𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡

over a year ago, i made this meme & since then, it’s blown up. so, over a year later — i thought i would make a new one. so here it is, after several requests & a pile of brains,  THE PRE-ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP MEME 0.2 send me a  ✿  and i’ll fill out the template below. bold for things i could definitely see or want, italics for things i could see or am unsure of and striked out for things i don’t want or cannot see.

FRIENDSHIP.     childhood friends  /  work buddies or coworkers  /  family friends  /  friends with benefits  /  smoking buddies  /  adventure buddies  /  fake friends  /  recently friends  /  party buddies  /  friendship of need  /  dying friendship  /  circumstantial friendship  /  partners in crime  /  old friendship  /  [ your muse ] is the good influence  /  [ your muse ] is the bad influence  /  [ my muse ] is the good influence  /  [ my muse ] is the bad influence  /  opposites attract  /  ride or die  /  frenemies  /  roommates or flatmates  /  penpals  /  exes to friends  /  enemies to friends  /  other

ROMANCE.     childhood sweethearts  /  [ your muse is mines ] childhood crush  /  [ my muse is yours ] childhood crush  /  exes  /  exes to lovers  /  forbidden lovers  /  highschool sweethearts  /  secret relationship  /  opposites attract  /  long distance  /  unrequited [ from your muses side ]  /  unrequited [ from my muses side ]  /  unrequited [ from both sides ]  /  skinny love  /  friends to lovers  /  enemies to lovers  /  spurious relationship  /  power couple  /  newly entered  /  soulmates [ metaphorical ]  /  soulmates  [ literal ]  /  awkward  /  turning toxic  /  toxic love  /  cheating [ on your muse ]  /  cheating [ with your muse ]  /  other 

FAMILIAL.     siblings [ half ]  /  siblings [ step ]  /  [ my muse ] is an older sibling figure to your younger sibling figure  /  [ my muse ] is a younger sibling figure to your older sibling figure muse  /  [ my muse ] is a parental figure to yours  /  [ my muse ] is a child figure to your muse  /  guardian figure  /  legal guardian  /  adoptive child  /  foster child  /  [ your muse ] is taken under mines wing  /  [ my muse ] is taken under yours wing  /  other

𝙳𝙴𝙰𝚁 𝙳𝙸𝙰𝚁𝚈 , 𝚃𝙾𝙳𝙰𝚈 𝚆𝙸𝙻𝙻 𝙱𝙴 𝙳𝙸𝙵𝙵𝙴𝚁𝙴𝙽𝚃.

this  is  a  private      &      selective 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 blog , removed from the vampire diaries lore & written as an original character. this is an entirely headcanon based portrayal , extremely canon skeptical. studying  themes  such  as :   self sacrifice  , born as bad omen , dying young ,  being narratively doomed   , found  family  ,  soulmates  ,  loss , rebirth  ,  fate  ,   &   new  beginnings.

it's important to mention that my version of elena is much more complex than her novel/series counterpart. while i may pull on a mix of canon tvd book/show lore from time to time , do not automatically assume you know her or her motivations. j.plec can kick rocks.

♡    inspired  by    the  play  written  by     william  shakespeare  .     add  context    &     change  gendered  language  to  your  needs .     content  warning  for  suicidal  ideation     &     graphic  violence  .     happy  writing .ᐟ

❝  why  are  you  wearing  your  best  clothes ?  ❞

❝  i  don’t  meddle  in  politics  or  chase  women.  ❞

❝  you  ought  to  pray  for  god  to  spare  you  of  the  pain  you  deserve.  ❞

❝  if  we  take  away  [name]’s  support,  he’ll  be  forced  to  come  back  down  to  earth.  ❞

❝  whatever  you  want  me  to  do,  consider  it  done.  ❞

❝  i’m  not  competitive  like  you.  ❞

❝  don’t  let  me  hinder  you.  ❞

❝  i’ve  noticed  that  you  haven’t  been  as  affectionate  toward  me  lately.  ❞

