Galentine's Day: Elena Gilbert picspam

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YOU 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 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.

Comments

[semele]

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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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Awwwwww *shakes fist at fandom* I'm so glad I could brighten your day after all the negativity. Elena is AMAZING and needs to be celebrated more. I just love that this character exists because she's so different from the usual teen drama heroine.

Also, yaaaaay Elena appreciation week!

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WHAT IS THIS. FUCK THIS POST.

THE FUCKING QUOTES THOUGH

sobbing on the floor at "we always survive. just leave me here.

(prettyprettyprettypretty)

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♥

[pocochina]

NO STEFAN IT MAKES ME STRONG.

this girl and her journey toward becoming a survivor. Beautiful job.

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Thank you!

I CANNOT EVEN WITH THIS GIRL.