#mod delena

[kiss-my-freckle]

I saw someone who mods both the TVD and True Blood subreddits talk about how the TVD one is more toxic. Interesting that she pointed out the lockdown viewers creating more of that toxicity since that's been my observation across platforms as well. Part of me wishes I could gatekeep to reduce that lmao:

I actually mod both subreddits so I have a little bit of insight into this! The TVD sub was almost completely dead but then during the covid lockdowns the show got a massive surge of new viewers, probably because it was on Netflix at the time so it was more accessible than HBO. It became a comfort show for a lot of people so they are constantly rewatching and finding things to post about. TB has also had a little bit of a renaissance due to the Truest Blood podcast but not nearly as big as TVD.

One thing I've noticed is that the community at the TVD sub seems to skew quite a bit younger than it does here and that leads to a lot more shitposting and repetitive discussions 🙄 Like I really love TVD (most of it anyway 🤣) but there's only so many times I can discuss who is the "better brother." Here, there might be fewer discussions but at least they are more varied and tend to be a bit more thoughtful. People here also seem to be more civil, I feel like I rarely have to do mod stuff here but it's nonstop at the TVD sub.

I understand repeated discussions when there's new viewership. Fans have slammed me for commenting on 7 year old posts because they have no idea that I was a new viewer. I still consider myself a new viewer even though I've been hooked into the show for like two years. It wasn't COVID that made me a new viewer, it was boredom. I was sifting through Netflix, trying to find something new to watch. Mind you, I'd never watched anything Ian Somerhalder was in. I wasn't a fan of his, nor did I ever think I would be. I only knew about him because his name popped up in Fifty Shades discussions. So when I watched TVD for the first time, Ian wasn't even on my radar. I laugh at fans who claim I only like Damon because I like Ian. They have it completely backwards in my case. I like Ian because I love his character in the show. He did an amazing job playing Damon, which I consider an extremely difficult role. I will always love Damon Salvatore, and I know there isn't a hater in the fandom that can make me love him any less.

It's been forever since I watched True Blood, and I've never taken part in fan discussions. I will say that Eric Northman was my favorite character on the show. It's not just the young that watch TVD, it's the immature. I've read a lot of immature crap in the TVD subs. I'd rather post on my personal Tumblr and sift through the Delena tag than fall into sub crowds. Subs leave too much room for the childish, and the mods can only do so much. I more or less read according to post titles, looking for open minds and honest takes. I'm more likely to debate a Delena shipper than a Stelena shipper. I can handle fans hating Delena, but I can't handle fans misrepresenting them.

[katherineholmes]

2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 18, 19!

2. a compelling argument for why your fave would never top or bottom

Well, I don't see Elijah ever agreeing to bottom. He has those soft dom vibes going on, the casual condescension, the mocking, just general Elijah fuckery as Feral said recently. He has control issues, not as bad as Klaus, but he wants to control every piece on the board, he wants to be the one to solve the problems, he was put into the role of protector/caretaker a long time ago, and he both wants and needs it. So I can't see him bottoming, the only time it might happen is if Elena is topping from the bottom (which is pretty much how their dynamic is anyway.)

3. screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr

I've already answered that here.

5. worst discord server and why

Uhhh, there was a dark fic server that I was a part of for a while, where the mod just went crazy. He wouldn't enable emoticons or sending media in channels and we had to ask him every single time. And then he got into a fight with another member on the server, and started mocking anyone who tried to explain her point in the argument.

It was weird, when I pointed out that his behaviour was childish and unacceptable, he said 'lol', so I left, and we all made our own server.

6. which ship fans are the most annoying?

Nian - I still see edits of those two, and how they should be together. It was so toxic when s6 of TVD was filming and airing, honestly just terrible. A makeup artist came forward and said Nina was pushed into a corner by Ian, death threats were sent to Nikki Reed, YT edits were made, an entire section of fans wished Ian would leave Nikki to be with Nina. All three of them were pitted against each other in every permutation and combination, it got so bad that Ian Somerhalder has openly discussed his dislike for the section of fans who harassed his wife to that extent, and I don't blame him.

9. worst part of canon

I've already mentioned the sire bond in a different ask, so it's going to be the Travellers because wtf was that. Even now, I don't understand what their motive was. I mean what is it with the TVD writers and their inability to write romance? Want Delena together - sire bond, want Stelena together - mystical doppelgänger soulmates.

I'm also not a fan of the fact that they made Stefan a doppelgänger, they had extremely compelling doppelgängers in the form of Katherine and Elena and yet, instead of showing them bond or work together we get them fighting over a guy, I mean, why? Just why?

18. it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on...

Tyler/Jeremy - Those two had chemistry, they hated each other, they fought each other, but Jeremy is extremely sympathetic towards Tyler when he learns that his dad is abusive. I will die on this hill, but Jeremy should've been the one to help Tyler through his werewolf transition.

It should've been Jeremy doodling nonsense to keep Tyler's spirits up, it should've been Jeremy in the cellar, helping Tyler during the first full moon, it should've been Tyler getting Damon to back off from Jeremy, it should've been Jeremy, Tyler and Elena bonding on movie nights. The chemistry between Tyler and Jeremy is fire, they are tortured artists, grieving, their lives upended by the supernatural even though they aren't directly related to it. I need more Tyler and Jeremy (and I'm going to write it into one of my fics too).

19. you're mad/ashamed/horrified you actually kind of like...

Lucien Castle. I was always a bit indifferent towards him, until he killed my girl Cami, then I hated him. But even on rewatch, knowing what he's done, I'm still a bit intrigued about him. I've recently been analysing his character a bit for a fic, and I can't help but like him. He's a little like Klaus, but he's so compelling just as he is, which is a shame, because all he wants to be is like Klaus.

I still believe he had a lot of potential, even more than what they had showed. He's the true beginning of the downfall of the Mikaelsons, and he's creepy af, not to mention what he did to Cami. But truly, he works for hundreds of years just to take the Mikaelsons down, and actually succeeds, even Klaus is running scared of him. Even if he died, the damage was done.