While glimpses of Stefan’s humanity have been obvious for a bit, his comforting of Elena after Alaric’s “death” was a massive step forward.
“Stefan’s whole struggle, obviously, this year has been he’s hanging on by such a tenuous thread for the first half of the season and then he lost his mind for a nice chunk in the middle, so he’s been terrified of opening himself back up and letting those feelings in,” Plec told reporters earlier this week. “And it’s been a slow, slow permeation of his emotional life through the latter section of the season. And in this moment, seeing her at her most vulnerable, the support that she’s been trying to give him all season, it’s finally him saying, ‘It’s OK to feel and I’ve heard you all those times when you told me that. It’s OK to feel and it’s OK to have hope and I heard you. Now, let me give that back to you.’”
It’s a sweet gesture, but as you may expect, it does make things a bit more difficult for Elena and her looming decision between the two brothers who love her.
“And all of this is just illuminating to this girl at this point in her life that these two men who are so important to her, that she has no one, she’s lost everyone that matters to her — almost everyone — and how do you choose in a moment like that?” Plec questioned. “And in the last two episodes, it’s really going to be about her asking herself that question and trying to understand how she could possibly let one of them go when she’s already lost so much.”
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So, remember that hug Alaric gave Elena a few episodes ago that bordered on sexual weirdness? Is this going to be some thing where she falls for Alaric now because he’s a different Alaric? The dark Alaric that only Meredith knows. This one vampire she hasn’t gotten to know. She was so close to his good side, but she wants to know his vampiric/dark side now. Or is my mind just crazy because this show goes to crazy places?
Elena with 3 lovers that she can’t even choose one from. What a horrible task she faces. lol
LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!
Sorry, I am getting the book names and the show names mixed up. You’re all probably wondering who Meredith is. I meant Esther. Sorry for the mistake. My bad.