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vampire-diaries.net is closing
Just a reminder to people in the Vampire Diaries (books and/or TV) fandom that vampire-diaries.net will be closing soon. If you have fanfic posted in the archive, make sure you have it saved to your own devices and/or posted elsewhere. If you have a favourite author in the archive, send them a message to find out where they'll be posting their work in the future.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Hearts (and Bourbon)
(This is a copy of the post on Vampire-Diaries.net so people having problems viewing it on the site itself can see it.)
As another Vampire Diaries season ends, and The Originals wraps up its inaugural season, it's with a mixed sense of sadness and gratitude that we announce this has been our final season as an active website.
Since starting Vampire-Diaries.net over five years ago, we have been so fortunate to share our excitement, inside jokes, and crackpot mythology theories with a humbling number of readers, commenters, and followers - many of whom have become friends. We have been allowed unforgettable opportunities and experienced overwhelming support and love. (Remember when you guys won us a Logo Superfan Site NewNowNext award?) We have watched this fandom grow into the unstoppable force it has become with a sense of awe and pride. You are a beautiful, passionate, entertaining family, and you have made this an amazing ride.
But five years is a long time and the timing felt right to say goodbye. When you've immersed yourself in something as all-consuming as this has been, there comes a point where you want the time and freedom to pursue other projects that are important to you. And that's what we will all be doing as we close this chapter and begin a new one. So while we are sad to say goodbye, we are also excited to plunge whole-heartedly into these new endeavors, and we hope you'll be happy for us, too.
So what does this mean? The site will not be going anywhere for the time being, as we discuss possibilities for the future, but we will not be updating. We wanted to announce this now so that commenters would have an opportunity to exchange off-site contact information and ensure you can keep in touch with the friends you've made here. Comments on the blog will be left open, though we will no longer be moderating them, so please: Be excellent to each other.
Thank you to the fellow fansites and TV journalists and recappers who always made us feel welcome, to everyone who volunteered as mods on the Vampire-Diaries.net forum or contributed a guest post to the blog, to anyone who ever reached out with a kind word via here or Twitter and, most of all, thank you to Julie and Kevin and the casts, writers, crews and production teams of The Vampire Diaries and The Originals. We look forward to kicking back and appreciating your work every week as plain 'ole fans as we move into Vampire Diaries Season 6 and The Originals Season 2.
And thank YOU. (Yes, YOU.)
Love, Red (@redcognito), Kate (@katelinnea), Abby (@abbygraham), Holly (@hollye83), Vee (@dieslaughing) & Crissy (@crissycalhoun)
Great, just what we need - Tyler on the Originals. >|
It’s been widely rumored, and now the news is confirmed by Michael Trevino himself: According to Entertainment Weekly, his character Tyler Lockwood will be appearing on The Originals.
”A lot of fans are upset that Tyler has made the decision to leave as soon as he shows up. I’m getting a little bit of flack for it on the Twitterverse here,” Trevino says. “I just want to say everything will be explained, and I think Tyler will make it good once he shows up to The Originals…. I think everybody will be happy with Tyler’s reasoning when they see what he’s been up to and what he has planned.”
I DO NOT WANT TO SEE HIM ON THE ORIGINALS. >B|
If Memorial is an indication of the caliber of TVD that awaits us in the rest of Season 4, I am almost frightened by the prospect of having so many feelings.
Vampire-Diaries.net
So on the NewNowNext awards, they did a fansite award, and vampire-diaries.net won, and kat graham accepted the awarddd!!!
Top 3 Moments of Vampire Diaries Season 3 (Guest Post Series)
Handy links to the Top 3 Moments guest posts contributed by some of our favorite Vampire Diaries recappers, all in one place. Show them some love for helping get us through the holiday hiatus, yeah?
Price Peterson (TV.com)
Sarah Brown (Off-Color TV)
Lucia (Heroine TV)
Tina & Kara (TV Goodness)
Emma Fraser (TV Overmind)
Kristin Nedopak & David Griffin (ThinkHero)
Jessica Rae (Small Screen Scoop)
Erin Frazee (The Voice of TV)
Dianne Sylvan
Thomas C. Galvin
What we learned in 3x08
What We Learned:
Mikael is the Original father. Well done, fandom! A lot of you called that.
