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theabominableblogger · 4 years

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Rewatching “Fright Night” (the 1985 version)

No I ain’t watching the remake with David Tennant. ‘Cause I said so.

*does Borat impression while loading the movie on Amazon Prime*

“Sit here beside me on the veranda.” Is this the... TV show scene? The show with Roddy McDowall?

SCARE CHOOORD!

“So... luminescent.” *laughs*

Those were some... horrible kissing noises

I like the out of context implication that as soon as the woman asks the dude to lay on her chest, Peter Vincent’s like “NONE IN THIS HOUSE!”

“IF SHE BREATHES...”

What idiot puts their smelly ass soccer cleats on their headboard?

“We’ve been going together almost a year, and all I ever hear is ‘Charley, stop it.’“ Well then maybe that’s a you problem

Also what the hell is that map thing next to Amy?

“Let’s get into bed.” *bug eyes*

Amy, that is not the look of someone who is ready to have sex.

“It says right here that the divorce rate is 76% higher among couples who don’t argue before marriage.” Shut up, Mom.

“Thank you [Amy] for helping Charley with his homework.” ...I was gonna make a sex joke here but nah.

Oh I hate Charley’s friend in his movie.

Charley’s car, while super nice, looks like a sunburnt cow

“My luck. He’s [the neighbor] probably gay.” AAAAAHHH THEY EVEN SAID IT!

I really Charley to slap Teach [Ed] at some point but I know it’s never gonna happen.

For a moment, I thought that the carpenter dude partner was gonna be like Kenny from “The War at Home” but nah. He probably just uses his teeth a lot.

*silently jamming to the background synth music*

*Charley spots a woman removes her bra in the window* What was this rated again?

AN: It’s rated R

*yells when Jerry looks over to see Charley through the window*

*Shot of Jerry’s hand pulling down the window blind* That... is a lady hand.

AN: They were actually extensions that Chris wore and he helped apply them himself so that he could just rip them off after a day of shooting

*Charley’s mom ruins Charley’s cover* DAMN IT MOM

This movie is basically “Who Cried Wolf” but with vampires?

“I’m his roommate Billy Cole.” Can you believe just that the fact that this movie was made in the mid 80s when the AIDS crisis in the US was getting ready to happen and director Tom Holland and the screenwriter went “YES they’re gonna be GAY and THAT’S FINAL”

“You actually saw the body, Charley?” Uh doesn’t that tone raise any suspicion from the detective STANDING NEXT TO HIM?

*snorts in hilarity when Billy jokingly does the sign of the cross*

Charley, I would not trust anything Teach tries to tell you.

AND OF COURSE CHARLEY’S MOM INVITED JERRY OVER

OMINOUS SYNTH CHORD

My God, Chris Sarandon...

What’s with the celery?

Charley’s mom is the most oblivious character in this whole movie, I swear

FISH EYE LENS

I forget, do we ever see Jerry in vampire bat form or do we just see him as Chris Sarandon with fangs the entire movie?

Why yes, Charley, use your tiny crucifix.

Doesn’t the whole “enter with permission” count with bedrooms too or just the house in general? If it counted with bedrooms, couldn’t Charley just put up a sign on his door that said “NO ADMISSION WITHOUT PERMISSION” and that would keep Jerry out?

Jerry is the most casual vampire I’ve seen so far. Someone would just throw a chair at him and he’ll just No-Sell it like “Listen... I was just saying...”

There’s got to be a logical way to explain this Christmas thing.

We just need a vampire that’s like Catherine O’Hara from “Schitt’s Creek”

I love how Charley’s like 80% out the window and yet he can still reach for an entire mug of pencils

NO WAIT WE SEE HIS [Jerry’s] VAMPIRE FACE NEVERMIND

Valium?!?

Christopher Lee!

THAT FRAMING [of Billy kneeling directly in front of Jerry’s legs] ISN’T OBVIOUS AT ALL TOM HOLLAND

The logic for this movie is something else. Charley sees someone on TV perform a vampire killing ON A TV SHOW and thinks “YES I’m going to ask him to help me with this vampire situation!”

This is like asking Drew Carey if he can assist in a vampire hunting

*imitates Peter Vincent shooing Charley away*

*snorts at Teach and Amy walking in on Charley setting holy stuff ALL OVER HIS HOUSE*

Also I absolutely forgot about the weird side plot with Amy being an incarnation of a past love. What is it with this and Bram Stoker’s Dracula going this route?

Man, Roddy McDowall is just a masterclass in classical acting. You can tell the different style between him and the other actors.

There’s a bust of Klaus Kinski’s Nosferatu in the glass box!

AN: *in best Janet from ‘The Good Place’ impression* Fun fact, Klaus Kinski was actually an asshole

I like the red and black plaid night coat

God, all those clocks going off at once reminds me of the scene in Pinocchio. That would give me so much anxiety in real life.

WHO TOSSED JERRY THE APPLE?!?

OH AND THEY [Jerry and Billy] WALK OFF TOGETHER OF COURSE

*imitates Peter Vincent saying “Good evening good evening”*

*going through AO3′s Fright Night 1985 tag as Peter explains what he’s doing* Wow there’s four pages. I might have to bookmark some of these.

Ohhhh kay, nevermind on half of these. Not into that. Nope nope nope.

I forget, is Billy also a vampire? Or is he like some ghoul? Werewolf?

...Interspecies romance?

For a fact, I know that if CinemaSins covers this movie, they would award Jerry the “eating an apple because he’s an asshole” sin and I would laugh

Oh he’s [Jerry] gonna go for the hand kiss, isn’t he?

OH GOD DAMMIT

*has to still register it*

Wait, did Jerry hold the bottle up in front of the fire in case there was actually holy water? Would heating it up counteract the holy water inside?

WAIT DOESN’T PETER CATCH JERRY’S LACK OF REFLECTION IN THE MIRROR AS THEY LEAVE?

How did they do that? Did they just... comp Chris Sarandon out or did they have him tuck out of frame but still say his lines?

AN: Tom Holland originally goofed up the shot I guess but they ran with it

JERRY IS BI HEADCANON CONFIRMED

WAIT HE FOUND THE MIRROR SHARDS

The overhead tracking shot following Ed in the alleyway is actually pretty good. And the way it slides to a normal shot is great.

Oh they do the creepy Dracula fog!

Wait, this movie came out the same year as Nightmare on Elm Street 2. Dang.

And that movie also had a weird homoerotic tone to it.

You know what, the way Jerry offers Ed salvation only to attack him was actually pretty solid. Just good acting from both of them. I was sold.

