Oh, definitely too "sensitive". I bet he loathed the violence of war. Which is particularly poignant considering what a general type he is now. :\
Tragic irony is tragic. :( The Civil War was a brutal, nasty war, too, arguably even more so than usual. A lot of those guys died slow, agonizing deaths, and I'm guessing the first time Damon saw someone bleed out in front of him or get ripped apart by a Minie ball, he was done. I'm probably overthinking this, but since psychoanalyzing fictional characters is one of my favorite pastimes, I've wondered if his war experience is partly why Damon always seems to kill quickly. We haven't seen much of Ripper Stefan yet, but he seems like the type to play with his food before eating it. He has waxed poetic about the thrill of the hunt before.
YES. I'm guessing Damon was about 12 or something. Which means that he had more time being close to their mother, while Stefan did most of his growing up under the care of their father, hence the hero-worship thing. Also it makes sense for Damon to start transferring his need for 'feminine attention' to potential girlfriends around the time of sexual development, lol.
OUR BRAINS, THEY ARE AS ONE. When considering this, I thought, "At which age would losing a parent screw Damon up the most? The onset of puberty it is!" I too think that Damon and Stefan were probably each raised by different parents, and that could also explain a little bit of their co-dependency, since after their mom died, Damon would have been the only real link to their mother Stefan had left. I don't think the show has ever said, but I read somewhere that in the books, Damon was 7 years older, so that would have made Stefan a wee 5-year-old, and Damon old enough to feel responsible for him. As for Damon's psychosexual development, a) WORD and b) Oedipus complex, anyone? Spike had that going on too, and considering Damon's relationship with his father and the way he probably idolized his mother, I could totally see that happening.
(Tangent: I am itching to do a compare & contrast meta with Damon and Spike. I'm sure it's been done many times, but their characters just beg for it. Of course, I may have to rewatch Buffy. FOR RESEARCH.)
AHH YOU HAVE A DOCTOR WHO ICON. The Tenth Doctor era and TVD are my twin TV obsessions. I haven't really been watching this season, but "The Doctor's Wife" was amazing.
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Date: 2011-06-03 04:47 am (UTC)Tragic irony is tragic. :( The Civil War was a brutal, nasty war, too, arguably even more so than usual. A lot of those guys died slow, agonizing deaths, and I'm guessing the first time Damon saw someone bleed out in front of him or get ripped apart by a Minie ball, he was done. I'm probably overthinking this, but since psychoanalyzing fictional characters is one of my favorite pastimes, I've wondered if his war experience is partly why Damon always seems to kill quickly. We haven't seen much of Ripper Stefan yet, but he seems like the type to play with his food before eating it. He has waxed poetic about the thrill of the hunt before.
YES. I'm guessing Damon was about 12 or something. Which means that he had more time being close to their mother, while Stefan did most of his growing up under the care of their father, hence the hero-worship thing. Also it makes sense for Damon to start transferring his need for 'feminine attention' to potential girlfriends around the time of sexual development, lol.
OUR BRAINS, THEY ARE AS ONE. When considering this, I thought, "At which age would losing a parent screw Damon up the most? The onset of puberty it is!" I too think that Damon and Stefan were probably each raised by different parents, and that could also explain a little bit of their co-dependency, since after their mom died, Damon would have been the only real link to their mother Stefan had left. I don't think the show has ever said, but I read somewhere that in the books, Damon was 7 years older, so that would have made Stefan a wee 5-year-old, and Damon old enough to feel responsible for him. As for Damon's psychosexual development, a) WORD and b) Oedipus complex, anyone? Spike had that going on too, and considering Damon's relationship with his father and the way he probably idolized his mother, I could totally see that happening.
(Tangent: I am itching to do a compare & contrast meta with Damon and Spike. I'm sure it's been done many times, but their characters just beg for it. Of course, I may have to rewatch Buffy. FOR RESEARCH.)
AHH YOU HAVE A DOCTOR WHO ICON. The Tenth Doctor era and TVD are my twin TV obsessions. I haven't really been watching this season, but "The Doctor's Wife" was amazing.