The thing of it is...I'm not at certain that we're supposed to be rooting for Stefan. It can be read another way...and the thematic arc doesn't quite support it.
* the preacher guy/April's Dad - torches the council to keep them "pure" or to "purify" them so they can return.
* Preacher Guy also takes Elena to keep her from being further "contaminated" by Stefan and Damon and the vampires.
* Bonnie can't access her magic - because it feels "impure"
There's also all of Damon's comments to Stefan regarding his plan with Klaus.
1. Do we want to trust Klaus in this? Considering Klaus wants Elena as his personal human blood bag? 2. You can't love her without her being pure? Why so she can save you? Make you feel better about yourself? I'll help you, but I love her either way.
And there's the whole reason Stefan broke up with Katherine to begin with...
He fell in love with human Katherine, the damsel in distress. Her "innocence" and Katherine notes that she feel in love with the reflection of her innocence in his eyes - or how he viewed her. When Stefan discovers Katherine is a vampire, he's still obsessed, but he wants nothing to do with her and betrays her to his father (sort of). Damon on the other hand can't wait to join Katherine in immortal damnation.
And let's face it - Stefan has a bit of a type. He falls for the innocence and gets disillusioned by the whore. Rebecca comes to mind. Loved her, until he realized what she was.
It's the whole virgin and the whore motif.
So...the question is, are the writers critiquing the motif and critiquing Stefan and people like Stefan or...are they doing the opposite, re-affirming the motif and pushing it? I can't tell at this stage.
Depends on how the story plays out this season. If Stefan is proven right...and he cures Elena of her vampirism and we're back to status guo? I'm done. Not because I think vamps are cool or support what they did in Twilight. But because of how they are going about it. If Stefan is proven right, Elena stays a vampire through some odd quirk or plot twist, and joins vamps anonymous with him and Caroline...I'm still done, for the same reasons. But if they have this whole thing backfire on him in a major way (and it really should based on the clues I've seen dropped...ie. Atticus Shane's whole deal with breaking the sire bond and finding the cure, and the whole bit about Silas and the two women who loved him just screams epic fail for Stefan/Klaus's plans) and he ends up hurting everyone with the best of intentions, just like April's Dad did, NikLaus and Bonnie did, and Alaric...then cool, wonky goodness.
But right now, I honestly can't tell which direction they are going in - damn thing is too much like a soap opera. They can go in at least three different directions at this point. Two would lead to epic fail. One leads to wonky goodness. Sigh. It reminds me a bit too much of the Buffy comics, daytime soap operas and Dollhouse for my own comfort zone. LOL!
And yes, I think I'm becoming a Damon/Elena and Klaus/Caroline shipper against my will. Also...this seems odd, but I prefer Apirl with Rebecca to Matt/Jeremy. Not sure who I want Stefan with at this point, he's annoying the heck out of me.
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The thing of it is...I'm not at certain that we're supposed to be rooting for Stefan. It can be read another way...and the thematic arc doesn't quite support it.
* the preacher guy/April's Dad - torches the council to keep them "pure" or to "purify" them so they can return.
* Preacher Guy also takes Elena to keep her from being further "contaminated" by Stefan and Damon and the vampires.
* Bonnie can't access her magic - because it feels "impure"
There's also all of Damon's comments to Stefan regarding his plan with Klaus.
1. Do we want to trust Klaus in this? Considering Klaus wants Elena as his personal human blood bag?
2. You can't love her without her being pure? Why so she can save you?
Make you feel better about yourself? I'll help you, but I love her either way.
And there's the whole reason Stefan broke up with Katherine to begin with...
He fell in love with human Katherine, the damsel in distress. Her "innocence" and Katherine notes that she feel in love with the reflection of her innocence in his eyes - or how he viewed her.
When Stefan discovers Katherine is a vampire, he's still obsessed, but he wants nothing to do with her and betrays her to his father (sort of). Damon on the other hand can't wait to join Katherine in immortal damnation.
And let's face it - Stefan has a bit of a type. He falls for the innocence and gets disillusioned by the whore. Rebecca comes to mind.
Loved her, until he realized what she was.
It's the whole virgin and the whore motif.
So...the question is, are the writers critiquing the motif and critiquing Stefan and people like Stefan or...are they doing the opposite, re-affirming the motif and pushing it? I can't tell at this stage.
Depends on how the story plays out this season. If Stefan is proven right...and he cures Elena of her vampirism and we're back to status guo? I'm done. Not because I think vamps are cool or support what they did in Twilight. But because of how they are going about it. If Stefan is proven right, Elena stays a vampire through some odd quirk or plot twist, and joins vamps anonymous with him and Caroline...I'm still done, for the same reasons. But if they have this whole thing backfire on him in a major way (and it really should based on the clues I've seen dropped...ie. Atticus Shane's whole deal with breaking the sire bond and finding the cure, and the whole bit about Silas and the two women who loved him just screams epic fail for Stefan/Klaus's plans) and he ends up hurting everyone with the best of intentions, just like April's Dad did, NikLaus and Bonnie did, and Alaric...then cool, wonky goodness.
But right now, I honestly can't tell which direction they are going in - damn thing is too much like a soap opera. They can go in at least three different directions at this point. Two would lead to epic fail. One leads to wonky goodness. Sigh. It reminds me a bit too much of the Buffy comics, daytime soap operas and Dollhouse for my own comfort zone. LOL!
And yes, I think I'm becoming a Damon/Elena and Klaus/Caroline shipper against my will. Also...this seems odd, but I prefer Apirl with Rebecca to Matt/Jeremy. Not sure who I want Stefan with at this point, he's annoying the heck out of me.