TanithRea wrote:
Justgetused2it - long posts are great keep it up!
I was discussing with others and we were surprised at how much and how quickly he discarded the bond he had built with Jeremy - how do you think about it?
The Enzo relationship has come about because he has a void after Katelena has broken him and he is no longer assertive as he was with Enzo when he said they were even. Then Enzo plays on his vulnerability with giving him a way to let it out at the same time pulling on guilt about leaving Enzo behind and thinking he was dead and not re-captured and still being tortured.
Do you think Stefan will be the one to save him? From himself and the serum now taking control?
Another big post would be great lol yay! ;)
Yes, it's kind of surprising me as well that Damon discarded what he has built with Jeremy. Damon is a character that when he care about something or someone he does it with all of him. He cares and loves deeply. So it's gonna hurt him if the person he care much doesn't really care about him. He loves to push ppl who wants to care about him away just too see if they're really care. When they're not backing away then he got the proof he needs to start caring about this person. No one in this show have genuine feeling that they like/love/care/understand about Damon as Damon, except Elena and Alaric and I dare to say Katherine in her twisted way. Stefan loves Damon too, but he just doesn't really know his brother well, so he doesn't know how to love/care Damon and how to fight Damon's dark side to pull him out from it. He admited it in his conversation with Caroline in last episode. When Damon met Enzo, he felt guilty, but then he saved him and called it even. He has no debt no more.
When Elena says it's over, he felt that he lost her. He has no one now that really care about him as he is. But he has Enzo. Someone who has a strong bond with him once, someone who trust him and willing to suffered for him. In 5x12 Damon reveal in his conversation with Aaron:
Aaron: What do you want, Damon?
Damon: I want the same thing you want, Aaron. Go back in time, fix the past, get someone back I've lost.
So, IMO, his journey now with Enzo, have something to do with his effort to have the old Enzo back. In Damon POV, his bond with Jeremy is not as strong as his old bond with Enzo. I know it's controversial, but I'm a weird person, LOL. The incident with Jeremy would've not happened, if Jeremy really care about Damon. he could say Damon didn't need to threat anyone coz he would help him finding a way tracking Wes, ask Bonnie to help Damon as well. etc etc, many better scenarios in my head. He threatened Jeremy becoz he knew they will never help him willingly. It kinda reminds me of his journey to save Kat in season 1. It was Elena that wanted to help him no matter how she didn't really like/agree with Damon that time. Maybe he expected Elena would react the same as before. That's why he came to the party and let everyone knew about it including Elena. That's why he's not threathen Bonnie not to tell anyone. He could've if he really wanted to hurt Jeremy. But Elena reation is not like his expectation. She even bother to make a phone call. who she's calling? 911? LOL. Anyway Damon always has priority list in his life. and at this time, Enzo is in his top priority. Don't get me wrong, Elena always has place in his heart, but she's a vampire now who can take care of her self, she's save not in danger, and she has all her friends surround her to help.
Now about who's gonna save Damon from himself? I believe only someone who really know Damon as Damon can save him. IMO He will be the one who save himself but with a help from someone who knows him well. Elena could definitely save him, but Elena's gone. No Elena. So I scratch that possibility unless the writer decides to make Damon's redemption arc longer till the end of the season. It could be Stefan but only if he got a new revelation about who his brother really is, only if he come to a new realization about his brother, new understanding. The other person who I think have this capability to do this is Katherine. Katherine does know Damon well. She know Damon as human and she knows Damon as vampire. Actually I believe she loves/care about Damon too different with her love for Stefan. But I do believe she does love him. There are several evidence from the show to support this idea. It's kinda love and hate situation. You can disagree with me. believe me I know it's weird. :D
But I think it would be Katherine not Stefan. I come to this idea because I think this season is also about Kat's redemption. In early episodes TVD gave us a tool for us to have soft spot for her and feel sorry for her. So I think TVD will continue develop her redemption path before she's really gone. When she was gone for a sec she said "No. Uh hu. It's too soon. I can't!" . and after she came back to her body she said she still have unfinished business. So yeah she will finish her business before she pass on for good. Damon is not in her unfinished business list, but somehow he would be in her redemption arc act. She knows two brother well, she was the one who helped Stefan in his PTSD issue, and she will help Damon too. I guess she won't forget that Damon died to save her and that he onced loved her more than anything in this world. Other reason why I think/hope Kat would do this is becoz I love her character. LOL. I think there will be no point to show us her suffering in her human period and how tragic it was if TVD doesn't have plan for it. So yeah, I believe she will redeem herself to both Salvatore brothers before she pass on, be dead dead, gone for good.