'I think that Damon and Stefan have a thing about keeping the status quo, like Stefan as the good brother and Damon as the wild one and it kind of upsets that balance and pushes Damon into this other role he doesn't necessarily want to be in.'
This is brilliant! I never thought of it that way, but yes I can totally see that, Damon gets to keep being irresponsible because Stefan is the responsible one and when they switch roles he has to be different. Kind of co-dependant in a way. Maybe that also ties in with the 'balance of nature' issue which has been coming up? Like if they're both evil it will throw everything off? But the there was a time when they were both evil so maybe not...
On the gay subtext I've got to be honest, I think if they're putting this subtext in on purpose they have not thought it through properly. Like,making the one gay character in the whole show the guy advocating for repression and control therapy? Maybe it's supposed to make it really obvious what the torture represents, but I think it was a terrible decision.
And can we talk about how VD steers very clear of any kind of biting, or sucking between male characters? I think some of the female characters have had female victims that they drank from if I remember right, but I don't think the male characters have bitten other dudes. They just kill them with stabbing etc I think - is that right? Or they get guys to drink their blood off screen... In classic vamp criticism gay subtext tends to come from the whole biting, sucking, penetration angle so it's weird to see a show that clearly is throwing some m/m fan service to its audience totally avoiding those kinds of allusions. I was happy to see that the subtext was lesbian this time though - it's not all about the boys, but at the same time several of the male characters have been put into active shipable positions for fan service, while Caroline really lacks a comparable female ship partner.
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This is brilliant! I never thought of it that way, but yes I can totally see that, Damon gets to keep being irresponsible because Stefan is the responsible one and when they switch roles he has to be different. Kind of co-dependant in a way. Maybe that also ties in with the 'balance of nature' issue which has been coming up? Like if they're both evil it will throw everything off? But the there was a time when they were both evil so maybe not...
On the gay subtext I've got to be honest, I think if they're putting this subtext in on purpose they have not thought it through properly. Like,making the one gay character in the whole show the guy advocating for repression and control therapy? Maybe it's supposed to make it really obvious what the torture represents, but I think it was a terrible decision.
And can we talk about how VD steers very clear of any kind of biting, or sucking between male characters? I think some of the female characters have had female victims that they drank from if I remember right, but I don't think the male characters have bitten other dudes. They just kill them with stabbing etc I think - is that right? Or they get guys to drink their blood off screen... In classic vamp criticism gay subtext tends to come from the whole biting, sucking, penetration angle so it's weird to see a show that clearly is throwing some m/m fan service to its audience totally avoiding those kinds of allusions. I was happy to see that the subtext was lesbian this time though - it's not all about the boys, but at the same time several of the male characters have been put into active shipable positions for fan service, while Caroline really lacks a comparable female ship partner.