DarkAngel

Not really because I don't think that matters. Like, to me, Bear making the wish itself isn't even really the issue because he didn't think it would work because why would he think it would work. The issue is how Bear acts in the relationship, when things clearly aren't right with Nikki. He doesn't care that her personality has changed. He doesn't care that she self-harms. He doesn't care that she's unhappy. He doesn't listen to Ian when he says that she needs help, when he says it looks like he's taking advantage of her. He doesn't even care that she isn't Nikki, he just asks her to act happy and act like her. So, who cares if the real Nikki would've given Bear a chance if he just confessed because clearly he doesn't respect or care about Nikki as a person and if they had been together without any supernatural interference, he's still the same guy who when he thought she was heaving a mental health crisis decided to "benefit" from it because it meant being with her rather than help her. Bear is a bad guy. That's the point.

Yeah, true. And you know, Julie mentioned in an interview that she didn’t even know the meaning of agency when she was writing this storyline, and that’s pathetic. Of course, the entire season is about Elena being stripped of her agency and Damon using her. Even when he made her feed from him in 4x02, it was an assault because he knew she was with Stefan. Blood-sharing is personal, and he told Elena not to tell Stefan because he knew it was wrong, but he still went on to do it. He used Elena’s vulnerability to fulfill his own fantasy. The entire “I feel alive with Damon” and “you make me feel good” narrative is just an illusion because that’s what Damon told her. The entire thing was so gross because she was trapped with Damon against her own will, and all he cared about was, “I got the girl.” That man is pathetic.

Yes, and I just think it all became pathetic at that point. Elena was no longer herself; she was just a puppet. Literally, when she finds out Damon hid the cure, he tells her to her face that he’s selfish and lets Lily destroy the cure, and she doesn’t even care. Then she takes the cure, and she’s still with him, playing into his fantasy. Like, how could they just shut her brain off like that? How could they make her ignore how selfish and pathetic Damon was? There’s no way, like you said, that Damon would’ve taken the rejection without hurting her or her family. She would’ve had to face the consequences eventually. Like, seriously.

I know, the entire S4–S6 Delena was just Ian and Nina’s awkwardness in every scene. I just think 4x08 was literally nothing but them trying to create Delena using Nian’s real-life relationship. It was just awkward. And even in 4x08, when they took it that far, it still looked gross, with Nina/Elena looking awkward throughout the entire scene. Their chemistry was nowhere to be found; it just was JP and CD were writing fanfiction to fulfill their own desires for these characters.

So no, I don’t think Julie ever truly cared. To me, it was always like she was saying whatever she thought fans wanted to hear. Thank goodness Kevin was there in the end to honour Stelena’s love and give us the ending we did get.

Well, these are all the reasons why there was so much favouritism towards Damon throughout the show. A lot of it came down to Ian’s and Julie’s obsession with him I don’t know much about the behind-the-scenes drama, but based on the things you mentioned, it does make sense because Paul’s story and performance were far, far stronger than Ian’s. But the constant favouritism towards Damon and Ian made the entire show biased.

HOW MUCH HAIR DYE WOULD YOU NEED 

She would need 210 containers of hairdye.

It would cost her around $1,500 to die all her hair blue