay? She’s supposed to have killed a thousands of vampires. Even heretics feared her. Stefan & Damon should already have been dead by now! What is she doing? How are we supposed to be afraid of her? She’s not doing anything, she is barely a threat 🤦‍♀️

Am I the only one who kinda saw great chemistry between Nora and Bonnie?💕

I LOVE how Klaus just IMMEDIATELY understood that Caroline was NEVER gonna let go of these kids 😍 I just love how he ultimately gets her, how he’s able to predict exactly what’s she’s going to do because he just knows her that well. Their phone talk was VERY cute ❤️ I love how he teased her with her own words : how she said she couldn’t possibly allow herself to be with him because she was "in college, building a life for herself” and he just wasn’t in the picture... and then turns out... she had kids! 😅 He sounded surprised but not completely shocked and I love how he was very understanding and sweet with her, she needed that 💕

Btw this season is just desperately LONG!

Awwww... Caroline... 😬 I understand why she wanted to stay in Dallas, and why she asked Stefan to consider moving here... but she should have been honest with him right away, the minute he picked up the phone. She should have told him she wanted to be involved in these kids’ life. I know that she was afraid Stefan wouldn’t want to “settle down" with her and take care of the twins... but she could have asked him. Directly. Clearly. Maybe he wouldn’t have minded living with her and raising the twins in some kind of shared custody 🤷‍♀️ Family comes in all shapes and sizes (💖), and as long as they told the truth to the twins, it wouldn’t have been a problem. And if Stefan didn’t want that at all, or wasn’t ready, or whatever, then they could have ended their relationship in a healthy way. By acknowledging they both wanted different things and that it just didn’t work out, as it often happens in life. But here, they’re just stuck in the middle... and it’s awkward 😳😐 Clearly, Caroline wants to live near the girls. She wants to be their mom, and clearly Stefan doesn’t seem THAT into it. But no one is saying anything and it’s just weird! 😤

I understand why Damon would make the choice of dessiccating in a coffin until Elena came back 🙂 He didn’t do it just for love. Not just because he missed her. Not because life was unbearable without her. That would have been really lame btw 😒 He did it because he didn’t want to directly or indirectly hurt people around him. And you know what, for once that was kind of the best, most reasonable - and most noble - decision to make. I was proud of him. The letter he gave Alaric was pretty sweet, but I’m glad Bonnie got to catch him before he left 💕

Bonnie saying "I’m not okay with that”😭 I was soooo glad that FOR ONCE she said what she was really thinking ! 👐Damon is her best friend, and I truly believe learning he left in a letter would have been devastating for her 😞 His choice means she will most likely NEVER see him again, ever, in her entire life 💔 I can totally understand her asking sincerly "are we friends?" cause if one my friends dared to do that, I would be pretty upset. I liked that she asked him to be honest. No joke. No deflecting mecanism. No sarcasm. No insults. Just the truth. ❤️

I REALLY REALLY don’t care about what happens "three years from now" 🤷‍♀️ Ugh I hate this season, things are so slow and boring, the storyline isn’t interesting at all, and frankly... i wanna die💀

NOOOOO MARY-LOUISE AND NORA DIDN’T DESERVE THAT 💔😭😭

Ugh 😑 The whole idea of the vampire souls trapped in the Phoenix’s stone being reunited with the wrong bodies was just lame and boring 😒

I genuinely felt bad for Valerie 😞 you can see she truly loved Stefan and it must have hurt to see he didn’t feel the same, despite having spent basically three years together :/ Again, that’s kind of my general problem with Stefan: he’s so afraid he’s gonna hurt people that he’s never fully honest with anyone! 🙄 Same shit with Caroline. He just abandoned her because he couldn’t deal with this situation. What Stefan fails to realise is that he does hurt people by keeping things from them, by always running away. I’m sorry but women around him deserve better 🤷‍♀️

Bonenzo... I remember shipping it back then, but now, I just don’t feel it 🤷‍♀️ i get why people do, sure they both care deeply about each other and you can clearly see that (the guitar scenes were very cute 💕)... but it’s mostly flashbacks and that doesn’t have the same effect on me. Because I wasn’t there to see them developing a special bond over time. I still think they’re cute and I’m happy to see Bonnie finally fall in love with someone who truly loves her back ❤️

OF COURSE BONNIE IS THREATENED BY SOME MAGICAL ELEMENT THAT IS SORT OF CONVENIENT FOR THE STORY. OF COURSE. 🤬😡 I’m so mad, I’m so fucking mad at the show for treating her this way. She’s always the one in danger. She can never be happy for more than two episodes!!

Ooooohhh nooooo Bonnie’s the new Huntress 😭😭😭 She’s gonna want to kill everyone: Damon, Stefan, Caroline, even Enzo!! Nooooo 💔

OH THANK GOD, SHE DIDN’T KILL ENZO 🙏🙏🙏 I was so afraid. For Enzo but most of all for Bonnie! She would have been devastated if she’d killed him!

“You changed my life” awwww I feel bad for Ric, the same way I felt really sad for Valerie... They both hoped the moments of pure happiness they shared with their partner would turn out to be something more. They both dreamed of starting new with their loved one, to have their own perfect little happy life... 💕 even though they knew deep down the other one didn’t love them back. Not the way they wanted to be loved. And that’s sad 😭

Damon & Enzo being manipulated and brainwashed by that thing in that vault, at the end of s7 🙄 seriously? Who would have seen that coming ? 🙋‍♀️

Ugh, s7 was PAINFUL to watch 😑

S8 :

Yiiiiikes 🤢🥴 whatever that thing is, it’s not friendly! That scene where Damon and Enzo feed it was kinda freaky!

Ric running the armory makes sense actually! I’m quite happy about that :) he’s been wanting real hard to get back to his Indiana-Jones type of life ✊ He would have never been happy with a perfect little family life... even with Jo, I believe 🤷‍♀️ He truly loved her but at the end of the day, he has just seen too much. He knows too much to just stop fighting at all. That’s what makes him Ric.

A SIREN !!!! Cool ! Now we’re talking 😎

I understand why Damon would submit completely to Sybil : he has always hated himself for all the terrible things he’d done, he has always thought he wasn’t worthy of redemption, and now Sybil provided him a proof of that, a vision of literal Hell, of eternal torture... 👺😈 plus she erased all memories of Elena 😭 he has no reason not to work for Sybil. She’s the only one who can provide a way out of Hell. Who wouldn’t take that deal? If I suddenly found out no matter what you do, you’re damned to an eternity of pain and misery and loneliness, and the only way to escape that is to work for Satan, aka Cade, I would probably do it too 🤷‍♀️

The way Enzo resisted Sybil’s mind control for Bonnie was really sweet 💕 I felt bad when he had to shut down his humanity to save her life 😭

Honestly, I know I should care about Tyler’s death but he was never my favorite character and he’s been so... in and out of the show that I kinda stopped caring about him at all (since he wasn’t exactly a regular character) 😕 But he surely didn’t deserve to be collateral damage in that mess :( Also, I thought Caroline would react a bit strongly. I mean, Tyler was important for her and she barely said something? Weird 🤷‍♀️

CAROLINE AND STEFAN ARE GONNA GET MARRIED !! 💍 She said YES! OMG! Tbh I might not ship them (because I think Stefan got away with the pain he caused her a little bit too fast) but I’m happy for Caroline: she finally got to have her June Wedding!! 💛🎉 (though I’d prefer she married Klaus of course!)

