I think the sire bond is real, but I also don't think it's a bad development. Like others have mentioned, the feelings are real so it's not like everything that's happened is now invalidated (in general, and with Damon specifically). But I don't think Elena would have acted on them as quickly as she did without the…

Uh, that scene already made me pretty sad - I share in Carrie's weakness for Paul Wesley's sad face - but you kinda killed me in your last paragraph here.

Uh, that scene already made me pretty sad - I share in Carrie's weakness for Paul Wesley's sad face - but you kinda killed me in your last paragraph here.

Look, your emotions are just really magnified right now.

Look, your emotions are just really magnified right now.

Stefan had tears in his eyes while talking to Rebekah and after Klaus staked her. I don't think it's fair to say that he didn't have any remorse about it. I still hated that he did it, but he did seem to feel the weight of his actions.

Stefan had tears in his eyes while talking to Rebekah and after Klaus staked her. I don't think it's fair to say that he didn't have any remorse about it. I still hated that he did it, but he did seem to feel the weight of his actions.

Edit: Whoops! Anne Gillies beat me to it - but yeah, the experience Caroline went through makes me sympathetic to Stefan's attempts to try to prevent Elena from having to feel the guilt of hurting or killing someone. But I think he can give up the idea of all-animal blood ever working for anyone at this point.

Edit: Whoops! Anne Gillies beat me to it - but yeah, the experience Caroline went through makes me sympathetic to Stefan's attempts to try to prevent Elena from having to feel the guilt of hurting or killing someone. But I think he can give up the idea of all-animal blood ever working for anyone at this point.

But I thought it actually made that dynamic about "Elena's choices" better and more complex, because Elena WAS trying to make her own choice about how to feed. She just thought Stefan would judge her or try to convince her to keep doing it his way, so she went to Damon because she knew he'd be open to anything she…

But I thought it actually made that dynamic about "Elena's choices" better and more complex, because Elena WAS trying to make her own choice about how to feed. She just thought Stefan would judge her or try to convince her to keep doing it his way, so she went to Damon because she knew he'd be open to anything she…

It didn't occur to me that he was saving the seat for Alaric the first time he said it was taken (to Sheriff Forbes). But the second time, when he says it to Elena and she dismisses it, he says, "Well, I'm just gonna pretend like there's someone there because the alternative's just too damn depressing." Compared to…

It didn't occur to me that he was saving the seat for Alaric the first time he said it was taken (to Sheriff Forbes). But the second time, when he says it to Elena and she dismisses it, he says, "Well, I'm just gonna pretend like there's someone there because the alternative's just too damn depressing." Compared to…

@avclub-c404a5adbf90e09631678b13b05d9d7a:disqus Bonnie mentioned him in this episode (Jaime) - she told Stefan that she'd completely shut him out in her grief over Grams's second death. And Jaime is Bonnie's mother's stepson, basically. Not sure where her mom is these days, actually…. I thought she might mention her…

@avclub-c404a5adbf90e09631678b13b05d9d7a:disqus Bonnie mentioned him in this episode (Jaime) - she told Stefan that she'd completely shut him out in her grief over Grams's second death. And Jaime is Bonnie's mother's stepson, basically. Not sure where her mom is these days, actually…. I thought she might mention her…

So I thought that was kind of the point - that Spacey had an epiphany that he'd spent all this time having an existential crisis, messed up his entire life, and now he'd realized how silly it had all been. That he was fine and could be at peace with himself. I figured his next step would be to get back into the real…

So I thought that was kind of the point - that Spacey had an epiphany that he'd spent all this time having an existential crisis, messed up his entire life, and now he'd realized how silly it had all been. That he was fine and could be at peace with himself. I figured his next step would be to get back into the real…

It's her (in any movie) or Iben Hjejle in High Fidelity.

It's her (in any movie) or Iben Hjejle in High Fidelity.

Moulin Rouge was the first movie I ever walked out of in the theater. Like you, it was after about 15 minutes, when I realized the first scene was still going and might never, ever end. I just hated it in a way that I have rarely hated anything. I've still never seen the whole thing all the way through, but there is…