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Sigh..Vamp Diaries - you should have left it on Bourbon Street.
A bit of good news via NY1...NY has convinced the President of US to ask Congress for 60.4 Billion in relief. (17 Billion -housing relief , 11.5 Billion federal disaster relief, 9 Billion transit repair, 4 Billion army corps of engineers , 9 Billion for federal flood insurance , 1 Billion for small business loans). The money will be split between NY, NJ and CT, with NY getting the lion's share. But it might be held up by Congress who is fighting against a fiscal cliff and a Republican Congress who prefers to spend on War and Defense, and less on boring domestic issues such as disaster relief, education, etc. So it's mixed. (Eh, the news frustrates me, it's been shut off.)
So attempted to watch fluff, but it was incredibly frustrating fluff...spent most of my time yelling at the tv or rather arguing with it. Oh well, at least we now understand the sire bond as it relates to vampirism in Vamp Diaries.
* So if Stefan and Damon were so madly in love with Katherine before she sired them, why aren't they bonded to Katherine? Did the bond transfer to Elena or something? Or does it just work on women? If so...how sexist.
* Good witchcraft is called magic, but black witchcraft is called expression? What is this a commentary on "expressionism" as it relates to art? Oh well, at lease...we now know that Atticus Shane is evil. Whether he is more evil than Klaus has yet to be determined. (Yes, the writers are a bit witty with the names, aren't they?)
* 12 human souls have to be sacrificed to get to the power at the heart of "expression" according to Nandi, the New Orleans witch. So...what would 12 unsired hybrids do exactly?
Does Atticus plan on sacrificing them to get to this power with the help of Bonnie?
* How hypocritical can Caroline be? (Bonnie at least has an excuse, she doesn't know Atticus Shane is evil and leading her down the dark path. Caroline? You know Klaus is evil.
Yet you flirt shamelessly with him anyway and get all your info from him.) Oh well, at least Caroline got to be the damsel this week as opposed to Elena...but not to worry, Elena offered herself in Caroline's place, while Tyler played hero. Caroline you've been spending too much time with Stefan, it's making you incredibly self-righteous and judgmental. Methinks an intervention is in order. This is not a good friendship for you.
*Stefan were you always this self-righteous, manipulative and hypocritical? Or was that Lexie's effect on you? Why Damon wants to be around you, I've no clue. I'd have left ages ago. There's got to be better traveling companions. I don't know..the whole brotherly bond bit...is overrated. Also, Damon, seriously, Charlotte? I thought you had better taste. Vamp Diaries is not doing a good job this season with the guest-casting.
* How many times do these types of shows have to do the whole..."I'm so bad for you, so I'm going to do the incredibly self-less and painful act, and leave you forever" bit? Note to writers...lazy sexist writing. Stop doing it. At least on True Blood, Sookie broke it off. Yes, it's odd, but so far Sookie has a far more feminist storyline than Elena.
Sigh. I should have watched Vamp Diaries last night and Big Bang Theory tonight. Oh well.
How does one break a bond for dumb supernatural soap operas?
So attempted to watch fluff, but it was incredibly frustrating fluff...spent most of my time yelling at the tv or rather arguing with it. Oh well, at least we now understand the sire bond as it relates to vampirism in Vamp Diaries.
* So if Stefan and Damon were so madly in love with Katherine before she sired them, why aren't they bonded to Katherine? Did the bond transfer to Elena or something? Or does it just work on women? If so...how sexist.
* Good witchcraft is called magic, but black witchcraft is called expression? What is this a commentary on "expressionism" as it relates to art? Oh well, at lease...we now know that Atticus Shane is evil. Whether he is more evil than Klaus has yet to be determined. (Yes, the writers are a bit witty with the names, aren't they?)
* 12 human souls have to be sacrificed to get to the power at the heart of "expression" according to Nandi, the New Orleans witch. So...what would 12 unsired hybrids do exactly?
Does Atticus plan on sacrificing them to get to this power with the help of Bonnie?
* How hypocritical can Caroline be? (Bonnie at least has an excuse, she doesn't know Atticus Shane is evil and leading her down the dark path. Caroline? You know Klaus is evil.
Yet you flirt shamelessly with him anyway and get all your info from him.) Oh well, at least Caroline got to be the damsel this week as opposed to Elena...but not to worry, Elena offered herself in Caroline's place, while Tyler played hero. Caroline you've been spending too much time with Stefan, it's making you incredibly self-righteous and judgmental. Methinks an intervention is in order. This is not a good friendship for you.
*Stefan were you always this self-righteous, manipulative and hypocritical? Or was that Lexie's effect on you? Why Damon wants to be around you, I've no clue. I'd have left ages ago. There's got to be better traveling companions. I don't know..the whole brotherly bond bit...is overrated. Also, Damon, seriously, Charlotte? I thought you had better taste. Vamp Diaries is not doing a good job this season with the guest-casting.
* How many times do these types of shows have to do the whole..."I'm so bad for you, so I'm going to do the incredibly self-less and painful act, and leave you forever" bit? Note to writers...lazy sexist writing. Stop doing it. At least on True Blood, Sookie broke it off. Yes, it's odd, but so far Sookie has a far more feminist storyline than Elena.
Sigh. I should have watched Vamp Diaries last night and Big Bang Theory tonight. Oh well.
How does one break a bond for dumb supernatural soap operas?
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They really do need to move away from the Oppressive Love Triangle of Doom storyline, which has taken over the tv show and not to its benefit.
It's sucking the life from the series.
But I'm not sure how the writers can write themselves out of the corner that they have written themselves into on this on. Right now - Elena will "literally" do anything Damon says and agree with him on practically anything - because she cares so intensely for him that she wants to make him happy. And the only way to allegedly break it - is for Damon to break her heart and leave her forever? Which basically means he has to leave the show, or she does? (I'm rooting for her to leave the series at the moment, they can bring back Katherine - she was a lot more fun and a much better match for Stefan.) Or, they can make her human again and hit the reset button...
Neither option quite works.
What we need is more Jeremy (who actually is rather interesting this season and has a storyline) and more Klaus. As well as a bit more on the whole Atticus Shane/Bonnie bit, which appears to be happening mainly off-screen.
Far too much focus on Elena/Stefan/Damon/Caroline/Tyler/Hilary.
From this week's episode...I have a feeling that Atticus plans on raising the dead. Either as zombies or ghosts. (He told Hilary that she would see her parents again...and with an insane gleam in his eye...which leads me to believe zombies. Also this fits with what April's dad told the council - this isn't death, this is a new beginning, we'll come back stronger than before...The cure could well be bringing the "dead" back to life, which Klaus misread as a cure for vampirism, or it is one in a weird way - ie. brings dead back to life.) That could be an interesting thread...they need to get back to it and put Damon et al back on the investigator track.