WAIT IT’S THE CLUB SCENE!

*Peter presses a cross to Ed’s forehead* Great prosthetic too, holy crap!

*jams out to the song playing at the club*

Why do Jerry’s dance clothes look like either my pajamas or really lame exercise clothes?

God, it’s [Jerry pacing back and forth watching Amy] like a cat stalking a bird holy crap

NOOOO I DON’T NEED TO WATCH THIS SHE’S LIKE SIXTEEEEENNNN

*jaw drops when Jerry runs his hand up Amy’s leg* NOOOOOO

Not gonna lie, this song almost sounded like a remix of the Nightmare on Elm Street theme

NOOOOOOOO STOOOOOPPPP CEASE DESIST

Amy’s hair just gets wilder and wilder during this dance sequence

STOOOOOOPPPP

Quick, Charley, start a fight! Just... punch someone! Commotion!

*just yells when Jerry steals a kiss from Amy*

*Amy wakes up in a white dress in Jerry’s house* NOPE

God and he [Jerry] took off his shirt too just *hides face in hands*

*covers mouth with hand in attempt not to say anything*

*Jerry’s dragging finger scrapes off wood on the banister* Oh that’s just mean

*Jerry drapes his arms over the back of Billy’s shoulders* HMM

They would be that duo who would pick up a phone and take turns to go “...surprise, Sidney...”

*A wolf walks out of Mrs. Brewster’s room* WHAAAAATTT?!?

Dang they really just tossed a plushie wolf off the stairs

WAIT the guy that did the VFX for this movie also did “Ghostbusters” if I remember correctly

AN: Yes

They are just... really dragging out Ed’s death scene

That kinda exasperated look Peter gives the smoking house is great

Wait is Billy a vampire too? Zombie? What is he?

I really just want Charley to reach out and just slightly poke dying Billy in the chest so that he crumbles backwards. That would have been hilarious.

How long is Amy’s hair?

HE [Jerry] DOES TURN INTO A BAT!

Real plot twist would be that the bat bite also starts turning Charley into a vampire so Peter would have to kill three birds with one stone (heal Charley and Amy and kill Jerry)

Boss move: Peter closing the coffin in front of Jerry

And it ends with the same shot as the opening!

“Oh, you’re so cool, Brewster.” So is Ed alive?

#fright night #fright night 1985 #chris sarandon #roddy mcdowall #peter vincent #jerry dandridge #the blogger reacts #q post

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nobody-wants-ice-cream · 4 years

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Everything Wrong With The Umbrella Academy. Episode 8, I Heard a Rumor.

This episode is particularly brutal. Warnings include child abuse, domestic abuse, suicide, rape, gore, and manipulation. Keep yourself safe.

We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals

Run Boy Run

Extra Ordinary

Man on the Moon

Number Five

The Day That Wasn’t

The Day That Was

Disclaimer: This is all in good fun! I wanted to do a really nitpicky re-watch of the series and found some really cool and interesting things I didn’t notice before. This is meant to have a Cinema Sins-esque tone. However, I did take off a lot more sins than Cinema Sins would have because I do genuinely like the series and the people that made it possible. So all of the good things got one sin off and all the bad things got one sin added. This is a really long post, so grab some popcorn. If there’s anything that I missed, feel free to add it!

I would also like to add that normally you wouldn’t watch a show this way. I am purposefully looking for mistakes, easter eggs, and other things that we’re not supposed to notice. I am watching not with the goal of entertainment, but for analysis. So most of the things that I sin, I am seeing for the first time.

Also, no I can’t do better. I am in no way qualified to give this level of criticism about anything. I am not taking this seriously. At all.

I Heard a Rumor

Stormy Weather by Etta James. I adore this song. When I first watched the show I was so happy when this song came on.-1

I am also taking a sin off for the Emmy Raver-Lampman version -1

It looks like Allison genuinely adores her daughter. And Claire’s bedroom? I would want to have that room now and I am at least ten years older than her. -1

Speaking of, how old is Claire? Sin until we have answers. +1

The animations for the story of The Umbrella Academy defeating the robbers at the museum. -2

“While your Uncle Klaus got a little distracted.” What did Klaus do on missions again? +1

Allison carefully censors the mission so she is still telling the truth but doesn’t actually say that Diego used knives or that Ben used the horror to (presumably, we don’t know how much control Ben had) kill four people. Good job. See Reggie, this is how you don’t traumatise your kid with violence. -1

“Their leader.” Looks suspiciously like a villain from the comics. -1

“I wanna hear the one about the Eiffel tower.” Me too, Claire. Especially since the magazine clips we see suggest Five was there this time. -1

Mind control. ON A CHILD. This is what bothers me the most about Allison as a character and I am glad that she is moving past it. However, in no universe can I let this go. Depending on how Allison used it, Claire’s emotional control could be fucked for life. +40

Patrick behaves like a rational human being and doesn’t blow up at Allison for this in front of their child. He also divorces her in order to keep said child safe. Good. -1

“I heard a rumor you love me.” Who did she say this to? It doesn’t matter who, it’s still disturbing, but oh dear God who did she say this to? I think this is the second most fucked up thing we hear Allison say after the rumoring Claire scene. +10

Allison is going 120 kmh, or 75 mph, in the rain. If you have ever driven a car in the rain then you know exactly why I am sinning this. For those who don’t know, google hydroplaning. Allison could have died here very, very easily. +3

Title screen on a billboard! I forgot how cool the episode 8 title screen was. -1

Allison doesn’t bring her proof with her when going to confront Vanya, who has been shown to be irrational when it comes to Leonard. +1

Bird jumpscare. +1

“They want me to come back tomorrow be fitted for a prosthetic eye”. Leonard places emphasis on the words “prosthetic eye” to remind the viewers that Leonard is bad news. Good acting choice. -1

Leonard’s clothes look freshly bloody when the blood should be several hours old and therefore a more rusty brown color than a bright red. I think. I don’t know if that’s how it works with such large amounts of blood. +1

Luther’s bed is now magically big enough to fit both him and the rave girl. +1

Luther’s reaction to the rave girl. Rewatch this scene to get such a laugh at Luther’s face. -1

How out of it was Luther vs the rave girl? Consent issues on both sides. +3

Luther treated the rave girl to some wine? Or cranberry juice? How thoughtful. -1

I really, really hope they were safe though. There is no evidence to imply they were safe. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about then you’re too young to be watching TUA). +1

