The Vampire Diaries -- Season Three

[Surtur]

As I recall his body was still human, so he had to have a witch power him up.

Yeah, but even prior to that he showed vampire abilities like super speed and compulsion. So I suspect he got the speed, strength, etc. but lacked the regeneration, which is why he needed a protection spell.

Haha, Stefan's actually been all around the high school paranormal block. He starred almost a decade ago in a show called Wolf Lake, where he played a teenage werewolf. Years later, he played Lex Luthor's long lost villainous brother on Smallville, and he also starred in an ABC Family miniseries called Fallen, where he played Lucifer's son, a Nephilim.

Heh, funny thing is I just began watching American Dreams again and he has a part on there as well.

that was Damons blood Elana was given, haha called it...BOOSH!

I'm just hoping they don't use this as an excuse to get her and Damon together. She already chose Stefan, that storyline is done as far as I'm concerned. We don't need anything like "him being my sire makes me love him now". Granted, we've only ever seen a sire bond with Klaus..so let's just hope it stays that way.

[Nathan]

Yeah, but even prior to that he showed vampire abilities like super speed and compulsion. So I suspect he got the speed, strength, etc. but lacked the regeneration, which is why he needed a protection spell.



Heh, funny thing is I just began watching American Dreams again and he has a part on there as well.



I'm just hoping they don't use this as an excuse to get her and Damon together. She already chose Stefan, that storyline is done as far as I'm concerned. We don't need anything like "him being my sire makes me love him now". Granted, we've only ever seen a sire bond with Klaus..so let's just hope it stays that way.

Sadly thats exactly what will happen, she will still love Steffan though, i cant remember but in the books the two brothers are fighting after she got turned and she chose to attack steffan to protect Damon, not because she was in love with him or anything, she just care about him, but i bet the show will have Damon use this to be with her which is kinda all rapey

[The Real Nemo]

The Originals have always been deeply underwhelming as villains but they're still here, which is why your suggestion that "they're going to have to bring in something to fill the void" doesn't hold any water. Clearly, as far as the writers are concerned, there is no void to fill, otherwise they would have actually killed Klaus off instead of coming up with yet another lame reason to keep him around. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for them to go anywhere any time soon.

Just because they don't want to close the door on his character yet doesn't necessarily mean they'll continue to be the main threat. Just look at Katherine. I guess we'll see next season though...

Sadly thats exactly what will happen, she will still love Steffan though, i cant remember but in the books the two brothers are fighting after she got turned and she chose to attack steffan to protect Damon, not because she was in love with him or anything, she just care about him, but i bet the show will have Damon use this to be with her which is kinda all rapey

She was transitioning and not at all in her right mind at the time though.

[kalorama]

Just because they don't want to close the door on his character yet doesn't necessarily mean they'll continue to be the main threat.

No one said it did. But you originally said they "have to" replace the them. My point is simply that they don't have to. Whether they will or not is a different issue, but there's absolutely no inherent reason the Originals cannot remain in place for the entirety of next season.

[Surtur]

Sadly thats exactly what will happen, she will still love Steffan though, i cant remember but in the books the two brothers are fighting after she got turned and she chose to attack steffan to protect Damon, not because she was in love with him or anything, she just care about him, but i bet the show will have Damon use this to be with her which is kinda all rapey

I'm really hoping they don't, I don't want the "who will she choose?!" storyline to be drawn out any more. Stefan and Damon also seem to have a good relationship now, I can't even imagine why they'd fight. It's not like one of them would be trying to kill vamp Elena, at least I don't think they would. Then, fighting over who gets to be with her is also pointless because she already chose.

Though I'm wondering, are we 100% sure the blood was Damon's? I know earlier in the season she took some blood, but she might of run out. Perhaps Stefan or Caroline donated some blood. Especially since Damon isn't the type to willingly give.

[Legato]

I'm really hoping they don't, I don't want the "who will she choose?!" storyline to be drawn out any more. Stefan and Damon also seem to have a good relationship now, I can't even imagine why they'd fight. It's not like one of them would be trying to kill vamp Elena, at least I don't think they would. Then, fighting over who gets to be with her is also pointless because she already chose.

That is what I hate about love triangles. It has the tendancy to drag out longer than it should. I'd be interested in Damon trying to move on from Elena and be involved with someone else

[The Real Nemo]

No one said it did. But you originally said they "have to" replace the them. My point is simply that they don't have to. Whether they will or not is a different issue, but there's absolutely no inherent reason the Originals cannot remain in place for the entirety of next season.

Ah. Yeah that was poor wording on my part, I was just giving my impression.

[XPac]

That is what I hate about love triangles. It has the tendancy to drag out longer than it should. I'd be interested in Damon trying to move on from Elena and be involved with someone else

I do sort of wonder if the real life relationship between the actors in some way might effect the direction of the story though. Granted they really shouldn't do that for a variety of reasons... but right now they are dating behind the scenes and a lot of people know it.

I do think when actors date in real life, it can add to the popularity of their on-screen characters. So I think that does potentially give the Damon/Elena ship a bit more momentum that it might have otherwise.

Either way, I think the love triangle is the heart of the show. I don't think they're close to ending it anytime soon.

[Surtur]

So I've been watching some of the older episodes of this latest season..and I ran into a question. In the episode where a bunch of ghosts appear and Lexi is one of them..there is a scene where she makes Stefan go through all kinds of stages of withdrawal or something to that effect. How did she do this? She isn't an original, so she can't compel other vampires. Was this supposed to be a special ghost power or something? At the time for whatever reason I assumed she was compelling them, but that's impossible.

One other thing, and really could just be my faulty memory. Anyways, talking about the same ghost episode as above, it was said ghosts were appearing and everyone could see them..but didn't they still need to be summoned by someone living thinking of them? Or was that just Jeremy?

Now I'm sure everyone in Mystic Falls has loved ones that died they think of everyday, but since not everyone in town was seeing lost loved ones(for instance, Elena didn't see her parents). I know it was said not every "spirit" is..wherever Anna and the other ghosts were at, and I also get the feeling you probably needed to be of been supernatural to appear at all(to my knowledge, every single ghost that appeared was supernatural in some way). Anyways, getting back to my question, if the ghosts did indeed need someone to think of them to appear..then that surely explains why we'd see Grams(Bonnie) or Mason(Tyler) or Lexi(Elena) or even Anna's mother..but why were Frederick and a few other tomb vamps back? Who'd be thinking of them? Well, I guess that lends support to the fact that you didn't need people to be thinking of you on that day.

Sorry, maybe I'm over thinking it a bit. I was just bummed out the season was over and was re-watching earlier eps from the season and noticed these things.