❝  you’ve  been  like  a  stranger  to  me,  your  friend  who  loves  you.  ❞

❝  if  i  seem  guarded,  it’s  not  your  fault.  i  just  have  a  lot  on  my  mind.  ❞

❝  i  don’t  like  to  trouble  my  friends.  and  i  consider  you  a  good  friend.  ❞

❝  i’m  at  war  with  myself.  i’ve  forgotten  how  to  show  affection  to  others.  ❞

❝  i  misunderstood  you  …  i  kept  how  i  felt  to  myself  because  i  thought  you  wouldn’t  care.  ❞

❝  just  what  are  you  trying  to  do,  asking  me  to  look  inside  myself  for  something  i  won’t  find ?  ❞

❝  i’ll  be  the  mirror  that  shows  you  the  things  about  yourself  that  you  can’t  see.  ❞

❝  my  friendship  is  not  worthless.  i  don’t  make  the  same  promises  to  everybody.  ❞

❝  if  you  ever  hear  me  flattering  men  just  to  slander  them  behind  their  backs,  feel  free  to  call  me  ‘dangerous’  then.   ❞

❝  if  it’s  for  the  greater  good,  i’ll  do  it.  even  if  i  have  to  die.  ❞

❝  i  love  honor  more  than  i  fear  death.  ❞

❝  your  virtue  is  as  familiar  to  me  as  your  face.  ❞

❝  i’d  rather  die  than  worship  a  man  as  ordinary  as  i  am.  ❞

❝  i  was  born  just  as  free  as  he  was.  so  were  you.  ❞

❝  it  amazes  me  that  such  a  weak  man  could  hold  the  whole  world  in  the  palm  of  his  hand.  ❞

❝  sometimes,  men  can  be  masters  of  their  fate.  ❞

❝  the  fault  is  not  in  our  stars,  but  in us.  ❞

❝  what’s  so  special  about  [name]  ?     why  should  that  name  be  proclaimed  any  more  than  ours ?  ❞

❝  [place]  has  lost  the  breed  of  noble  bloods.  ❞

❝  i  have  no  doubt  that  you  love  me.  ❞

❝  i  understand  what  you  want  me  to  do  …  and  i’m  asking  you,  as  a  friend,  to  not  try  to  persuade  me  anymore.  ❞

❝  i’m  glad  that  i  could  light  even  a  small  fire  in  you.  ❞

❝  he  thinks  too  much.  men  like  him  are  dangerous.  ❞

❝  if  i  were  capable  of  being  afraid  of  anyone,  it  would  be  you.  ❞

❝  you  tugged  on  my  shirt.  do  you  have  something  to  say ?  ❞

❝  tell  me  what  happened  today  that  put  you  in  such  a  bad  mood.  ❞

❝  will  you  have  dinner  with  me  tonight ?   tomorrow  ?  ❞

❝  if  i’m  still  alive,  and  you’re  still  sane,  after  all  of  this  is  over,  we’ll  have  dinner.  ❞

❝  good  men  should  stick  only  to  the  company  of  other  good  men.  ❞

❝  we  either  take  him  down,  or  suffer  worse  than  we  are  now.  ❞

❝  men  are  meant  to  tremble  when  the  gods  send  warning  signs.  ❞

❝  our  father’s  minds  are  dead,  and  we  are  governed  with  our  mother’s  spirits.  ❞

❝  i  will  die  by  my  own  dagger  to  save  myself  from  being  enslaved.  ❞

❝  if  you  ever  grow  weary  of  life,  you  always  have  the  option  to  end  it.  ❞

❝  i  can  shake  off  the  tyranny  that  oppresses  me  whenever  i  choose.  ❞

❝  every  bondman  in  his  own  hand  bears  the  power  to  cancel  his  captivity.  ❞

❝  he  couldn’t  be  a  lion  if  you  weren’t  such  easy  prey.  ❞

❝  those  who  want  to  make  a  mighty  fire  must  start  with  weak  straws.  ❞

