This show reads like an incestuous fanfic. Yes, it REALLY does. Silviakundera did a picspam of that scene and it's - well, there is a LOT of touching, and it's framed like a seduction. You cannot tell me the showrunners did NOT know what they were doing there.

IT REALLY DOES. Especially from Stefan's point of view. That boy, I don't know what to do with him.

Stefan's guilt annoys me. It doesn't HELP anybody and in fact it makes him more prone to being caught up in what it MEANS to be 'the good brother' which he has been trying to define himself as for over a century.

Yes. Stefan has counter-productive guilt, so, after a while, it ends up bothering me instead of winning my sympathy.

Anna and Jeremy are adorable, and I HATED that Pearl died. I wanted her and Anna to get out of town SO BADLY. They deserved a happy ending.

I was so sad for Anna and Pearl. She just wanted to save her mom! And her mom wanted to protect her family. Very sad.

And in doing so he HAS made a new friend or two, as shown by him going on a date with Alaric. *g* They were ADORABLE. Damon is doing domestics, with Alaric and Elena.

All the Alaric-Damon stuff in this episode was awesome. Damon is also way more domestic than Stefan, which is amusing sometimes.