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butterflyI love the slow unveiling of the (ugly) history of Mystic Falls. We've known for a while that the Bennett family was in the area long before it was 'officially' a town, but here, the implications become clearer and more obviously not any kind of continuity error.
The Founding Families stole Mystic Falls from the witches. And they probably felt like they had the right to do that, at least in part, because the Bennetts are black (of course, then the question of who was there before the Bennetts arises). The 'founding' of Mystic Falls was the Founding Families' way of staking a claim on the area. Which is making me wonder if the land has some kind of intrinsic power that the Bennetts were trying to use - why does everyone want to live there?
I've mentioned before that the Founding Families seem to have quite a stranglehold on the town. It seems like it's something that they've cultivated very deliberately, by holding teaching about the founding as a higher priority than any other kind of history and by the way they keep hammering into everyone's heads how much the town owes to the Founders.
Fell, Salvatore, Lockwood, Forbes, and Gilbert. I bet they still have more secrets hidden than what we've heard so far.
I am of two minds about the fact that so many of Damon's sweetest moments happen when no one knows about it - I like it because it's directly contradictory to the idea that Damon is only 'playing' good for Elena and Stefan (does anyone actually believe that still? I think I saw it being talked about when I read reviews of S1, but I don't think I've seen it recently). But I also kinda hate it because they are things that would affect the way that Stefan and Elena view him (like that spoiler about this episode that Elena would learn stuff that would 'change her feelings about the vampire brothers' or w/e, but it was complete BS because no one tells her about Damon being all sweet and concerned about Stefan. Lexi is dead (and probably wouldn't mention it anyway) and Damon wouldn't ever mention it).
The audience gets to see the vulnerable moments - all the times when Damon has let himself care despite himself, even when no other characters get to see it. And I don't think there's any other character whose private interior world the show has us experience as often as Damon's. We know more about him when no one else is looking than we do about anyone else.
I'm also really feeling the urge to rewatch "162 Candles" and see how that last scene in 2x15 impacts my feelings on the Lexi/Damon scenes in "162 Candles". I'm thinking that it's probably going to make me like Lexi less, though. I found her character a lot less compelling in "The Dinner Party" than in "162 Candles".
Completely random and selfish thought: I would have killed to see Ian S. playing David in Kings. I did like the actor who played David quite a bit, but you shouldn't just 'like' David. You should be hopelessly enthralled by his overpowering charisma. With a guy like Ian playing him, you could have gone full-bore with how complicated and oftentimes flawed David is while still showing that (almost) everyone adores him anyway, despite themselves. That's exactly what Ian is showing himself to be capable of in the role of Damon. Okay, that's my random thought of the day.
The Founding Families stole Mystic Falls from the witches. And they probably felt like they had the right to do that, at least in part, because the Bennetts are black (of course, then the question of who was there before the Bennetts arises). The 'founding' of Mystic Falls was the Founding Families' way of staking a claim on the area. Which is making me wonder if the land has some kind of intrinsic power that the Bennetts were trying to use - why does everyone want to live there?
I've mentioned before that the Founding Families seem to have quite a stranglehold on the town. It seems like it's something that they've cultivated very deliberately, by holding teaching about the founding as a higher priority than any other kind of history and by the way they keep hammering into everyone's heads how much the town owes to the Founders.
Fell, Salvatore, Lockwood, Forbes, and Gilbert. I bet they still have more secrets hidden than what we've heard so far.
I am of two minds about the fact that so many of Damon's sweetest moments happen when no one knows about it - I like it because it's directly contradictory to the idea that Damon is only 'playing' good for Elena and Stefan (does anyone actually believe that still? I think I saw it being talked about when I read reviews of S1, but I don't think I've seen it recently). But I also kinda hate it because they are things that would affect the way that Stefan and Elena view him (like that spoiler about this episode that Elena would learn stuff that would 'change her feelings about the vampire brothers' or w/e, but it was complete BS because no one tells her about Damon being all sweet and concerned about Stefan. Lexi is dead (and probably wouldn't mention it anyway) and Damon wouldn't ever mention it).
The audience gets to see the vulnerable moments - all the times when Damon has let himself care despite himself, even when no other characters get to see it. And I don't think there's any other character whose private interior world the show has us experience as often as Damon's. We know more about him when no one else is looking than we do about anyone else.
I'm also really feeling the urge to rewatch "162 Candles" and see how that last scene in 2x15 impacts my feelings on the Lexi/Damon scenes in "162 Candles". I'm thinking that it's probably going to make me like Lexi less, though. I found her character a lot less compelling in "The Dinner Party" than in "162 Candles".
Completely random and selfish thought: I would have killed to see Ian S. playing David in Kings. I did like the actor who played David quite a bit, but you shouldn't just 'like' David. You should be hopelessly enthralled by his overpowering charisma. With a guy like Ian playing him, you could have gone full-bore with how complicated and oftentimes flawed David is while still showing that (almost) everyone adores him anyway, despite themselves. That's exactly what Ian is showing himself to be capable of in the role of Damon. Okay, that's my random thought of the day.