#Julie plec

[tswiftupdatess]

Michael Trevino, Julie Plec and Candice King were at The Eras Tour tonight!

(August 17, 2024)

[rhaenin-time]

There are too many people who, upon encountering a woman character with too many specific traits and flaws established, lose the ability to identify with them and turn to secondary, less active, less developed characters that they can more easily project into.

As in, they'll reframe the whole story in their head and insist the true protagonist is a secondary or tertiary character. That the original protagonist is a 'Mary Sue' not worth regard. And it's weird because so often women characters are also criticized and labelled as Mary Sue's for the opposite reason as well.

I do not mean said secondary/tertiary character is bad or uninteresting. I simply mean it's inaccurate to frame them as the protagonist, and I do often see said characters proclaimed to have traits they don't possess (often traits taken from the protagonist).

It's a phenomenon not restricted to women, but I have noticed it's more common with women. For some reason they rarely do this to the men of the story. And I feel like there's some internalized misogyny in there.

I see it on both the audience end and occasionally even the writer's end. *cough* The Vampire Diaries *cough*. For now, I'll call it the Trapped in a Island with Josh Hutcherson phenomenon where Jenny Nicholson points out that the author wrote a self-insert, got jealous of the self-insert when she took on too much of a life of her own, and proceeded to write a new self-insert to push the old one aside.

Some examples:

Rhaenyra → Alicent, Helaena, and occasionally Baela & Rhaena (might also be some ageism in there too)

Arya & Dany → Sansa, the Dead Ladies Club, Brienne on occasion

Elena Gilbert (TVD) → Caroline Forbes

Those are the most blatant examples, but I swear this phenomenon is EVERYWHERE.

Anyways, I'm looking for more specific examples so I can better look into it. If you can think of another one, do me a favour and drop it below!

[skkskskshsksjsjsjsjshks]

Bonnie Bennett deserved better

[nightingale2004]

The originals next generation: Klaroline version

Adreena Rebekah Forbes Mikaelson

Faceclaim: Lili Reinhart

Adreena is the first daughter of Klaus Mikaelson and Caroline Forbes

She is the older half-sister of the Saltzman twins, and Hope Mikaelson

Everyone calls her Audrey or Reena for short

She is the oldest amongst her siblings and takes after her mother, but when enemies come after her family, her father's darkside shows completely

She is a werewolf vampire hybrid like her father but prefers her vampire side over her werewolf side

Her wolf form is golden dirty blonde fur when she transforms into her wolf form

She makes sure to keep her temper in check 24/7

She attempts to keep her family in line (it's very difficult)

Like her mom, she is a bit of a control freak and perfectionist

She is Aunt Rebekah's favorite, and they both have a love of fashion

Audrey is extremely overprotective of her family and loves her family very much

Audrey loves Hope, and the Saltzman twins

She helps out at the Salvatore boarding school

Believe it or not, she was conceived during the forest incident between Klaus and Caroline

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Cornelius Finn Forbes Mikaelson

Faceclaim: Rudy Pankow

Cornelius is the second child of Caroline and Klaus

Like his sister, he is also a hybrid, but he prefers his werewolf side

He takes after Klaus due to his temper, lack patience, and love for a good fight

He also takes after his uncle Kol by being the mischievous, sarcastic troublemaker in the family, along with being the most playful and unserious among his family

His wolf form is golden blonde fur that is lighter than Audrey's

Loves Madi Gras and walks through the streets of New Orleans

Has a love for jazz, rock, and country music

He loves making his family smile and turning their frowns upside down

Can secretly juggle

Can't dance to save his life, but that doesn't stop him from hitting the dance floor

Is not afraid to embarrass himself in public

He's normally never serious, so when the situation calls for to be serious, he's completely unrecognizable .

He is extremely intelligent but doesn't show it a lot

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Henrik Elijah Forbes Mikaelson

Faceclaim: Jace Norman

Henrik is the second son and third child of Klaus Mikaelson and Caroline Forbes

Henrik is named after Klaus's younger late brother Henrik

He is the middle child, and surprisingly enough, for everyone, he was born a tribrid like Hope (the witch genes from Klaus's mother snuck in)

He is a year younger than Hope and tries to keep all three parts of himself in check

He spends time with his aunt Freya and Davina and Uncle Kol a lot since they have a lot of knowledge about the witch side of their family

He loves his family and his siblings

Like Hope, he also feels a bit different, but he also knows his family will be there for him no matter what

He is pretty serious and is the strategist in the family. He plans the alliances and makes sure that when his cousins and siblings take over, they don't make any more enemies than they already inherited from their parents

He also gets along well with the Saltzman twins and loves geeking out on magic with them and the Bennett sisters

His wolf fur is dirty blonde and darker than both his older brother and sister

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Clara Evelyn Forbes Mikaelson

Faceclaim: Emma Myers

Clara is the youngest child of Klaus and Caroline

She is also a werewolf vampire hybrid

Everyone calls her the baby wolf of the family

Like her older brother Cornelius, she likes seeing her family happy

She easily makes friends and is very social

She also knows all the drama that's happening in Salvatore boarding school and in New Orleans (she makes sure her family updates her daily)

