Damon is not the problem he is the solution
The big retcon, the OOC and why Damon is what Elena needs, no matter what Stefan says.
* 2x01
Stefan: [You kissed Elena] Because you feel something for her. Because you actually care. And I’m not going to come in here and destroy that part of you that has finally, after all of this time, willing to feel something.
After he spent all season talking about how Damon is an unredeemable monster, as the episodes pass, he has come to realise how important Elena has become for Damon too. Because it’s thank to her and her only, if his brother is starting to feel something good again, after all the pain Kaherine has caused him, and himself as well, now Damon puts another life before his own, he kisses Elena because he feels like doing it. And Stefan didn’t feel that betrayed, because he’d do anything to have his brother back, that’s what I thought when this episode aired. He forced him to turn into a vampire, and now Damon’s humanity is resurfacing, all because of Elena. And he’d never allow Katherine or anyone else destroy that little miracle. Damon on the other hand, it’s like he wants to be punched, because he kissed his brother’s girlfriend, again. Because he is still not ready, no matter what he says, to allow that good in him own the rest of his otherwise terrible existence. He can’t be sucked into another destructive relationship with a girl that isn’t just his own. In fact he does what he does, to Jeremy. To prove anyone wrong, that he can’t change because no matter if he does, no one will be there to really appreciate that. He is always the bad brother and so he must remain. But he can’t help it and he will not be able to control his emotions when it comes to Elena. Stefan was being almost genuine in his statement, he cares about his brother and hates to see his self destruction.
* 2x08
Damon: I love you Elena, and that’s because I love you, I can’t be selfish with you. I don’t deserve you but my brother does.
Damon once again feels inferior, Stefan just confessed him he had to turn him because he couldn’t bear the thought of him dying, because of him and the betrayal with Katherine and their father. He needed his brother, and Damon runs fast to Elena. No matter how many problems they may have, Damon sees that maybe Stefan really loves him and he really can take care of Elena (since in that episode, he was so ready to save her not giving a fuck if he’d die in the process. One of the few times Stefan has ever been that brave IMO). Damon let Elena go. The reasons are all very clear and it hurts him to do that but he thinks it’d hurt Elena more if he keeps pursuing her, Stefan deserves her, he can’t and he won’t bother her anymore, but as we’ll see, he will always try to protect her.
* 2x18
Stefan: You know, you could have told me.
Damon: How do I know when you’re going to go blabbing things to your girlfriend.
Stefan: You even understand what you put her through?
Damon: See, that’s why I didn’t tell you. ‘Cause you would have never been able to do it. Don’t get me wrong, Stefan. I don’t mind being the bad guy. I’ll make all the life and death decisions while you’re busy worrying about collateral damage. I’ll even let her hate me for it. But at the end of the day, I’ll be the one to keep her alive.
Now. A lot of shit went down. Damon has stopped another suicide mission of Elena in 2x10, because she was risking too much, and no one ever asked her to make such drastic decisions. And in this episode, he teams up with Bonnie, they trick Elena and Klaus, they work to fool him and to make it seems real. And the plan works very well, but Elena got her heart broken as she watches her best friend die, not knowing any better. Stefan would never have done that. Because he doesn’t want to watch her suffer etc ec but Damon doesn’t care because if he is sure of a plan, he knows it’ll work. And you notice how he points out how Stefan would never be able to do that, because his love for his girlfriend is too strong and it almost got in the way of his plan, that wouldn’t have worked if Stefan spoiled the game. Damon is ready to wear the bad guy clothes, but his main goal is to make Elena live, but not for himself, just because he has to keep her alive, if no one else does. In his own (wrong or right or sick or genial) way he totally helped her that night. His feelings for her weren’t any less real or strong for her than Stefan’s, but he succeed.
* 2x19
Stefan: Thank you. For being in love with my girlfriend. You know, you can be in love with Elena all you want… If it means that you’ll protect her. But I have the one thing that you never will.Her respect.
Now, Stefan is butthurt. Elena is alive, thanks to his brother and he decides to provoke him, he made assumptions about him and Andie, and he just goes for it as he says how grateful he is that Damon loves Elena, because he is so sure she’ll never love him back, since Elena doesn’t respect Damon and he doesn’t seem to care for the decisions she makes (no matter how wrong and unconsiderate they may be). It’s like “Yeah brother, you’ll keep her alive, thank you I’m not gonna pass for the bad boyfriend, but I’ll still be hers and meanwhile you protect her ass, I don’t really mind as long as she doesn’t respect you and she is with me.” I never hated a character as I hated Stefan in this episode. Damon doesn’t even care.
