Dear Savage Arsehole,

Both men displayed their bass nature.

Jam on! (Hopefully as jam.)

Yeah, at home he probably has to go into fugue states all day to look for lost green pens, poor soul.

Cello bobsled ride!

He makes paisley work. That is one cool cat.

"Don't be so intellectual about it. Play with your gut!"

Noooo! Naevia 3.0!

"Them fangs!"

Klaus's two big moments were awesome: the pardoning of Tyler and the mortarboard decapitation.

That show has a forbidden C-word, this one a forbidden V-word ;)

One hiatus? :)

It occurred to me in the context of college: They can glamor the admissions guy.

I can't believe Elena has enough credits/attendance to graduate :)

I sense some white-girl cornrows in our future, a la Cosima from "Orphan Black."

Does anyone know if there are behind-the-scenes reasons for Jeremy's return? Like the actor's other projects fell through or something? I hope it means the showrunners finally have an idea what to do with the character going forward, but I'm skeptical.

Feeling regret (at his own actions and his own [Ripper] nature) and resentment (at Damon and being turned)—that's how I took it.

"And that first Petrova… was Bram Stoker!"

Major fanwank: Maybe there is a fuzzy-headed transition period between modes of being (tangible in the real world and "behind the veil"). Great point!

That was exactly my thought process. "Which Alaric is this?" and "Would the cure work on him?"