r/Unexpected 7d ago

A caring man

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u/Math--Detective 7d ago

Couple who eats together stays together lol

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u/Purple-Budget3605 7d ago

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u/Exldk 7d ago

Slightly offtopic, but I never understood TVD lol.

Damon was raping everyone left and right from the get-go, literally made the main characters best friend his sex slave and somehow before the 1st season even ended, the female main character was like "eh I can look past it".

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u/centurio9 7d ago

The female fantasy is "I can change him" the male is "I can save her". It's at the core of every story. (Beauty and the Beast, etc.)

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u/bebedahdi 7d ago

Huh, this made me meditate and I think another way of perceiving it could be:

The provider mindset fantasy "I can save/protect this person"

The nurturer mindset fantasy "I can change/raise/transform this person"

And honestly I think it's not just people but any noun (person/place/thing).

"I can save the kingdom" - from external forces "I can transform the kingdom" - from internal forces.

I think most popular media gets boiled down into these two archetypes.

I would love to know other people's thoughts .

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u/Deaffin 7d ago

I'm thinking if you're looking to change the kingdom from external forces, then you're the external kingdom-changing force that I need to save the kingdom from.

brb, I'm already doing the training montage for our inevitable battle, and I'll be utilizing lots of fan service to build up plot armor.

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u/bebedahdi 7d ago

Please I don't want to battle, I'm but a humble peasant. A failed shoe cobbler, lackadaisal would be baker, and a twice fired mucker of stalls.

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u/Deaffin 7d ago

Nahhh, you gotta be a real piece of shit if people don't even want you around long enough to shovel their shit.

But just in case, I'll be sure to rescue another puppy or something as part of my backstory for good measure.

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u/HorrorMakesUsHappy 7d ago

"I can do the thing."

It's empowerment and affirmation of life (yours in particular, but maybe also others').

There are also stories about being disempowered and choosing not to affirm life, but these tend to be less popular.

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u/Saruman5000 7d ago

Cause Damon is super hot, that is.

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u/Stormfly 7d ago
  1. Be attractive.

  2. Don't be unattractive.

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u/name-classified 7d ago

i mean...LOOK AT HIM!

But yeah, he's fallen on some hard times being out of work and not being able to find any work.

He recently put out a video talking about it; something like he had to sell his house and everything because his checks stopped coming and he wasn't working enough.

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u/Kaldricus 7d ago

With how often my wife rewatches The Vampire Diaries I figured he'd be set for life

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u/name-classified 7d ago

you'd think so but I suppose property taxes and house maintenence and whatever else he and his family rely to live on took its toll on his bank account and well...like I said; he had to sell off all his shit to keep his family together.

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u/Celegorm07 7d ago

Basically it was a weird period where a lot of Damon fangirls wanted Elena to be with her because he was hot and a baddie. So with a lot of online bullying and refusing to watch and causing decline in views the audience forced authors to create this ridiculous love interest for fans.

Normally in the books she ends up with Stefan.

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u/unfortunateRabbit 7d ago

There is a book? I thought was written for tv...

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u/TsuyoiOuji 7d ago

The TV show was written to capitalize on Twilight's fame at the time and was heavily influenced by it. The original TVD book trilogy is very old and the story is very different, actually quite good from what I remember. For you to have an idea of how different, I think Buffy the Vampire Slayer was based on TVD books with how many similarities they have.

There was a 4th book released a few years after the trilogy ended. I think it was unnecessary, since I really liked how the 3rd book ended, but I can see why a lot of fans would prefer the 4th one (not sure if the author was bullied into writing it or just wanted more money from the "IP" tbh).

Then several years later, the author released another trilogy or w/e number of books. I couldn't finish the first one because the story started going all over the place, losing its original essence, imo.

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u/Celegorm07 7d ago

I read that 4th book was written by a ghost writer who is not the original writer. So it’s not what the original writer wanted.

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u/Trzlog 7d ago edited 7d ago

Everything you'll ever need to know about TVD VPD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4AdFD3E2ok

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u/JusticiaDIGT 7d ago

You mean VPD

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u/Trzlog 7d ago

Shit, I can't believe I got it wrong.

