Vampire Diaries: Season 4 Episode 19- Pictures of You

SPOILER ALERT

Sorry this one is so long guys. I had a lot to say about this episode!

The beginning of each episode is always such an odd thing to me. They don’t always start the same, but there seems to be a continuous theme that goes through each. Someone is dreaming, there’s a flashback, a couple is driving in the middle of the night and they stop to help someone in the middle of the street and someone attacks them… It’s a thing in this show apparently. And this episode was no different. Bonnie had a dream that she was visiting Jeremy’s grave and she’s crying and talking to him (and of course it makes me tear up too-they were so cute together), and suddenly Jeremy is there and telling her to wake up (because of course dream Jeremy knows that real Bonnie is in danger and her house is on fire). That’s one of the weirder openings to me. Usually if someone is telling someone to wake up in a dream, someone is also telling them to wake up in reals life. It’s kind of a rule of thumb. But for some reason that didn’t apply in this episode. Were Bonnie’s witchy powers kicking in? Or was Jeremy (who was probably in purgatory) trying to talk to her now that the triangle is complete and whatnot? And who set her house on fire in the first place? I guess it could have been herself, setting it on fire, but I’m unsure about that. And she keeps seeing Jeremy. Everywhere. At the dance and everything. It makes me so sad whenever she sees him. They were more than just a good couple. They were like best friends and so nice to each other and it’s really heart breaking. They need to stop bringing him back because I’m so sad. I mean, sure it’s Silas, but still. Bonnie thought it was so real. Silas is really a jerk. To appear as Jeremy, who everyone really misses and is hurting about right now? Ugh. I can’t even. Just UGH. Really low. Then Elena tries to kill her and so Bonnie tries to kill Elena? I’m so done with this episode.

Now, who is doubting the whole “Stefan is going to save Elena and her humanity and then ditch down and his brother and his love” thing? Stefan loves Elena and doesn’t want Damon with her and how is that possibly going to go down? Another brotherly love thing: I’m not really a huge fan of the Klaus/Elisha story line. It’s list kind of boring. I guess it might be pertinent. It’s just boring.

And does Rebekah REALLY want to be a human with a family and whatnot? I mean, as far as we know, YES, she does. But she is a pretty good liar. I want her to be telling the truth, because it’s an interesting twist, something I never really expected from her. And no one else wants to be human, so it works out well. I don’t know. It’s so hard to tell. I’m proud of Elisha to take Rebekah’s side however. Sure, he wants her to prove herself, but that makes sense. If she hates living like a human, why would she want to for the rest of her life? Matt doesn’t think she would make a good human. And he makes an excellent point. Rebekah isn’t all that good. She’s kind of a bad guy. But I think she wants to be good, and she just has a hard time with it. And I feel bad for her because of that! I don’t know if I should, but I do. Matt’s like the nicest person in the world. Even if he hates her, she wants him to like her BECAUSE he’s the nicest person in the world. He even danced with her even though he didn’t want to. And then of course she is faced with the option to either not use her vampire powers to save someone and get the cute from Elisha, or use them and, as Matt says, “be good.” Of course, Silas poses as Rebekah and gets the cure before the real Rebekah can because Elisha gives it away. The whole with with Silas posing as everybody makes me think of Elena and Katherine and the whole Doppelgänger situation. Except now, EVERYONE has a potential doppelgänger and that makes everything more confusing. Because you have to doubt that anyone is really themselves, because theoretically, anyone could be Silas. Er, Silas could be anyone. And of course Katherine has to make her little appearance.

Now the prom aspect: Is this the first dance not a decade dance? Huh. Caroline’s dress was gorgeous. Let me get that out of the way. Holy crap! Why can’t we have any good places to shop for prom dresses where I live? Literally, we have nowhere. And she picked it out months before? That’s not fair. I want to go back to prom to pick out a prom dress months before. I’ve already picked out my wedding dress months before me wedding, so I have no more opportunities for that. And Elena decided to be a terrible person and steal Caroline’s dress. Classic emotionless Elena. So many backstabbing people. Adorable that both Stefan AND Damon decided to accompany her. And bought her a corsage. Of course she hates it. An aspect of this show that I never really thought about until this episode because it was pointed out to me: Damon really is quite a bit older than Elena, and not just because he’s an old vampire. Like, he’s probably in his mid to late 20s in the show, but they seem so good together that I never thought about it. I’m really angry at what she said to Matt and Bonnie. I know her emotions are off but they’re her friends. Come on. Even emotionless Elena should be nicer to them. The song played at Prom that Elena and Stefan danced to, and Bonnie and “Jeremy” danced to, seemed very fitting. She’s the once who needs saving guys! Elena! She needs saving! She wants to kill Bonnie!! But I’m so glad that Matt and Bonnie won prom king and queen. Even though Bonnie is a witch, I still feel like she is living a more normal life than everyone else. They deserved it.

