Delenas so called happy ending?
So I’ve been wanting to talk about this for a while and I’ve been thinking about it. This is highly anti Delena so if you are part of that fandom, you might want to skip this one. If you watch tvd for pure entertainment and don’t delve into the characters then that is fineee. But tvd really caught me and I overanalyze too much on this show. Okay, so delena having a happy life being human baffles me. It boggles my mind the level of audacity the writers have to give Damon and Elena have a believable happy ending is absolute bullshit. I’m going go through a few reasons why I believe this.
The first is Damons’ obsession with vampirism. From the literal first episode all we’ve seen is Damons vampirism being part of his whole essence. He relishes in it and uses it in absolutely every aspect of his life. He uses it for the simplest of tasks. And this is nothing against his use of vampirism in his everyday life. I think anyone would use it to their advantage, just not to the drastic extent Damon does. Fair warning, I’m trying to keep an open mind about Damon and who his character is as a whole, instead of my personal bias, which is... that I hate him with every ounce of me. Anyway... Damons’ whole appeal is bad boy vampire brother who uses his advantages to “take care” of the woman he loves. His knowledge and usefulness was solely based on his vampirism. That is the whole basis of the show. Throughout the entire show we see Damon entice others to revel in their vampirism. In season 1 we saw Damon constantly try to get Stefan to submit to his ripper side. Obviously we see Damon try to make Elena be a “true” vampire and feed on human blood, fresh from the vein under the influence of the sire bond. He loves his vampirism, and wants others to have it. Even Elena asked- practically begged- him to take the cure with her and be human together when they were looking for it. What I don’t get is how he changed his mind about that. He loves it and he constantly tells people that he isn't going to change, that this is who he is. I feel like that was the allure of Damon Salvatore for many of the viewers. Take that away, what do we have?
That brings me to Elena. Elena is supposed to love Damon. Damon has clearly expressed his diastase for a lack of vampirism. He has always talked about how he wants to live forever and be more powerful than others. He loves the magnitude of power he gets from being a vampire. Elena knows this. This is where Damon and Elena differ. Obviously Damon and Elena have different views on life and I think this can be interesting for a relationship and it’s something that can be worked on, when it comes to the serious things. Personally I feel like their differences kind of meld into whatever Damon wants as their relationship progressed because - “oh, I love you!” It’s said in their infamous declaration of love. She has to “bend her morals” and all that to be with Damon. I don’t get how being human didn't adapt to this. With a relationship like Damon and Elena comes compromise. They should have figured something out to work with what they both wanted. This didn’t happen though. Elena has clearly expressed her love of humanity and wanting to live a human life. She showed it in 2x20. But then in the season 4 finale she says she didn't? But in season 7 she does? I'm not blaming Elena for her indecisiveness. Her confusion is something I get. It’s something I've struggled it myself, but how she got to the conclusion fo living a human life with Damon that resulted in kids is so out of field it makes no sense.
Back to Damon. How and I mean how in the world was Damon able to have have kids and be happy. Despite hating DE I would’ve understood- barely- but would’ve understood if Damon and Elena spent the rest of their mortal lives together. Probably fucking their way through the years but with the two of them nonetheless. Kids into the addition is so left field that I just cannot fathom how their “happy” lives could’ve gone. Damon doesn’t do well with people in general let alone children. How in the fucking world would Damon be a good father. We’ve seen him kill a pregnant woman and the way he handles Jeremy is evidently not great. He murders people because he and I quote “likes it”. Every little thing that doesn’t go his way is not great. With and without the aspects of vampirism, Damon Salvatore is an abuser. On all accounts, this is what he should be defined as. I will go into this another time, but Elena didn’t make him a better person. Elenas’ golden vagina and Katherine looking doppelgänger face really just made sure he was getting laid, as a character nothing changed. I cannot stress this enough but KIDS ARE NOT A REDEMPTION ARC FOR SHITTY PEOPLE. Kids don’t magically change people. Damon would still be an ass to everyone else except Elena. Even then- barely. I wonder how he dealt with crying babies, intolerable children, negligent teenagers and allow them to live normal lives. I can assure you that therapy took a lot of their childs’ pocket.
I just don't get how this dysfunctional relationship could work out and live a picture perfect life that was believable.
So that was my rant, or deep dive into the DE happy ending. If you have read this far and you are a DE fan then I may have offended you and I’m sorry-ish. Don’t take it to heart. I am one of seven billion and my opinion won’t ever matter to you again. If you are in fact not a DE fan, I hope that helped you relate to my hatred and confusion. ;)
yay. catch you later. signing off
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