Assorted TVD Ep. 3-6 Thoughts
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xhannie, they made a whole set of them. I was only going to do episodes 3 and 4 in one post, but ended up having to go to bed in the middle of 4, so then I finished it, intending to end the post at 5, but then 5 ended on a cliffhanger, so I had to watch 6 as well. I'll be honest 4 and 5 were pretty boring, they're like 80% human relationship drama, which I don't care about. All the interesting stuff happens at the tail end of them, which isn't great! Anyway, here's the random notes I wrote while watching them.
Episode 3:
- Oof. That sucks for Caroline.
- "Tell me something, was it the drugs, were you sleeping with me because of the drugs?" This is so... high school film students' anti-drug PSA lol.
- "You stand there looking like one of those little yard troll." "Gnomes." And this is from the a high school film student's pro-weed PSA.
- Something about the history teacher also being the football coach feels cursed to me.
- NOT 3OH!3 NICE LEGS DAISY DUKES THIS IS SO VIOLENTLY LATE 2000S
- I actively despise American football so watching Stefan playing just makes me think about the fact that he's 100+ year old vampire playing against a bunch of high schoolers. Yea, he's week and they're highly athletic, but like. It's still kinda lame lol.
- This dinner scene is soooo funny. The Salvatores are the worst house guests of all time.
- Jeremy picking a fight with Tyler is also lowkey kinda funny. Like idk the whole conflict is just not that serious to me as a college-aged adult. I can't even fathom why they put it in a show about a sad girl being caught between two hunky vampires, like who in the audience wanted a mundane love triangle from the POV of the little brother of out main character?
- "What was [Katherine] like?" "She was beautiful. A lot like you in that department." Hoo hoo, hee hee, I see what you did there.
- JEREMY WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU, DO YOU WANT TO GO TO JAIL FOR MURDER??
- HELL YEA ELENA YOU SMACK THAT CREEP
- Matt's a decent kid, I like him.
- RIP Mr. History Coach, you were an extremely one-note character.
Episode 4:
- That little news report is so analog horror, Damon is such a trendsetter. Also, I love how giving people nightmares is just part of his powers lol.
- The thing with Jenna and the news guy is kinda funny.
- Man, Damon is a piece of shit. Unfortunately, he is also hot.
- Jeremy on the other hand is getting annoying. Like, I get that he cares about Vicki, but there's a clear conflict of interest here. Most of what he says is influenced by his jealousy. Also, he sounds so fake deep.
- OK he's actually straight up a brat. Buh-buh-but dad promised ME the watch. Bro, it is literally coming back to you the day after when Mrs. Lockwood is done displaying it, you're being beyond unreasonable.
- Man, I do not care for Jenna's relationship drama. I thought it was going to be a throwaway joke in the beginning, but it's just. More relationship drama.
- The relationship drama between Stefan and Elena is also kinda lame. You hear third-hand that Stefan did something bad to break up Damon and Katherine with the initial source of the info being Damon and you don't even consider Damon might be the one twisting the truth? Like, even if this was a show about normal high school drama, this would be ridiculous, like clearly neither brother would even want to tell the truth if they did something wrong so why only target one of them?
- "Bitch." SO TRUE BONNIE YOU'RE MY FAVORITE CHARACTER NOW
- OMG SHE LIT ALL THE CANDLES SHE'S SO COOL <3 <3 <3 <3
- "I'm handling it." You Absolutely Are Not. You're an enabler, Stefan.
- This (Vicki showing up at the Gilbert's in her party dress) is soooo 2000s teen drama.
- Hooooly fuck Damon is horrible. The overly literal music really ruins the dramatic eff- GET VERVAIN'D YOU BASTARD.
- Caroline :(
- Oooooh, the news reporter actually mattered!
Episode 5:
- Man, I hate how the episode recaps always begin the exact same way. Like, I understand this show wasn't meant to be binged, but you could vary it a little.
- Damon in pain, mmmmmm 😋
- IMOGEN HEAP?????
- Vicki encounter!
- "I'm a drug-using delinquent, a girl in bed doesn't rank, sorry." Nobody has ever talked like this in the history of humanity.
- That window on the door doesn't seem like such a good idea
- Stefan is a filmbro confirmed. Oh lol, a casual mention of Kanye. It sure was a different time...
- NOT 30H3 AGAIN. AND IT'S THE FUCKING RADIO EDIT!!
- Bonnie continues to be the anti-classism hero we need <3
- That is NOT how you say lapis lazuli.