I really liked the whole mythology of the sirens 🧜‍♀️ the story about the village girl and the island girl becoming sisters, having to kill and eat people in order to survive, was heartbreaking! But I was so sure Sybil was the “nice” one 🥺 Poor girl

Noooooo, poor Georgie 😭💔 knowing she is going straight to Hell is horrible, considering she’s seen and experienced it before and she knows what awaits her :(

Sebine played her game very well, no one suspected her to be Sybil’s sister 🤔 she’s really creepy and I’m so so so afraid for the girls 😱 she clearly has an evil plan for them and I’m so anxious 😱

"I’m your brother and I love you. Please come home with me” awww Stefan ❤️

Awwwwww Enzo and Bonnie ❤️ “I’m never leaving you” okay now I remember why I shipped them! They’re adorable! She chose him over her own best friend. She picked Enzo because no one else did. Ever. And she thought he deserved a chance, because deep down he is such a sweet, loving, caring person. He might not look like it, but he’s maybe the one who cares the most and who’s actually ready to do anything for his loved ones. I think Enzo might be the big love of her life. And I’m so happy she got to have that. I’m so happy she got to meet him, to enjoy his company for a little while, to appreciate every happy moments ❤️

AAAAAH SELINE TOOK THE GIRLS!! 😱

Caroline finally doing the healthy thing and prioritising her daughters over everything else 💖💖💖 Take that ring back, Stefan. At least for now. Caroline took the right decision. She cannot make compromises when it comes to the girls. She cannot allow herself to add any more variables to this already messy situation. Yes, it’s selfish but she has to be.

WHAT? I seriously hope you’re kidding Ric! HOW DARE YOU telling Caroline she isn’t the girls’ mother? 🤬😡 She carried them, she agreed to pursue the pregnancy and give birth to kids who weren’t even “her own”, she raised them, she put food on their table, she tucked them in at night, she loved and cared for them more than anyone could have ever askef her, she basically had to let go of her entire life in order to live with them as a family... She IS their mother. She will ALWAYS be ❤️

Damon and Stefan’s deal with Cade to take the twins’ place !! 😱😱🔥 I really hope they find a way to get out of this one, but I don’t see how, right now... And Stefan is heading to a dark place :/ I hope Damon will be able to bring him back!✊

Speaking of Damon, I am SO glad he got to free himself from Sybil’s influence! 🙏 Stefan, on the other hand... meh? 😒 I’m not so sure I’m a fan of the old ripper storyline, I mean we already watched it once and we KNOW it’s not gonna last for long cause they have to wrap it up eventually, and I feel like this is just here as a cheap way to create drama between him and Caroline and idk that was kinda unnecessary 🤷‍♀️

ENZOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😭😭💔 NONONONONONONONONOOOOOO!!!!! Poor Bonnie 😭 She was finally gonna get the happiness she deserved! RIP Enzo ☠️

OMGGG STEFAN’S HUMAN 🤯🤯🤯 Wow I wonder how he’s gonna take it, I mean on one hand being a vampire brought him a lot of pain, but on the other, it’s all he has known for centuries... rethinking your entire life, the basis of your existence, after all that time... ouch!

Kai is BACK ? Seriously ? Again ? I mean I like him, but let’s just say there are other people I would like to see again (#enzo❤️)

Btw I’m really conflicted about Bonnie trying to bring Enzo back : I want her to do it, of course, I want Enzo back, but I don’t want her to loose herself in the process 😱😭 I’m so scared for her :(

Stefan literally killing the Devil like 😎😎 “oh yeah bitch, bet you weren’t expecting that uh” ☝️ I am so so PROUD of my babyface :) also I’m really glad they got rid off Cade (ugh, I was so done with him)

Ahah, Kai’s in another prison world 🤣

OF 👏 COURSE 👏 KATHERINE 👏 IS 👏 THE 👏 QUEEN 👏 OF 👏 HELL 👏

Aaawwww I really really loved when Damon gave Elena’s necklace to Caroline 💕 their little chat was very cute: he knew she was quite sad because her wedding was being rushed and used as an excuse to drag out Katherine; she was going to walk down the aisle without her mother; Bonnie wasn’t gonna come; Elena wouldn’t be there; Alaric didn’t want to come... the MOST important day of her life was basically ruined 👰 and... idk he was being very sweet and compassionate with her :)

OOOOHH THEY’RE ACTUALLY GETTING MARRIED FOR REAL THOUGH! And Bonnie’s here!! Soooo cute 💖 I love how Damon insisted on the “does anybody want to object against this wedding?” part, like “really? No one?”

NOOOOOOOO THE GIRLS 😱😱🔥🤬

Omg they’re fine, I’m so relieved 🙏

Awww Bonnie saying goodbye to Enzo for real... that was so... bittersweet 😭 But he’s right: she’s gotta live her life. She cannot spend her entire life thinking about the people she could have spent more time with: Enzo, Elena, for instance. She has to focus on herself. On being happy. And I’m really glad for her ❤️

Katherine is literally gonna blow up the WHOLE TOWN !! Seems a bit extreme but I’m really not surprised xD such a Katherin-y thing to do, if you think about it

OMG FINAL EPISODE 😱😱😱

Okay, first I was like “I don’t understand why is everybody so obsessed with the idea of saving Mystic Falls”. 🤷‍♀️ Sure it’s their home, their childhood town, full of memories and all... but since Matt helped evacuate the entire town, there was no immediate danger for the population of MF. And at the end of the day, it’s JUST a town 🏙 It’s just buildings and roads and objects that can be replaced. It can be rebuilt over time. So Bonnie, Caroline, Damon, Stefan... they could have all just run far way from MF and then everything would have been just FINE 👍

But THEN Katherine captured Elena and trapped her in the high school 😈 NO WAY the Salvatore brothers would have just sacrificed Elena in hellfire 🔥🙅‍♀️

NOOOOOO I don’t want Damon to die 😭 But I also don’t want Stefan to die! Why do their plans always include one of them dying? Sounds like Supernatural 😅

THANK GOD 🙏 Bonnie’s here to save the day 💖 Damn, what would they ever do without her?? I liked how she fought for herself till the very end :) “it’s not my time” YOU BET YOUR ASS IT’S NOT 👏

OOOOMMMMGGG STEFAN’S DEAD 💀😱🔥 HE CAME BACK!!! HE CAME BACK FOR HIS BROTHER!! HE SAVED DAMON!! HE SACRIFICED HIMSELF!!! HE LEGIT DESTROYED HELL!! AND HE KILLED KATHERINE WITH IT!! 🤯

AND DAMON IS HUMAN!!! 🤯🤯🤯

AWWWWW LEXI IS THERE!! 🥰 I’m so happy to see her! I’ve missed her! Awww he found peace with his best friend 💕 I’m so glad for him! He deserves that!

“I was feeling epic” 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Honestly, it felt kinda cheap and too easy that Bonnie would just suddenly realise she had enough power to do ANYTHING, including breaking the spell that she wasn’t supposed to interfere with in ANY way, because she would be risking Elena’s life (and probably her own). Like, ok, she destroyed hell and that boosted her confidence enough that she decided she would just try it ? 🤷‍♀️ mmm... seems too easy... like why didn’t she do that earlier then ? Why did this entire season even happen then ? What was the point? What was the point of Bonnie realising she was worth living her life and that she didn’t have to feel guilty about Elena? Why would the show erase that wonderful character growth??? I- 🤷‍♀️

“We’ll see him again” ❤️ awwww I really love how they decide to develop Damon and Caroline’s relationship in the end... They both really acted like brother / sister in law. And that was genuinely cute. They both lost someone they loved and cared about deeply. I like that they know they can count on each other.