She can easily get away with anything, and Klaus is weak with her

She is master of blackmail and negotiating

Like her father, she has an artistic soul and likes to paint with Hope a lot (sister sister time yay 😊 )

Despite being the youngest, she can be very intimidating since she takes after both her parents but has her mother's intelligence and nose for drama

Her wolf form is platinum blonde, almost white

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Stefan Salvatore & Caroline Forbes ━ The Vampire Diaries 7.04 | “I Carry Your Heart With Me”

[bonkai4ever94]

To the side of the Fandom who says black witches and bonnie wasn't treated differently

No other characters got these types of comments over and over by the show runner not to mention the childish degusting passive aggressive behavior from julie and co anytime they had cons that had bonnie questions I can go through all the bonnie/black character tweets from this woman and compare them to how she and co talk about all the white characters and then we can see if they was all treated equally because I can tell you now it won't be the case

[blckthrns]

how do you have esther (a villain, who's supposed to be in the wrong) say that elijah hurts every woman he loves and instead of proving her wrong you make elijah responsible for hayley's death???

[belle-keys]

Doing an academic breakdown (likely for a future publication) about all the implicit racism in The Vampire Diaries and The Originals... Miss Julie Plec, it ain't looking good for you right now. I'm 1,500 words in (with citations and textual evidence) and not even halfway done.

[thesocietalmisfit]

[fearlessfairy]

M'kay. If dullena could do vamp pancakes, which was a bamon thing, all I'm saying that Bamon could kiss, that would be a fair exchange.

But we know, let's stuff Elena into everything Bamon had.

When you think about it, it's pathetic....bamon can't even have a damn pancake thing, aesthetic, ritual. :D It's more funny than sad how insecure Julie Plec, Dries and literally everybody was about Bamon potential and Kian chemistry.

[fictionalnation]

I would like some of the big names to finally speak out about Dan… like Miranda Cosgrove, Victoria Justice, Ariana Grande, Really the whole victorious cast. I understand everyone has their own time to speak out I too am a survivor of child sexual molestation, but its so important to speak out. Its so important to protect people. All these abusers need to be shown publicly as abusers. Looking at Disney and Julie Plec and Marc Schwann and so many others who have also caused trauma.

[xdarkeningkrystals]

From Julie Plec's latest show. She has absolutely no self-awareness. Lmao

[annoyingvoidzombie]

When Life Gives You Reunions

[easily-distracted-ivashkov]

Watching Adrian Ivashkov irritate the ever living hell out of Dimitri for a whole episode is exactly what I needed

[nightingale2004]

TVD next generation: Bonkai version

Abigail "Abby" Lucille Parker Bennett

Faceclaim: Zendaya Coleman

Abigail is the firstborn daughter of Malachai Parker and Bonnie Bennett

She is next in line to become leader of the Gemini coven (Kai is the current leader)

She takes after both her parents in appearance, but she is more like her mother in personality

Bonnie did not leave Kai in the prison world for the heretics, but they still found a way out. During that time, Kai was under strict surveillance by his coven and his sister Jo

Jo still died (by the heretics this time), Kai became the new leader of the Gemini coven with Bonnie at his side (she is the true mastermind)

Like her dad, she is a Siphoner witch.....and she also inherited his dark humor

Her dad helps train her and the Saltzman twins to control their abilities (and not siphon the life out of a person)

Abby's mom is currently pregnant with twins

Kai, Bonnie, Caroline, and Alaric are searching for a way to stop the merging process

Abigail is incredibly smart and sneaky.

She knows how to manipulate her way out of the situation

Loves her family very much

Teases the twins out of love

Abby loves to test the limits of magic due to her curiosity

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Sheila Amelie Parker Bennett

Faceclaim: Madison Pettis

Sheila is the second daughter of Bonnie Bennett and Kai Parker

She is younger than her older sister Abby by 2 years, 3 months, and 16 days (she keeps count for some reason)

She takes after her mother in looks, but she is more like her father in personality entirely

Unlike her father, she is a witch like her mother

Sheila often lets Abby siphon her

Will not hesitate to use her magic on someone who threatens her family

She is terrified for her cousins and for her unborn siblings due to the merge

She and Abby try to look for information at the Salvatore boarding school

Abby and her dad call her Shey Shey for short

Abby and Sheila have secret contact with their mom's side of the family

Sheila and her family try their absolute best not to get too involved in vampire drama (it's not going well)

Sheila is best friends with Rosabella

Bonnie sees a lot of her grandmother in her daughter Sheila (not just because of her name)

Damon calls her a "mini Bonnie"

Sheila and Abby explore the mysteries of magic together and even have their own grimoir

Both her and Abby tease their dad on how whipped he is about their mom

Kai loves his family very much and worships not just Bonnie but his two daughters as well and is a hard core feminist with his girls

[gwyneth1907]

Legacies had a chance to be dark academia angsty teen drama and ended up being a Disney show for tweens