I am going to miss that little brat.

[krickets]

So... Jeremy Gilbert.

I'm just kind of coming to terms with the fact that I'm kind of super pissed about his departure, however temporary. The Vampire Diaries has been kind of the bane of my existence this entire season. For numerous reasons, but the major one being, they are fucking with all of my favorite people to write.

Stefan is under coercion at the same time as being compromised by bloodlust, then he's under compulsion, his free will completely taken from him, and now apparently under the revenge!crazy. And while Paul Wesley is apparently the greatest, and is totally hot while doing this all, I barely recognize Stefan. And it kind of kills me.

And I am still very annoyed that the only way the show could manage to make Damon look better is to drag his brother down to his level, and not actually give Damon a chance to redeem himself. (As a Damon fan, I personally would want that.) Stefan keeps saving him on the page, but he's saving him in the subtext as well. And it's all at Stefan's expense. I saw the promos for next week, and I don't think I can ever look at this character the same way again. Except for the fact that when he's sorry for everything he's done - or if? - I am pretty sure I will actually believe it. (Which is different from certain other people, who mostly just feel sorry for themselves.)

Tyler is turned into this mindless JesusKlaus!freak and is automatically deemed a villain by everybody excluding Jeremy, who we'll get to later. I just don't understand how they didn't even bother to try. Clearly this is something that vampires use to have to deal with and have overcome. So why does Tyler get the brushoff? (And I'm not just talking the characters, I mean the writers of this show as well.) They spend half a season trying to "save" Stefan and when Tyler needs a little TLC it's like they can't be bothered. It's annoying. And frustrating. And it just kills me to see another of my favorites completely lose their free will. I don't like it one bit, I guess I'll just RIP OUT MY HEART.

And now we get to Jeremy. I don't know why Elena thought it was a good idea to take away his free will (sensing a theme?) and have Damon compel him again. I'm even pissed at Alaric, perhaps even moreso, for his suggestion to have Jeremy not even think of Mystic Falls. If it's such a good idea to leave MF then why isn't everyone going? And why is Jeremy special? He's not the only one who can be hurt by Klaus. In fact, now that he's gone he could easily just focus his efforts on someone else. I have not always been happy with Jeremy's storylines. He's kind of lived in that area where he is sometimes rendered a useless background character. But what I have always liked about him is that he has always kind of done his own thing. It makes total sense that he was trying to be on Tyler's side when everyone else had given up on him. It makes absolute sense for Jeremy's character. And not just because he might secretly be in love with Tyler, but because that's just who Jeremy Gilbert is. So basically what I'm saying is that it will also make total sense when Jeremy somehow beats the compulsion (which is a thing that people do now), goes to some tough-guy Denver training camp, and comes back to beat the living snot out of everyone in Mystic Falls. (S'all I'm saying! BE WARNED.)

And then, last but not least. We have Caroline. Caroline who? You ask. GOOD QUESTION. She's been so back-burnered that it actually hurts.

So there you have it, all of the characters I've written most often, all pretty much fucking destroyed. NO WONDER I'M LOVING THIS SEASON. (And I wish I could say, "at least I still have Katherine" but I can't, because she's not even hanging out with Stefan having sexytimes and stuff. Which is just unacceptable!)

I have a massive problem with the canon on this show. Meaning, I can't make myself completely ignore it the way I've done with other fandoms (like my Lost fic, as a shining example of how to give a big FU to the canon). So all of this just makes it that much harder for me to write around it. And I'm bitter. And angry. AND I HATE EVERYONE. OKAY?

Comments

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Yes, please. Bring him back, stat!

I really hope so too. Or even shorter if possible, but I'm guessing not.

[rabiya-al-basri.livejournal.com]

The last spoiler-interview-thing I saw implied that he might not even be gone for a single episode, which is my #2 hope. (#1 being that these family friends in Denver are vampire-hunting friends who figure out he's been compelled and come to raise hell... which would be awesome but is not going to happen) Some of the other lack-of-free-will plotlines I could deal with because they were at least villainous (and I enjoyed troll!Stefan for that one episode, even if I want good Stefan back) even if they were plot-colanders (why did Stefan stop taking vervain?), but this one just makes me see red. Like, seriously Elena? NO JUST NO. All I can think of is Code Geass and how Lelouche beats himself up for compelling his friend "live on," and this is three times worse for one percent the justification...

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Not even a single episode? The only way I could see that happening is if somehow Klaus intervenes.

[rabiya-al-basri.livejournal.com]

IDK, I think it'd be a great fake-out, but I read something else that did imply he'd be gone for a bit, so idk. We know he's still in the next episode, though.