One of my favorite parts about this episode: Caroline goes to Klaus and sees him brooding and says “I’m sorry you’re having personal issues, but I have real crisis on my hands.” I expected something big, like another death or something, but instead: “Elena stole my prom dress!” I had to try so hard to keep from cracking up in the middle of the library where I’m watching this. And I love Klaus’s face when Caroline told him to stop laughing. You could tell he was having a difficult time and kind of felt bad. Another thing: did Caroline seriously go to him for help AGAIN?? Why always him? I want them together but she claims to hate him an then she goes to him anyways? They’re my otp. I canNOT believe that she thought he would provide her with a dress. And yet he did. After everything, he was nice to her and gave her a dress. And that dress is even better than the first. Wowza. Of course it fit perfectly. And it really is gorgeous. I changed my mind everyone. Who needs a red prom dress when you can have the one Klaus managed to muster up. Even though Elena stole her dress, and she was PISSED (who wouldn’t be), she still stole the show. Her hair looks awesome too. And the thing with Stefan where she said something like “maybe one day you’ll just move on without knowing it and fall madly in love?” DID SHE DO THAT WITH KLAUS WITHOUT REALIZING IT? I think she did. But then Tyler? He’s back. And she seems pretty thrilled to see him. So it’s hard to tell. Does she love him or does she love Klaus? It both? Like Elena loved (loves?) both Damon and Stefan.

Second to last thing: I am very intrigued by Silas. Why didn’t we get to see his whole face and why was Bonnie so shocked? I guess we get to find out next episode!

I’ll end this on a happy note: Who else LOVED Matt’s hair in the picture going up to prom? It was GREAT. They looked so young and adorable. I wish everything could be happy and go back to how it was then.

Vampire Diaries: Season 4 Episode 18- American Gothic

SPOILER ALERT

Oh. Katherine’s back. Oh goodie. Because she’s definitely my favorite character. She has been this huge pain in the neck since the beginning of this show, and now she’s back. I’m gonna take a guess and say that the only person who’s happy about it is Elisha. Because now he’s so into Katherine? The love triangles and squares and going back and forth in this show is so exhausting and confusing and between seasons I forgot who’s with who. It’s funny to me that Elena and Rebecca just HAPPENED to stumble into the little town that Katherine is staying in. That worked out perfectly. Elena being dumb and trying to feed on her little break just led them right to Katherine. However, I am impressed in that Katherine had the idea to compel everyone to forget her unless she was directly talking to them. Of course it didn’t work because Elena is the doppelgänger and so everyone thought she was Katherine but it WAS a good idea in retrospect. Back to Elisha though- his accent really is great. I forgot in the long time we didn’t see him, but his accent is different than his siblings (each original has a different accent which is weird, because it seems like they would have at least a similar one). His just seems more refined and less snarky than the other originals, and it fits his character too. Their relationship is kind of odd to me. Elisha seems so much better than her. More of a good guy. Katherine’s hiding place was a good one (for the cure I mean). A treasure chest in a fish tank full of vervain water. Smart actually. No one can get it, and she can actually push people’s heads in it if they find her- which she did. And then Rebecca takes the “cure.” Did anyone else know that it was a fake? There is no way she would give it up that easy. Sure, she is all about self preservation, but in the long run, the cure is the most self preservative thing she could find. It will (maybe) insure that he will leave her alone forever. So OF COURSE Rebecca’s “cure” is not the actual one. And I feel so bad for her. I feel like she has the most noble reason to want the cure. She actually wants to be a human. Not to make deals with people or get back at anyone or threaten… So yeah. And then hey guys, remember that whole thing with Klaus and Caroline? Yeah, it’s still going on. Every episode lately has had a storyline with just the two of them. Never Klaus and Bonnie, never Klaus and Matt, always Klaus and Caroline. Is it just me, or does this have to imply that something more is going on between them than they think. Of course, she inadvertently saves him by arguing with him because he thinks he’s dying but actually isn’t because Silas (now looking like Caroline) compelled him to think he was dying? The music at the end kind of implies the maybe relationship between them too. I WANT THEM TOGETHER. I’m shipping them. Just like Damon and Elena. They are so much cuter together. Stefan is just too moody and broody. Elena needs the bit of bad boy. Sure she’s become a bad girl herself, but it’s different. And I hope she finds her good self again so Damon can once again be the yin to her yang… Or whatever.