Klaus is such a little shit. “Wakey wakey! Eggs and bakey!” while ringing the bell. Peak sibling culture is doing this sort of thing while knowing that the other sibling is NOT going to appreciate it. Also, Klaus deserves his revenge after last night. -1

The little wave the rave girl gives Klaus. -1

Go back and watch this scene. Holy shit this is so underrated. This is the funniest thing ever. -1

“He popped his cherry! Now you’re gonna have to marry her” -4

Klaus doesn’t remember his first time. Consent issues. +3

“No dilly-dallying, alright?” I love Klaus. -1

Klaus makes french press coffee for Luther and Ben. Klaus is a good brother. -1

I would kill to see Ben’s reaction to Luther and the rave girl. +1

Five snatches Luther’s coffee and not Ben’s, ya know, the guy who can’t drink the coffee. And is invisible. Five is a dick to Luther or Five wanted to be a little shit to Luther after having to hear him and the rave girl. Either way, +1

He steals the coffee and he complains about it. +1

Ben! -1

“This is a bad idea” no shit. +1

The awkward pauses where Ben is presumably speaking don’t make sense here. +1

The camera trickery used to make Luther look like a giant compared to Five. -1

Five knows where the aspirin is “top shelf next to the crackers” because he was also hungover. I think. I can’t remember if FIve stopped back at the house, but presumably he and Luther had to go there to get the car. -1

Luther still isn’t getting up to get the aspirin even though he can listen just fine while getting it. +1

Ben adding to the dramatic tension of the scene in a uniquely humorous way that only this show can pull off. -2

Luther doesn’t believe Klaus about Reggie’s suicide. What reason would Klaus have to lie about this, Luther? +1

Five believes him right away. -1

Convenient Pogo backing up Klaus is convenient. +1

This has nothing to do with this very dramatic and important scene, but the mismatched chairs, while cute, don’t appear in any other scene. +1

Five calls Reggie a “sick bastard” under his breath. That’s one way to describe him. -1

Pogo kept this secret for a long time. Not telling the kids was a strange choice and I’m not sure why Pogo made it. On one hand, he would be respecting the wishes of his creator and friend but on the other he would be helping these people come to terms with their father’s death. Pogo’s character motivations are strange and I don’t understand them. +1

Luther said it best, “there’s always choice.” +1

Random thought I had, where was Harold’s grandmother when he was being abused and then going to jail because he killed his abuser? +1

Leonard says some nice things in this scene. If we didn’t know how manipulative he was I would give him credit for this line. +1

Agnes looks adorable out of the Griddy’s uniform. Costume/hair people, you did good. -1

Agnes keeps saying things like “we aren’t in a rush” and talking about seeing three years worth of stops to remind us that there is no time. Hazel looks heartbroken by it. -1

Allison abandons her vehicle. Do not take driving advice from The Umbrella Academy, ever! +1

Allison sees a random scarf from several cars away and immediately connects it with Vanya. Does she also have super sight? +1

The first time we see Allison get recognized by a random stranger for her acting is eight episodes in. +1

Cheddar (the cop Allison is talking to) is so enamored by Allison that he stops doing his job correctly. +1

“Jackpine cove” who named these towns? +1

Allison and Five have the same little shrug when they finish telling terrible lies. -1

Allison is a terrible liar. +1

Diego is still in jail. They’re talking about transferring him upstate. This is really bad news. +1

“Did she use that word? Contentious?” The definitions of contentious all say the word argument. Beeman says that Diego and Patch had an argumentative relationship. This matters to Diego. Why? +1

This conversation was written by someone who doesn’t understand the connotation of the word contentious. +1

Beeman encourages Diego to escape and go on the run. Are all the cops incompitent on this show? You have Patch, who hasn’t pinned Diego for obstruction of justice despite the show implying that Diego has touched evidence he wasn’t supposed to many times, Cheddar, who is so distracted by Allison freakin’ Hargreeves that he forgets that taking her along to a murder case is unethical at best, and Beeman who straight up encourages Diego to escape from jail. That last one is definitely illegal. +10

The parallel between Five and Leonard reading something they aren’t supposed to have in the bathroom. Both the apocalypse file and the journal are red, too. This means something but I don’t have the analysis skills to really go into it. If anyone wants to take a crack at it, go ahead. Sin removed because I know this is smart even if I can’t figure out why.-1

Vanya’s training implies that Reggie has been training these kids hard since they were at least four years old. +7

Current Sin Count: 73

Reggie doesn’t praise Vanya for breaking the glass, he just demands that she does it again. Say it with me now, Reggie is a dick. +1

Leonard straight up uses the word extraordinary. Sigh. +1

The description for how Vanya’s powers work (concentrate on a constant sound until that’s all you can hear and then use an emotional connection to target) is surprisingly good. This is the best description of somebody’s powers we’ve ever gotten in this show. -1

Klaus is attempting to get the yarn on the needle and failing miserably. This is one of the simpler, if tedious, things we do in knitting. Therefore, it is completely understandable how a beginner can’t make heads or tails of it. -1

Five is still injured. The old man walk gives it away. +1

Five treats Klaus like a second in command. I want more of this duo. -1

“So how’d the crazy bastard actually know to kill himself a week before the end of the world?” We would all like to know the answer to that question. Five would be excellent at cinema sins. +1

“Don’t answer, that was purely rhetorical.” Nice cop out, show. +1

Reggie used The Apocalypse to make his kids do the dishes. Checks out. +1

Five and Klaus bond over hating doing the dishes and the person making them do the dishes. Sibling culture. -1

“Where have you been?” “Jail. Long story.” The looks on Klaus and Five’s faces! -2

Vanya breaks the monocle. Good job, kid. However, if you know the comics then you know why I am mildly concerned about this. -1

“That will conclude your training for the time being.” Meaning the next 25 years. Reggie, you suck. +1

Now Vanya’s powers are a bit more vague and imply that she has super hearing. +1

Leonard’s training routine actually includes some praise, which is a step up from Reggie. However, a step up from Reggie is still someplace in hell, so it’s still a sin. +1

It’s also a sin because it’s uncontrolled and Vanya is afraid of it, yet Leonard keeps pushing her. +1

Leonard uses the kind of language Reggie would use to describe Vanya’s powers. Checks out because he read Reggie’s book and is using his ideas to train Vanya. +1

Helen Cho’s missing person poster reminds the viewer that Leonard is bad news. +1

Vanya plays for the St. Pluvium Chamber Orchestra. First of all, no they have a conductor. +1

Second of all, “Pluvium” means of or relating to rain. The Umbrella Academy fights against the leader of the rain orchestra in episode 10. Who came up with that pun? That is absolutely hilarious. -1