- I like how the random side characters of the episode are related. IDK it's just a fun little thing.
- You know. I like Vicki. But holy fuck she's like 18 taking her 14 y.o. boyfriend to smoke weed with her friends.
- "Between the archives and the Internet, we pretty much have everything." As a lost media aficionado, I don't believe this for a second.
- Caroline's actress did not bring her best for the breaking into the Salvatore estate scene, huh.
- Damon in pain continues to be great.
- Damon trying to get a human to free him twice and both times Stefan popping in just in time.
- Hmmm, the classist girl is kinda hot...
- Remember, Bonnie, you need to commit arson twice to qualify as a pyromaniac. This is your freebie.
- "If I want to feel like crap about myself, I'll just go back to Tyler." JEREMY GILBERT MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD LMAO
- No way is the footage of a 50s news report that good, get out of heeeeere.
- I feel bad for Caroline's mom.
- RIP Zach, you were very obviously going to die starting an episode ago.
- Bonnieeeee :(
- Logan, have you tried being subtle
- Oooooh, the music was diegetic
- Oh no no no, Vicki no, don't do it NOOOOO VICKIIIIII
- Stefan you are THE most useless vampire in the galaxy!!
Episode 6:
- That flashback was quite the bait and switch lol.
- Stefan, I understand you really like Elena and this is an emotionally tough moment for the both of you BUT DAMON IS EATING VICKI AND HER FRIENDS AS WE SPEAK AND NOT IN THE ENJOYABLE-FOR-THEM WAY!!
- "Please don't be afraid of me." Brother, you are really not helping your case by using your super speed and trying to grab her. And trying to trap her. And just the whole thing you're doing.
- "If you mean me no harm, then go." Utterly based, Elena.
- I kinda love how bitchy the Salvatores are towards each other are.
- I guess only direct sunlight hurts them? Cause I can see a bunch of windows with the blinds pulled open or only having those semi-translucent blinds.
- He makes her a vampire on a whim?? LOL
- Oooooh, that's why they had the flashback in the beginning. Neat.
- "That is clearly a girl who wants to be chased." Ha ha... 😐
- The Confederacy, huh? 😐😐😐
- Katherine's a little shit, I like her. Got them wrapped around her little finger.
- Sharing blood and it's also a metaphor for drugs... that's hot. Even if Damon is still horrible.
- "Turns out she wasn't ours to steal." Well, yes, women have free will and make choices. Turns out the brothers' biggest mistake was misogyny.
- Uh oh, the hot girl turns out to be a blood sucker!
- I needed more of Stefan being afraid of Katherine, though.
- "She wanted all of us to be together. Forever." God forbid women make sure their polycules survive 'til the heat death of the universe.
- Ooooh, a magic trinket that requires assembly and goes click-clack, I like that.
- I love Vicki dancing in her underwear with a shirtless Damon to Enjoy the Silence. This is the toxic relationship I'm choosing to romanticizes.
- NOT SLOW DANCING TO 21 GUNS LMAO, I ONLY HEAR THE PHINEAS EDIT
- I would be mad if I didn't know Damon breaking her neck was going to turn her into a vampire and also if it wasn't so funny how it happened.
- Well, that's a conveniently times news report!
- "She's transitioning" OMG congratulations to Vic on his transition!! /j
- Aww, forehead kiss. Jeremy, I take back some of what I said, you're a sweet kid.
- Oooooh, is Logan gonna get eaten?
- "Did you thank Katherine?" Elena continues to be based.
- Vicki... :(
- I like the scenery in this show, though I think I'm just biased in favor of dark forests.
- I also like that Stefan is actually going out of his way to help someone for once.
- Logan has been eaten. Not before ruining Stefan and Vicki's moment tho. -_-
- Yet another thing I like is that we had the main couple get together really quickly and then breaking up almost as quickly. It's a slightly unusual plot development.
In summary:
- 4 and 5 were a bit of a slump, but stuff is ramping up!
- Vicki is my fave character so far, she's just a bit more interesting than the rest. And I just really liked her scenes with Damon.
- Bonnie's a close second for fighting classism and setting shit on fire.
- My interest in Katherine has been piqued.
- I think each Salvatore sucks in their own way, though Damon is obviously worse by just being a textbook abusive boyfriend to Caroline.
- Elena seems fine so far, I like when she hits back at Damon both literally and figuratively.
- I don't have an actual opinion on Caroline other than I feel kinda bad for her.
