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It was just an ordinary 日 when I logged onto ファンポップ to see what was going on. When I looked at people's posts on the wall, I was shocked. What had happened? Had World War III broken out overnight? Was I on the Bamon spot? This is what I saw: disgruntled, depressed コメント from DE ファン claiming that they were going to 'stop watching the 表示する for a while'. OK, I knew that 3x12 wasn't that great, but I didn't think it was as bad as that. It wasn't as if Elena had run back into Stefan's arms, または that they were going to get married. Then I found out the cause for their black mood: Kevin Williamson's new interview. link
There was a link to it on the homepage, so I read it. For the most part, I didn't think it was so dreadful. I mean, none of the things he 発言しました about Elena's feelings または DE struck me as particularly astute, and it certainly bothered me that he felt Stefan was もっと見る tragic than Damon, but I couldn't see why any of the things he 発言しました would make a DE ファン want to quit the 表示する for an indefinite period of time. Especially in the middle of Season 3. If we were talking about one 年 ago, then I could totally see why they would feel that way, but after Stelena have broken up, and DE have shared a mutual kiss, it honestly disturbed me that all it took was one interview for some ファン to lose hope in their ship.
There's something DE ファン have got to understand. We should NEVER EVER be taken in によって anything any of the producers say about DE または the triangle. Any time we read an interview with them we should be very discerning and cautious because it's likely that they're trying to deflect from what is really going to happen.
So; don't be dismayed when Julie または Kevin do their utmost to paint Damon as 'the obstacle' または 'temptation' to Elena and Stefan's 'epic 愛 story'. Don't feel like smacking your head against the ウォール when they endorse Stefan as 'the hero' of the story over Damon. Don't fret because it's all bluff.
I feel that much of the time, the producers unknowingly contradict themselves. Take the latest interview with Kevin for example. Apparently, some ファン were upset によって his insinuation that Damon is just a 'temptation' for Elena. I believe that SE ファン took it as their cue to be reassured that nothing would ever usurp their ship. But look again. In the 次 part of the interview, Kevin says:
'You have to earn it, and the character has to do it. It took us this long to earn it. From the 秒 episode of this show, when she walked into the Salvatore mansion and she met Damon for the first time and he kissed her hand, that’s when it began. It just took us two and a half years to say, “I think they can kiss. We’ve earned it.”'
Here's my question: if Stelena truly are the show's 'love story', then why take so long to script a mutual キッス between Delena? Why not just throw them together the 分 Stefan was out of town? I believe Kevin when he says that it was because he didn't want the ファン to hate Elena, but there will always be ファン who are going to hate her no matter what she does. It wouldn't have mattered if the キッス had happened in 1x22, 3x10, または 5x10, SE ファン would have hated her for キス Damon anyway. Why did the writers feel that they had to take もっと見る than 2 years to work up to that moment, and why did they feel that DE had 'earned it' when none of the other couples had to?? Look at Forwood, Beremy, Stelena. Most of them got together in a matter of episodes, and they never had to do a blessed thing to 'earn' anything romantic. In fact, most couples barely even interacted much before they became a couple, and there was little in the way of build-up before they kissed. Stelena kissed in the 秒 episode! And had sex in the tenth!!! SE ファン herald their ship as もっと見る deserving of endgame because it was 'true 愛 from the beginning', but what's so epic about a couple who fall into ベッド when they hardly even know each other? How can we be sure it was 'true love' when it happened so fast? I find it odd that Stelena ファン base their arguments for an SE endgame on the fact that Stefan was first, and don't say anything about the relationship.
But if we're taking Julie and Kevin seriously - and according to them, SE ARE the show's true 愛 story right now - then it doesn't make sense for them to invest all that time and emotion into Delena, if Delena are just going to be an 'obstacle' to test SE's love; especially when they never poured half of that time and energy into developing Stelena. Why bother investing so much time and care into 書く DE's relationship, if Stelena are the true 愛 story of TVD all along? Why bother taking two and a half years to work up to a mutual キッス between DE, if the writers always knew the 表示する would end with Stelena? There is NO POINT!!!! It makes zero sense for the writers to spend もっと見る time on DE, and letting the audience 愛 and obsess over them, while knocking SE together in 10-11 episodes flat and declaring: 'That's your epic couple folks.' How can the audience be expected to 愛 Stelena if they don't care two hoots for them? Think about Giselle in the movie 'Enchanted'. The story starts with her meeting Edward, but concentrates on her relationship with Robert, who is her true love. In the 'Hunger Games' trilogy, the 作者 focuses on Katniss' relationship with Peeta, not Gale. That should tell あなた something.
It's for that very reason, why I am never convinced によって anything Kevin and Julie say in interviews. They're saying one thing, but the 表示する is telling us something else. The two don't match up. If their words aren't an accurate または honest reflection of what I see on the show, then why should I believe anything they say?
ファン constantly speculate that the producers don't have genuine intentions for DE, and are merely going to string Delena along for the ride, but it would be extremely crass of Kevin and Julie if they were to do this. They have a job because of the fans. The ファン help to pay their bills, and enable Kevin to work on もっと見る TV scripts. If people stopped watching, and the 表示する crashed, Kevin and Julie would be out of work. They probably know that the もっと見る people want DE to be together, and the longer they have to wait, the もっと見る rewarding it will be when they finally get what they want. Putting DE shippers through all kinds of angst for 6 years, only to crush them によって making SE run away together at the end would be the worst thing they could do. I don't see how any DE shipper could forgive them after that. I know I couldn't.
I feel that the producers play games with the ファン all the time, and DE ファン in particular. There could be any number of reasons why they're so intent on promoting SE as the 'epic love' of the show; maybe they want us to think DE won't happen so we'll be もっと見る surprised when they do, but whenever they speak of SE using the words 'true', 'epic' and 'love', then they're basically perpetuating the myth of Stelena. If Stelena realy were those things, then their fanbase numbers would rival DE's. They would win polls, they would be bloggers and recappers favourite couple, they would get all the memorable scenes that people talked about for days after, and the producers would receive death threats によって opposing shippers after they kissed for the first time. But they don't. Because they're not epic, and people see that. Their 'epicness' is a myth. Even a favourite quote 投稿されました on SE ファン tumblrs is a fake. (FYI: Kevin never 発言しました SE were もっと見る than soulmates). It doesn't matter what the producers tell us; at the end of the day, the majority of viewers aren't watching the 表示する for SE. The '99Poll' that is currently going on is evidence of this. Participants are asked to vote for who Elena should be with, and are only allowed to vote once, so unlike the Portrait one, it's a fair poll. There's no cheating at all. Damon has received 1,221 投票 (84 percent) to Stefan's 240 (16 percent). At the end of the day, あなた really can't, and shouldn't look to the producers to validate who あなた ship, especially when あなた ship Delena. The only person's opinion that truly counts is yours. But it's also worth remembering that actions speak louder than words. It's not what they SAY about Delena/Stelena; it's what they choose to DO with them that will always matter the most.
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