The Vampire Diaries: Brotherly Backstory
Potential vamps think best when unencumbered by shirts. Try it, Stefan!
We finally find out why Damon promised Stefan "an eternity of misery" on The Vampire Diaries -- and at first, we sympathize. Then he has to blow it in the last two minutes, but what can you do -- we still love the guy, even when he is unreasonably pouty.
[Note: Karin, your regular correspondent, decided to spend her birthday looking for weres in the wilds of North Carolina, since they seem to be missing from Mystic Falls. Thus: me standing in. Wish her a happy birthday in the comments, won't you?]
The big reveal
Were you surprised at how the Improbably Buff Brothers Salvatore turned? When they got shot trying to rescue Katherine, and Katherine was pulled away before she could help them, we almost thought they were goners -- momentarily forgetting that we've been watching a show all season that proved they survived. (We're slow sometimes.) Now, we knew that Damon had been partaking of Katherine's blood, but we thought Stefan had stayed clean. Ah, but sneaky Katherine compelled him.
Then Stefan makes the classic blunder of the broken-hearted: Much like the ex who calls you to tell you he or she won't be calling you anymore, Stefan decides to visit Daddy Dearest -- you know, the guy who said vamp lovers were dead to him -- to tell him... he'd soon be dead to him. Oh, Stefan.... do the words "cut your losses" mean nothing to you? Apparently they don't, which is why Stefan is shocked to discover that Daddy Dearest shot his sons himself, and that he's more than happy to kill Stefan for realz this time. Cue the fisticuffs, and Daddy Dearest accidentally skewering himself (Hah! He deserved it!) Of course, that leaves a tempting pools of blood gushing from Daddy Dearest, and Stefan succumbs. Presto! Vampire!
There's more after the jump -- including movie comparisons, Elena kicking ass, and Jonathan Gilbert showing his stripes. Read on!
The big reveal, part 2
We were moderately squicked out at how Stefan turned (even if Daddy Dearest deserved to die, it was still heartbreaking to see him become the instrument that turned his son into what he most hated), but Damon... now that was a shocker. He really was all set to become an ex-parrot, but blood-drunk Stefan brought him a chew toy and basically forced Damon to drink. Gah! No WONDER he's so pissed!
The big petulance
Except that's NOT why Damon's so pissed. Yeah, yeah, Stefan forced him to become an unholy creature who preys upon humanity blah blah blah. What really pissed Damon off is that Katherine brought Stefan back form the dead, too. (Which was hardly Stefan's fault, you know?) He's petulant that he has to share his toys... or, more accurately, he's pissed off that he has to share Katherine with another toy. OMG, y'all-- The Vampire Diaries is actually Toy Story! Stefan is totally the Buzz Lightyear to Damon's Woody!
Damon and Alaric
If Stefan and Damon are Toy Story, Damon and Alaric are Lethal Weapon -- or any of the innumerable buddy cop flicks that graced us in the 80s and 90s. They squabble! They don't like each other's methods! But in the end, they put their ultimate trust in each other! Our favorite exchange:
Damon: I'm not going with you, you tried to kill me!
Alaric: Well, you did kill me!
He's got a point, Damon...
We loved how Alaric decided to do the "moderately healthy" thing and move on from his dead vampiric wife. Of course, moving on (without the phone call saying you're moving on) is a sure way to get the object of your affection haunting you again. Bingo -- there's Isobel!
Elena rocks
We just posted an interview with Kevin WIlliamson where he talks about Elena gaining strength and standing on her own. We saw that this week when she would not back down from helping Stefan, no matter how vamp-facey and growly he got. Go, Elena! And she used just the right psychology on Stefan in the end -- she wasn't saying "Stay here, I need you!" She told him that she believed in him and she knew he could fight. Well done, girl -- we can see why those Salvatores are so taken with you!
Jonathan Gilbert is the meanest man ever
But blood-drinking fiends have nothing on creepy uncle Jonathan Gilbert. We were shocked at the way he toyed with Pearl -- first telling her that the original Jonathan Gilbert's dying regret was that he didn't save Pearl, the laughing in her face as he told her that Jonathan hated her. Dude, unnecessary! Then he goes on a staking party, killing Pearl and Harper. Plus, he skeeved us out, the way he hovered outside Elena's door. Ick.
The only moderately good thing that may come from Jonathan's staking rampage? We're guessing Anna will be sticking around. She and Jeremy are so cute together (and who knew Jeremy was hiding washboard abs under his Hoodies of Sadness? We feel slightly dirty for even noticing...) that we would have been sorry to see her go.
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Doesn't this episode just make Stephen and Damon hotter?But of course i guess i see why Katherine liked both of them. Both of the awesome Salvatore brothers are SEXY!!!!
Posted by: Gina | May 12, 2010 1:20 PM