- Jeremy is ok, but cringe, which is normal for a 14 year old, I guess.
- That's kind of it for the characters I care about tbh. Matt is there and he's fine. Tyler is also there but I wish he wasn't, I wish he'd fall into a deep pit or something. There's other characters too...
That's it for now!
Episode 3:
- Oof. That sucks for Caroline.
- "Tell me something, was it the drugs, were you sleeping with me because of the drugs?" This is so... high school film students' anti-drug PSA lol.
- "You stand there looking like one of those little yard troll." "Gnomes." And this is from the a high school film student's pro-weed PSA.
- Something about the history teacher also being the football coach feels cursed to me.
- NOT 3OH!3 NICE LEGS DAISY DUKES THIS IS SO VIOLENTLY LATE 2000S
- I actively despise American football so watching Stefan playing just makes me think about the fact that he's 100+ year old vampire playing against a bunch of high schoolers. Yea, he's week and they're highly athletic, but like. It's still kinda lame lol.
- This dinner scene is soooo funny. The Salvatores are the worst house guests of all time.
- Jeremy picking a fight with Tyler is also lowkey kinda funny. Like idk the whole conflict is just not that serious to me as a college-aged adult. I can't even fathom why they put it in a show about a sad girl being caught between two hunky vampires, like who in the audience wanted a mundane love triangle from the POV of the little brother of out main character?
- "What was [Katherine] like?" "She was beautiful. A lot like you in that department." Hoo hoo, hee hee, I see what you did there.
- JEREMY WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU, DO YOU WANT TO GO TO JAIL FOR MURDER??
- HELL YEA ELENA YOU SMACK THAT CREEP
- Matt's a decent kid, I like him.
- RIP Mr. History Coach, you were an extremely one-note character.
Episode 4:
- That little news report is so analog horror, Damon is such a trendsetter. Also, I love how giving people nightmares is just part of his powers lol.
- The thing with Jenna and the news guy is kinda funny.
- Man, Damon is a piece of shit. Unfortunately, he is also hot.
- Jeremy on the other hand is getting annoying. Like, I get that he cares about Vicki, but there's a clear conflict of interest here. Most of what he says is influenced by his jealousy. Also, he sounds so fake deep.
- OK he's actually straight up a brat. Buh-buh-but dad promised ME the watch. Bro, it is literally coming back to you the day after when Mrs. Lockwood is done displaying it, you're being beyond unreasonable.
- Man, I do not care for Jenna's relationship drama. I thought it was going to be a throwaway joke in the beginning, but it's just. More relationship drama.
- The relationship drama between Stefan and Elena is also kinda lame. You hear third-hand that Stefan did something bad to break up Damon and Katherine with the initial source of the info being Damon and you don't even consider Damon might be the one twisting the truth? Like, even if this was a show about normal high school drama, this would be ridiculous, like clearly neither brother would even want to tell the truth if they did something wrong so why only target one of them?
- "Bitch." SO TRUE BONNIE YOU'RE MY FAVORITE CHARACTER NOW
- OMG SHE LIT ALL THE CANDLES SHE'S SO COOL <3 <3 <3 <3
- "I'm handling it." You Absolutely Are Not. You're an enabler, Stefan.
- This (Vicki showing up at the Gilbert's in her party dress) is soooo 2000s teen drama.
- Hooooly fuck Damon is horrible. The overly literal music really ruins the dramatic eff- GET VERVAIN'D YOU BASTARD.
- Caroline :(
- Oooooh, the news reporter actually mattered!
Episode 5:
- Man, I hate how the episode recaps always begin the exact same way. Like, I understand this show wasn't meant to be binged, but you could vary it a little.
- Damon in pain, mmmmmm 😋
- IMOGEN HEAP?????
- Vicki encounter!
- "I'm a drug-using delinquent, a girl in bed doesn't rank, sorry." Nobody has ever talked like this in the history of humanity.
- That window on the door doesn't seem like such a good idea
- Stefan is a filmbro confirmed. Oh lol, a casual mention of Kanye. It sure was a different time...
- NOT 30H3 AGAIN. AND IT'S THE FUCKING RADIO EDIT!!
- Bonnie continues to be the anti-classism hero we need <3
- That is NOT how you say lapis lazuli.
- I like how the random side characters of the episode are related. IDK it's just a fun little thing.
- You know. I like Vicki. But holy fuck she's like 18 taking her 14 y.o. boyfriend to smoke weed with her friends.
