Disclaimer: *I'm only on Season 3 Episode 16 & I have not read the books!*

The Vampire Diaries is my guilty pleasure. It's painfully corny, overly cliche and not to mention has some less than perfect atuação but for some reason; I'm addicted. I have all this pent up frustration about the situation between the three main characters so I've finally broke down and decided I need to talk about it. This is a little overview as to how I feel about each character.

Let's start with Elena:

I can't stand Elena, no matter how hard I try, I just can't. I have sympathy for her because she has suffered much loss. I don't have much sympathy for her as a person. Here's my reasoning:
1. Her amor for Stefan has made her blind. For the most part she over looks every naughty thing he has done and is frankly too hopeful that he will change.
2. Everything is about her. While she may not intentionally mean for it to be that way, it is.
3. Besides her morals, she lacks real personality honestly. I don't really understand why everyone is so smitten for her other than she's pretty and kind. While those are valid reasons to like someone, where's the depth?
4. She's gotten scary good at getting on with her life after witnessing countless murders of her loved ones. If it were me, I'd find it just a bit mais difficult to get out of cama everyday.
5. Sometimes she seems pretty ungrateful. Damon has saved her life how many times and yet she can only get mad at him for it?
6. She's very wishy-washy. One minuto she's mad at Damon or Stefan or whoever else over something and the seguinte she's teaming up with - or is back to loving - them. Before you get angry Elena, take some time to work out the reasoning behind what you're angry about.
I'm going to leave it at that, I think those are the biggest points. Now let's mover onto Stefan:

Let's get one thing straight: I don't like Stefan. I don't find him to be "the good guy" or "the knight in shining armor" or "a saint." That doesn't necessarily mean I find him to be evil either and I don't think how I feel about him will ever change. Here's my reasoning:
1. You can't be a ripper for 50+ years, flip the switch and play Mr. Morality. It just doesn't work like that.
2. He made Damon out to be a villain from the beginning and while Damon has made some unfavorable decisions, Stefan had no right to push that título on him. Let's be real.
3. Again, he bashes on Damon out of jealousy - not very grown up for being 160+ years old.
4. Even though he *loves* Elena, he has no problem lying to her. He honestly thought he could keep being a vampire secret? Stefan, you fool. He also gives Elena the run around when it comes to talking about his past. Why? He was a ruthless murderer - that's not something good girls look for in a boyfriend but we know Elena was stupid enough to overlook that.
5. Once he willingly goes to the dark side, he still holds onto his amor for Elena. He still wants her for himself and continues to berate Damon for being in amor with her. Just let it go Stefan, everyone deserves that much.
6. Let's not forget he forced his brother to become a vampire and then criticized his feelings and actions until present day. I think Damon has the right to feel the way he does, don't you?
I think I've made my point about Stefan. Moving on to Damon:

Damon is my favorito character on the show. He has great personality, he's consistent and he shows behavioral growth - which is one of the best things to see within a character. Not to mention Ian Somerhalder does an excellent job at acting. Don't mistake all of this for biased favoritism, Damon is far from perfect.
1. Damon was good from the start (as was Stefan before he decided to force his brother to become a vampire) despite him blindly loving Katherine. He had good morals, he didn't want to become a vampire and Stefan took that choice away from him.
2. I'm not saying his life choices afterwards were the greatest but that's probably because he didn't know how to cope with all the pain and loss he went through.
3. Despite him being amargo, amarga towards Stefan, he always looks out for him in the end. That's real brotherly amor right there.
4. Also despite being in amor with Elena, he respects boundaries for the most part. He really is a respectable man, he just has a temper.
5. While Damon's feeling can get the best of him, its clear to me that his intentions are good - actions not so much. He cares a lot and doesn't give much thought before acting. In a strange way, pretty chivalrous if you ask me.
6. It may not seem like it, but I think he puts everyone before himself.

Well there you have it; a few reasons to why I feel the way I do about these characters. If you liked or agreed with this article, check out my artigo "How I Feel About Stefan, Elena and Damon's amor Affair" Thank you.