Based on a post by @seven-valid-libras I think Griddy’s is across the street from this bar? I am not 100% sure. If it is then that’s a sin off because Agnes definitely has a bunch of drunk people coming in for doughnuts every now and then. I lowkey want to write this fic. -1

“Maybe they’ll brood each other to death” Is this a reference to the fact that Luther and Diego were both too emo for umbrellas in episode 1? -1

I feel so bad for Luther right now. Reggie really fucked with his head. +1

After hearing that Vanya’s boyfriend is a convicted murderer, Luther is more concerned for Allison than he is for Vanya. +1

Diego’s face when Luther says “you should have led with that!” [the fact that Allison went after a convicted murderer alone] -1

Luther is right. Diego should have led with that. +1

Luther breaks the door in his rush to get out of the bar. Checks out. -1

Mary J. Blige. -1

The shop is closing because Agnes is leaving? Who owns Griddy’s? +1

And if the shop is closing, then why leave doughnuts on the shelf? Are they gifts for the other waitresses who are now out of a job? +1

Agnes keeps a flamingo (presumably, scented) candle in a bakery. +1

Cha Cha was way too close to that explosion to not get some scratches at the very least. +1

Sergeant Cheddar is letting Allison stay in the room while he interrogates Mr. Luntz (the man that survived Vanya’s powers). +1

What kind of person allows themselves to be hired by some guy in order to beat him up in front of his girlfriend? Who does that? Are there people like that who exist in real life? +1

Allison doesn’t get pissed off when Luntz says that they started to hurt the girl (Vanya) too. +1

Sgt. Cheddar finally gets pissed off with Allison after she starts leading Luntz. This took way too long. +1

“What I really need to do is practice,” said every musician ever. Including me. As I’m typing this I’m putting off practicing. Vanya is calling me out. I deserve it. +1

Also, Vanya just got first chair and so far she still hasn’t learned the solo the day before the concert. That is such a mood. -1

The cracks in Leonard’s personality are finally starting to show. If Harold was smart he would let Vanya do this without attempting to manipulate her into more practice. +1

Vanya left her violin propped up in the middle of a sofa. That is a broken violin waiting to happen. +1

Where is her rosin? Don’t tell me she reuses the same rosin and doesn’t clean her instrument. Please. +2

Leonard doesn’t tell Vanya where he will be going. He just sort of leaves without a note. This would be fine if this universe had cell phones, but it doesn’t. Leonard is a dick. +1

Agnes would like to spend her (Hazel tells her it’s hypothetical but we know it’s not) last two days on Earth with Hazel. That is so sweet. But also, they met less than a week ago. +1

This is the turning point that makes Hazel an active character that wants to stop the apocalypse. Finally some character motivation that makes sense! Whoop! -1

They Call Me a Fool by Damon is another one of my favorites from the soundtrack. What can I say, I’m a sucker for jazz. -1

There is a parallel between Five leaving Vanya’s apartment and Leonard leaving her at the cabin. Her brother (whom I assume she loves) and the man she is infatuated with both leave her at some point without warning. The people who Vanya loves keep leaving her. +2

Vanya puts her violin down on a chair and lets the bow fall. Bows are expensive. +1

“I made a secret place just for you. None of your siblings get to play there.” Of course Reggie is framing it this way. He’s scared of her. +1

The further away from Pogo the camera is, the less real he looks. +1

Reggie and Pogo locked Vanya in this cage. +1

Vanya’s violin bow fell down but in the next shot it’s propped on the chair. +1

Sgt. Cheddar tells Allison to stay put but has no way to verify that she actually will. Also, if he’s such a fan then shouldn’t he know that she used to be a superhero? +1

Allison kept her proof about Leonard/Harold in the car again. +1

“I love you. And I wanna be here for you as your sister.” -1

“I love him.” Vanya you met him less than a week ago. +2

If there was ever a wrong time to bring up the fact that you took Vanya’s powers away and left her with a horribly low self esteem due to the poorly worded “I heard a rumor that you think you’re just ordinary”, it would be now! Now is the wrong time to bring this up! +10

Reggie used Allison to make Vanya powerless. Reggie is a dick. An absolute bastard. A complete scumbag. Etc. +20

Reggie has also been drugging Vanya since she was FOUR YEARS OLD. +50

Insert Reggie insults here. Feel free to come up with your own in the tags. Fuck this guy repeatedly with a rusty chainsaw. +20

Vanya is not in the right state of mind to understand that Reggie is the one that made Allison rumor her. +1

The final fight between Allison and Vanya is heartbreaking. Emmy Raver-Lampman and Ellen Page are excellent actresses. -5

Vanya’s skin keeps getting paler and paler. Foreshadowing. -1

This is the only time Allison attempts to use her powers in the show. To save her life. I would say that it is pretty justified. -1

Violin bows are not sharp enough to cut human flesh. Is this another part of Vanya’s power? +1

Gore warning! This is super fucked. Not gonna lie, I gag a little every time I see this.+4

Vanya is freaking out and then Leonard walks in. Vanya’s mental state is completely out the window at this point. +4

Leonard manhandles Vanya into letting her sister die (as far as they know) on the floor of the cabin. +10

Allison has definitely lost enough blood to kill her, yet she survives this. +1

Leonard went out to kill Luntz. +10

Nobody in the car (Five driving, Klaus shotgun, Luther and Diego in the back) is wearing a seatbelt. +1

Also, of these four people, Five is the most qualified to drive right now? Diego is sitting right there! And we saw Klaus drive the ice cream truck! Luther would have some trouble driving because he’s so large. But really?? +2

“Can you go any faster?” “Ask me again and I’ll burn you with the cigarette lighter.” The comic relief doesn’t really land here because the scene before was so dramatic and the music is still playing. To change the mood, the song would also have to change. +2

Independently, that is a pretty funny Grandpa Five line. -1

Including Ben in the scene where they find Allison bleeding out on the floor is a subtle reminder to the audience that if Allison was dead, Klaus would be able to see her ghost. The lack of a ghost means she is still alive. +1

Also, this scene has all the original members of The Umbrella Academy in it. Look how far they’ve come from the bank robbery. +6

No one is checking for a pulse right now. They’re just assuming that Allison is dead. +10

Overall Review: It goes without saying that this episode is fucking brutal. When I first watched it I had to stop and go do something else for a while because of the rumor reveal and the throat thing. That was really, really concerning. Props to Emmy Raver-Lampman. She fucking killed it this episode. If anyone was wondering if she was a good actress (ya know because of all the “come look at this” lines she kept getting) then this episode made it very clear that she can act and she does it very, very well.

