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[krickets]

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Give me a fandom and I will tell you...

The first character I fell in love with:
The character I never expected to love as much as I do now:
The character everyone else loves that I don't:
The character I love that everyone else hates:
The character I used to love but don't any longer:
The character I would shag anytime:
The character I'd want to be like:
The character I'd slap:
My five favorite characters:
My five least favorite characters:
My deep dark fandom secret:

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[crickets.livejournal.com]

The first character I fell in love with: It's a hard one with this show. Probably Stefan, Elena, or Caroline, and maybe in that order. For a long time I wasn't really loving anybody, I was just along for the ride. I remember Jenna throwing an apple at Jeremy in one of the very first episodes and I thought: I love this girl. But I don't know if that really counts, haha. I'm so bummed they didn't do more with her character. This show is allergic to grown-ups.

The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Tyler Lockwood? But no. Even with his behavior in the first season I had so much sympathy for him. That episode where his dad tries to get Tyler and Jeremy to fight it out? He had me from that moment, pretty much. And that was early on. The real answer to this question is probably Katherine Pierce and Elijah equally. (Also, Rose, John Gilbert, and Liz Forbes.)

The character everyone else loves that I don't: Oh I'm going to get burned for this one, but Damon and Alaric pretty equally. Damon's character arc makes me nutso, even though I do find him amusing, and I just think Alaric is boring. They're like two of the most-loved characters in this show, so I'm in the minority on these two.

The character I love that everyone else hates: Liz Forbes and miss Bonnie Bennett!

The character I used to love but don't any longer: ...None? I guess, if this counts, I liked the idea of Klaus more than I liked Klaus in actuality. Hopefully that changes in S3.

The character I would shag anytime: Stefan Salvatore

The character I'd want to be like: Some combination of Bonnie Bennett, Caroline Forbes, and Elena Gilbert. They are all pretty awesome in my opinion.

The character I'd slap: Damon. ;P

My five favorite characters: Caroline Forbes, Stefan Salvatore, Elena Gilbert, Tyler Lockwood, and... Katherine Pierce?

My five least favorite characters: Damon Salvatore, Alaric Saltman, Isobel, Mason Lockwood, & Jules

My deep dark fandom secret: I don't really have any secrets. I ship a lot of weird things. I don't like Damon. I think Elena is awesome and am severely protective of her character. And I pretty much just love this show. I am terrified (and almost certain) that season three is going to suck and I am going to hate it.

[janie-tangerine.livejournal.com]

Lol we'd agree on most of this except that Damon and Alaric are my favorites. But I started watching because of Ian and I started actually giving a damn when Alaric happened, so. But I'll agree with you 100% on Damon needing a slap most times and on wanting to shag Stefan. Also I love Elena so hard, so I'll be protective of her with you. Also I LOVE BONNIE! I'LL LOVE HER WITH YOU. She's fierce, haters should just shut up.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

I totally knew that about you, haha. All I can say is that I guess I just don't get it. And if I were an Alaric fan, I'd be kind of mad at the material he was given in S2. I felt like all he did most of the time was be in the same room as people. That was his entire story almost. That and keeping secrets from Jenna.

And OH MY GOD I totally don't get all the Bonnie hate! Where does it come from and why? I love her for her outspoken ways and how she does the right thing even if it irritates her to have to align with certain people. Haha.

[ellensmithee.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty much on board with all that except Alaric, he's pretty much third behind Stefan and Caroline for me, but I agree that he wasn't on often enough last season (I heard they planned to kill him in S1, maybe they needed time to figure out what to do with him). Alaric is just so broken and twisted in so many ways, but still with a strong core of goodness and humor, and I love writing characters like that. I hope they do more with him in S3. I don't like Damon either, but I love their chemistry (though I'd probably jump ship if someone better came along ;-)).

Tyler is a good example of how well these writers can develop characters when they try. He went from being a bully who almost date-raped Vicki to someone who recognizes his problems, regrets the things he did, and tries to control himself (though I wish they'd done more with him trying to make up everything he did or didn't do to Caroline - a redemption arc would have been really satisfying).

Also, I love both Bonnie and Katherine. This new Becky character sounds so similar to Katherine, though, I'm sort of worried that they're killing off Katherine and bringing Becky in as a replacement.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

I don't think I will ever agree with anyone on Alaric. I don't think I've met a single fan as uninterested in him as I am. I would have rather Jenna lived, personally. And I can't tell you how many times I've heard that "we were going to kill him in ep. X but kept him on" and felt like they should have stuck with their original plan. Of course, it's also happened one or two times where it turned out well. I'm pretty sure that was said of Spike from Buffy. That he wasn't supposed to end up living past so long, but they kept him on. Which, I think was a good decision.

Tyler is a good example of how well these writers can develop characters when they try. He went from being a bully who almost date-raped Vicki to someone who recognizes his problems, regrets the things he did, and tries to control himself (though I wish they'd done more with him trying to make up everything he did or didn't do to Caroline - a redemption arc would have been really satisfying).

I honestly think the fact that he left town and wasn't coming back is a pretty big thing. From everything that's been said canonically about that, it was done to protect his family and friends (from himself) and to make up for what he did to Caroline. It could have been shown in the text, but it worked for me because it was a very humble way to do it. If he had chased after her and tried to make her forgive him, it wouldn't have worked as well for me. But then, I have major problems with how they handled Caroline's story in the last 5 episodes or so. She was just background girl. It was infuriating.

I do enjoy Katherine a lot. Especially her back story and how she really just misses her mom. That whole thing with her kind of gets to me even just thinking about it. The baby, and losing her entire family. Yeah. She's so clever too, I like that about her. And she's awful but she doesn't try to make it seem like she's anything else or like she should be excused for it, or like she's doing it for anybody's own good, you know? So I can respect that, lol.

I don't know who Becky is, but I'm sure she's going to annoy me, lol. Katherine is the perfect Katherine. We don't need another one. She's good enough for me! And honestly, I was anticipating Katherine making a disappearing act, just for poor Nina's sake. But I don't like the idea of a replacement.