Awwwww Stefan got Caroline’s message, that’s really cute :) I hope it will help her move on, knowing he heard her, and he will love her forever too 💕

BONNIE’S HAPPY!!! SHE’S ALONE BUT SHE IS FINE BECAUSE SHE DOESN’T NEED SOMEBODY ELSE TO BE HAPPY! SHE LOVES HERSELF AND SHE LOVES LIFE AND SHE’S GONNA ENJOY HER LIFE TO THE FULLEST AND TRAVEL THE WORLD!! YAY! 🌈🎊🎉

The Salvatore boarding school : so it’s basically Hogwarts? Okay why not 🤷‍♀️ It’s not the big ending I was expecting for Caroline and tbh I’m a bit disappointed (but I guess her story doesn’t stop there and it’s more of a To Be Continued kind of ending) but it makes perfect sense for Alaric 🤔 Jo seing her daughters 💖 And Jeremy is a teacher there LMAO 😆

Awwwwww my Klaroline feels ❤️❤️❤️ “however long it takes” I CANNOT BELIEVE THE SHOW GAVE US A “MAYBE” FOR THAT SHIP. Honestly it’s more than I ever wished I would get! I’ll make my own headcanons, it’s perfect!

“I owe it all to Stefan” awww, true :’)

So what I got from Elena’s monologue: she had a great life, she was happy, she became a doctor, she grew old in Mystic Falls, she married Damon (funny how she doesn’t mention having kids? It was one of her biggest dreams, so idk 🤷‍♀️), then I guess SHE died before Damon did (-> what makes me think that is the scene where she holds his hands and says something along the lines of “I know peace exists and I know he will find it someday even though he doubts it” and then he disappears and she finds herself in the after life), and then she found peace and got reunited with her family in death 🧐 So bittersweet, I liked it! 💕 Even if I think it would have deserved to be a bit longer, a bit more explained, a bit more developed than just a “here’s what happened” 🤷‍♀️ It did feel rushed :/

“Hello brother” WAS THE LAST LINE OF THE SHOW! HOW. EPIC. IS. THAT.

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Bad Habit 4- Unnatural Selection [Billy Russo x Reader]

A.N.: The great feedback that I got made this chapter finish way faster than I had intended to, so there it is! Please keep that coming, your feedback makes me so happy <3

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Characters: Billy Russo x Reader, Karen Page, Frank Castle, Matt Murdock, Foggy Nelson, Claire Temple

Summary: Dark alleys are dangerous, and that’s a well known fact. 

Click here for: Bad Habit 1, Bad Habit 2, Bad Habit 3

Warning: Explicit language, cussing.

Word Count: 3330

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Gif isn’t mine! 

The first thing you could smell was the disgusting scent of antiseptics, which was so sharp that it made you scrunch up your nose before opening your eyes, your vision coming back slowly. As soon as you turned your head, a nurse came over to you.

“Hi,” she smiled warmly, “I’m Claire. How do you feel?”

“I-“ You tried to sit up and hissed when a sharp pain shot through your abdomen. She rushed to help you and you licked your lip, feeling the scab forming there already,

“Fuck.”

“You got lucky,” she said, “Whoever attacked you missed the organs, we stitched you up.”

You touched the side of your abdomen carefully, feeling the bandages, and she took a deep breath.

“Wanna tell me what happened?”

You shrugged slightly.

“We didn’t find any proof of sexual assault,” she said, “Were you mugged?”

You stayed silent, biting inside your cheek.

“Was it someone you know?”

You shook your head silently, and before she could ask any other questions, Karen, Matt and Foggy walked into the room and Karen rushed to your side as soon as she saw you were awake.

“Oh my God…” She hugged you tight, “I thought I’d lose my mind, Y/N, what- what happened?”

“Thanks, Claire.” Matt muttered as she walked past him, and Karen’s eyes searched your face, wincing silently as she saw your forehead.

“I’m fine.” You muttered, “How did you-“

“They found your phone, and called me.” Karen stroked your hair while Foggy smiled at you sympathetically,

“Hey you got mugged in a dark alley, you’re a true New Yorker now.”

“Is that so?”

Matt nodded, “Yeah, Foggy is a true New Yorker because he fights a lot in dark alleys.”

Foggy shot him a look and you turned to Karen,

“Do I look as bad as I feel?”

“Probably worse.” Foggy quipped and you made a face,

“It’s still a good thing that I don’t look as bad as your taste in women,” You stated, then turned to Karen, “You have a mirror?”

She dug into her purse and pulled out a small mirror, handed it to you and you heaved a sigh when you saw your reflection. The right side of your forehead had stitches, your lip was split, already scabbed, and there were dark circles under your bloodshot eyes, so you closed the mirror shut.

“It’s so gonna scar.”

“You’re gonna look badass.” Karen tried to smile with tears in her eyes, then hugged you again, as if you could die anytime.

“I’m the only person in New York who got assaulted and wasn’t saved by a superhero,” You muttered when she pulled back, “I mean I’m not even asking for Avengers at this point, where was the super powerful dude? And super powerful other dude? The chick with leather jacket I might be in love with? Also,  Devil of Hell’s Kitchen totally let me down, I was hoping to meet the guy sometime where I could play the damsel in distress.”

Matt looked uncomfortable for a second for some reason, then cleared his throat as Foggy and Karen exchanged glances.

“Police is outside, they want to ask you some questions, usual drill.” Matt changed the subject, “If you need a lawyer, we can-“ he was cut off when his phone started ringing and he excused himself, then walked outside to answer it. Foggy turned to you.

“Looks like you’re stuck with me.”

“I’d rather get a life sentence,” You joked, then huffed out, “Can you ask them if I can leave? Every second I’m here makes a dent in my bank account.”

“Y/N…”

“No, seriously, I want to go. I hate hospitals,” You muttered and stood up very slowly, then turned to Foggy,

“Come on then, lawyer. Do your thing.”

Going to your house was a disaster, because you were now one of the worst things you could be in New York; a slow walker. Everyone kept bumping into you, and you had decided to support the whole Mr Robot look, with a black hoodie pulled over your head so that you could hide the stitches on your forehead. Your lip started bleeding anytime you smiled, -not that you were in the mood for that- and overall, you felt so shitty that you could hardly believe it.

There was also the fact that you could sense an emotional breakdown coming. No matter how much you tried to repress it, you could feel it inside of you, so you really wanted to be in the house, and be alone if it was possible.

Karen had dropped you home and left after you spent at least an hour assuring and begging her to go to work. You texted your boss, explaining the situation as little as possible, but of course, Vicky being Vicky knew how much you needed money and therefore how you could never afford skipping work, so she called you.

You didn’t answer, instead you quickly texted her that you would explain it later and turned the phone in your hand, then walked like a zombie to the bathroom, noises included.

Now to think of it, you did look like a zombie. From what you could see from the mirror, bruises were slowly but surely making their way on your skin, your hair was a mess, your face looked like you had just walked all the way to Mordor and the bandaged skin of your stomach felt way too dry. You ran a hand through your hair, and washed your face as best as you could without getting any water on the stitches or bending down, then looked your reflection dead in the eye.