So, Vanya’s sanity is out the window, Allison is down for the count, and no one cares about the apocalypse right now. That last one is understandable because of Allison’s situation, but damn it really isn’t looking good for the Hargreeves siblings.

Also, I want to talk about something. This is the last episode in which Allison and Vanya are both capable of speech. And in the eight hours we have known these two women, they have had multiple conversations. All of them have been about a man. Their brothers, their father, Patrick, or Leonard/Harold. Seriously, the two women in this show that are main characters never have a conversation that isn’t about a man. There is no excuse. With the fridging and this, you have to wonder if the writers on this show hate women or something? I don’t normally add sins post analysis, but I think I will make an exception for this one. +100

Total: 283

Sentence: Serious gore.

#The Umbrella Academy #all in good fun #luther hargreeves #diego hargreeves #allison hargreeves #klaus hargreeves #five hargreeves #ben hargreeves #vanya hargreeves #leonard peabody #harold jenkins #show warnings apply #this episode is brutal

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fandom-imagines-stories · 5 years

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Punishment

Elijah Mikaelson x Reader

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Summary: Based on episodes 1x7 and 1x8, after Elijah assumes the worst of his brother, Klaus bites the reader, a fellow Original and Elijah's wife. As the sickness and hallucinations from the venom set in, the reader is forced to face some of the darkest moments from her history, including betrayal and conspiring with their greatest enemy: Mikael.

Notes: I’m so glad to finally have an Elijah imagine! Rewatching the Originals, I thought that this would be an interesting take on the episode The River in Reverse. Enjoy!

You cursed Tyler for forcing your rescue mission into the humid and bug infested bayou. You could have been sitting comfortably at home enjoying your returned husband’s presence, but instead, you were arguing with Klaus over his intentions for his unborn child.

“Tyler Lockwood brought Hayley here to test a theory.” Elijah began. “That the blood of her child could be used to sire hybrids. He claims that you knew that. Furthermore, that you intended to use this knowledge to build an army.” He gazed furiously at his brother, but Klaus’ expression held only the hurt of betrayal.

“And of course you assume it's true.” He growled. “I mean, why else would I show any interest in my own flesh and blood?”

“Just tell us if you knew, Nik.” You pleaded. You wanted so badly to believe that it wasn’t, that he was only concerned with his child’s well being, but after a thousand years, your instinct was to assume the worst when it came to Klaus.

“A heartbroken little cry baby points his finger at me and my own brother falls in line.” His gaze shifted from Elijah to you. “I expect Elijah to always make me the villain, but I had expected more sympathy from you.” Your eyes fell to the dirt, unable to look him in the eye. Elijah continued.

“Spare me your indignation.” He spat. “When have you ever demonstrated any kind of concern towards Hayley or her child beyond your own selfish pursuits?” Klaus was growing more irritable by the second.

“Elijah, he might be telling the truth.” You started, hoping to diffuse some of the tension between the two brothers, but he ignored you.

“What was it you once said to me?” He mimicked Niklaus’ voice to mock him. “Every king needs an heir.” Klaus’ expression deepened with hurt and anger.

“My big brother...” His voice was quiet and fuming with emotion. “So you doubt my intentions, well, I can’t say I’m surprised. Standing beside the noble Elijah, how can I be anything but the lesser brother. A liar. A manipulator. Bastard.”

“Klaus, please.” You stepped towards him, but he only glowered towards you.

“That’s all I am to all of you, isn’t it?”

“Brother-” Elijah tried to begin, but Klaus stopped him.

“We have said all that needs to be said, brother.” Klaus’ voice was now a low and menacing growl. He stepped back with a devilish smirk. “I’ll play the role I’ve been given.” He walked away before turning back and grabbing your arm. He yanked you into him, digging his fangs into your neck as you cried out in agony.

“No!” Elijah exclaimed, rushing towards you as Klaus pushed away. He wrapped his arms around you, shielding you from whatever else his brother may have planned. But Klaus merely backed away.

“I hope the three of you enjoy each other’s company. But I’d be careful once the hallucination sets in, Elijah. Our dear Y/N may have a few secrets tucked away in that subconscious of hers.” He disappeared.

“What the hell?” Hayley gasped.

“Help me get her inside,” Elijah ordered, helping you stand.

“I’ll be fine, Elijah.” You insisted, taking a step on your own, but ended up stumbling back into his arms.

“Hayley, please,” Elijah begged. Hayley put your arm over her shoulders and helped Elijah walk you to the cabin sitting on the water.

“Seriously, what the hell is wrong with your family?” Hayley shook her head with an exasperated breath. Elijah sat you down on the bed, cupping your face in his hands.

“I’m going to kill him.” He muttered angrily, examining the bite on your neck.

“I’ll be fine, Elijah.” You sighed. “It won’t kill me.” You gave him a weak smile. “This isn’t the first time Nik has used me to punish you. It’s not even the worst time.”

Elijah knew exactly what you were talking about. It was not a memory he often liked to think of. It was the early 1500’s and the four of them lived in Copenhagen, Denmark. Not long before, you and Elijah helped the young girl that you’d befriended escape Klaus’ ritual. He hadn’t forgiven you for letting Katerina Petrova get away and you feared that his wrath would intervene with the wedding. After nearly five hundred years of being vampires, Elijah finally felt safe enough to propose. It was the night before the wedding was when Klaus exacted his revenge on his brother and his soon-to-be sister in law.

“Y/N!” Elijah called out, practically skipping down the corridor to your room. He had a dinner prepared, just for the two of you, and a moonlit walk through the gardens with his bride to be. “Y/N, darling, come downstairs-” As he opened the door, he was surprised to find his younger brother instead.

“Haven’t you heard that it’s terribly bad luck to make love before the wedding, brother,” Klaus smirked, twirling a dagger around in his fingers. “I would so hate for something to befall you… or your bride.”

“Niklaus, what have you done with Y/N?” Elijah seethed, looking around the room for some hint as to where you could be. Klaus’ smug smile only grew.

“We had a row.” He shrugged. “Perhaps she took a walk to calm down. Or perhaps some rest might do her good.” Elijah realized what dagger Klaus was holding and his heart sunk.

“You didn’t.” He shook his head in disbelief. Klaus chuckled deeply and stood, walking across the room to his brother. Elijah clenched his fists. “Where is she?”

