How NOT to write a Vampire Diaries Fanfiction (including TO & Legacies)

ya'll need to give elena a break

(by the way, i totally loved that scene because it sorta brings all the high school mains together, just felt very nice and wrapped up)

(not to mention that Nina Dobrev was playing four characters.)

- Elena
- 1492 human Katherine
- 1864 Katherine
- modern day Katherine

Throughout the episode we also hear Katherine say twice, "Better you die than I." First to Trevor and Rose, and then to Elena about her and her friends.

After that, we see Elena blaming herself for even existing, saying that because of her a ton of her friends are going to die. She's in shock and doesn't understand it isn't her fault for being alive, but imagine that, instead of being angry at the situation, of having a fear that she's going to die, she's instead scared that her friends are going to die. But what I love is what she does next. She gets Rose to take her to Slater's, she wants to find out more about Klaus and Elijah, but her actual reasons was that she wanted to surrender. She wanted to be taken so her friends would be spared. I love this part, but not because I don't like Elena and want her gone. I love how we see what Elena would do in a situation of choosing death or choosing her family dying. She doesn't even talk with anyone about it, she chooses death.

Elena so far has shown us her bravery and determination time and time again, I saw it when she didn't care about her safety when Stefan was in trouble with the tomb vampires or later when he was in human blood withdrawal. Sometimes it's a bit reckless, but the fact that she actually keeps going and sticks around when she's surrounded by creatures far stronger than her is standing her ground and I admire that. I remember small scenes when she's scared shitless in front of a vampire, from the 50's dance in S1, to Rose hallucinating from a werewolf bite and yes she's scared, but she fights back.