“Now would be the time to break down…” You muttered, “Come on, I don’t want it to be in public. Waterworks, work your magic.”

Nothing.

You rolled your eyes and grabbed your phone, then found the contact name. Even if you dreaded the conversation, you figured the faster the better, so you hit call and took the phone to your ear.

“Can’t answer the phone right now, you know what to do.” Your brother’s voice reached your ear and you gritted your teeth.

“What. Have. You. Done?!” You asked through clenched teeth, “Call me, or else I’m coming to whichever hellhole you call home and bust your ass.”

You hit ‘end call’ and made your way to the couch, lying down carefully and switching your laptop on. If you were attacked, stabbed and were in God knows how much debt because of that fucking hospital bill, you deserved a couple of hours of ignoring reality.

When your phone buzzed thirty minutes into the show, you were already under the blanket with a hot cocoa cup in your hand, so you put it down and looked at the screen, Billy’s name flashing in front of your eyes. You pressed the phone to your lips but decided to ignore the call, even if you were craving to hear his voice.

After all, you were a mess and you couldn’t let him see you like that. Let anyone see you like that.

Besides, considering how you had stitches and a split lip, you were pretty sure you had stopped being his type last night, after he had kissed you.

The thought alone made you feel worse than even before, but you tried not to let it get to you, so you turned your glances to your laptop, heaving a deep sigh before turning the volume up and throwing your phone to the small coffee table. At least you would keep your dignity and save yourself and Billy from going through the whole awkward stage of not seeing each other again.

You wondered for a second whether you should google saddest movies to help you cry and get over it, but you were way too invested in the show you were currently watching so you made yourself comfortable, slipping deeper into the warm and fuzzy blanket, the sleep slowly wrapping you into its arms.

When someone knocked on your door, it was already dark outside and your whole body had gone stiff from sleeping in the wrong position on uncomfortable couch. You rubbed your eyes and slowly got off the couch, grabbing your sweater from the chair, it had suddenly become colder in the living room.

“Seriously Karen?” You mumbled to yourself as you walked to the door and put the sweater on, “Unbelievable, what are you, a nurse now?”

You unlocked the door and opened it, but as soon as you did, you froze, cussing at yourself for not looking through the peephole first.

Billy stared at you for a couple of seconds, the playful light you could see in his dark eyes dimming along with the small smile which disappeared as he took in your appearance.

“What the fuck?”

You shrugged slowly, leaning against the door.

“What are you doing here?” Your voice came out a little hoarse and he ignored your question, his brows pulling into a deep frown.

“Who did this?”

“Your guess is good as mine, buddy.” You muttered, walking back to the living room to grab the antibiotics and the pain killer. You got two from the box and filled yourself a glass of water as he closed the door behind him and followed you to living room.

“I’d say sorry for the mess, but you know, I got stabbed last night so that rules out the whole tidy clean apartment shit.” You popped the pills into your mouth and took a big sip of the water, watching him clench his jaw in anger, flexing his fingers as if he needed to hold or crush something.

“You- you got stabbed?”

You motioned at your stomach, and lifted the sweater a little so that he could see the bandages,

“Hurts like a motherfucker.” You stated, “Not as badass -“

“Who?” he growled lowly, cutting you off and you shrugged,

“A guy.”

His expression darkened as he thought it over, then took a step towards you,

“Did he…?”

You shook your head before he could finish his sentence, then let out a bitter laugh,

“I guess I had some luck last night,” You mumbled, “Hey, do you want some coffee? I promise I won’t charge you this time.”

“Y/N…” He muttered as you walked over to the cabinet, looking for a clean mug “When did it even happen?”

“Last night.”

“I was with you last night-“

“Well you weren’t with me whole night.” You stated, “You’re a great kisser by the way, did anyone tell you that?”

“Y/N.”

“You dropped me off, and um… Karen wanted to meet me outside, she and her friends were at this bar- I changed, went outside, and I was…I was distracted, looking at my phone, so someone grabbed me and dragged me to a dark alley.”

He ran a hand over his face, pacing in the room.

“You went outside at 2 in the morning and wandered into a dark alley alone, without any weapons,” he said forcefully, “Is that what you’re saying?”

“In my defense, I wasn’t actually in the alley until the dickhead pulled me into it-“

“Are you insane?!” he exploded while you spilled the coffee into your mug, “Do you realize what could’ve happened?”

“I’m sure you are about to enlighten me about the danger of going out alone. You, a guy. Enlightening me, a gal. About how dangerous it is outside.”

He ran his tongue over his teeth, as if trying to control his temper.

“Have you seen your face?” he managed to say after a couple of seconds of silence and you felt your heart sink.

Of course.

You had almost forgotten.

“Yeah, I have,” You managed to say, “Good thing you don’t have to if you don’t want to, though.”

He stared at you as if he didn’t understand what you meant, and with a horrible panic crashing down at you, you realized your eyes had started to sting.

Oh no.

Fuck no, body, you came this far, you’re not gonna break down in front of Billy with the good hair.

“Besides-“ You tried to hold your ground, “I’m not one of your soldiers, so you don’t get to yell at me or- Oh Jesus Christ, you should go.” You said as soon as your voice cracked and you fanned yourself, taking deep breaths. He frowned slightly.

“You okay?”

“I’m gonna start crying really hard in a minute so- you should definitely go.”

It was official that something was wrong with you, if a knife wound didn’t manage to make you cry but the thought of being unwanted by the confused guy standing in front of you did, you definitely had issues.

“Y/N-“

“Fuck-“ you walked past him and made your way to your bedroom, then slammed the door behind you, breathing fast and your throat tightened as it all dawned on you, and you sat down to the floor, your head spinning way too bad to stand up straight. The sobs shook through you, and you buried your face into your hands, sniffling before looking up as Billy knocked on the door.

“May I come in?”

You shook your head as if he could see you, and wiped your nose. “You should leave,” You croaked out, “It’s gonna scar.”

“What?”

“The-the stitches, it’s gonna scar.” You sniffled again, “On my forehead. And also my stomach. All because-“ Another sob stopped you from talking and you dug your nails into your palms, leaning your head back, trying to breathe through the sobs and heard Billy heaving a sigh from the other side of the door.

“Were you serious about the stun gun?”

You wiped your eyes, “No.”

“Good, because I’m coming in.”

“Billy-“ You were cut off when he opened the door and stepped inside, making you look down, still taking fast breaths. He approached you slowly, as if approaching a wounded animal and sat down next to you.

“Hey.”

“Hi.” You muttered, sniffling before another sob hit you, and you wiped at your nose with the sleeve of your sweater, trying to control your breathing but it was no use. “God-“ You pressed your hand on the bandage, the wound felt way too dry and all of a sudden you were crushed by the urge to rip it off, rip the bandage, rip the wound, rip everything until you reached your bones just to ease the crawling inside you disappear, but he seemed to understand what you wanted even before you had the chance to rip the bandage off, because he grabbed at your hands and pulled you closer to him until you were in his lap, and you buried your face to the crook of his neck, inhaling his scent. His long fingers ran through your hair, and he messaged the back of your head, hushing you gently.

“It’s okay,” he muttered into your hair, “Y/N, listen to me, it’s all gonna be okay.”

