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Another TVD ask if you don't mind?! 1. Three less popular TVD ships that you love (one of mine is Jenna/Alaric---don't mock me :)) 2. Your three favorite seasons in order 3. What do you see as a couple of the greatest strengths AND clearest flaws of each of these characters: Elena, Bonnie, Caroline, Damon and Stefan? 4. Name three unpopular opinions you have about the show! Enjoy, and happy holidays!

I would never mock you. I think that all relationships serve as learning vehicles and stepping stones, and they should change and grow as we do. Alaric and Jenna helped each other heal, which is a good thing. I feel this way about most of the relationships in TVD. They all serve a purpose. This is an extra long post so I am attempting to put a "keep reading." I hope it works, but if it doesn't, I apologize. :)

Happy holidays!!

Three less popular TVD ships that I love (FYI: I'm not sure which couples are popular or unpopular, but these are my faves after Delena.): Bonnie and Enzo, Alaric and Jo (I love Jodi Lyn O'Keefe!), and Klaus and Caroline. What I love and prefer are honesty and trust, which is why Delena is my favorite. These couples all know the worst truths about each other and still build something. Yes. I know Klaroline didn't happen, but they had a spark. I maintain that it would have been epic.

My three favorite seasons in order: 1.) Season 3...I love Delena falling in love, and I love the originals, especially Klaus and Elijah. I was sad when they left Mystic Falls. 2.) Season 6...Delena are in peak love, and it's gorgeous. Damon is so soft and pure that I can barely handle it. I think Alaric and Jo are adorable. I love the development of Damon and Bonnie's friendship. 3.) Season 5...Delena is obviously fabulous, but I also like that we get backstory for Damon, who is my absolute favorite character. I love Damon and Jeremy and Damon and Enzo. I liked Paul Wesley as Silas. He's just hilarious.

Greatest strengths and flaws:

Elena - Strengths: 1. Elena is strong, and I mean emotionally. She experiences horrific loss time after time and dies twice, and this girl gets up every morning and goes to school, takes care of her brother (and Jenna and Alaric), and continues to make it through. 2. She is also compassionate, as everyone knows. This is the reason she can care about Anna and Rebekah losing their mother even when they are doing bad things to her or her friends. It's also the reason that she can fall in love with the love of her life. She doesn't even have the capacity to hate Katherine as she is dying. For the record, I do. 3. I'm going to add a third because I want to. Elena supports her friends and family always. She encourages Jenna with Alaric. She tries to ease Jenna's fear and guilt at the ritual. She basically takes care of Alaric after Jenna dies under the pretense that he is looking after her and Jeremy. She encourages Caroline with Matt and then Stefan and doesn't judge the Klaroline hookup. She tries to stop Caroline from turning off her humanity and then works to help her turn it back on. She supports Bonnie with Jeremy and is mad on Bonnie's behalf when he screws up the first time around. She consistently tries to be present for Bonnie when tragedy strikes and respectfully stays distant when Bonnie needs it even though it breaks her heart. She's there for Stefan more than I agree with, so I'm not listing things here other than her always supporting the brothers being brothers. She knows that Damon cares about people long before anyone else figures it out. She supports him through losing Katherine, Rose dying, losing Stefan to Klaus, etc. That's barely touching how she is with Damon, but this is long already. Flaws: 1. I've said this before. Elena can be selfish. She willingly would sacrifice herself and demand that her choice be respected, but she doesn't respect the choices of those who love her. She is basically saying that her choice is the only valid one. 2. Elena's denial of the truth is the flaw that I hate the most. She gets solid proof that Stefan is a liar when she finds that picture of Katherine. Then, somehow she continues to believe that he is a pillar of morals. She sees his serial killer wall and still doesn't see the truth of Stefan. It literally takes him attacking her for her to get it. I won't even start on how hard she fought being in love with Damon. That girl lives in denial.

Bonnie - Strengths: 1. Bonnie is also strong. She grieves hard and takes her needed healing time, but she keeps going just like Elena. 2. Bonnie is an amazing friend. I want her to be my friend. She sees the truth and accepts that some things have nothing to do with her. For instance, when Damon tells her that Delena kissed and sends Bonnie and Elena off on a road trip, she puts any misgivings she has about Damon aside and asks Elena how she feels. Flaws: 1. Bonnie is initially super judgmental without having pertinent details. 2. Also, her refusal to accept the supernatural pouring into their lives rivals Elena's denial, especially given that she herself is supernatural.

