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It was just an ordinary dia when I logged onto fanpop 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 comments from DE fãs claiming that they were going to 'stop watching the show 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, or 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 said about Elena's feelings or DE struck me as particularly astute, and it certainly bothered me that he felt Stefan was mais tragic than Damon, but I couldn't see why any of the things he said would make a DE fã want to quit the show for an indefinite period of time. Especially in the middle of Season 3. If we were talking about one ano 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 fãs to lose hope in their ship.
There's something DE fãs have got to understand. We should NEVER EVER be taken in por anything any of the producers say about DE or 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 or Kevin do their utmost to paint Damon as 'the obstacle' or 'temptation' to Elena and Stefan's 'epic amor story'. Don't feel like smacking your head against the mural 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 fãs were upset por his insinuation that Damon is just a 'temptation' for Elena. I believe that SE fãs took it as their cue to be reassured that nothing would ever usurp their ship. But look again. In the seguinte 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 segundo 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 kiss between Delena? Why not just throw them together the minuto Stefan was out of town? I believe Kevin when he says that it was because he didn't want the fãs to hate Elena, but there will always be fãs who are going to hate her no matter what she does. It wouldn't have mattered if the kiss had happened in 1x22, 3x10, or 5x10, SE fãs would have hated her for beijar Damon anyway. Why did the writers feel that they had to take mais 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 segundo episode! And had sex in the tenth!!! SE fãs herald their ship as mais deserving of endgame because it was 'true amor from the beginning', but what's so epic about a couple who fall into cama 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 fãs 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 amor 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 composição literária DE's relationship, if Stelena are the true amor story of TVD all along? Why bother taking two and a half years to work up to a mutual kiss between DE, if the writers always knew the show would end with Stelena? There is NO POINT!!!! It makes zero sense for the writers to spend mais time on DE, and letting the audience amor 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 amor 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 author focuses on Katniss' relationship with Peeta, not Gale. That should tell you something.
It's for that very reason, why I am never convinced por anything Kevin and Julie say in interviews. They're saying one thing, but the show is telling us something else. The two don't match up. If their words aren't an accurate or honest reflection of what I see on the show, then why should I believe anything they say?
fãs 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 fãs help to pay their bills, and enable Kevin to work on mais TV scripts. If people stopped watching, and the show crashed, Kevin and Julie would be out of work. They probably know that the mais people want DE to be together, and the longer they have to wait, the mais 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 por 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 fãs all the time, and DE fãs 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 mais 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 por 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 posted on SE fãs tumblrs is a fake. (FYI: Kevin never said SE were mais 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 show 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 votes (84 percent) to Stefan's 240 (16 percent). At the end of the day, you really can't, and shouldn't look to the producers to validate who you ship, especially when you 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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