You shook your head slightly and took in a deep breath.

“I got scared.” Your voice came out as a murmur like a child’s.

“I know. It’s not gonna happen again.”

“And it hurt- it still hurts.” You sniffled and he nodded slowly,

“Yeah,” he said slowly, “I know it does, but it’ll go away in no time. I promise.”

You heaved a deep sigh, calmness slowly creeping onto you along with exhaustion while he caressed your hair, and you licked your dry lips.

“Do you think it’ll look horrible?”

A small chuckle vibrated through his chest and he shook his head,

“It won’t even scar, probably.”

“How do you know?”

“Because I’ve actually had my share of serious injuries.” he shrugged, “Yours isn’t deep enough to leave a scar, sweetheart.”

You could feel the warmth filling you and the cold, paralyzing fear being smothered by it, while a small smile pulled at your lips.

“You sure?”

“Mm hm. I’m telling you, it’s a paper cut compared to what I’ve seen.”

You scoffed, but decided not to comment on it, so you just made yourself comfortable in his arms, relaxing your grip on his white shirt. Even if you knew it was gonna be uncomfortable in a minute, you were way too exhausted to move, so you just closed your eyes, enjoying his touch in your hair, and exhaustion soon turned into numbness, and numbness soon turned into sleep.

When you woke up, you were in your bed with no clue of how you got there, but the hushed whispers coming from the living room gave you an idea. You pushed the warm covers off your body and slowly made your way to the living room to see Billy getting into his coat while talking on the phone.

“Okay, keep an eye on him, don’t let-“ he stopped talking as soon as he saw you and checked his wristwatch, “Stay there.” He commanded to whoever it was on the phone and hung up, and you checked your phone.

“You should rest,” Billy said as he typed something into his phone and you looked out of the window, it was still dark and the living room was showered in moonlight. You took a step towards the silver light, and tried to smile,

“Paper cut, remember?”

“You’re still a civilian,” he stated, “Not used to that shit.”

“You’re leaving?”

“I have… this thing. Just came up.”

“At 4 in the morning?”

He nodded, “You’ve got protection, if you really want to leave the house, please make sure-“

“Protection?”

“Two of my guys are at the door.”

You gawked at him, “At my door?”

He nodded again, busy with his phone and you stole a look at the closed door, then turned to him again.

“Billy, I-” You took a shaky breath, and ran a hand over your face, careful with the stitches, “Listen I’m- I don’t need it. I’m sorry about the whole….you know, breaking down thing, but-“

“You don’t have to apologize.”

You could feel a headache slowly making itself known by the pounding in your head, and that, pain of your stomach, and painkillers together made a really bad combination when it came to your speech, because before you could control yourself, the words had already left your lips.

“Why are you doing this?”

He looked up from his phone, “Why am I doing what?”

“You know what. You don’t even know me all that well. Why are you here, being all…this?”

He stared at you for a couple of seconds, making you feel naked under his gaze, then shrugged,

“I’m after your wealth.” He said sarcastically, motioning at the old living room you were in, which was a mess just like the building itself. You shook your head slightly and tried to smile.

“Right.”

He paused, as if contemplating what to say, your questions seemed to make him defensive all of a sudden for no reason.

“Why was he after you?”

You frowned, “I’m sorry?”

“There’s something that just doesn’t add well up,” he said, “The guy who attacked you… He didn’t mug you because you still have your phone and I’ve seen your wallet on the table, he didn’t try to…do anything to you, you said so yourself. He just attacked you, out of nowhere. Why?”

As it turned out, he was both beauty and brains. You opened your mouth, the urge to tell him hitting you with its full force, but after a second you felt the courage leaving your body, so you just bit on your lip, averting your eyes from his dark ones. That seemed to make him chuckle bitterly and you cleared your throat, blinking back the tears as an awkward silence fell upon you for the first time.

“Looks like we both have secrets.” He said after a couple of seconds of silence, and walked past you, opened the door, ordered something to the men waiting at the door then closed the door behind him, leaving you there completely dumbfounded.

Part 5 is here! 

[bamby0304]

Victoria Grimes VII: Power

Summary: Negan. He was the monster everyone had warned them about. He was like nothing Victoria had ever seen before. Worse than Shane, the Governor, the Terminus cannibals, the people at Grady, and the Wolves. Now Negan’s Saviours are here, and they’re about to turn everyone’s lives upside down. Of course, the last thing Vickie expected was to be dragged further into it all than anyone else.

Chapter Eight: A Proposal

Masterlist

Warnings: Explicit Language

Bamby

VPOV

I stepped out of Spencer's house and into the courtyard by its side where my people and I had waited for Deanna on our first day here. Dad, Gabriel and Aaron were looking for the two missing guns inside. While Negan sat with Olivia outside, on some chairs by a table where a pitcher of lemonade and a glass sat. Both sets of eyes watched me as I descended the stairs and moved towards the pair.

"Vickie, what are you doing?" Negan asked, a playful grin on his lips.

Ignoring his question, I stepped up to Olivia. "I'm pretty sure there are more important things for you to be doing then sitting around keeping our guest company." I smiled at her. "Why don't you help Negan's people with the rest of the guns and make sure they don't screw up?"

Olivia looked a little unsure. On one hand, I was a leader of our people and she looked up to me, so of course she wanted to go. But on the other hand, she wasn't too sure if Negan would allow it.

I didn't care what he thought though.

Shrugging, I continued to smile at her. "Don't worry, I'll keep him company."

Finally making up her mind, Olivia stood and went to leave, not moving too fast or slow so as not to piss Negan off even more than he might already be.

But before she left, I stopped her. "Oh, and Olivia?" Once she faced me, I went on, "If any Saviour gives you trouble..." reaching out, I handed her my knife. "Kill them," I told her, smile still firmly in place.

With nothing left to say, Olivia scurried out of the place, leaving me alone with Negan.

I could feel him watching me as I continued to stand there. He even watched me as I took Olivia's seat and sat next to him. It wasn't until I stopped moving that he actually said something.

"You really think killing my people is going to solve your problems?"

"Nope." I shrugged. "But I don't have to worry."

"And why's that?"

"She's never killed a person before. She's not gonna start now."

He chuckled. "So, what, you thought you'd come out here, take her place, piss me off a little, and hope all would be forgiven?"

"No." I turned to meet his gaze for the first time since coming outside. "I thought I'd come out here, save my friend, offer myself up instead and piss you off a little."

He simply grinned. "Offer yourself up?"

Of course that's what got his attention. "If we can't find the guns, you're gonna kill Olivia, right?"

He gave a short nod. "Yes."

"Well, it's not really her fault that they're missing. I mean, I stole one. Whoever has the other guns probably stole them too. Shit happens. It's not Olivia's fault. But it is mine."

"And how's that, Sweetheart?"

"I stole a gun, I shouldn't have done that. And I'm a leader around here. I should be more responsible and more involved with the place."

He watched me as he took in my words, sitting there silently. I couldn't tell what was going through his head, but I could see he was thinking something through. I just hoped I wasn't putting myself in too much danger, putting myself in this position.

"So, what? You want me to kill you if the guns aren't found?" he asked, as if the idea didn't seem too crazy to him, but not exactly right at the same time.

"Better me than an innocent." I noted.

But he just shook his head. "Not gonna happen. So, I'll just take you instead."

I scoffed. "Weren't you going to do that already?"