❝  i  might  be  speaking  to  a  willing  bondman,  in  which  case,  i’ll  pay  for  my  words.  ❞

❝  i  am  armed.  i  don’t  care  about  danger.  ❞

❝  evil  can  come  from  good,  just  as  poisonous  snakes  tend  to  come  out  into  the  open  on  bright,  sunny  days.  ❞

❝  think  of  [name]  like  a  serpent’s  egg   —   once  it  has  hatched,  it  becomes  dangerous,  like  all  serpents  do.  we  have  to  kill  him  while  he’s  still  in  the  shell.  ❞

❝  from  the  time  you  first  decide  to  do  something  horrible  to  the  moment  you  do  it,  everything  feels  unreal,  like  a  hideous  dream.  ❞

❝  are  you  ashamed  to  show  your  face  even  at  night,  when  evil  is  most  free ?     where  will  you  find  a  cave  dark  enough  to  hide  your  monstrous  face  by  daybreak ? ❞

❝  your  strange  mood  hasn’t  let  you  eat,  or  talk,  or  sleep.  if  it  changed  your  outside  as  much  as  it  has  affected  your  insides,  i  wouldn’t  even  be  able  to  recognize  you.  ❞

❝  as  your  partner,  shouldn’t  i  know  about  what’s  troubling  you ?     or  am  i  only  part  of  you  sometimes   —   to  keep  you  company  at  dinner,  keep  your  bed  warm,  and  talk  to  you  every  now  and  then ?  ❞

❝  tell  me  your  secrets.  i  won’t  betray  you.  ❞

❝  i’ve  given  myself  a  wound  here  on  my  thigh  to  prove  my  loyalty  to  you.  if  i  can  bear  that  pain,  i  can  bear  your  secrets.  ❞

❝  i’ll  follow  you  anywhere.  i’m  satisfied,  knowing  that  you’re  leading  me.  ❞

❝  when  beggars  die,  there  are  no  comets.  the  heavens  only  announce  the  deaths  of  princes.  ❞

❝  cowards  die  many  times  before  their  deaths.  the  valiant  never  taste  death  but  once.  ❞

❝  it’s  strange  to  me  that  men  fear  death,  seeing  that  death,  a  necessary  end,  will  come  when  it  will  come.  ❞

❝  your  wisdom  is  consumed  in  confidence.  ❞

❝  don’t  be  so  foolish  as  to  think  you  can  sway  me  from  what’s  right  by  using  the  tactics  that  persuade  fools.  ❞

❝  if  you  kneel  and  beg  and  flatter  me,  i  will  kick  you  out  of  my  way  like  a  begging  dog.  ❞

❝  even  you,  [name] ?  ❞

❝  i  could  live  a  thousand  years  and  i  wouldn’t  be  as  ready  to  die  as  i  am  right  now.  ❞

❝  there’s  no  place  i’d  rather  die  than  by  your  side.  ❞

❝  it’s  true  that  i  loved  you.  nothing  could  be  truer.  ❞

❝  if  i  had  as  many  eyes  as  you  have  wounds,  and  they  wept  as  fast  as  your  wounds  stream  blood,  even  that  would  be  better  than  joining  your  enemies  in  friendship.  ❞

❝  the  evil  that  men  do  lives  after  them,  but  the  good  is  often  buried  with  them.  ❞

❝  bear  with  me.  my  heart  is  in  the  coffin  there  with  him.  ❞

❝  i  haven’t  come  to  steal  away  your  heart.  ❞

❝  what  has  he  done  to  deserve  your  love ?  ❞

❝  i  don’t  think  of  you  as  any  more  than  property.  a  means  to  an  end.  ❞

❝  even  some  that  smile  in  our  faces  are  plotting  against  us.  ❞

❝  when  love  begins  to  sicken  and  decay,  it  makes  way  for  dishonesty.  ❞