Caroline - Strengths: 1. Caroline is a bright and happy person. She maintains this almost always. I think it takes a certain strength to see the world that way all the time. 2. She is also fiercely loyal, at least to some of her friends. She takes it upon herself to help Tyler when he enacts his curse, and she is always there for Stefan. Flaws: 1. Caroline is super judgmental to a fault, and it only applies when she sees fit. Nothing makes me angrier than Stefan and Caroline feeling bad about the hybrids killing Klaus because somehow he's worth compassion but not feeling like Damon deserves the same compassion. I can't even wrap my head around that. 2. While Caroline is loyal to Tyler and Stefan, she is not the greatest friend to Elena. Yes. They have their moments, and I love them. But if my friend told my ex that I slept with his brother after I said I wanted to tell him myself, I wouldn't be friends with her anymore. She literally put Stefan over one of her oldest friendships.

Stefan - Strengths: This one is difficult for me because I dislike Stefan for the majority of the series except in isolated moments. 1. I like that when it comes down to life or death, he chooses Damon. 2. When his humanity is off, he makes an excellent villain. I like him like that until he makes things personal, i.e. almost driving Elena off Wickery Bridge or going to kill her in season eight to get at Damon. Flaws: 1. Stefan is a liar. This is the reason I can't stand him. He lies and lies throughout the whole series. He lies until he gets caught every time. Period. I do not consider him to be moral or pure of heart or any of that bullsh*t that the characters call him. 2. Secondly, he considers himself to be better. How he manages this knowing that he went on ripper binges and killed whole villages is beyond me. I'm going to stop here because I could rant for days about Stefan.

Damon - Strengths: I saved my Damon for last, and it's going to be long. I'm not sorry. 1. Regardless of how many times he and everyone else call him selfish, he is anything but selfish. He is only selfish with Elena's life, and thank goodness someone is. He's a hero. In season one, he is trying to rescue Katherine and ends up trying to save the town from the tomb vampires. He also, while hating his brother, saves him from the tomb vampires. In season two, he saves numerous people (Caroline a few times, Matt, Tyler, etc.), takes care of a dying Rose (gives her a beautiful dream), puts his own life in danger to save others (and gets wolf-bitten in the process), especially Elena (fighting the originals is futile and deadly), and only wants to ensure that Elena lives. In season three, he literally takes care of Elena. He is just there for her every single day while also still taking care of everyone else (because they all go to him with problems that arise). In season four, he is still there for Elena even after she chose Stefan. He won't really be with Elena because of the sire bond. He wants her to take the cure. I'm going to stop here because he just keeps getting more heroic after this, i.e. blows himself up to save Mystic Falls and all their dead friends on the other side. 2. Damon is honest. From the beginning, we and the characters know his worst. He says he only wants to save Katherine. He says he's a vampire that kills. He tries to get Elena and Stefan to see the truth of Stefan. He's honest when he doesn't want Elena to be cured for those moments that it's true, and then he's honest about wanting it for her. I just know someone will point out that he lied about knowing Jeremy was wearing the ring, and I will point out that by the end of the episode, he was honest about it because he prefers to be real always. I could wax poetic for hours about Damon, so I am forcing myself to quit. Flaws: Damon has little control over his heightened emotions. When his emotions build to a breaking point, he lashes out without thought. This results in Jeremy's broken neck, feeding Elena his blood before Klaus' ritual, breaking Kol's neck at the Mikaelson's party, etc. 2. Damon doesn't believe in his own worth. He is quick to accept that he is the worse brother, that he doesn't deserve love, that he isn't worth saving, that everything that goes wrong is his fault, etc. I won't get into the reason for this, but it makes me sad.

Three unpopular opinions I have about the show, (Again, I'm not sure what is popular or not.) so really these are just opinions.

TVD is well-written. I absolutely love the stellar soundtrack throughout and how it ties into the story, and the humor is excellent. As someone who has seen many things Kevin Williamson has had a hand in, I love when they pay homage, and they do often in TVD. Delena is quite possibly one of the best ships I have ever witnessed develop.

Bonnie deserved better the whole time. They did her and Kat Graham a disservice.

The show was severely lacking in diversity.

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