Chuckling lightly, he nodded. "You spoke to Dwight."

"Yeah."

"It's not what it looks like. I don't just take women like that. Sure, if I need to take a hostage, I will. But I'm not the kind of person you think I am. Like I told Olivia, I hate killing women." He shrugged. "I was never going to take you. I was going to ask you to come back."

"What makes you think I'd ever agree to that?" I asked, shocked he'd even think that.

His grin widened. "Like I was saying about your friend. People do things when they're emotional and desperate." Reaching for his glass of lemonade, he took a quick sip. "Trust me, Sweetheart. You'll come eventually."

I stood with Negan as he watched his people, Olivia and Daryl carry out all the guns. But I was focused on something else.

One of Negan's men, Davey- the one Carl had been aiming at in the infirmary, who also happened to be the asshole who slapped me the night we met Negan- was currently taunting Enid over some green balloons she wanted. I recognised the balloons instantly. They were the ones that she and Glenn used to give us a sign that Glenn was alive and okay after the walker herd.

"Balloons?" Davey grinned at her. "You going to a party, little girl?"

I glared as I watched the asshole, wanting nothing more than to beat his ass into the ground.

Biting her tongue, Enid played nice. "Can I keep them, please?" Shifting on the spot, she looked up at him. "It's just... let me keep them."

Davey leered at her with a sick grin. "Say please again, little girl."

Watching the scene before me brought up memories from my past...

Merle's hand grabbed my wrist before tugging me towards him and away from Maggie as he pressed a gun to my head. "Easy girl, easy there," he cooed.

Glenn came around from the other side of our car, his gun out and in hand, ready. But the moment he saw Merle holding me, he froze, just like Maggie had.

"Hey, hey, hold up, buddy, hold up." Merle watched the gun in Glenn's hand.

Glenn and Maggie shared a look, each panicked. "Let go of her, Merle," Glenn warned.

"Let go of her!" Maggie was more pissed than Glenn, her eyes told me she was ready to rip the man apart.

But Merle just shook his head. "Put your guns in the car right now. Put them in the car, kids."

A tear fell down my cheek as I wondered if I was going to come out alive after this. All the while Maggie and Glenn did as he said.

Merle nodded, pleased. "There you go. Now we're gonna go for a little drive."

But Glenn shook his head. "We're not going back to our camp."

"No, we're going somewhere else." Merle shrugged. "Get in the car! Glenn, you're driving!" he yelled. "Move!" He pressed the gun against my head harder.

"Don't." Glenn stepped closer, seeing the pain in my eyes, the fear. We all knew the only way I might survive is if we all listened to the man, so with that Glenn sighed. "Okay." He moved to the driver's side.

Glenn was always willing to stand up for me, to help me whenever I needed it. He was always willing to do whatever it took, even if that meant giving in. Though more times than not, he fought. We all fought for each other.

Having had enough, of this asshole messing around with Enid, I did something I probably shouldn't have...

Reaching over to Negan, I pulled out his knife while he was talking. I spun around before anyone could react, and threw the knife towards Davey, making the blade dig into the tree by both him and Enid, having only missed him by a breath.

Moving before anyone could register what I'd done, I stepped over and stood in between him and Enid, pulling the knife out of the tree while I kept my eyes on him. "Give her the balloons, or next time I won't miss."

"What the fuck is going on here?!" Negan moved over to us.

Glaring at his man, I pointed the tip of the knife at the balloons. "You really need some balloons, Negan? Or is this asshole just making up any excuse to torment my friend?"

"Why do you need them, Sweetheart?" Davey continued to grin.

I glared harder, stepping closer as I pressed the tip of the knife against his chin now. "Sentimental fucking value, asshole. And don't ever call me Sweetheart again. Or I will chop your balls of and feed them to you."

"Vickie," Negan warned. "Give me the knife? Your brother already tried this. Don't make me do something I don't want to do."

"No." I shook my head, pressing the knife into Davey's chin more. He flinched as a drop of blood appeared. "This is the asshole who slapped me that night. Tore my wound open. I promised him he'd regret that."

Sighing, his patience run thin, Negan reached forward and wrapped his gloved hand over my wrist of the hand holding the knife. "Vickie. Let go. Do not make me ask again."

I didn't want to. All I wanted was to drive the knife into this asshole's gut and watch him bleed out. He was a monster, the kind of person I'd had to deal with many times before. People like him, needed to be dealt with before they screw things up more. But as much as I didn't want to hand the knife over, I knew I didn't really have much of a choice. So, reluctantly, I lowered my hand and let Negan take the weapon from me.

"Atta girl." Negan grinned down at me as he pulled me away from Davey. Turning to his man, he sighed. "Did you slap, Victoria?"

Davey shrugged. "Yeah, but she deserved it."

I shook my head, moving to step up to him again. "You asshole."

Negan held me back and he chuckled. "Jesus, you are a feisty one. But I really need you to stay back while I talk to Davey." Watching me, he waited until I nodded before turning back to Davey. "Did she really deserve it? Because you know we don't hurt others unless they give us a reason."

Davey shrugged yet again. "She threatened me," he lied through his teeth.

"You piece of shit," I snarled. Yeah, I'd threatened him, but only after he'd slapped me.

Still holding me back, Negan sighed. "Now, Sweetheart. If Davey says you threatened him, I'm gonna have to believe him. Especially after the crap you just pulled."

My jaw dropped. "Are you serious?"

"Look, I can't exactly trust you when you've stolen a gun from your own people, and threw a knife at one of my own. Which was pretty fucking hot by the way. So, until proven otherwise, I'm gonna have to believe you threatened my man."

I could not believe what I was hearing. Although, this was Negan...

"Whatever." I shook my head. "Just give Enid the balloons, Negan. You don't need them. And keep that freak away from her," I told him before walking off, leaving the three of them behind.

As I turned, I could see a lot of people watching us. But the people who had my attention where the four standing by one of the apartments. Dad, Carl, Aaron and Gabriel had gathered, watching the scene between Negan, Davey, Enid and myself. I wasn't sure if they were pleased or pissed that I had stuck up for one of our own, but I didn't give them time to let me know. Instead I just looked away from them and moved down the road, no longer interested in playing Negan's games.

NPOV

I watched as Victoria walked off, not really bothered by her behaviour. In all honest I knew what Davey was like, and I didn't really believe him, but I had to keep my people happy, so until I could find out the truth, I was gonna stay on his side.

But I was not going to let him bully the teen girl Vickie had stood up for.

"Give her the balloons, Davey, and leave her alone," was all I said before I walked off, knowing Davey wouldn't do anything that might piss me off. He was stupid, yes, but not that stupid. As I headed back to the truck, I spotted Rick heading over to me. "What you got for me, Rick?" He handed me the two missing guns. "Well, would you look at that? They were here after all. Funny how a little 'Holy shit! Somebody's gonna die!' lights a fire under everybody's ass!"

Olivia whimpered as she stood with Arat and Dwight.

I ignored her, keeping my attention on Rick. "So, tell me, Rick. Which one of your fine folks almost cost Olivia the rest of her days?"

He looked away. "It doesn't matter anymore."

"No, it matters. See, you need to get everybody on board. Everybody. Or we just go right back to square one." I handed the two guns over to one of my men who then put them in the truck with the others.

He closed the truck up, the door rattling as it lowered.

Grinning once more, I shrugged. "Now why don't we go find that daughter of yours? Make sure she hasn't done anything stupid in my absence."

