Well Julie Plec clearly doesn't like Caroline, but that's not writing her inconsistently. And yes, she's a teenager. Nothing wrong with that - except she's living in a town of vampires. That's not a condemnation of her personality, it's just a fact that vampires, especially vampires like Katherine and Damon, are unlikely to tolerate her behavior for long. Especially if it risks exposing them. And that is not a moral argument in favor of Damon or Katherine's actions - it's an argument in the same way that a gazelle cannot reasonably expect to walk into a camp of lions and come out alive unless it blends.
It just seems like you don't like Damon, which is fine. As far as I'm concerned, Katherine isn't any better than Damon though, and that's not an evil woman stereotype. That's my analysis of a woman who turned 26 vampires only to have them be killed for her own ends, and who turned another just for fancy, and who turned the one she loved into a vampire only to leave him for 145 years. By her own admission, her list of victims is a long one and she doesn't seem to have qualms about killing Caroline for her own purposes.
because by the time he murdered his best friend, the only reason not to kill him has been that he's a main character. Not killing him basically makes all the other characters look stupid.
Okay I just don't remember this. Did you mean to say murder Stefan's best friend Lexi? Did you mean when he killed Jeremy?
I agree he's upredictable and dangerous, but the whole point of his character is whether he can come back from all his crimes. If you just want to write him off, that's fine, but Stefan's clearly not willing to give up his brother just yet. And if we're going to judge Stefan by the same standards as Damon, we don't know what or how much damage Stefan did before he decided to go off human blood. Perhaps that's why he's so determined to try and save Damon, as a reflection of himself.
But this all goes back to the idea of the vampire. Traditionally they are morally gray at best, prone to killing and even rape, among other things. Granted Damon hasn't raped anyone this season and seems remorseful for trying to kill Jeremy - which may have been a wake up call for himself - but that shouldn't dismiss his past actions. He has to atone for them, no doubt. But so do a lot of other people, including Katherine. And now, Caroline. And even Stefan.
As to your point about Damon punishing Elena for Katherine not loving him, maybe, maybe not. He was trying to hurt Elena when he killed Jeremy, no doubt. Whether that was about Katherine or the fact that everything he's worked for for 145 years had been for people who don't give a damn about him probably played a big role. Again, this is not justification for murder - but since then, he hasn't once punished Elena for Katherine's feelings. His comment about her being like Katherine is completely true and doesn't have to be completely negative.
But to end, nobody in this show is purely good or evil anymore. Everyone's pushing their boundaries and own limits on what they'll allow themselves to do/how much they'll tolerate from others.
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It just seems like you don't like Damon, which is fine. As far as I'm concerned, Katherine isn't any better than Damon though, and that's not an evil woman stereotype. That's my analysis of a woman who turned 26 vampires only to have them be killed for her own ends, and who turned another just for fancy, and who turned the one she loved into a vampire only to leave him for 145 years. By her own admission, her list of victims is a long one and she doesn't seem to have qualms about killing Caroline for her own purposes.
because by the time he murdered his best friend, the only reason not to kill him has been that he's a main character. Not killing him basically makes all the other characters look stupid.
Okay I just don't remember this. Did you mean to say murder Stefan's best friend Lexi? Did you mean when he killed Jeremy?
I agree he's upredictable and dangerous, but the whole point of his character is whether he can come back from all his crimes. If you just want to write him off, that's fine, but Stefan's clearly not willing to give up his brother just yet. And if we're going to judge Stefan by the same standards as Damon, we don't know what or how much damage Stefan did before he decided to go off human blood. Perhaps that's why he's so determined to try and save Damon, as a reflection of himself.
But this all goes back to the idea of the vampire. Traditionally they are morally gray at best, prone to killing and even rape, among other things. Granted Damon hasn't raped anyone this season and seems remorseful for trying to kill Jeremy - which may have been a wake up call for himself - but that shouldn't dismiss his past actions. He has to atone for them, no doubt. But so do a lot of other people, including Katherine. And now, Caroline. And even Stefan.
As to your point about Damon punishing Elena for Katherine not loving him, maybe, maybe not. He was trying to hurt Elena when he killed Jeremy, no doubt. Whether that was about Katherine or the fact that everything he's worked for for 145 years had been for people who don't give a damn about him probably played a big role. Again, this is not justification for murder - but since then, he hasn't once punished Elena for Katherine's feelings. His comment about her being like Katherine is completely true and doesn't have to be completely negative.
But to end, nobody in this show is purely good or evil anymore. Everyone's pushing their boundaries and own limits on what they'll allow themselves to do/how much they'll tolerate from others.