“Now that’s for me to know, and you to spend the next seventy years agonizing over.” He continued to toy with the weapon until Elijah shoved him against the wall, his voice practically a growl.

“Need I remind you that I am getting married tomorrow?” He spat. Klaus tried to push him away, but Elijah stood his ground in anger.

“Consider it punishment for your betrayal concerning the Doppelganger.” Klaus hissed. He finally pushed Elijah back by holding the dagger pointed at his brother’s chest.

“Do it.” Elijah dared. “Box me away along with the other problems you think you can escape. For I will make your life a living hell if you do not release her.”

“Oh, I don’t think you will.” Klaus laughed. “If you so much as feed without my permission, I will ensure that you never see Y/N again. And if you try and find her, brother, I will see to it that her coffin winds up at the bottom of the ocean. Or perhaps I’ll just leave her behind and let Mikael have his way with her. I’m sure he’d enjoy ripping her apart.” The look in Klaus’ eyes scared Elijah more than he cared to admit, but he knew that Klaus would destroy you if he didn’t obey.

“How can you be so willing to destroy your own brother’s happiness. To harm a woman that you’ve known almost all your life. A woman who has shown you nothing but love.”

“I wouldn’t speak such praises of Y/N, brother, for there are things about her you do not know. You should consider this a favor.” Klaus began to storm out of the room, but Elijah called out one last remark.

“I was right.” He fell to his knees in front of your bed, his hands finding the sheets, searching to feel your warmth. He could not stop the tears in his eyes, for he knew not when or if he’d see you again. Klaus had taken the one person that he truly loved, without remorse. “You really have lost all of your humanity, brother.” He spat out the last word as if it left a sour taste in his mouth. Klaus didn’t turn back, but even as he walked back down the hall, he could hear Elijah’s anguished cries. If only he knew the truth.

He didn’t see you again until they arrived in New Orleans… 200 years later. Somehow, Klaus had kept your coffin hidden among Kol and Finn’s. Elijah and Klaus’ relationship had never been the same since that night and Klaus knew that there was one thing he could do to even gain the smallest bit of sympathy from his brother again. Plus your punishment had gone on long enough.

“Do you remember that day?” You laughed painfully. Elijah asked Hayley to get him a bowl of water and a towel to sooth your fever. “I’ll never forget your face.” You reached up your hand and caressed his face.

“Nearly 200 years and you never moved on.” Klaus stood by his brother on the balcony of their new home, thanks to the mayor’s love of gold. He held to glasses of the finest whiskey. “No amount of harlots or far off princesses deterred your love for her.”

“I don’t let people in, Niklaus.” He shook his head. “You took the one person…” He took a deep breath, trying to keep his emotions at bay. “The one person that meant something to me outside of our ‘always and forever’.” He turned to Klaus and ignored the glass he offered him. “Do you honestly think that I’m going to just let her go? I was going to mary Y/N, Niklaus.”

“Ah yes, the nuptials that I so rudely interrupted.” Klaus drank from both glasses and set them on the railing. “To be fair, I didn’t cancel the wedding, dear brother. I merely postponed it.” Elijah’s face contorted with confusion.

“What are you saying, Niklaus?”

“I’m saying,” he smirked. “That you can come out from around the corner, love, before Elijah snaps my neck.” Elijah slowly turned around and there you were. Your smile was radiant and you wore a new dress.

“Hello.” You greeted nervously. Even after all this time, you still felt the butterflies in your stomach whenever he looked at you. And now, his eyes held more love and relief and joy then you had ever seen.

“Y/N.” He rushed to you and lifted you up in his arms, taking in the softness of your skin, the scent of your hair, and as you lifted his face to meet yours in a kiss, he memorized the taste of your lips. “My love, I have not lived since the day you were taken from me.” He kissed a trail from your jaw to your shoulder.

“Well,” Klaus coughed with an amused grin on his face. “I suppose I could have a talk with the mayor about hosting us for a little celebration. What better way to introduce us to New Orleans than with a wedding?” He left the two of you in peace, but not before giving you a warning glance. You felt your cheeks burn with shame, but luckily, Elijah didn't seem to notice. He still couldn't quite believe that after all this time, his heart had finally returned.

You were married not three days later. Rebekah wanted a grand celebration, but you and Elijah simply couldn't wait. And despite the family drama and Klaus’ paranoia over the years, the two of you were happy.

“Of course, I remember.” Elijah placed the cloth on your forehead with a loving smile. “How could I forget?”

“Elijah,” you began weakly, “you should leave.” You could almost feel the hallucinations coming as the venom coursed through your veins. He scoffed.

“You don’t honestly think I could just leave you here?” He laced his fingers through yours, kissing the back of your hand gently. “Not that I’m doubting Hayley’s nursing skills, but I’d prefer to take care of you myself.”

“Klaus wasn’t lying, Elijah.” You breathed heavily and felt yourself losing control. You kicked the bedpost, crying out. Elijah just held onto you, soothingly running his fingers through your hair. You tried to push away. “I’m going to start hallucinating and you can’t be here.” It wasn’t until then that he could see your fear. You were scared, not of the pain or the venom, but of what he might see. Even now, he could see your memories as they flowed from your mind to his, your subconscious barriers weakening. Flashes of darkness and stone and blood.

“I’m staying.” He persisted. You screamed, your hands latching onto his arms.

“Elijah, please.” You begged. “I have loved you for a thousand years, but still, there are things I’ve never told you. Things you can never know for they will make you hate me.” Your eyes were filled with horror and his were pained to see you in such a state.

“Y/N,” He pushed a hair out of your face, tucking it gently behind your ear. ��Nothing that you could’ve done could make me hate you.” He pulled your head into his lap, dipping the cloth in more water to keep you cool.

“I didn’t want you to find out like-” You cried out again and this time you couldn’t stop it as you were both thrown into your past- five hundred years ago.

The gardens were your favorite place to go when you needed to think. You could hardly breathe. Elijah proposed. After all these years of running, he finally felt safe enough to officially bring you into his chaotic family. You, of course, said yes, but he still wanted to give you the option of having time to think. As you walked through the flowers and bushes, there was nothing you wanted more than to become his wife.

One of the reasons that you loved the garden was its calming quiet. You knew every sound by heart. The trickling water of the nearby creek, the sound of insects buzzing about the flowers, and the birds singing in the trees. The footsteps that drew closer to you were not among those sounds.

“I must say, you have grown more radiant over the years. I can see why Elijah keeps you.” The voice sent fear through your whole body. A fear that you hadn’t felt in a long time.

