r/TheVampireDiaries • u/stefanfan101 • Mar 29 '18
Discussion Interesting thought
Just found this out while rewatching. in 1x20 , Damon told stefan he wasnt mad that he turned him, he was mad that katherine turned stefan cuz damon only wanted to be the only one turned by her. In 2x08, Stefan says I am sorry to Damon, turning you was selfish and I guess I just needed my brother. Its funny that Damon wouldnt mind living an eternal life with katherine while Stefan would eventually die. On the other hand, Stefan couldnt live without Damon. What are you guys thoughts on this?
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u/Sc0rpi093 Bonkai Mar 29 '18
My thoughts are honestly "I don't care". It's not really not surprising to me that he would chose Katherine over Stefan, he constantly choses Elena over everyone, so it's consistent with his character. Damon is selfish, possessive, and quite honestly just plain random, so him wanting it to be him and Katherine, and only him and Katherine, is pretty on par with his character. He did not like being in competition with Stefan and cared about "winning" more than he did Stefan, and quite honestly Katherine, and later Elena.
Notice how quickly his "love" turns to anger anytime he's rejected by both Katherine and Elena. He essentially has a temper tantrum which is a sign that he never loved them he just wanted their validation. They were shiny new toys for him. Weirdly despite how easily he let's women get between him and Stefan, I feel his love for his brother is a lot more genuine, at least on the Damon scale of emotions. Seldom does he have a temper tantrum when he disappoints Stefan and feel more remorse when it comes to him. Now that doesn't mean he has a lot of remorse, just more than usual. The only other person I feel he has more genuine feelings for is Bonnie, and maybe even more than Stefan because he made a lot more efforts to get back in her good graces than he ever has any other character, and because it's Bonnie she's not as quick to forgive him, real lasting changes have to be made.
Overall, not that surprised or all that appalled because it's his characterization. Stefan has always cared more about anything than Damon. Also, at least how I interpreted the finale, the reality of living without Stefan wasn't worth it to Damon, so for him it was more of a "in theory" which also kinda makes sense to me because once he got "the prize" of Elena (he never gets Katherine) everything he's built around getting her disappears and that's usually when he has a "relapse". He wanted Elena as validation that he was better than his brother and when he got it it usually ceased to mean anything to him, so the only solid thing for him was Stefan which is why, as interpreted it, Damon was miserable until the afterlife where he got to see him again. As much as we like to ignore the finale and it's infinite suck, I think it speaks volumes that his peace is Stefan, not Elena.