❝  you  have  done  me  wrong.  ❞

❝  if  you  were  anyone  else  and  said  that  to  me,  those  words  would  be  your  last.  ❞

❝  i’d  rather  be  a  dog  howling  at  the  moon  than  that  kind  of  man.  ❞

❝  do  not  provoke  me.  ❞

❝  you’re  forgetting  yourself  if  you’re  trying  to  corner me.  ❞

❝  if  you  care  about  your  health,  you  won’t  provoke  me  any  further.  ❞

❝  leave.  you  little  man.  ❞

❝  don’t  take  my  love  for  granted.  i  may  do  something  i’ll  be  sorry  for.  ❞

❝  don’t  you  have  enough  love  for  me  to  bear  with  me  when  the  bad  temper  i  inherited  from  my  mother  makes  me  forgetful ?  ❞

❝  from  now  on,  when  you  get  moody  with  me,  i’ll  assume  it’s  your  mother  speaking.  ❞

❝  you’d  have  to  kill  me  to  stop  me.  ❞

❝  i  didn’t  think  you  could  get  this  angry.  ❞

❝  no  one  bears  sorrow  better  than  me.  ❞

❝  great  men  ought  to  endure  great  losses.  ❞

❝  good  words  are  better  than  bad  strokes,  [name].  ❞

❝  you’re  not  going  to  be  killed  by  a  traitor  unless  you  kill  yourself.  ❞

❝  i  wasn’t  born  to  die  on  your  sword.  ❞

❝  this  might  be  the  last  time  we’ll  speak  to  each  other.  ❞

❝  i  find  it  cowardly  and  vile  to  kill  yourself  early  to  evade  accountability.  ❞

❝  if  we  lose,  you’ll  be  content  to  be  paraded  through  the  streets  in  chains ?  ❞

❝  i  will never  allow  myself  to  return  to  [place]  in  chains.  ❞

❝  i’ve  become  an  enemy  to  my  own  soldiers.  ❞

❝  today  is  the  day  i  breathed  my  first  breath.  time  has  come  around,  and  i’ll  end  where  i  began.  ❞

❝  my  life  has  run  its  compass.  ❞

❝  i’m  a  coward  for  living  long  enough  to  see  my  best  friend  taken  before  my  very  eyes.  ❞

❝  you  shall  be  revenged  by  the  very  same  sword  that  killed  you.  ❞

❝  so  i  am  free.  but  i  didn’t  want  to  be  free  like  this.  ❞

❝  i’ll  run  far  from  this  place,  where  no  one  will  ever  find  me.  ❞

❝  our  sun  has  set.  our  day  is  over.  we’re  finished.  ❞

❝  you  are  still  mighty.  ❞

❝  the  world  will  never  produce  another  like  you.  ❞

❝  i  owe  you  more  tears  than  you’ll  ever  see  me  shed.  ❞

❝  surrender,  or  you  will  die.  ❞

❝  i  would  rather  have  you  as  a  friend  than  an  enemy.  ❞

❝  i’d  rather  kill  myself.  ❞

❝  i  know  that  my  hour  has  come.  ❞

❝  our  enemies  have  driven  us  to  the  edge  of  the  grave.  ❞

❝  i  ask  that  you  hold  my  sword  handle  while  i  run  into  it.  ❞

❝  that  is  no  job  for  a  friend.  ❞

prompts for characters getting to know each other.

“i don't think you realize how much people notice you.”

“you don't seem particularly trusting. then again, maybe neither am i.”

“you have a habit of appearing at interesting moments.”

“you strike me as someone who trusts their gut. am i wrong?”

“i've noticed you always leave before everyone else.”

“i think you enjoy keeping people guessing.”

“you seem restless.”

“it's strange how you can be surrounded by people and still feel alone.”

“have i ever told you that you're difficult to read?”

“you look like you haven't slept.”

“you know this place well enough that i'm starting to wonder if you've always lived here.”

“do you ever worry about the kind of person you're becoming?”

“i've known a lot of people. none of them were quite like you.”