“Mikael.” You gasped, turning around to see the subject of your nightmares. Without giving you a chance to run, he snapped your neck and carried you away from the estate.

When you woke up, there was no use in screaming. He’d taken you far enough that running would be in vain. He was more powerful and you knew it. So you had no choice but to sit and await your fate.

“Get on with it.” You spat. He loomed over you with a dark expression. You stood, keeping your head high. You would not let him see your fear. “Kill me.”

“Why would I do that?” He sighed, looking at you as if you were a child that he was scolding. “You have always meant a lot to my family, especially Elijah. Even the beast adored you when you were children.”

“Since when do you care about your family.” You growled, taking a step towards him. “You’ve been hunting us down ever since you turned us into monsters, trying to erase your mistake.” His hand found your throat, crushing the air out of you.

“You would be wise to watch your tongue, girl, or I may rethink what I’m about to offer you.” He released you and you recoiled back, your body shaking. “You are going to help me defeat the one that I am truly after.” You clenched your fists.

“Klaus.”

“He is the one that tore this family apart, not I. He corrupted our name and turns our blood to filth. He is a beast that must be destroyed.”

“Save me the sermon, Mikael. There is nothing that you can say to me that will make me turn against Niklaus.” You started to turn. Maybe if you could distract him, you could run.

“I’ll let Elijah live.” Those four words got your attention. “I’ll let all of them live, and you.” You crossed your arms, taking a defiant stance.

“If you think that I would turn against someone I love for the sake of my own life, you clearly don't know me, or your children for that matter.” You took one last look at the door. “Whatever you’re planning, I want no part of it.” And then you ran.

You didn’t get far, of course. Mikael was faster, stronger, and more experienced than you. He caught up with you before you were even halfway back to the estate. You didn’t realize that he had the white-oak stake until it was piercing into your chest. Your eyes widened and your mouth hung open in shock. All it would take is one last push.

“You will tell all but Klaus to flee the castle and lock him on his chamber for me to find him.” Mikael spat, twisting the stake, causing you to scream. “If you do not follow my instructions, your first engagement present will be Elijah's head.” He vanished the stake in your chest with him. You collapsed against the tree, tears stinging in your eyes. Could you betray the man you loved in order to save him? Did you even have a choice?

Elijah's mind reeled as you tried to fight the visions. Your hands gripped his and your eyes begged him to leave. But he was stubborn and you were both pulled back.

You wandered hopelessly down the hall, dreading Elijah's approach. He rushed to you, for they had been searching the grounds for you all afternoon.

“Where have you been?” He inquired, taking your hands in his. You looked into his worried eyes with despair. “My dear, what is it?”

“He’s here.” You whispered, the terror in your voice real. “Mikael is here.” Elijah froze a similar terror to yours washing over his face. “He attacked me in the woods, but I escaped and came to warn all of you.”

“I must find the others.” He said urgently. You grabbed his arm.

“You find Rebekah, I’ll find Klaus.” You felt every fiber of your being screaming out at him, telling him the truth as the guilt churned in your stomach. You put a hand on his cheek, fearing anything that should happen to those beautiful brown eyes. As he rushed to find his sister, you found Klaus in his chambers painting.

“To what do I owe the pleasure, dear sister-to-be?” He smirked as you entered. You took a deep breath.

“I'm sorry.” You cried. Mikael appeared at the window and Klaus’ face morphed with anger and betrayal. You ran, holding the door shut as you heard the fight inside ensue. Tears streamed down your face as you heard Nik’s cries. Unable to listen any more, you fled. You ran as far and as fast as you could into the forest, knowing that if you were to see Elijah now, you would break. His beloved brother, dead by your hands. You might as well have been the one to plunge the stake into his heart.

Elijah pulled away slowly, finally released from your mind. You looked up at him with shame and regret, but you're expression quickly changed as the venom-induced hallucinations began. His face morphed into his father's and you stood, your teeth grinding with anger.

“Mikael.” You snapped. Elijah stepped back in confusion. “This is your fault.”

“Y/N, it’s me.” He tried to explain, but it was too late. The venom had taken over. You pinned him against the wall, your hand wrapping tight around his throat, your fingers finding his heart. If you couldn’t kill him, you’d make sure you left a mark.

“I lay in a box for 200 years and now he will hate me.” The fury in your eyes mixed with sorrow and Elijah placed a hand on your face. “Don’t touch me you-” You stopped suddenly and your limp body fell into Elijah’s arms.

“Seemed like you needed a little help.” Hayley shrugged, taking out the stake that she’d planted in your back.

“As grateful as I am to be rescued,” Elijah brushed off with a sarcastic look. “I would appreciate it if you didn’t stab my wife.”

Night soon fell and Elijah waited in solitude for you to awaken. He had encouraged Hayley to return home and find out more about the area before she explored much further. Since she felt slightly guilty for staking his wife in the back, she didn't argue.

When you emerged from the cabin, your fever was gone and the past few hours hit you like a wall. Elijah barely looked up from the fire as you sat across from him.

“Why do you think my parents turned you with the rest of us?” He asked calmly, his expression indecipherable. Your eyebrows knit together.

“I guess I’ve never thought about it.”

“The fact that we were betrothed had little to do with it. They were private people and trusted few who weren’t part of our family, even if you were to become my bride. Surely, I would have found someone else in the expanse of time immortality gave us. I believe that by the time they turned us into what we are, they no longer believed in love, not that my feelings for you would have influenced their decision.”

“Perhaps I was a mistake.” You stared deeply into the flames, turning when he appeared beside you, his eyes blazing in the light. They held not anger, but love.

“They turned you because you were one of us.” He placed a hand on your cheek. “You have always been one of us.” You felt a tear slip down your face and your lip begin to quiver. “Mikael was a tyrant, one that frightened even Niklaus. We have all done terrible things in fear. I myself have turned against Klaus when I believed him to have destroyed my other siblings.”

You remembered that time well. You and Elijah had spent years trying to find Klaus, all the while you tried to convince Elijah to forgive him. It wasn’t until he discovered that the boxes that contained his siblings did not ly and the bottom of the ocean that he rejoined Nik.

“While I wish you would have told me of these events, I do not hate you for them. Besides, Niklaus punished you enough.” His stomach still churned at the memories during those years alone. “And if there is one thing that those 200 years have taught me is that my parents were wrong. There could never be anyone else. Our paths are intertwined together,” He gently pulled your face towards his for a sweet, passionate kiss that vanquished all of your doubts. When you parted, a small smile graced his lips. “Always and forever.”