VPOV

The Saviour's vehicles began to roll out the gates. I watched from where I sat on the step of the RVs door way. Aly was inside with Houdini, playing in the little bedroom. None of the Saviours had touched the vehicle during their raid. I wasn't sure why, but I was slightly thankful. One of the trucks came to a stop right inside the gate, off to the side a little, the one after it stopping as well.

Negan, dad, Daryl, Dwight and the rest of the Saviours were headed back from the apartments, Negan grinning at me as he sauntered towards the gates.

Our van and once of our cars drove in at that moment, Spencer and Rosita back from a task Dwight had them go do. Everyone watched them as they drove in and stopped behind the RV.

"Vickie, why don't you come join us, Sweetheart?" Negan called as he came to a stop. He didn't even look at me when he spoke.

Sighing, I got to my feet. "Aly, stay inside," I called as I closed the door.

Moving over to the man, I felt the need for physical violence in me build. There was nothing I wanted more than to hurt something. It didn't even have to be Negan or a Saviour. I just wanted something to help let me get some frustrations out.

The moment I stood next to him, Negan draped an arm over my shoulder as he smiled at my dad. "Hell of a place you got here, Rick."

Something caught dad's attention as he looked out into the distance before turning back to Negan. "Give me a second." He nodded outside the gates.

Negan and I both looked, just seeing Michonne duck away into one of the burnt houses outside our gates.

Grinning, Negan shook his head as he turned back to my dad. "No."

Dad sighed, looking at the ground, hating every moment of the situation. "Please, can you just give me a second?" he tried again.

Chuckling lightly, loving every bit of this situation, Negan shrugged. "Don't keep me waiting too long. Or I might decide to stay a little longer. Keep Vickie here company." He tugged me closer.

Dad froze as he looked at Negan's arm over my shoulder. I could see the internal struggle he was going through, wanting to stay and keep me safe but also needing to go see Michonne as well.

I gave him a short nod, hoping to ease his mind. "I'll be fine."

Knowing there was nothing he could do to help me even if I wasn't, dad decided to walk off then, heading over to his girlfriend, leaving me with a monster.

RPOV

I walked into the half-burnt house, still feeling pretty unsure about my decision to leave Vickie with Negan. But the moment I saw Michonne, I pushed that aside, as her eyes looked down at the bat in my hand.

"He had me hold it," I explained, pausing a moment before going on. "I need the rifle."

She looked shocked and confused. "What?"

I gestured to the bag in her hand. "I know it's in the bag. I know what you're doing out there."

"What am I doing out there?"

"You're practising," I answered without missing a beat. "We have to give up our guns, all of them."

"We can't," she argued.

"If you keep it, and they find it, someone dies. I'm not losing you or Vickie or Carl or anyone else. I'm not losing anyone else!" I told her, trying to calm myself. The guilt I'd been hiding the last few days was slowly rising, but I managed to push it back down. "Now I'm giving it to them. Are you gonna let me?"

We stood there for a moment looking at each other, unmoving.

Seeing that she wasn't going to hand the bag over, I sighed. "Negan has been walking around with Vickie on his arm. He has been taunting her all day. Teasing her. Treating her like she belongs to him." I shook my head. "If we piss him off, she's the first to go. I can feel it."

Michonne's eyes went wide then at the idea of Negan doing something to Vickie, or even just taking her. She was family to everyone. Vickie... she made it her mission to be everyone's friend, and take care of everyone. She- just like Glenn- was the glue that helped keep us all together.

"Please," I begged. "Please... just give me the bag."

VPOV

Negan faced me, standing really close, his back to the gate as he hummed, looking down at me with that grin of his plastered on his face. "I had fun today. We should really do this again sometime."

I didn't bother with a response. I just stood there, looking at him with a neutral stare. I was no longer in the mood to play along. I wanted him and his people gone. Now.

Seeing movement behind his shoulders, I looked over, seeing Michonne storming towards us, a dead deer resting on her shoulders. Dad wasn't too far behind, a rifle in hand, Lucille still in the other.

Negan turned just as Michonne walked past. He watched her. "Look at this!"

Dad stopped by us. "I thought she was scavenging. She was hunting. This one never came inside." He handed the rifle over to Negan. "We kept it near the line."

Negan took the gun. "Look at this. This is something to build a relationship on. Good for you, Rick. This is readin' the room and gettin' the message. I've said it before, I'm gonna say it again. You, sir, are special." He turned and handed the gun over to Arat.

Dad shifting on the spot before he spoke again. "Now that you know we can follow your rules..."

"Yes?" Negan waited expectantly.

Looking up at him, dad went on. "I'd like to ask you if Daryl can stay."

"Not happenin'." Negan didn't even think about it before he answered. The words just spilled from his mouth.

I stepped up to Negan, hating how desperate I sounded as I spoke. "Please."

He looked down at me with a proud grin, obviously feeling pretty good about himself. Shrugging he turned to Daryl. "You know what? I don't know. Maybe Daryl can plead his case. Maybe Daryl can sway me. Daryl?"

We all waited and watched as Daryl just stood there, looking down at the ground, unmoving and silent. It was so wrong, seeing him so weak and broken. I had no idea what they'd done to him, or were doing to him, but whatever it was, it was wrong and had to stop.

Negan chuckled. "Well, you tried." He shrugged as he spoke to dad. "Now what you got to do is get over that tall wall of yours and try harder out there. Earn for me. Because we're coming back soon, and when we do, you better have something interesting for us, or Lucille, she's gonna have her way." He paused before going on, "I want you to hear that again. If you don't have something interesting for us somebody's gonna die."

The idea of him killing anyone of us had me feeling sick. All the people here, they were family. Some were closer to me than others, but I'd still made time to get to know everyone. After the walls went back up and I decided to help lead, I made it my mission to learn everyone's name.

If Negan killed anyone... it would chip away at my already broken heart and damaged sanity.

"And no more magic guns." Negan added before turning to his people. "Arat, grab that deer. It's getting late. Let's go home."

Michonne just dropped the deer's body on the ground before she walked off, clearly pissed off at the situation.

"Man, I love a gal that buys me dinner and doesn't expect me to put out." Negan chuckled.

Now that they were all going, Dwight stepped up to Rosita and Spencer as they stood by our van and Daryl's bike- which they'd apparently gone and grabbed.

"I'll take that." Dwight nodded as he grabbed the bike's handles and looked to my friend. "Ro-si-ta! Got a little thank-you." He tossed her hat at her and she caught it. "That's all you're getting back. Took all your guns, most of your beds. I hope you find a place to lay your pretty little head," he laughed lightly. "Did you find anything else out there?

She nodded, meeting his gaze. "Just your dead friends."

Not responding to her besides another little laugh, Dwight got on to the bike and turned it on, riding over to stop by Daryl for a moment. "You can have it back. Just say the word."

But when Daryl continued to stay silent, Dwight shrugged and drove off, leaving the community and disappearing into the distance.

Once he was gone, Negan spoke again. "So, nobody died. And you know what I think? I think you and I, we've refined our understanding. Let me ask you something, Rick. Do you want me to go?"

Dad nodded. "I think that'd be good."

Negan shrugged. "Then just say those two magical words."

