however long it takes

*gently takes your face in my hands* hey. remember that fandom is for fun. if you're not having fun it is ok to step back. if you're intentionally making it unfun for others it is ok to step back. none of this is real. go sit in the sun and smell a flower. i love you.

Shoutout to all the Caroline/Klaroline stans who don’t even engage with the fandom anymore or discuss anything on here and yet still get dragged by people acting like Caroline is the ultimate threat to their ships

klaroline as an overarching arc was such a big deal for girls that are slightly annoying. like wdym you can, as a woman, take up space and have opinions and be a little messy and this guy (who never does this btw) will look at you like you hung the moon and stars and all of those things you hate about yourself is exactly why he adores you. like you can keep your 'perfect girl falls for perfect brooding boy,' i want 10 of THIS

The thing about KC is that it feels unfinished. It’s the great unknown. There was no real reason to ignore the story they were setting up or the actor’s chemistry or alienate your fans. It’s that unknown that drives our fandom today. Stories, art, music, etc have kept us thriving and forever bonded

“I should’ve turned my back on you ages ago!” She spits this out so quickly it’s like she didn’t filter herself for the first time. At this point, everyone knows he’s into her. She’s stealing moments behind her friends backs, but they both feel an invisible string tying them together. They can’t explain or even understand why but they GET each other on a different level. They see each other so clearly that they’re open books to each other. “I know you know I like you but absolutely no one else can know” She’s being put first for the first time ever. And this is following her father tourturing her and her mom seeming to pull further away. Plus Silas is the villain du jour ATP. And lo and behold they’re used against each other. Klaus represents both freedom and submission for her. Getting out of MF, seeing the world, leaving her “small town and small town boys” firmly behind. But it’s also admitting the depth of her feelings to herself and him. Doing so means a love that doesn’t share, doesn’t let go, and demands her whole self authentically. It means she really is an anomaly. Someone no one can manipulate, stepping into her power. Owning her darkness. And that’s what really scares her. Not Klaus himself. He hadn’t scared her for a long time. I firmly believe that when she drank his blood, something clicked in both of them. Whether it was the blood itself or something like a mate bond, I couldn’t say.