- "Between the archives and the Internet, we pretty much have everything." As a lost media aficionado, I don't believe this for a second.
- Caroline's actress did not bring her best for the breaking into the Salvatore estate scene, huh.
- Damon in pain continues to be great.
- Damon trying to get a human to free him twice and both times Stefan popping in just in time.
- Hmmm, the classist girl is kinda hot...
- Remember, Bonnie, you need to commit arson twice to qualify as a pyromaniac. This is your freebie.
- "If I want to feel like crap about myself, I'll just go back to Tyler." JEREMY GILBERT MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD LMAO
- No way is the footage of a 50s news report that good, get out of heeeeere.
- I feel bad for Caroline's mom.
- RIP Zach, you were very obviously going to die starting an episode ago.
- Bonnieeeee :(
- Logan, have you tried being subtle
- Oooooh, the music was diegetic
- Oh no no no, Vicki no, don't do it NOOOOO VICKIIIIII
- Stefan you are THE most useless vampire in the galaxy!!
Episode 6:
- That flashback was quite the bait and switch lol.
- Stefan, I understand you really like Elena and this is an emotionally tough moment for the both of you BUT DAMON IS EATING VICKI AND HER FRIENDS AS WE SPEAK AND NOT IN THE ENJOYABLE-FOR-THEM WAY!!
- "Please don't be afraid of me." Brother, you are really not helping your case by using your super speed and trying to grab her. And trying to trap her. And just the whole thing you're doing.
- "If you mean me no harm, then go." Utterly based, Elena.
- I kinda love how bitchy the Salvatores are towards each other are.
- I guess only direct sunlight hurts them? Cause I can see a bunch of windows with the blinds pulled open or only having those semi-translucent blinds.
- He makes her a vampire on a whim?? LOL
- Oooooh, that's why they had the flashback in the beginning. Neat.
- "That is clearly a girl who wants to be chased." Ha ha... 😐
- The Confederacy, huh? 😐😐😐
- Katherine's a little shit, I like her. Got them wrapped around her little finger.
- Sharing blood and it's also a metaphor for drugs... that's hot. Even if Damon is still horrible.
- "Turns out she wasn't ours to steal." Well, yes, women have free will and make choices. Turns out the brothers' biggest mistake was misogyny.
- Uh oh, the hot girl turns out to be a blood sucker!
- I needed more of Stefan being afraid of Katherine, though.
- "She wanted all of us to be together. Forever." God forbid women make sure their polycules survive 'til the heat death of the universe.
- Ooooh, a magic trinket that requires assembly and goes click-clack, I like that.
- I love Vicki dancing in her underwear with a shirtless Damon to Enjoy the Silence. This is the toxic relationship I'm choosing to romanticizes.
- NOT SLOW DANCING TO 21 GUNS LMAO, I ONLY HEAR THE PHINEAS EDIT
- I would be mad if I didn't know Damon breaking her neck was going to turn her into a vampire and also if it wasn't so funny how it happened.
- Well, that's a conveniently times news report!
- "She's transitioning" OMG congratulations to Vic on his transition!! /j
- Aww, forehead kiss. Jeremy, I take back some of what I said, you're a sweet kid.
- Oooooh, is Logan gonna get eaten?
- "Did you thank Katherine?" Elena continues to be based.
- Vicki... :(
- I like the scenery in this show, though I think I'm just biased in favor of dark forests.
- I also like that Stefan is actually going out of his way to help someone for once.
- Logan has been eaten. Not before ruining Stefan and Vicki's moment tho. -_-
- Yet another thing I like is that we had the main couple get together really quickly and then breaking up almost as quickly. It's a slightly unusual plot development.
In summary:
- 4 and 5 were a bit of a slump, but stuff is ramping up!
- Vicki is my fave character so far, she's just a bit more interesting than the rest. And I just really liked her scenes with Damon.
- Bonnie's a close second for fighting classism and setting shit on fire.
- My interest in Katherine has been piqued.
- I think each Salvatore sucks in their own way, though Damon is obviously worse by just being a textbook abusive boyfriend to Caroline.
- Elena seems fine so far, I like when she hits back at Damon both literally and figuratively.
- I don't have an actual opinion on Caroline other than I feel kinda bad for her.
- Jeremy is ok, but cringe, which is normal for a 14 year old, I guess.
- That's kind of it for the characters I care about tbh. Matt is there and he's fine. Tyler is also there but I wish he wasn't, I wish he'd fall into a deep pit or something. There's other characters too...
That's it for now!
