Galentine's Day: Elena Gilbert picspam
Feb. 12th, 2012 04:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
next_to_normalYOU GUYS. I have been so excited to post my Galentine's Day stuff, I COULD BARELY CONTAIN MYSELF. So I am starting a day early!
This one is forsemele. I'm... not entirely sure what to call it? Sort of a meta-shaped graphic thing?
Elena's defining character arc is her relationship with death: her own, her survivor's guilt in the wake of her loved ones' deaths, and the belief that she is doomed to destroy everything she touches. This is a story of how she comes to terms with grief, faces down her own death wish, and - above all - how she keeps going. She wants desperately to give up, but she doesn't really have a choice. She always survives, whether she wants to or not. She's alive, whether she deserves to be or not. So she gets out of bed every morning, pastes a smile on her face, and tries to convince herself that life is worth living.
This one is for
semele. I'm... not entirely sure what to call it? Sort of a meta-shaped graphic thing?Elena's defining character arc is her relationship with death: her own, her survivor's guilt in the wake of her loved ones' deaths, and the belief that she is doomed to destroy everything she touches. This is a story of how she comes to terms with grief, faces down her own death wish, and - above all - how she keeps going. She wants desperately to give up, but she doesn't really have a choice. She always survives, whether she wants to or not. She's alive, whether she deserves to be or not. So she gets out of bed every morning, pastes a smile on her face, and tries to convince herself that life is worth living.
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Date: Feb. 12th, 2012 11:39 pm (UTC)I needed this so badly! I accidentaly came across some REALLY awful Elena bashing yesterday, and "general fandom" has been terrible those last few days, and here you are with this amazing, positive message!!! Because Elena's arc is about ELENA, not about her love life! It's about surviving, and growing up, and becoming. Elena can't be reduced to The Girl Who Loved Two Brothers. She is The Girl Who Should've Died. She is The Girl Who Keeps Going. She is The Girl Who Didn't Want To Be A Vampire. She is The Girl Who Talks Herself Into Going On. She isn't a perfect person, and I never wanted her to be one. But Elena Gilbert is all the stories I always wanted to hear told.
I don't know how to thank you for this post - and for having the sixth sense to post it early. Oh God, I needed it SO MUCH today. It made me so happy that my head actually stopped hurting - and I was just taking a last look at DW before going to bed to sleep the headache off.
Btw, I think that you've just helped me to figure out an angle for an Elena appreciation week for the next womenlovefest :D.
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Date: Feb. 13th, 2012 04:54 pm (UTC)Also, yaaaaay Elena appreciation week!
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Date: Feb. 14th, 2012 01:48 am (UTC)THE FUCKING QUOTES THOUGH
sobbing on the floor at "we always survive. just leave me here.
(prettyprettyprettypretty)
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Date: Feb. 16th, 2012 08:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Feb. 14th, 2012 12:14 pm (UTC)this girl and her journey toward becoming a survivor. Beautiful job.
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Date: Feb. 16th, 2012 08:25 pm (UTC)I CANNOT EVEN WITH THIS GIRL.