Series #87: Rewatching Vampire Diaries

Hey Gang!

Using my super persuasive powers, I’ve managed to rope Boy Wonder into watching Vampire Diaries with me! I was a big fan when I was younger, I read all the books and watched almost every season of the show, I never finished it, I think I’m 5 or 6 episodes into the final season.

Vampire Diaries never shied away from the bloodshed or the death, and many a favorite character was in the crossfire, once I get into a television show, I form an attachment to characters and when they’re gone, or something traumatic happens to them, or they allude that it may happen to them, sometimes its hard for me to come back to it. Many a show lays unfinished because I didn’t like the direction they took a favorite.

I remember in Seasons 6 and 7 jumping and having a Twitterpated heartbeat because someone was going to die I just didn’t know who! By the time I actually made it to season 8, my little ticker just couldn’t take it anymore. I’m hoping on my second watch through, I’ll actually be able to finish the series.

Rewatching the first season is so nostalgic for me, the music, the fashion, the cameos! I’m recognizing so many actors from other supernatural based television programs, and its giving me Riverdale vibes! So far, we’ve got Tyler’s mom from Teen Wolf, The Main Character from Big Wolf on Campus and Whitley from A different World.

So far Boy Wonder doesn’t have a favorite character yet, but he seems to not hate too many characters, so I’m thinking he’ll have a more concrete answer by the end of the first season. He seems to have a soft spot for Matt though, which I can kind of understand since he’s had a pretty rough 13 episodes.

I personally hold vampire fiction responsible for my generation of women who have let one too many red flags slide because they remind them of their favorite romances, instead of being like hey, having a guy just stare at me without actually making contact is ya know, pretty creepy.

All in all, we’re enjoying the rewatch so far.

Are you watching anything in particular?

Until Next Time,

Moriartie

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