#elijah mikealson x reader #klaus mikaelson #1x8 #the originals #original vampires #the originals imagine #Daniel Gillies

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Rant Vampire Diaries 4x04

So I’ve been doing some research with Bonnie, Shane and the whole expression magic by rewatching some episodes of Season 4 problem being I have to endure everything else and I didn’t realize how taxing that would be until I watched episode 4 (which is where I started because I didn’t need anything before that). So within the first ten minutes of this episode I found myself so annoyed that I had to write it down just to calm myself down and get through it and within those first ten minutes there were just so many things wrong that I had to share it.

So one of the first things that set me off is that Stefan learns that Damon and Elena are going to Whitmore to teach her control through Damon. Basic common curtesy is to tell your boyfriend when you’re going out of town before the day of and Elena not only didn’t do that, but also failed to tell him she was going out of town with Damon — the guy she’s had issues staying faithful to him with. That warrants a discussion where they both make a decision together on whether she should go and that semi happens when Stefan confronts her. This is where my second issue starts, not only is she dodging him with excuses, but he’s not allowed to be angry with her due to his guilt of her being turned — he’s not allowed to have valid feelings for respecting her wishes. That pretty much tainted the scene for me when they got all lovey dovey because they didn’t solve anything. This is one of the things I found worse than Elena sleeping with Damon (in his house no less) immediately after breaking up with him because she was essentially cheating on him well before that.

The next big issue I had was when Elena was making her excuses for why she needed Damon to help, she cites the flimsiest one for why Caroline can’t help her. She says she’s “too good” at control and has “never struggled” with control which is just plain inaccurate. Not only did Caroline have issues with control in season 2 that resulted in a death (which is a line Elena hadn’t crossed at that point), but she almost killed Matt too, so Caroline was in a position to understand her the most. Add on top of that the fact that Damon has never struggled with control so why the hell does she think he can help? I realize in retrospect that this is all the sire bond, that doesn’t make it any less annoying especially since Stefan, who knows all of this, doesn’t point out the holes her logic. Her head may not be screwed on correctly, but his is.

So of course, on one of the first episodes I’ve watched in months it has to be an episode where Elena is unnecessarily added to story line she has no business in, and now with a side of Damon. The entire reason they’re at Whitmore is because Bonnie needs to get her Grams’ stuff back from Shane (a year later). Where in that is Elena, let alone Damon, relevant? I mean at this point Bonnie doesn’t even like Damon nor does she even approve of what they’re doing (victimizing people the same way Damon did Caroline). Why, if this was even necessary to begin with, didn’t they go somewhere else more relevant to their own story line? One that makes sense maybe?

One that note, Damon has had a creepy moments, but this one takes the cake for me when he’s describing how to choose a victim. Not only does he point out and describe a girl who looks like Caroline, but he describes exactly what he did to her to Elena as instructions as though he was PROUD of that. THANK GOD, Shane interrupted them because I was literally getting sick. And then there’s Elena who’s taking notes on it completely oblivious that that’s exactly what he did to her best friend. It makes when she shames Caroline for sleeping with Damon all the more inconsiderate since she knows the exact inner workings of that relationship. Ugh!

And to top it all off just plain annoyance at Klaus and Rebekah’s presence because it was like “what are you still doing here?” “Don’t you have more important places to be?” All that was literally in the first ten minutes (actually 8 but I rounded up). How can so many things be wrong when the episode has barely started and the season?

Things just get worse from there everything involving Klaus and Rebekah. It was the same song and dance and they were both having temper tantrums however I did find myself on Rebekah’s side since he was being so hypocritical. And Stefan manipulating her and stabbing her in the back although I guess he felt vindicated about that. This entire episode basically was trying to convince me that hunters were the villains and vampire are anti-heroes, but they’re not, The Originals needed to do something heroic to earn such a title.

Then there’s the god awful blood and dancing scene with Damon and Elena. This episode highlight one of my fundamental issues with Elena being called compassionate when she’s too complacent for such a title. When they target the blonde girl Elena can’t do it because she sees the girl has a family that care, so she ends up feeding on a guy roofying people at the party. No issue with that, but she nor Damon actually do anything to stop the guy from roofying people. She feeds on him and then sends him on his way to go back to what he was doing. It’s like they were thinking “job done, saved some people” but NO! not only his he going to keep doing that in the future, but later that night. All she did was bruise his neck. It’s like in Season 1 when she finds out Damon is feeding on Caroline, she threatens him once and never does anything to stop him after that. She’s too short sighted to have the title of “most compassionate” that the writers so tried to convince us she was via words other people say. Something like that is a show not tell moment.

Anyways the only thing I like this episode that didn’t make me want roll my eyes was Bonnie and unfortunately she was barely in the episode, but had a few key scenes. I especially liked in the scene, before Damon goes full creeper, when they’re in the classroom Bonnie calls Shane cute and it reminded me so much of her in season 1 in the pilot. It was the first time she’d been bubbly in a while. I know Shane turns out to be a total creep in the end, but I appreciated him bringing out that in her.

Rewatching this episode made me remember just how much I despised Damon back then. I was actually perfectly fine with his season 1-3, a little whiny, but manageable, but season 4 turned my like for him into pure hate – he’s half the reason I gave up on season 5 midway through. When I heard the spoiler about him dying at the end of season 5, I couldn’t careless at the time because a) I knew the plot amour he had and b) his presence wasn’t missed by me. He only slightly redeemed himself to me in season 6, but it just went from me despising him to tolerable – I wouldn’t have been sad if he died, but I didn’t want to tear my eyes out everytime he was on my screen.

I honestly would just look at clips, but I need a refresher on the story line around it and reading about it just isn’t cutting it – the plot that season was just too convoluted. I continued on to episode 5 and it was mildly better. Had a lot less of Damon and Elena, but ugh! her whining. I usually don’t harp on female characters for whining because for the most part it a valid feeling to have, but what bothers me so much about it is how much perspective she lacks and the people around her. They’re acting like she’s the first person to go through this–that she’s the first one to have this feelings, and because she’s Elena and just that special, everyone coddles her, even Damon, instead teaching her how to deal with it like Caroline. Of course Caroline was given no such luxury when she was turned and instead had to worry about being killed if she got out of control.

I think the horribleness of season 5 and the fact that I loved expression Bonnie in this season distracted me from how bad this season was. Anybody who says the first four season of TVD were great is either lying or just forgot the all kinds of awful this season spawned because it’s almost unwatchable. I think season 7 was even better than this.

#anti tvd #anti delena #anti elena #anti damon #anti S4 #anti klaus

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