* 3x14
Stefan: You know, maybe you should stop being such a controlling dick, Damon.
Damon: Wait. Hang on. I’m the problem here?
Stefan: You’re a liability, brother.
Damon: I’m trying to keep her alive, Stefan.
Stefan: Yeah, well, your emotions are getting in the way of our plan.
Damon: My emotions? How is this even happening right now?
Stefan: Maybe because you care too damn much.
NOW. I’m sorry if I skipped a lot of shit, but I just want to go straight to the point: They retconned anything I said above here. They twisted the dynamics, now Damon is the problem because his love and devotion for Elena are too much to handle and it looks as if anything he has done for her doesn’t count anymore. Stefan has a total different reaction to Damon’s will to save Elena’s ass. And you know why? Because he is not her boyfriend anymore. Because Elena has seen the worse of him too and experienced it on her skin, because now Stefan and Damon may look the same in Elena’s eyes and because he put her through so much shit during all summer, he feels like he lost her. I really think, as he keeps screaming to the world how Damon is a terrible choice for her and how Elena deserves better than him, than both of them , I think Stefan’s main goal is to keep Damon and Elena apart. He knows they bonded, they became stronger and they survived without him (as if they could ever survive with him, but this is for another post). Damon sees the switch, he can’t believe what is happening, since when his ways of protecting and preventing terrible things, don’t work anymore? Wasn’t his brother thanksful he’ll be the one to keep her alive, no matter what? Wasn’t Stefan the first to appreciate how Elena brought back his humanity and all that was ever good in him? What? He became the problem now? No, he knows damn well you can’t trust anybody, but apparently his feelings aren’t as worth as meeting a stranger Original Mother who couldn’t care less for you and could kill you with a spell, eyes closed. Damon is mad. Remember when they had to trick Elena to believe Bonnie was dead, to defeat Klaus temporarily? Stefan almost spoiled the game, he and his “I want Elena to respect me, I respect her so much, I don’t care if she dies, she’ll die being respected and respecting his one true boyfriend” and Damon can’t stand it. You may say respect is important, but with Damon you can only ask so much, he is not a machine, but he’ll always be one if it means saving Elena, in any way he can. Ironic, because even if some times his emotions did hurt and get in the way and teared them apart, Damon’s love for Elena is what makes of her a still living person. He blood-forced her with his blood, but then you have seen how, wrong or right, he was still human at the end of the day, thanks to John too. It is super ironic how Damon can be the best and worst for Elena, but IMO she has never complained that much, expecially this season, as she did during this episode, Stefan had a bad influence on her, it’s clear.
Did I make some points here or not? I think I did. As long as they are together, Stefan almost enjoys history repeating itself, Damon hardly loves anyone, but he cares about Elena and he’ll protect her. But as soon as Elena has seen how terrible he could be, and in his own word “he was worse than Damon as a ripper back in the days”. he decides Damon’s love isn’t needed anymore. Now all he cares about is to once again shows Elena how much he still respects her, but hey, the fact that he used her as a weapon to blackmail Klaus an almost killed her or turned her into a vampire and all those things happened on that bridge, that never happened. Elena totally forgot about that, and she forgave Damon for the Jeremy mess after entire months. How are we supposed to take her seriously in ep14? How? She was just playing stupid. She always knew how far Damon is willing to go and how he kind of success in saving the day if she let him or if they team up. She said it herself they always survive, they were ready to let Stefan go, they can survive without him..and now I have to believe she can’t live without knowing that Stefan cares about her? That he is being good all night? Are you kidding me?
It’s like the past one and half of season never happened. Anything good about Damon is easily erased, because somehow, Stefan always has to play the part of the good guy. Even though all he feels is pain and he didn’t give a shit about Elena. Damon did, Damon loves her and she knows it. How could she act that way, it’ll always break my heart. I know how much she wants to make her own decisions, but is it bad to share it with the ONLY person who’s been there for you and who you yourself admit, need? What would be of Elena if Damon wasn’t there? No matter the reasons why Stefan left, Elena without Damon would be dead. Where were you Damon? Where were you Elena. I’ll never get over it. Yes, she may be scares of her feelings and of Damon’s feelings for her and she doesn’t know how to handle it yet, but that is not the way to make a point, you don’t treat a friend that way.
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