It took a moment before dad spoke. It appeared as if whatever the two words were, they were difficult to say. That could be for any number of reasons, but I had a feeling it was because dad was really starting to struggle with this reverse of power. Negan had been right about one thing that night when we'd been in the RV... Dad was addicted to being in charge.

Finally, dad spoke. "Thank you."

Negan chuckled, grinning widely. "Don't be ridiculous. Thank you."

The sound of a walker growling in the distance grabbed my attention and lit up my excitement.

Negan turned to look at the undead dead guy. "Another one." he shrugged. "You need our help."

But I shook my head. "I got this one."

Looking at me with amusement, Negan nodded. "Go for it, Sweetheart."

Having no weapons to use, I reached over and took Negan's knife once more before I stepped forward. Though I didn't kill the walker right away. No, that would be too easy. Instead, I circled it, teasing it as it followed, trying to grab some part of me in order to take a bite.

"Come on. Show me what you got," Negan encouraged.

Reaching out with my free hand I grabbed the walker's shoulder, held him at bay, before I brought Negan's knife up and under the walker's chin, stabbing it straight through to its brain.

Pulling the knife out quickly, I let the thing fall to the ground. Stepping up to it, I stomped my boot on to its head, causing its brains and blood to splatter on to the road before me.

A clapped sounded from inside the community.

Looking up, Negan watched me, applauding. "Vic-tor-i-a." He grinned from where he stood a step or so in front of dad. "I knew you'd put on a show."

Moving forward, I ignored his words as I offered him his knife back. I'd just killed a walker. It wasn't like I'd done some kind of acrobatic performance or something.

But he just shook his head as he refused to take the knife. "I want you to keep it, seeing as you know how to use it so well." I looked at him, surprised, but before I could question him, he turned to his people. "Okay, let's move out!" he called as he started towards the truck.

I watched him for a moment, wondering what the hell just happened. He'd just given me his knife... it felt wrong... it felt familiar...

"Oh, wait." Negan chuckled as he stopped and turned again, now facing dad. "How careless of me." Shaking his head, he moved to my father.

I noticed then that dad still held Lucille in his hand...

Negan stopped by dad's side. "You didn't think I was gonna leave Lucille, did ya? I mean, after what she did, why would you want 'er?" Reaching forward, he got into dad's personal space as he reached for Lucille. "Thank you for being so accommodating, friend." Grinning, he leaned closer, speaking his next words so lowly, I only just heard them. "In case you haven't caught on... I just slipped my dick down your throat, and you thanked me for it."

The look on my dad's face... it broke my heart seeing a man so strong, so brave and so important to me, look this powerless and torn.

Grinning, Negan slowly looked over to me. Adjusting his grip on Lucille, he gestured for me to come. "Walk me to my truck, Sweetheart."

Still pretty confused about the knife situation, and concerned about my father's state, I simply stepped forward and let Negan drape his arm over my shoulder before he led us towards the truck in front of the line. When we reached the vehicle, Negan stopped me by its side, holding me there as he leaned in closer. It was horrible and wrong, but I couldn't help it. His actions and movements caused a heat to grow inside me.

He was so close, I could feel his breath on my ear as he spoke. "I want you to think about something for me. I want you to think about your people, and your situation. I want you to think about your daughter. Because the only way I'm giving Daryl back... is if you take his place."

I flinched at his words, remembering what he'd said not too long ago... "Trust me, Sweetheart. You'll come eventually."

His grin was wide as he pulled back, but only enough so I could see his face. He was still very close. "You think about that for me, won't you, Sweetheart?" Pulling back, he didn't even look at me as he stepped into the truck. Though I didn't miss the grin on his lips as he did so. "Until next time."

Moving away I stared at the ground as the truck drove, leaving the community.

The last truck was close behind it. I turned my attention to this one, seeing Daryl sitting in the back of it. I walked forward to stand with dad as we watched the vehicle drive off.

Daryl looked up, watching us from where he sat. His eyes met mine and I felt everything inside me shatter as Negan's ultimatum echoed in my mind.

"I want you to think about something for me. I want you to think about your people, and your situation. I want you to think about your daughter. Because the only way I'm giving Daryl back... is if you take his place."

"Dad..."

He nodded beside me. "Don't worry. We'll get him back. No matter what. We will get him back," he tried to reassure me.

Hearing his words, I realised I couldn't tell him what Negan had said. Dad would never let me give myself up as a trade. No one would. It kind of defeated the purpose of getting Daryl back.

But at the same time as I realised this, I also made my mind up. Negan and his people would be back in a week, maybe less. So until then, I was going to spend as much time with my friends and family as possible. Because the moment Negan and his people come back, I'm going to give myself up.

RPOV

Closing the gate with the help of Vickie, I could tell there was something wrong with her. I knew it wasn't just because of Negan or Daryl. There was a slight nervousness about her. She'd had it since that night we met Negan, but now it seemed worse. There was no point in trying to get an answer out of her though, so instead I stayed silent as we turned to walk off. That's when I spotted Spencer.

"Spencer!" I called out, walking over to him with Vickie right behind me. "We took the guns you had in your house," I explained to him. "The Saviours wanted ours, all of them. There were two missing from the inventory. They were gonna kill Olivia. Spencer."

But all he had to say was, "You went into my house?"

"That's what you care about? Are you kidding me?" Vickie looked at him as if he was insane. "They were going to kill Olivia."

Sighing, I shook my head. "Look, I'm not faulting you for having the guns. I did it myself. But the food and liquor? That's 'cause you're small, Spencer. You're weak. You got lucky with the walls. You got lucky with us," I told him before Vickie and I headed off, moving towards the RV.

Spencer called after us. "We should've made a deal with them when we could've. Oh, yeah, we're so lucky. You've led us all to the Promised Land! Isn't that right, Rick?! Here we are! I guess Glenn and Abraham were lucky, too?"

Vickie and I froze.

"I'm gonna kill him," Vickie muttered.

Grabbing her arm to stop her, I called to Spencer without turning. "You say anything like that again to me, I'll break your jaw, knock your teeth out. You understand?" When he stayed silent, I pushed for a response, "Say yes."

There was a short pause before he spoke. "Yes."

With nothing left to say to him, I let go of Vickie's arm and kept moving. "We can't lose any more people, Vickie. Just let it go."

Doing as I said, she walked beside me once more until we reached the door of the RV, where she disappeared, slamming the door behind her.

VPOV

I dropped down on to the long lounge by the door in the RV with a heavy sigh, running a hand over my face as I thought over what I was going to do now.

"Mummy?" Aly poked her head out from the back room.

Offering her a gentle smile I nodded. "Yeah, it's me sweetie."

Carefully, she moved out from behind the curtain. "Daryl's gone again, isn't he?"

"Yeah," I told her honestly but also guiltily. "I wish I could have done something to keep him here. But Negan said no."

Moving to sit next to me, she gave a short shrug. "It's not your fault. I know that now. And I know you'll do whatever it takes to get Daryl back." She offered me a reassuring smile. "You won't let Mr Negan win."

Looking down at her, I was shocked. Aly was still very young, but after everything we'd all been through, it was hard to stay innocent. It hurt, knowing there was nothing I could do to stop the word from hardening her

She looked so sure and determined. She wasn't scared or worried anymore. I could only imagine what kind of woman she would grow up to be. I just hoped it wasn't a monster...

"I miss Maggie and Sasha," she said out of nowhere with a heavy sigh.

Looking down at her, I nodded. "Me too, sweetie. Me too."

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