I'm disappointed (spoilers until S6)
This is my first time watching TVD, and I'm sorry, but I'm disappointed. I think I was expecting something more lighthearted and romantic, only to find something very violent instead.
Okay, you’re probably going to think I’m exaggerating—I’m sure of it—but let me explain:
-Obviously, I was expecting a romanticized portrayal of sexual assault or abuse by men, since that was pretty common back then (especially in vampire stories, I think). But still, right from the start of Season 1, Damon abuses Caroline so badly—and I’ll admit, I’m totally smitten with her—so that bothered me even more. I personally identify with her, so it really broke my heart to see the other characters’ almost total indifference to it.
-So, as a result, I have a really hard time standing Damon; I find him violent, scary, and therefore not attractive at all. Especially since Elena is 17, and it’s super creepy that these two guys show up and fall madly in love with her (by the way, the actor who plays Damon looks old—how old is he? IDK). So Delena isn’t my cup of tea.
-I liked Stefan, the moral vampire, who tries to hold onto his humanity until he shows what he’s like without it—sorry, but that’s TERRIFYING. Okay, there’s something cool about the characters being nuanced—that’s good. But there needs to be a certain LIMIT. Or maybe if the characters talked more about these moral dilemmas.
-Another thing I don't like is the fact that the world literally revolves around the main characters—yes, that's normal since they're the main characters—but it really feels like the other humans around them (and supernatural beings, too) are idiots, devoid of meaning, purpose, or reason for existing, AND that the world is limited to Mystic Falls. Add to that the creatures and rules of the universe that are arbitrarily thrown in season after season… not great.
-Finally, the “characters within characters”—the ones who pretend to be someone else—stop it! It’s the same old PLOTS over and over again; it’s just infuriating. The characters are constantly acting like someone else, even when they aren’t possessed: the loss of humanity (whose rules and limits I still don’t fully understand), their reactions to events, the way they act, their feelings. Nothing seems very logical to me; I have a hard time keeping track of the relationships.
-And something that bothered me more at the beginning than it does now (I’m currently on season 6!). It’s that Elena is WAY too adored by her friends and everyone else around her, in general, for that matter. It seems like everyone wants to sacrifice themselves for her all the time, as if everyone else’s lives are constantly less important than hers. And honestly, at first she’s cute, but she’s not that extraordinary, and then she quickly becomes pretty immoral, so…
What do you think? Do you think I’m overreacting?