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shadowkatWatched Vamp Diaries or TVD on Thursday, but my DVR was acting up and kept stalling bits of it, here and there.
Did get the gist though and most of the episode. So not a big deal. Just aggravating. I think or hope I've finally solved my problems with my set-up DVR. Took forever to get Time Warner to help via the phone, but I did, eventually. Yes, the moans and groans of the technological age.
I don't know what we did without these things. Watched less television most likely. In my case, read and wrote more.
In this week's episode of Vamp Diaries, we get a bit more back-story on the originals. Which admittedly confused me, because didn't Elijah indicate he had a much larger family? And that Klaus had killed everyone in it?
According to Rebecka - Klaus only put the ash stake through her heart, although like Elijah, she's still alive. Michael killed Mom, who was the original witch that created them, and thus not a vampire. You can't be a witch and a vampire - it's not possible. And hey, a blond viking witch - this is new. Also according to Rebeckha, Michael killed Mom because of Klaus, Michael couldn't handle Mom's betrayal, which was basically to save his life. She made a spell that deactivated his hybrid gene, and then turned her back on him so her husband, Michael wouldn't kill him.
Now if you watch Rebekha's version closely, you'll notice a few gaps - which Elena and Alaric manage to later fill in and changes things considerably. One - Klaus not Michael is clearly the one with the temper and the tendency to start fights and make trouble - he after all instigates the fight with his brother, that his father breaks up, and instigates one with Dad. Michael is focused on survival. We hide when the wolves come out. We live in peace with them. We don't fight amongst ourselves. Klaus like an strapping Viking lad wants a bit more - so he picks sword fights with Elijah, and goes spying on the weres, which results in the death of his brother Henry. Understandably upset by this turn of events, Papa/Michael declares war on the neighbors and attempts to persuade Eviron or whatever her name is to cast a spell that would grant his family the same power as the wolves, and eternal life.
Whatshername refuses stating the spirits aren't willing and if you go against their will, bad things happen. So he talks his wife, Esther, into doing it. She's more than willing.
The price is major. Michael feeds his kids wine soaked with blood, then stabs each through the heart, then feeds them human blood. This changes them into predatory creatures - with heightened abilities and an almost consuming thirst for blood. Also causes a rift with their neighbors. Then Klaus's hybrid gene activates. Seems to me that Klaus is the problem. The result of an affair with one of the neihboring weres. Odd, Klaus looks more like Sebastian Roche's Michael than Elijah does. You'd have thought the opposite.
Anyhow, Elena and Alaric manage to piece together from the symbols and Rebekha's story, that Klaus killed his mother and Dad is out for vengeance. In short, Klaus lied to his siblings so he wouldn't be alone. The necklace belonged to the mother of Klaus, not to the other witch. Which is why it's so valuable to Rebeckha and what Rebecka meant when she said that Stefan had no right to it or to give it to Elena, it has greater importance to her - it's the last thing she has of her mother's.
The heavy theme in this episode like all the others is blood is thicker than...well just about anything else. The connections between sibilings and parents...more so than romantic couples. I don't know. Bit hard to take this seriously. But it is a constant theme.
Michael figures out the loop-hole in Klaus' compulsion of Stefan is NOT Elena, but rather Damon. For much the same reason Klaus went after Stefan to begin with - he felt a sort of pseudo-brotherly bond and missed that bond, which he once had with Elijah. As Michael states - family goes deeper than anything else. He tells this to both Damon and Stefan, as he forces Stefan to go against Klaus' orders to save Damon, Michael literally has his hand around Damon's heart and is threatening to crush it. Stefan begins to panic and gives in.
Later, Elena tells Damon that in the end what will save Stefan from himself, is his love for Damon not his love for her. You are the key. Which is consistent, considering Stefan sacrificed himself to Klaus to save Damon's life. So I don't need convincing regarding Stefan, show. I do however wonder about Damon - who seems a bit more ambivalent regarding the relationship. The key to Damon's humanity and heart is Elena, not Stefan. Just as back in the day, it was Katherine. Which in a way is reminiscent of Elijah and Klaus, Klaus cared more about Elijah and making hybrids, Elijah cared more about Katherine. Ironic to have a brotherly bond do in Klaus considering that's the only he understands.
Going back to my original question? Didn't Elijah indicate a bigger family? You killed my entire family! (UH no. Just Henry. And I'm guessing you didn't know about Mom. And Rebekha just has the ash stick in her heart, so hardly dead.) I was thinking five or six people at least. Mildly disappointed.
I rather like the Elena/Damon relationship - it's not gooey or lovey-dovey. More friendly and sort of snarky. Can they stay that way? Also like Alaric and Damon.
Damon: You still haven't forgiven me?
Alaric: You killed me.
Damon: Yes, but you came back. Temporary. Get over it.
Alaric (rolls his eyes): Sorry, not something you get over just like that.
So Damon breaks Stefan out and goes out for drinks. Poor boy is dying for male companionship. And they ran into Michael.
I adore Sebastian Roche, who plays Michael, no one does snarky sociopath better than Roche.
