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+ This post exists to announce that I am officially done with my university year and thus the next few months will be ones of glorious splendiferous freedom. You care about this.

+ I also have a pile of fandom projects about as high as the Eiffel tower, so. THINGS WILL OCCUR. Thinking of doing a rec post too maybe because what else am I good for.

+ Speaking of which, I still have a few fanmix requests left to fulfil. Apologies for lateness. An exam happened. (It went fine.) Also, apparently Mediafire has deceased or is deceasing (?) which means I'll have to reupload a number of files, le sigh~. Bear with, bear with.

+ eowyn_315 has ordered me to complete an Elena G./blood OTP picspam that is currently consuming my life, thus vampire crack thoughts this week are on the light side. In brevity: 

• I thought the episode was fantastical and last week is all forgiven. *pets le show*
• ELENA GILBERT EXISTS. Thank jeebus Show let her kill someone. There were many things to like about that development, one of which is that despite it ostensibly being about protecting Jeremy and about self-defence, the act itself was also largely driven by sheer rage. "You're the biggest monster he'll ever meet." GAH. And  Y E S  to the kill not even being driven by bloodlust -- because Elena's self-control is actually unreal. The irony of "I lost control" is that she was in control every second. She didn't lose control of her actions; she lost control of her emotions. (LOL, sounds like someone else we know, am I right or am I right.) And because we all have to cling to ways of not dealing, she attempts to explain it as "losing herself", as though it wasn't all her the entire time. Stunning, tbh.
• You know what isn't stunning? Another dead PoC. What's new in life. Especially a shame and a waste because Connor became really interesting to me this episode re: his longing for "all this to mean something". And then it didn't. :|
• Okay, real talk. Startin' to get real tired of fandom's deal about Elena's depression. Peasants, I can smell the ableism from ten miles away. I mean - WHAT A CHORE to have to watch someone be clinically depressed and suicidal for three seasons, right. What a fucking chore. BOOTSTRAPS, am I right. Fucking bootstraps. Check yourself before I cut you. (I will cut you.)
• Surprisingly, not hating on either Salvatore this week? The show was back to being self-aware and portraying Stefan in all his disgusting glory, ergo I enjoyed him immensely. Which isn't to say that I find him especially likeable or sympathetic, but fascinating nonetheless. And I'm gonna give Damon a temporary pass because, well, there really wasn't any opportunity to let Elena in on the cure nonsense during the episode. If he continues to keep it from Elena (... despite having no real investment in the mission himself), I'll beat him with a crowbar. 
• On that note, I hate myself for loving that final Salvabros scene. "I'm doing it for you", UGH VOMITTTTTTT. I JUST CAN'T QUIT U FOOLS. X( Also, Stefan walking around in that singlet thing made the scene very gay porno-ish (what's new in life).
• Bonnie/Shane. I'm into it. Let it happen for my perverse need to see such things, show. 
• I can't even pretend to have dignity about Elena + Damon anymore. As Marta said: "She straddled him on a bed while pointing a phallic object at him, and then they plotted a murder together." The relationships in my life have NO MEANING. :( :( :(
• This seems to be an unpopular opinion, but I <<<<<<<<33333333 Elena's "you told me to kill him, so I did." It's not about shifting blame; she knows full well that this is her fault. But Damon is supposed to be the guy who FIXES everything, dammit. Yet, he can't fix this, and she kind of hates him for it. Which works, because he'll let her hate him for anything. 
• Shippers are having a field day over everything, no doubt. I think it's important to note that Stefan's gross behaviour re: Elena right now is about equally as bad as Damon's back in S2 (the only real difference being that Damon's controlling and objectifying wasn't rooted in a Madonna/whore complex). Both dudes are guilty of impinging on Elena's agency and... generally being the worst. And the reason that Damon is on the whole faring better right now is because he already went through his emo period of fucking everything up and eating crow. Like, twice. (One of those periods consisted of waiting for 145 years to save Katherine, obvs.) At this point, Damon has learned the fucking hard way to rid himself of his Romantic Hero delusions. Stefan, not so much. He still can't conceive of any relationship with Elena in which he is not her "saviour". Hence... this. 
• I've definitely missed some points, but such is life.

+ btw, this post on Tumblr is responsible for the cut text of this one. Look at it and decease from LOL.

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[quietliban.livejournal.com]

lalala, not reading post except to say: CONGRATS at the finishing of the university year. I be envious.

AND:
I was so not prepared for that tumblr post. SO NOT PREPARED.

I apologise at the rampant use of all caps. I have a problem.

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THANK YOU! And glad to have brought amusement to your life. That post begged to be shown to all.