stefan & elena | come back when u can

I was reading some reviews of the episode "The Hybrid". Mostly the reviews were positive, except some minor details, but the one that stuck in my head was the negative one. The person who wrote it was really.. harsh. To every part of the episode. But, that person pointed out one thing I've seen some other people agree with. Here it goes:

"And the subtext of what Damon zei to Elena is so emotionally manipulative that I almost can’t believe that the toon expects me to read it as romantic: the only possible reason that Damon could have for wanting Elena to remember ‘everything [she] felt’...

This is a request from a lovely anonymous shipper. I am going to write a comparison on DE’s first kiss from 3x10 and SE’s first kiss in 1x2. Enjoy :)

So I’m going to talk about Damon and Elena’s kiss in 3x10. It was really their first kiss in my opinion because the first one was a goodbye kiss on his deathbed and so for me it doesn’t really count. I just watched the scene again so I could have fresh thoughts on it before writing about the scene. I think part of writing about this kiss is also about the lead up to it. Elena, for lack of a better word, is kind of in shock. She’s washing...