I was watching my vampire show, like I do, (no, not Buffy. I'm watching Vampire Diaries now.) Okay, stop. Mini rant. While I appreciate how the interwebs allow me to find people who like the same things as me, it just makes me think, "Why are my RL friends not more like me!? Why do I have to go to my computer to do some quality vampire analysis?" Sad.
I was watching my vampire show, like I do, and I had an epiphany. For those who don't know (which is everyone I speak to vocally) Stefan is the good boyfriend who respects Elena's wishes and treats her like a capable adult who can make hard decisions that he may or may not agree with. This is fantastic, no? This is a great boyfriend! So why do I love Damon so much, when he rashly makes decisions for Elena, forcing her into positions she hates, all because he "loves" her?
See, I even know that he doesn't understand what love really is. So again, why do I root for him instead of the ideal? I have two thoughts, one obvious, the other more personal.
1) Perfect people on television are BORING. Your girlfriend chooses to sacrifice herself and you just...let her go after a nice conversation? NO. You lose all TV drama points. You yell a lot and when that doesn't convince her, you force her to drink your blood thereby forcing her to turn into a vampire if she goes through with the dying thing, which is the one thing she really really doesn't want to do? YES! That is how you make good television!
2) I have very conflicting opinions on boys. With every given story, there is no telling who I will like. In the City of books, I was entirely on Jace's side (hotheaded and wounded) and against Simon (healthily normal). But in the Hunger Games, I was 100% for Peeta (healthily normal) and not for Gale (hotheaded and wounded). Why? I don't know!
Sometimes I like two characters in the same story! I love Harry. He is awesome, and if he were real, I would want to be his friend/love interest. And despite a childhood of abuse and an adolescence of escaping and defeating evil, he is pretty well-adjusted and normal. But I also love Draco! He is spoiled, and he is a coward. But he wants so badly to be important that he puts on this show of violence and superiority. He is broken and messed up, and I love him so! What happens when Harry and Draco fight? I root for everyone and no one. The fact that they came to some kind of agreement in Deathly Hallows is one big metaphor for my dualistic boy opinions reconciling (thanks for that, Jo).
What I've decided is that Boy Stereotype #1 represents the superego, and therefore MY superego likes him. And Boy Stereotype #2 represents the id, and therefore MY id likes him.
How to unify them with the ego? BRING IN SPIKE, OF COURSE.
Because Spike is all about covering up his pain and insecurities with a show of snark and joy. But he also supports Buffy, knowing that she's twenty times better than he is, and he loves and respects her for it. So. With Spike, I get it all. Is it any wonder the interwebs are in love with him? (And here we return to the sad fact that I don't know the faces of the people who agree with me.)
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