He's more understated than Marsters was, and less soulful. Although, sad to say, his best role to date still is Jerry Jacks on General Hospital. I haven't been deliberately following him around (I skipped his turn on 24 for example - ugh, not a fan of 24 or that television trope).
As a result, I find myself conflicted, I am actually rooting for Michael to win and continue on the series.
Another question - which I keep waiting to have answered - who is the doppleganger or the original version of the doppleganger? It's thankfully not Mom. Anyone else relieved that Nina Dobrev was not playing Esther or the other witch? Maybe they won't answer that.
Maybe they forgot? Also is Katherine still alive? I assume so, since we didn't exactly see her die, just get bitten.
So...the original witch with the necklace who wants to do in Klaus and tried to use Vicki to kill Elena is most likely Esther, or Mama. Which makes Papa's actions not all that surprising or Anna's warning that you really don't want to bring Papa into this mix a reliable one.
I think Klaus may not be long for this universe, because I honestly don't know where else they can take him. Michael however has potential as a new big bad - he's basically Holtz with fangs. Kudos to the writers for that twist - a vampire hunter who happens to be the original vampire and more to the point the individual responsible for the creation of vampires. Makes sense that he fees off vampires, and that he kills them - probably trying to undo his horrible mistake, which he has to live with. He's basically cursed to hunt and kill his own creations. Nice symmetry to that. Also different. I like the fact that Vamp Diaries introduces new ideas of a really tired trope that has jumped past its saturation point.
Overall not a bad episode, I like the flashback mythology episodes. No one does mythology in a more entertaining manner than vamp diaries. Actually Williamson is one of the few writers that excels at exposition. Go watch the first Scream movie - the scene where they give all the exposition? About the list of things not to do in a horror film? And the characters then discover, wait we are in a horror film how did that happen? Work of genius. That's how you do exposition.
Also saw Secret Circle - which is getting a bit more interesting. At least this week the heroine was not in direct danger, they are saving that for next week. Also definite chemistry between the heroine and Jake. I rather liked this episode. Also, Gale Harrold is another actor that I enjoy watching in things.
Did get the gist though and most of the episode. So not a big deal. Just aggravating. I think or hope I've finally solved my problems with my set-up DVR. Took forever to get Time Warner to help via the phone, but I did, eventually. Yes, the moans and groans of the technological age.
I don't know what we did without these things. Watched less television most likely. In my case, read and wrote more.
In this week's episode of Vamp Diaries, we get a bit more back-story on the originals. Which admittedly confused me, because didn't Elijah indicate he had a much larger family? And that Klaus had killed everyone in it?
According to Rebecka - Klaus only put the ash stake through her heart, although like Elijah, she's still alive. Michael killed Mom, who was the original witch that created them, and thus not a vampire. You can't be a witch and a vampire - it's not possible. And hey, a blond viking witch - this is new. Also according to Rebeckha, Michael killed Mom because of Klaus, Michael couldn't handle Mom's betrayal, which was basically to save his life. She made a spell that deactivated his hybrid gene, and then turned her back on him so her husband, Michael wouldn't kill him.
Now if you watch Rebekha's version closely, you'll notice a few gaps - which Elena and Alaric manage to later fill in and changes things considerably. One - Klaus not Michael is clearly the one with the temper and the tendency to start fights and make trouble - he after all instigates the fight with his brother, that his father breaks up, and instigates one with Dad. Michael is focused on survival. We hide when the wolves come out. We live in peace with them. We don't fight amongst ourselves. Klaus like an strapping Viking lad wants a bit more - so he picks sword fights with Elijah, and goes spying on the weres, which results in the death of his brother Henry. Understandably upset by this turn of events, Papa/Michael declares war on the neighbors and attempts to persuade Eviron or whatever her name is to cast a spell that would grant his family the same power as the wolves, and eternal life.
Whatshername refuses stating the spirits aren't willing and if you go against their will, bad things happen. So he talks his wife, Esther, into doing it. She's more than willing.
The price is major. Michael feeds his kids wine soaked with blood, then stabs each through the heart, then feeds them human blood. This changes them into predatory creatures - with heightened abilities and an almost consuming thirst for blood. Also causes a rift with their neighbors. Then Klaus's hybrid gene activates. Seems to me that Klaus is the problem. The result of an affair with one of the neihboring weres. Odd, Klaus looks more like Sebastian Roche's Michael than Elijah does. You'd have thought the opposite.
Anyhow, Elena and Alaric manage to piece together from the symbols and Rebekha's story, that Klaus killed his mother and Dad is out for vengeance. In short, Klaus lied to his siblings so he wouldn't be alone. The necklace belonged to the mother of Klaus, not to the other witch. Which is why it's so valuable to Rebeckha and what Rebecka meant when she said that Stefan had no right to it or to give it to Elena, it has greater importance to her - it's the last thing she has of her mother's.
The heavy theme in this episode like all the others is blood is thicker than...well just about anything else. The connections between sibilings and parents...more so than romantic couples. I don't know. Bit hard to take this seriously. But it is a constant theme.
