TVD 2x17: Know Thy Enemy

[themadpoker]

+ This is the episode where I realized I kind of like John? He’s been pretty consistent about his priorities okay, he wants to keep his family safe. And I approve of any character who thinks Jenna needs to know the truth already. (I can’t believe they managed to avoid having her find out again this episode! Come on TVD, this is ridiculous. Next episode just needs to have a scene where Elena sits her down and goes through the history of Mystic Falls and all its crazy supernatural shenanigans up to date. An informed character is a safe character!)

+ Along with my John realization I also noticed the show’s weird amnesiac approach to Anna. That bit where he mentioned killing the tomb vampires instantly arose my ‘yeah like ANNA you failbot’ feelings and then I realized she hasn’t been mentioned in ages now. What’s up with that? It hasn’t been that long since she died, I’d expect Jeremy to remember her at least. He seems ridiculously well adjusted for a guy who started off the season with a suicide attempt. :l I think the writers are starting to forget what they’ve written in their whole push to have as many shocking! new! plot twists as possible.

+ Oh Salvatores. I’m going to say hiding the moonstone in the soapdish was Damon’s idea because I like to believe Stefan’s smarter than that. Honestly, the minute Katherine found it I was like ‘...yeah so I’m Team Katherine now, I would not trust those two with my life either’

+ BONNIE, LIGHT OF MY LIFE, HERO OF MY HEART. Don’t say all these things about sacrificing your life! I’m worried the writers will actually take you up on it! D= If she dies I will be flouncing from this show so HARD.

+ Where are Bonnie’s parents? I keep thinking about how incredibly isolated she’s been. Most of the reason I was won over to Jeremy/Bonnie was because he seems like the only person concerned with her well being lately and it just got hammered home when he was trying to tell her he and Elena would care if she died. What about her family, wouldn’t they care? I want to meet them already! We’ve been told the parental situation of every single major character on this show except Bonnie: Elena, Jeremy, Caroline, Matt, Tyler. She had her grandma last season but she’s dead now and I’m feeling seriously concerned about the lack of support in Bonnie’s life. She’s been pouring so much of herself into the role she’s taken as the town’s protector, I want there to be more people than just Jeremy to remind her to care for herself.

+ Some stuff with Matt this week? His actor did a good job with the material but idk, I’ve been infected with total apathy with everything regarding his character. I didn’t care until I got to the twist with Sheriff Forbes in the car because I am all about Caroline’s parental storyline. She’s not dead Liz, come on! Please don’t make Caroline sad show, we already went through watching her mom reject her once. I want them to come to an understanding without Caroline feeling like she has to wipe her memory immediately afterwards.

WAIT. Oh my God. Maybe Sheriff Forbes never lost her memory to begin with? =O I remember there was some theorizing going on that she might have still had some vervain and was faking it when Caroline compelled her earlier this season! KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR CLUES NEXT EPISODE.

+ Disappointed about Isobel killing herself. She just got back, there were so many more interesting things they could have done with her! A Katherine-Isobel team up was not the kind of idea that should be wasted on roughly five minutes of plot. :l

+ THAT ENDING. For a minute I was convinced that Alaric had secretly been Klaus with his memories wiped all along and I started racking my brain for clues from earlier this season. And then I realized Klaus was probably just possessing him. >_> Why do I always jump to the least plausible conclusion.

Comments

[hmsharmony.livejournal.com]

Where are Bonnie’s parents?

ONE OF MY MANY QUESTIONS. Is she an orphan? Are her parents on some long-ass business trip? Do they simply not care? (I will not even entertain the possibility that TPTB just don't give enough to get into her back story, even though that's probably the reason.) I feel like Bonnie would have this fascinating history, but of COURSE they don't bother to explore it. SHOW. ASKDJA:LSDJ.

[themadpoker.livejournal.com]

I seriously believe TVD's writers just don't care. It's really striking too because Bonnie's magic storyline has always been so explicitly linked to family and ancestry so the lack of info on her parents is just doubly glaring.