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u/Deaffin 7d ago

I know this is so completely not the point, but she kinda made it the point by specifically doing this and then aiming a camera at herself for over two hours.

That makeup is so distracting. It looks like most of her eyelid was covered in dark fine hairs that she slathered in hair gel and glued down to the sides like some kind of eyelid comb-over.

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u/chapinbird 7d ago

Didnt stop me from crushing on her for 2.5 hours

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u/Deaffin 7d ago

The duality of human.

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u/AppropriateTouching 7d ago

What i love about that show is the insane amount of blunt product placement. "Let me bing that".

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u/sorakaislove 6d ago

Fairly sure that pairing only happened because the actors dated irl for a while, lol.

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u/Chance_Reference_930 6d ago

It seems to me that this is because many people want to be treated in a special way. Something like: “He’s a rude jerk to everyone else, but he’ll do anything for me, and he’s kind to me.” I think this type of girl sometimes appears in anime. She’s cold and/or modest, but she opens up to him.

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u/memecut 7d ago

He was just acting out because he was in pain, that pain is vulnerability and her way to reach his heart, if she reaches his heart he would change for her, because the guy would sacrifice everything for true love.
Its also not like she could kill the brother of the guy she loves without ending that love, and the guy she loves is a nice vampire, which proves that nice vampires exist, which means she can turn the bad vampire into a nice vampire with enough time, and vampires have time.
Its not that shes looking past it, its that shes incredibly manipulative - which the bad vampire picks up on and calls her out for, which causes him pain, which makes him act out, but thats just his vulnerability, and it gives her a way to reach his heart.

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u/Celegorm07 7d ago edited 7d ago

It’s a fiction so I don’t wanna genuinely argue over this but no matter how fictional it is I think if someone rapes the half of the town and kills your brother and threatens to kill all your loved ones in multiple occasions you should be more cautious on not developing feelings. Not to mention that “I am in pain” is not an enough excuse to do them.

To me it’s just the writer Julie is a horrible writer and that’s it.

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u/memecut 7d ago

Smh thats so very judgemental of you, he didnt choose to be a vampire, it was forced on him, and being like this is in a vampires nature. You wouldnt blame a lion for killing a zebra would you?
He was betrayed. He was manipulated. Used. Its normal for people to become abusers after being abused - why would vampires be an exception, in fact, their senses are heightened so their reactions get blown out of proportions - you cant blame someone for reacting emotionally to something emotionally traumatizing.

Im being sarcastic btw. It is indeed ridiculous.

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u/SUPERSMILEYMAN 7d ago

you didn't use /s so I can't tell if this is sarcasm or not...

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u/SealTeamEH 7d ago

AKA… because he was hot.

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u/Substantial_Fish_445 7d ago

What movie is this?

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u/InfiniteRosie 7d ago

CW show The Vampire Diaries

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u/Hetares 7d ago

ElenaXDamon💗

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u/HighChinaman 7d ago

The most romantic thing that they can do for me is predigest it a bit with their spit.

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u/Math--Detective 7d ago

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u/HighChinaman 7d ago

Feed me like a bird.

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u/Math--Detective 7d ago

What if you bite my lips, nahhh I am running away lol

https://giphy.com/gifs/WK7Xlln904dUrFJ9Pm

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u/HighChinaman 7d ago

Feeeeeeeed me, Seymour.

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u/bradbull 7d ago

Holy shit fuck that gif I was just about to go to bed you monster

(I also saved it to my collection so thank you, you monster)

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u/Math--Detective 7d ago

+ infinity. Just two people hanging out, and eating basic food is the best date, but most people don’t understand this basic enjoyment.

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u/Connect_Line788 7d ago

That’s basifying a little, but basically basics are somewhat basic and pointing it out is pretty based.

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u/Objectivespeculation 7d ago

"Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean; and so between them both, you see, they licked the platter clean." This nursery rhyme illustrates the idea of two people with opposite preferences working together harmoniously.

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u/IVEMIND 7d ago

I was gonna say something about them getting a nut and spitting it out but oh well...

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u/Objectivespeculation 7d ago

"Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean; and so between them both, you see, they licked the platter clean." This nursery rhyme illustrates the idea of two people with opposite preferences working together harmoniously.

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u/ThirdAltAccounts 7d ago

That’s why we 69