Michael figures out the loop-hole in Klaus' compulsion of Stefan is NOT Elena, but rather Damon. For much the same reason Klaus went after Stefan to begin with - he felt a sort of pseudo-brotherly bond and missed that bond, which he once had with Elijah. As Michael states - family goes deeper than anything else. He tells this to both Damon and Stefan, as he forces Stefan to go against Klaus' orders to save Damon, Michael literally has his hand around Damon's heart and is threatening to crush it. Stefan begins to panic and gives in.
Later, Elena tells Damon that in the end what will save Stefan from himself, is his love for Damon not his love for her. You are the key. Which is consistent, considering Stefan sacrificed himself to Klaus to save Damon's life. So I don't need convincing regarding Stefan, show. I do however wonder about Damon - who seems a bit more ambivalent regarding the relationship. The key to Damon's humanity and heart is Elena, not Stefan. Just as back in the day, it was Katherine. Which in a way is reminiscent of Elijah and Klaus, Klaus cared more about Elijah and making hybrids, Elijah cared more about Katherine. Ironic to have a brotherly bond do in Klaus considering that's the only he understands.
Going back to my original question? Didn't Elijah indicate a bigger family? You killed my entire family! (UH no. Just Henry. And I'm guessing you didn't know about Mom. And Rebekha just has the ash stick in her heart, so hardly dead.) I was thinking five or six people at least. Mildly disappointed.
I rather like the Elena/Damon relationship - it's not gooey or lovey-dovey. More friendly and sort of snarky. Can they stay that way? Also like Alaric and Damon.
Damon: You still haven't forgiven me?
Alaric: You killed me.
Damon: Yes, but you came back. Temporary. Get over it.
Alaric (rolls his eyes): Sorry, not something you get over just like that.
So Damon breaks Stefan out and goes out for drinks. Poor boy is dying for male companionship. And they ran into Michael.
I adore Sebastian Roche, who plays Michael, no one does snarky sociopath better than Roche.
He's more understated than Marsters was, and less soulful. Although, sad to say, his best role to date still is Jerry Jacks on General Hospital. I haven't been deliberately following him around (I skipped his turn on 24 for example - ugh, not a fan of 24 or that television trope).
As a result, I find myself conflicted, I am actually rooting for Michael to win and continue on the series.
Another question - which I keep waiting to have answered - who is the doppleganger or the original version of the doppleganger? It's thankfully not Mom. Anyone else relieved that Nina Dobrev was not playing Esther or the other witch? Maybe they won't answer that.
Maybe they forgot? Also is Katherine still alive? I assume so, since we didn't exactly see her die, just get bitten.
So...the original witch with the necklace who wants to do in Klaus and tried to use Vicki to kill Elena is most likely Esther, or Mama. Which makes Papa's actions not all that surprising or Anna's warning that you really don't want to bring Papa into this mix a reliable one.
I think Klaus may not be long for this universe, because I honestly don't know where else they can take him. Michael however has potential as a new big bad - he's basically Holtz with fangs. Kudos to the writers for that twist - a vampire hunter who happens to be the original vampire and more to the point the individual responsible for the creation of vampires. Makes sense that he fees off vampires, and that he kills them - probably trying to undo his horrible mistake, which he has to live with. He's basically cursed to hunt and kill his own creations. Nice symmetry to that. Also different. I like the fact that Vamp Diaries introduces new ideas of a really tired trope that has jumped past its saturation point.
Overall not a bad episode, I like the flashback mythology episodes. No one does mythology in a more entertaining manner than vamp diaries. Actually Williamson is one of the few writers that excels at exposition. Go watch the first Scream movie - the scene where they give all the exposition? About the list of things not to do in a horror film? And the characters then discover, wait we are in a horror film how did that happen? Work of genius. That's how you do exposition.
Also saw Secret Circle - which is getting a bit more interesting. At least this week the heroine was not in direct danger, they are saving that for next week. Also definite chemistry between the heroine and Jake. I rather liked this episode. Also, Gale Harrold is another actor that I enjoy watching in things.
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Date: 2011-11-05 06:29 pm (UTC)Maybe you just didn't see them, but there were more family members - we just didn't get to meet or really get a good look at any of them.
I rather like the Elena/Damon relationship - it's not gooey or lovey-dovey. More friendly and sort of snarky. Can they stay that way? Also like Alaric and Damon.
Loved the pseudo-sparring scene where he kept easily defeating her and then the on top of the bedcovers scene at the end.
Michael however has potential as a new big bad - he's basically Holtz with fangs. Kudos to the writers for that twist - a vampire hunter who happens to be the original vampire and more to the point the individual responsible for the creation of vampires
Yes, he would be interesting to keep around. Whether they do is another matter, most guests don't survive for long.
At least this week the heroine was not in direct danger, they are saving that for next week. Also definite chemistry between the heroine and Jake. I rather liked this episode. Also, Gale Harrold is another actor that I enjoy watching in things.
Nods. Definitely seeing Jake becoming more conflicted and Charles getting much, much creepier.