I just got around to watching the last two episodes of TVD.
I knew what was going to happen, read all the tags knew that Stefan was the winner of this season. I knew Ric was going to be evil vampire vampire hunter and that he was going to die.
I knew that there would be millions upon millions of feels and yet it still got me. I was fighting off tears from the second Klaus grabbed Caroline and told her she was safe, because that proves that he does in fact love her or at the very least feels something for her.
Then there was the scene where Rebekah was wailing at the top of her lungs that her brother, Nic had died. She lost another piece of her family. Her mother, father, Kol, Finn, her mother again, and now Nic.
Damon, beautiful imperfect Damon held her up and let her run even though he was positive that he was over. He could have let her been killed, kept another Original off of Elena’s tail but he let her go.
Elena’s face when Elijah explained that he wanted Klaus back because he is his brother and they stay together.
The flashback between her and Damon, the way she looked at him back then. The way that he realized right from the beginning that there was something different about her.
The pain and desperation in Damon’s voice as he clutched the dying Alaric because he knew what it meant. The woman he loved(s) is dead. The sheer barely restrained emotions that played on his features when he demanded where Elena’s body was. Then the horror and hope that clashed when he realized what Dr. Fell did. That she sentenced Elena to an eternal life, a life he knew she didn’t want.
Of course I can’t forget the tear that dropped when I saw Stefan’s face as he stood above Elena. The tears and emotion and everything about him at that moment made me want Elena to wake up right then so he would stop looking like that.
Then that moment where I realized that Elena is going to remember that first fateful moment when she met Damon and Damon told her exactly what she wanted. The way she realized at that moment that what this stranger was saying was true. That she is going to remember that he made her forget that he had brought that to her attention.
She is going to remember Damon’s heart breaking confession of love all those episodes ago. The way that he selflessly made her forget so she could continue to love the “good” brother without feeling conflicted or anymore so than she already was.
Fuck you Vampire Diaries, fuck you for making us wait. For making us hold on to those heart renching memories.