Stefan gives Elena some hard truths that she needs to face her pain and grief and Elena runs away but admits he’s right a few minutes later. Meanwhile, Damon’s angsting about if Elena really loves him or not and leaving all the emotional labor of caring for a grieving Elena specifically for Stefan.
I maintain that if Nina stayed, it’s only a matter of time before we circled back to stelena. Damon is a hilarious flop all season and Elena will still pick him, but it’s framed as her worst choice.
Meanwhile, Bonnie gets the shaft. I like to headcanon she’s bringing Jeremy back for herself but frames it as for Elena because she struggles to put herself first, even when she’s doing dark selfish magic. Poor neglected child.
Hii so I just started watching TVD for the first time and I was hooked purely because of Stelena. I've binge-watched the first three seasons and it's because of SE. I love them so much and I've been reading about what happens in later seasons and I just can't put myself through it. I love the show so much and I want to keep watching but part of me wants to stop before the breakup so I can pretend it doesn't happen. I love the characters of Stefan and Elena both so much and from everything I've read about what happens to them, I don't know if I could bear to see it happen.
As a SE shipper would you say continuing the show after 4x05 is worth it for the few Stelena moments or is it better to just turn in early?
Also do you have any other ships in other fandoms you'd say are similar to Stelena?
Honestly, you'll be really frustrated after 4x05, like there are episodes with the big SE moments like 4x19, 4x21, 5x04, 5x18, 6x04, 6x22 where like people will probably reference a lot and then there are the other smaller moments like in 4x10, 4x11, 4x12, 4x16, 4x22, 5x01, 5x02, 5x03, 5x06, 5x07, 5x19, 5x20, 6x21, but there is a loooooooot of bullshit in between and the quality of the show just gets worse and worse. So it's up to you.
In terms of other ships in other fandoms that are similar it depends on what you mean by similar so it's just best to look at my list of OTPs and "explain why you don't ship a pairing" which can be found in both the general TV masterlist and chemistry master list.
“Let me finish. I said I wanted to. And then I realized, I'm not sorry.”
“You would rather die than be human, and you expect me to be okay with that?”
“I didn't say you were supposed to be okay with it, I just said I'm not sorry. But you know what I really am? Selfish, because I make bad choices that hurt you. Yes, I would rather have died than be human. I'd rather die right now than spend a handful of years with you, only to lose you when I'm too old and sick and miserable and you're still you. I'd rather die right now than spend my last final years remembering how good I had it and how happy I was, because that's who I am, Elena, and I'm not gonna change. And there's no apology in the world that encompasses all the reasons that I'm wrong for you.”
“Fine, then I'm not sorry either. I'm not sorry that I met you. I'm not sorry that knowing you has made me question everything, that in death you're the one that made me feel most alive. You've been a terrible person, you've made all the wrong choices, and of all the choices that I've made this will prove to be the worst one. But I am not sorry that I'm in love with you. I love you, Damon. I love you.
TVD forever: [8/8] relationships - Katherine & Stefan & Doppelgangers
You came back here to fall in love with me all over again, didn’t you?
[Caption: several gifsets of Stefan and Katherine’s relationships in The Vampire Diaries, with added gifts from other doppelgangers. The first row includes their intrigued expressions when they meet for the first time, as Katherine comes to the Salvatore home; and another gif compiling moments like Elena angrily questioning if Stefan still has feelings for Katherine, Silas saying she doesn’t want to look at Elena’s face (calling her “imposter”, and Katherine taunting Elena about how it’s getting easier to pretend she’s her. The second row features Katherine biting Stefan when they’re in bed together; and another gif including Elena and Katherine’s first encounter (Katherine sizes her up while Elena is paralized), Silas introducing himself to Stefan calling him “my shadow self”, and the three Petrova doppelgangers offering blood to Qetsiyah. The third row has Stefan and Katherine stuck in a safe, with her telling him she’s with him, grabbing his face while he panics; and a gif including Silas calling himself a supernatural Madonna, Amara telling Qetsiyah she admits defeat, and Elena holding a burning match about to burn down her house. The last row includes Stefan putting a stake through Katherine’s heart, holding her in his arms, telling her to burn in hell; and another gif of Tom Avery’s death, Tatia’s terrified expression before Elijah kills her, and Silas holding Amara’s face and putting a knife on her throat, about to fulfill her wish.]
just read you're recent one shot and im in TEARS 💔 oh how many organs I'd give up for you to write a multi chaptered kc set in tvd 😭 you're THAT good at capturing kc exactly how they are
🥺🥺 That's so sweet, anon! I'm so happy you enjoyed my fic. ❤️
I always think that The Wolf counts as TVD. 🤔 It's the same universe, at least. And the end of TW2 is really a rewriting of TVD S6. 🤣
But also, once upon a billion years ago, my first ever KC fic was actually set in TVD S4. It was a twist on the Silas thing, and then picked up from 4x19 to 4x22.
Thank you so much for this super sweet message, it means the world! 🥺❤️