Ayana was a witch that the family knew. She was the one who told them to cross the sea to (then unknown) America after a child died of sickness in Europe.
As humans, the Originals knew about werewolves. They lived in proximity to them without difficulties for many years, until…
…Werewolves killed an Original child. Klaus took his young brother Henrik to watch the werewolves change on the full moon, and the wolves killed the boy.
Vampires exist because Mikael wanted to be stronger than werewolves.The death of Henrik caused Mikael to demand a spell that would make the Originals powerful enough to defend themselves against the werewolves.
The witch Ayana refused to create the spell. She felt it was against nature.
Esther was also a witch, so she created the spell. Esther turned the children and Mikael into vampires, but could not be both vampire and witch, so she did not turn herself.
Mikael turned his children into vampires. It was Mikael who executed the specific steps of the spell. After blood was slipped into their wine, he drove a sword through each of them. He did it brutally and without warning them first. Once they awakened, he forced them to drink human blood to complete their transition, per the spell.
In addition to the Sun, the White Oak tree was part of the spell that created vampires. It gave them immortality. That is why its wood (or the ash of it bound with magic) can kill Originals.
Vervain hurts vampires because it was growing at the base of the White Oak tree that was used in the spell. Part of the whole balance and consequences thing.
Sunlight burns Originals. For anyone who needed incontrovertible proof, here it is. They were trapped inside for weeks before Esther figured out a workaround, and we see Rebekah wearing a ring.
Originals must be invited into homes. Their neighbors were able to keep them out by refusing invitations.
Klaus’s werewolf side became active after he was a vampire. It triggered when he made his first kill.
Esther created the spell that cursed Klaus and made his werewolf side dormant. After doing this, she turned her back on him.
There are two Original children that we haven’t yet seen. (“My mother bore 7 children” says Elijah, in Klaus.) We’ve got Elijah, Klaus, Rebekah, Henrik, one child killed by sickness in Europe. That leaves two Original siblings that are presumably in Klaus’s coffins.
Rebekah and Klaus carved their names into the wall, but they did NOT write the whole story there. Rebekah had not seen the other images.
Klaus told Rebekah that Mikael killed their mother by snatching out her heart. This solidified the bond between the two siblings.
The wall suggests that Klaus killed their mother and then lied about it.We’re not sure which is less trustworthy, a cave wall, or Klaus. Hmm…
Klaus, Elijah and Rebekah made a pact to protect each other “always and forever.” The other two siblings wandered off somewhere, and seem not to have been as close as those three.
L.J. SMITH & VAMPIRE DIARIES RUMORS – AUTHOR CONFIRMS THEY’RE TRUE
Following up on news/rumors that exploded this past weekend, L.J. Smith has confirmed on her blog that she will no longer be writing The Vampire Diaries series. Below is her statement in full so there is no confusion:
First, I want to thank my readers for all their messages of support. I’ve gotten far too many emails to answer, and I really appreciate the kindness and emotional sustenance you’ve given to me at this difficult time.
Second, if you’ve asked me a question about the future books or the endgame of The Vampire Diaries and I’ve been vague about what’s in store, I’d like to take this opportunity to apologize. I really wasn’t looking forward to the day when I would have to talk about this.
Third, and most importantly, I want to ask anyone who was thinking of it, not to boycott Harper’s or anyone. It just doesn’t make sense. Although I wanted and still want more than anything to be able to continue The Vampire Diaries series myself, there’s no point in not trying the new books. (And remember, for fans of Bonnie and Damon, and strict Stefan and Elena fans, the immediate dynamics may be more to your liking.) Besides which, Midnight, which is all mine, is coming out in March, and I believe there may be some of my writing in Phantom.
Thanks again to all the fans who have shown loving and loyal kindness to me.
(Courtesy of vampire-diaries.net)