“i can't decide whether people truly change, or if they just become better at hiding parts of themselves.”

“i had the strangest dream last night. do you remember yours when you wake up?”

“the more i get to know you, the more i keep noticing little similarities between the two of us.”

“i didn't realize you'd remember that.”

“most people seem uncomfortable with silence. i never minded it much.”

“you seem to know more than you're saying.”

“you seem comfortable on your own. i wonder if that's the same thing as never feeling lonely.”

“do you always look this serious?”

“you're easier to talk to than i expected.”

“i've always thought trust is harder to earn than people pretend.”

“you always seem to be watching.”

“i think you've been avoiding me.”

“you're not at all what i thought you would be.”

“whenever i ignore my instincts, i end up regretting it. what about you?”

“i wasn't expecting to run into you again.”

“i can't tell if you're someone who enjoys solitude or just tolerates it.”

“i know it sounds childish, but i can't help believing some people are meant to find one another.”

“you make a terrible liar.”

“you don't strike me as the sort of person people forget.”

“i think people underestimate you.”

“i can't decide whether you're charming or frustrating.”

“i don't think i've seen you smile before.”

“i wasn't sure you'd come.”

“it's a little strange. i think i've started looking forward to seeing you.”

“sometimes i wonder if we ever really know anyone.”

“you're surprisingly good company.”

“i think most people would like to believe they're good. i'm not sure it's always that simple.”

“i think being truly understood is a far rarer thing than people realize.”

“i don't usually tell people this...”

‘ who’s down there? ’

‘ i saw you break in. ’

‘ you can’t be here! this building is condemned! ’

‘ i’m not playing around! ’

‘ you’re gonna wake the entire neighborhood! ’

‘ who cares? we’re never gonna see any of them again. ’

‘ how long of a drive are we talking here? ’

‘ i wouldn’t exactly call your lap a cool dry place. ’

‘ why can’t i just ride behind on my bike? ’

‘ this is gonna be the fresh start we all need. ’

‘ holy texas chainsaw massacre, batman. ’

‘ there’s eccentric & there’s serial killer. ’

‘ i’d like to point out there’s a crossbow on the wall. ’

‘ congrats, (name), you somehow managed to make this place even creepier. ’

‘ turn it down! ’

‘ i love this song! ’

‘ i don’t wanna share a room with a fourteen year old. ’

‘ (name) & i have entirely different decor aesthetics! ’

‘ the man is a cultural icon! ’

‘ exactly what i wanna do with my friday night. ’

‘ where do you think you’re going? ’

‘ we have a whole uhaul to unpack. ’

‘ you can’t just run off anytime you want. ’

‘ that’s not gonna fly here. ’

‘ you’re the man of the house now. ’

‘ maybe you’re being a little overdramatic. ’

‘ fine. i’ll walk. ’

‘ you want your ear pierced, i’ll do it for free. ’

‘ hey! stop stealing my customers! ’

‘ you must be new in town. ’

‘ just landed a few hours ago. ’

‘ find me after the show, handsome, we’ll poke a hole in your ear then. ’

‘ watch where you’re walking, asshole! ’

she could still taste his blood in her mouth , regardless of how many tequila shots she'd pounded with caroline back at the grill. he'd robbed her of choice , despite doing it with the intent of protection. of love. people who loved other people didn't do that. her tongue rasped across her lips , twisting in the seat to press her back against the car window , the door handle digging unforgivingly into the middle of her spine , though she welcomed the discomfort as she glared at him. forgiveness came easily to elena gilbert , but tonight she was finding it really fucking difficult.

she'll forgive him. and if she doesn't, if he's lost her forever, he'll make his peace with it. she'll be alive. she'll be eternal. whatever else she becomes, she'll still be her. a stained-glass window — light seeping in, but in a spectrum of imperfect shades and colours. and yet, she doesn't want stefan to see her like this. doesn't trust him with the ugly parts. the imperceptible cracks in an otherwise perfect picture of a sad, lonely girl.